The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-11-27
THE REORGANIzAlIl QN
CT tie United States Senate Has No
Been Decided Upon.
REPUBLICANS GOING SLOW
Think 1t Not Advisable to Take Com
mittees Without Having Good
Working Majority to Back
Them In Reports.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.=The arrival
of number of senators and members,
including ex Speaker Reed, has served
to increase discussion over the reorgan-
ization of the two houses of congress,
and the prospect now is that this will
be the uppermost question in congress
sional circles until the house question
is settled and it is decided whether the
senate viii reorganize.
The fact that the speakership is uni
versally conceded to Mr.. Reed has had
the effect of concentrating interest in
the other elective offices, and it appears
probable that the elimination of the
speakership will not diminish the gen.
eraI concern over the result.
General Henderson and Mr.. Mellow
ell are still the only two candidates for
the house clerkship, and it is not be-
heyed that any dark horse candidate
will develop between this time and
next Saturday, when the house caucus
viii be held.
McDoweli's friends are boldly claim
ing that they are sure of Il majority,
but the Henderson men, instead of con-
ceding this, assert that McD0well's vote
will be 10 or 20 short of sufficient to
nominate. There is a possibility OF a
change i'll the contest for sergeant-at-
arms, but the rumors in that connection
are too vague to place Il statement on
A Mr.. Parker of Kentucky has an
nOunced himself as Il candidate for this
Office within the past day or two
There are now three candidates for
doorkeeper- Upton of Tennessee, For
tune of North Carolina and Adams of
Maryland. The names of Mr. Fairless
of Virginia and w. d. Catlett have
also been added to the list of candidates
for postmaster.
The southern Republicans have an
nounced their intention of holding a
caucus ON Wednesday for the purpose
of agreeing upon candidates whom they
can support as a body. There are %
Republican members from this section,
not including those fr omMlssouri.
Opinions are widely at variance as to
the policy of the Republican senators
with reference to the reorganization of
the senate, and nothing definite viii be
known ON that score until after the
conyen1ng of the senate. Senator Sher-
man, who Is chairman of the Repub.
hcan caucus, expressed the opinion that
the Republicans would hold confer
ence early in the session for the consid-
GRAFTON of this question.
y ILlEllOl4lN VI Illb SSIld-
tors here appear to advocate an effort at
organization on Republican lines, but
some of the older and more conservative
of them oppose movement in this d.
rection, contending that it would be inn
polite to assume the affairs and take
charge of the committee without having
a working majority in the senate.
Some Republican senators who favor
organization advance the idea that the
Democrats will not demand O division
when the election comes and allow the
Republicans to take it by default. DEM
ocratic senators here do not confirm the
view and the indications are that they
viii hold the offices until the Republi-
cans show themselves able to take them.
To secure this strength they will have
to obtain some of the Populist votes.
Senator PETER, who is generally regard
ed as the leader of the third party, is
advocating the maintenance of an indie
pendent position, and it is considered
probable that this advice will be fol-
lowed to the extent of putting ticket
N the field at the beginning of tko con-
test If the Republicans attempt to re-
organize.
The Republicans are claiming, how
ever, cheY VIII secure Senator Stewart
vote and that Senator Jones also will
probably stand with them. These Gcqui-
sitiOns would be sufficient to enable the
Republicans to take the organization
1t appears altogether probable that the
question will be postponed until after
the seating of the Utah senators, which
can not happen until some time in Jan
uary or February, depending upon the
expedition displayed i'll their election
by the Utah legislature 1t is alto
gether probable that by that time the
Republicans will be in condition to
claim the organization and that they
will take it.
There will be an effort ON the part of
some of the. senators to compromise the
claims of the silver and anti-silver Re
publicans in connection with the COM
mlttee on finance by charging the COM
mittee to II and giving the silver men
one of the new places and the gold men
the other.
temperance in New York.
NEW York. Nov. 25.-Chickering
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