Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-12-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL coRaRsPnsoENcE OF THE soNITos. ]
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w OchcUeSSOHf A|ON' Ac"c'
When Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of
Me-, TO-DAY took his seat as Speaker of
the House of Representatives, in the
midst of the enthusiastic plaudits of
his colleagues on the floor of the
House and of the crowds which filled
the galleries to their full capacity,
he might have been excused for feel
ing proud of the honors which the re-
publicans have delighted in heaping
upon him. No greater honor could
possibly be given any man than for
the majority to unanimously nominate
him for Speaker, not the perfunctory
'unanimous'' nomination which US
ually follows when one candidate re-
ceives a majority of votes in caucus,
over his competitors, but a really I'M
animous nomination in which there
was no competitor, and in which no
other candidate was either thought of
or named. In the very nature OF
things such an honor can come to but
few men. but that it was fully deserv-
ed in this case is well known by every
republican in the United States. There
are other able republicans in the
House-scores of them-but it was
virtually settled by the republican
voters more than year ago that this
honor should be paid to Mr.. Reed.
One of the most i'm portant immediate
results of Speaker Reeds being hon
ored in so extraordinary manner is
that he assumes his high Office I'M
trammeled by deals or promises
probably ths only man to do SO since
Congress was established.
1t is MT yet certain when Speaker
Reed willIannounce the committees OF
the House, but it is expected that he
will do so before the close of the
week 1t is an encouraging sign that
there is no scrambling for committee
places. There seems to be general
disp osition among the republican
members-to leave it entirely to Mr..
Reed to say where they shall serve,
knowing that so far as the old mem
hers are concerned he is an excellent
Judge of the places in which they can
do the best work towards making this
a business Congress, and that the few
personal disappointments, which
must necessarily follow the placing of
members, will be largely oversalane-
e1 by the general COOL tSat will
thereby be accomplished.
The other officers elected by the
House were: Clerk, A. Mcdowell of
Pa; Sergeant farms, B. Russell, of
Mo; Doorkeeper, w. j. Glenn, of N.
Y; Postmaster, J. G. McE'roy, of o.;
Chaplain, Rev. H. N. Couden, of Mich.
The most interesting feature of the
first days session of the Senate was
the debut of the new senators. There
were thirty of them, but fourteen of
them served in the last Senate and
were merely sworn in for new terms,
while three of them-Sewell. of N. J..
Walthall, of Miss, and Chiffon of
Tex..-have been in the Senate be-
fore. Thirteen donned the senatorial
toga for the first time, but some of
them have been long prominent in
public life. For instance, Senator
N0lSOu, VI uuiIli's LOS OOOh a. AOSA
of the House and Governor of his
state; Senator Thurston, of Neb., has
taken leading part in the last two
or three National Com mittee; Sena-
tor Carter of Mont, in addition tc
serving two terms as delegate in the
House, is chairman of the Republican
National Committee; Senator Elkins
of West Va, was a delegate in the
House from New Mex, and Secretary
of War in Harrison's Cabi net; Sena-
tor Gear, of Iowa, has been twice
Governor of his state, served three
terms in the House, and was Assist.
ant Secretary of the. Treasury under
the Harrison administration; Senator
Burrows, of Mich, was one of the
long period. Those who are new te
national politics are, Clark, of Wyo.
Mantle, of Mont; Baker, of Kansas
Prichard, of N. Car, and Wetmore, o
r. L.. republicans, and Baker of Ga.
Martin. of Va, and Tillman, of s. Car.
democrats, and Butler, of N. Car.
populist.
Owing to the time of the House be
ing taken up with the election OF Of
nC0rS ana the CnOlC0 Vi oOdUo 4dl
Cleveland's message will not go In un
TIL tomorrow.
Representative Walter Evans, c
Kentucky, thinks the democrats start
ed the story that he had withdrawn 9
candidate for Senator, in order t
create the impression that he didn
think the republicans had any chanc
TO elect Senator Blackburn's succes
sor. Mr.. Evans has not withdraw
and he is confident that either himse
or some other republican will be Ell
ected to the Senate by the Kentuck
laoiSla fure.. IL.