Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-12-06

Republican In the United States.
There are other able Republicans
in the House scores Of them--but
it was virtually settled by the Re.
publican voters more than a year
ago that this honor should be paid
to Mr.. Reed. One OF the most inn
portant immediate results of
Speaker Reeds being honored in
so extraordinary a manner is that
he assumes his high Office untram-
eled by deals promises-prob ably
the only man to do so since Con-
gress was established.
1t is not yet certain when Speak
er Reed will announce the com
mittees of the House, but it is ex-
pected that he will do so before
the close of the week. 1t is an en-
couraging sign that there is no
scrambling for committee places.
There seems to be a general dis
position among the Republican
members to leave itentirely to Mr..
Reed to say 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 best work
towards making this a business
Congress, and that the few person
al disappointments, which must
necessarily follow the placing OF
members will be largely overbal-
anced by the general good that
will thereby be accomplished.
The other officers elected by the
House were: clerk, A. Mcdowell,
of Pennsylvania; Seergeant-at-
Arms, B. Russell, of Missouri;
Door-keeper, w. j. Glenn, of New
York; Postmaster, J. G. McElroy,
of Ohio; Chaplain, Rev. H. n.
Couden, of thigan.
The most interesting feature Of
the first days session of the Sen,
ate was the debut of the new
Senator'S. There were thirty OF
them, but fourteen of them served
in tle 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 prominent in public life.
For instance, Senator Nelson, of
Minnesota, has been a member of
the House and Governor of his
state; Senator Thurston, of Nebras-
ka, has takena leading part in the
last two or three National Cam
paigns; Senator Carter, of Mon
tana, in addition to serving two
terms as delegate in the House
is chairman of the Republican
National committee; Senator Elk
ils, of West Virginia, was a dele
gate in the House from New Mex
leo, and Secretary of War in Pres
ident Harrison's Cabinet; Senator
Gear, of Iowa, has been twice
Governor of his state, served
three terms in the House, and was
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury under the Harrison admins
tration; Senator Burrows, of Mich
igan, was one of the leading
Republicans of the House for a
long period. Those who are new to
national politics are, Clark of
Wyoming; Mantle, of Montana;
Baker, of Kansas; Prichard, of
North Carolina; and Wetmore, of
Rhode Island, Republicans, and
Baker of Georgia; Martin of Vir-
ginia, and Tiilman, of South Caro-
lima, Democrats, and Butler of
North Carolina, populist.
Representative Walter Evans,
of Kentucky, thinks the Demo
Gratis started the story that he had
withdrawn as candidate for Sch
ator, in order to create the impress
sion that he didn't think the Re-
publicans had any chance to elect
Senator Blackburn's 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 legislature.