St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-01

the people as their servants, but as
a house of representatives of which
we are the majority the right to ini-
tiate taxation of the people is by the
constitution placed in our hands as
a sacred trust which we have no
right to surrender, and which all
parties, however they differ on 9TH
er things, will assuredly maintain.
That we shall be ready at all times
to furnish adequate revenue for the
government, according to our sense
of public duty, no man can doubt.
This is the great nation of this
hemisphere, and while we have no
desire to interfere with other ma
tions, we shall maintain our position
here with firmness and self-respect,
and at the same time with careful
consideration of facts and that con-
servatism of action which shall leave
no bad question of trouble in our fut-
ure. In this I trust the whole gov
ernment in all it's branches will be in
accord with each other, and with the
people,
When Mr.. Reed had finished his
speech of acceptance, Mr.. Foss, of
Illinois, and Mr.. Hilborn, of Cali
fornia, each presented him with a
gavel. These he accepted with appro-
pirate remarks, in the course of which
he alluded to the fact that he had
spent some years on the Pacific coast
as young man. In closing his re-
m q a1.ly o1 tho
l must add that | cannot undertake
to reconcile the difference of these
gentlemen as to their metallic views
The point in Mr.. Reeds last re-
mark was the fact that Mr.. Foss
made an allusion to sound money,
while Mr.. Hilborn talked for free
silver. The gavel presented by Mr..
Foss was made of wood from the
home of Henry Clay in Kentucky,
and was handsomely carved out and
mounted with silver and gold. The
gavel from California was from
piece of the old war ship Hartford,
which has recently been refitted in
the Mare Island navy yard.
MCDOWELL COMBINE.
Previous to Mr.. Reeds nominatiC&
the caucus had organized by electihg.
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, chairman Of
the caucus by a vote of 15S to IA for Mr..
Henderson, of Iowa. Mr.. Ellis, of Or
egon, was elected secretary by vote
of 1S9 to II for Mr. Hooker, Of New
York. These officers Will serve during
the session. Mr.. Grosvenor's election
was victory for what is known as the
Mcdowell combination in house Of
ficers and foreshadowed the success of
the combine ticket. In order, the fol-
lowing officers were then selected by
the caucus, the vote for each being
about the same as that given to Mr..
Grosvenor:
Clerk-AleXander Mcdowell, of Penn
sylvania.
-at-ArmS-Benjamin T. Rvs
sell, of Missouri
DOORKEEPER-W Glenn, of
New York.
Postmaster-Joseph c. McElrey, of
Ohio.
All of the Minnesota cogressmen
except Fletcher and Towne voted for
the winners in the caucus. This means
that Fletcher and ToWne will get no
1Ol IHtlI HS
men from the Western states op-
posed to the combine declare that the
West has been "buncoed'' from start
to finish. Southern Republican mem
bers hold to the same opinion. 1t has
been ascertained that the East has
gobbled two-thirds of all the patronage
and four-ffths of the salaries that will
be drawn during the ensuing congress.
ex-Representative Mcdowell, was NOM
mated by Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
and Gen. Henderson, of Illinois, also
an eX-representative, was nominated
by Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois. The vote
was: Mcdowell, ,164 :; Henderson, "a. Mr..
Russell was nominated by Mr.. Bar
thold, of Missouri, and Mr.. Evans, of
Kentucky, presented the name of E. D.
Parker, of his state. Mr.. Evans said
that the South was a few years ago
practically without representation on
the Republican side of the house. The.
Republicans of that section had by
determined work wrested twenty-three
representatives from the Democrats.
Party policy demanded that these eff
forts should be recognized in the dis
| tribution of offices, and he thought that
he might be presented for sergeant at
be accorded that section. But Mr.. Rus
sell was elected, 167 to 70 for Parker.
TOOK THEM ALL.
1t was thought that after Gen. Hen
| derson had been defeated for clerk that
he might be presented for sergenat-at-
arms, but it was found that the COM
bination was too strong to be broken
in that way. Mr.. Payne of New
York, nominated Mr.. Glenn for door
| keeper, and Mr.. Linney, of North Car
olina, named William Upton, of Ten
nessee, for the same position. The
vote was: Glenn, ia; Upton, 60.
Mr.. Northway, of Ohio, nominated Mr.
| McElroy for postmaster, and Mr.. Tip
ton, of Tennessee, was named by Mr..
Mccall, of that tate, for the place. The
vote was: McElroy, 167; Upton, 70.
The most protracted contest was for
| chaplain. Nine men were nominated
only two being outside the District of
| Columbia Rev. H. N. Couden, of
| Michigan, was nominated on the third
| ballot, receiving 102 votes, against Sc
| for H. C. Fisher, of Kansas, the other
| candidates having been in the mean
| time withdrawn.
| The caucus adjourned at Ills o'clock
! Sunday morning, after providing for
4 hn ont of tyx-n od1itnpo1