Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
THOMAS BRACKET RED Named by the~ Republicans for
 Speaker. THE COMBINES TICKET Went Through and Mcdowell Will Be the Next
 Clerk of the House. THE REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR CAUCUS And Name Men to Fill the Various Offices in the House of Representatives.
 The Conservative Ele-
 ment Defeated.
TIE REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR CAUCUS

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-The scene around the chamber of the house of rep resentatives tonight was an animated one As early as o'clock all the ap- breaches leading to the house were filled with crowds of people, who anticipated heated caucus and who desired to partic- jpate in the excitement. That the men- bers themselves were deeply interested , was evidenced by the large number who were present on the floor a. full hour be- fore the caucus met. AS these gentle men arrived they visited the headquar- ters of their respective candidates. It was apparent that if the number of call CTS and the several headquarters was an indication of the strength of the various candidates the combine had the call. While General Henderson's headquar- ters, which were located in the appropri- ations committee room, were well filled with members who, like hlmselt, repre- sented the older and more conservative element, it was difficult to accommodate the tide of humanity which ebbed and flowed through the wide doorway Of the committee room of the ways and means committee, where Mcdowell and Glenn, the so-called "combine" candidates for clerk and doorkeeper, were stationed. One hundred and forty-two representa- tives were among the hundreds who called, and these severally assured Mo Dowell and Glenn of their support. As 123 votes were sufficient to elect, even if the entire PA republicans were present, it was plain that the leading members of the McDowell-Glenn ticket were cer- tain of enough votes to win on the first ballot.
 The caucus settled down :. to work promptly at o'clock. with MT. Hooker of New York. the secretary of the eau GUS, in the chair. The first test of the relative strength of the Mcdowell ticket and it's opponents was shown on the vote of the election of chairman of the eau GUS. MT. William A. Stone of Pennsyl- vania, who has been the personal man. ager for McDowell and those associated with him. nominated the veteran Ohioan, Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, while Mr Dollvar of Iowa. who represents the Henderson forces. proposed the name of MT. Henderson of Iowa. At the conclu- sion of the roll call the vote stood 155 for Grosvenor to 73 for Henderson. This showed the presence of 22S members and it disclosed the fact that McDowelPs forces had not overrated their strength
 MT Hopkins of Illinois placed MT. Ellis of Oregon in nomination for secretary of the caucus for the Fifty-fourth congress. MT. Mercer of Nebraska nominated MT. Hooker of New York. MT. Ellis was elected by vote of 139 to ".
 
 vania Thomas B. Reede of Maine was nominated for speaker and elected by exclamation.
 On motion of MT. Payne of New York a committee of three was appointed to conduct MT. Reed to the hall The com mittee consisted of MT. Payne, Galusha A Grow and MT. Cannon of Illinois.
 Mir Reed on entering the hall was loudly applauded. Taking position in the aisle before the presiding officers loely ov,6 Crn r n In tionl tone, he said:
 "Mr Chairman and Gentlemen: For the honor which you have conferred upon me tender you my sincere thanks l am, however, not in the least liable to confound with my own personality this tribute of your kindness. I had once the good fortune to be so placed that rep resented, as far as I was able. the pa- triotic sense of a great party, and 1t Is to that patriotic sense of our party that you tender the tribute of your matured as you did your temporary approval. History will accord us praise for what we did in the fifty-first congress. and and 1t may accord us praise in this for what we do not do.
 "We have unfortunately divided government which usually leads to small results. But there are times when rest is as health-giving s exercise We must not forget our first and greatest duty is to do all we can to restore con-
 
 avert business legislation except in the direction in improving. Than run risks we can afford to wait until well-matured plans give us assurances of permanent benefit. Crude and nasty legislation is, above all things, to be summed
 Could we cause our immense popular majority to overflow into other branches - of the government, and could we have full control we would create not per- feet world perhaps. but a world rather more fit to live in than we have lately had.
 "Even as things are, I do not for a moment doubt that our patriotic in- stinets will lead us to make every sac rifice except of principle to rescue our country from it's temporary disaster. Not only have we been elected by the overwhelming vote of the people as their servants but as a house of representa- tives of which we have a large majority. The right to initiate taxation of the peo- pie is, by the constitution. placed in our hands as a sacred trust which we have no right to surrender, and which all par ties, however they differ in other things, will assuredly maintain.
 That we shall be ready at all times 10 furnish adequate revenue for the gov ernment according to our sense of pub lie duty no man can doubt. This is the greatest nation of the hemisphere, and while we have no desire to interfere with other nations we shall maintain our po- sition here with frmness and self respect. and at the same time with a careful consideration of facts and con servatism of action which shall leave no bad question to trouble our future. In this I trust the whole government in all its branches will be in accord with each other and with the people,"
 The garels were presented to Mir Reed, one by MT. Foss on behalf of the Hamil- ton club of Chicago. made of cherry and apple wood from Kentucky, and one by MT. Hilborne of California on behalf of the Third district of California. made of wood from Farragut's old flagship. Hart ford, now rebuilding at Mare Island navy yard. Mir. Reed accepted each one