Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-07
REED REDIvipus.
officers Of the House The New Sem
ators-Notes.
From our regular correspondent

his seat as Speaker of the House OF
Representatives, in the midst of en-
thusiastic 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 feeling proud Of the
honors which the Republicans have
delighted in heaping upon him. No
greater honor could possibly be given
any man than for the majority to un-
animously nominate him for Speaker,
not the perfunctory "unanimous"
nomination which usually follows
when one candidate receives MAORI
ty of votes in a caucus, over his conf
petitor or competitors, but a really
unanimous 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 we'll known by every
Republican in the United States.
There are other able Republicans in
the House-seores of them-but it
was virtually settled by the Republi-
can voters more than year ago that
this honor should be paid to Mr.. Reed.
One OF the most important 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 the only man to do so since
Congress was established.
1t is not yet certain when Speaker
Reed will announce 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 DISPOSE
ton among the Republican members
to leave it entirely to Mr.. Reed where
they shall serve, knowing that so far
as the old members are concerned he
is an excellent judge of the places in
which they can do the most work to-
wards making this business Con-
gress, and that the few personal dis
appointments, which must necessari-
ly follow the placing of members, will
be largely erbalanced by the gener-
al good that will thereby be accom-
plished.
The other officers elected by the
House were: Clerk, A. Mcdowell, of
Pennsylvania; Sergeant-at-Arms, B.
Russell, of Missouri; Doorkeeper, w.
J. Glenn, of New York. Postmaster,
]. c. McElroy, of Ohio; Chaplain, Rev.
H. N Couden, of Michigan.
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 New
Jersey; Walthall, of Mississippi, and
Chiffon, of Texas-have been in the
Senate before. Thirteen donned the
senatorial toga for the first time, but
some of them have long been promi-
nent in public life. For instance,
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, has
been a member of the House and gov
ernor of his State; Senator Thurston,
of Nebraska, has taken leading part
in the last two or three National cam
paigns; Senator Carter, of Montana,
in addition to serving two terms as a
delegate in the House, is chairman of
the Republican National Committee;
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, was
a delegate in the House from New
Mexico, and Secretary OF War in Presi-
dent Harrison Cabinet; Senator Gear,
of Iowa, has been twice governor Of
his State, served three terms in the
House, and was Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury under the Harrison
administration; Senator Burrows, Of
Michigan, was one of the leading Re-
publicans of the House for a long
period Those who are new to ma
tional politics are, Clark, of Wyoming
Mantle, of Montana; Baker, Of Kan
sas; Prichard, of North Carolina; and
Wetmore, of Rhode Island, Republi-
cans; and Baker, of Georgia; Martin,
of Virginia; and Tillman, of South
Carolina; Democrats, and Butler, OF
North Carolina, Populist.
Owing to the time OF the House
being taken up with the election of
officers and the choice of seats Mr..
Cleveland's message will not go in
until tomorrow.
Representative Walter Evans, of
Kentucky, thinks the Democrats start
ed the story that he had withdrawn
as a candidate for Senator, in order to
create the impression that he didn't
think the Republicans had any chance
to elect Senator Blackburn successor.
Mr.. Evans has not withdrawn, and
he is confident that either himself or
some other Republican will be elected
to the Senate by the Kentucky legis
lature.
DIR. HARTMAN SAYS