Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-26
SENATORS ARE UNDECIDED
Question of Reorganization is Not Yet
Definitely Settled.
ABILITY AND expeDlENcY CONSIDERED
Republicans May Conclude Not to
Assume Control OF the Upper
House OF Congress Even IL
They Can Get the Votes.

WASHINGTON Nov. 25.--The arrival OF a
number of senators and members last night
and today. including eX-Speaker Reed, has
served to increase discussion over the reorgan-
zaton of the two houses OF congress aud the
prospect now is that this will be the upper
most question in congressional circles until
the house contest is settled and it Is decided
whether the senate will reorganize.
The fact that the speakership is universally
conceded to Mr. Reed has had the effect of
concentrating interest in the other elective
offices. and 1t appears probable that the elm
nation of the speakership will not diminish
the general concern over the result.
General Henderson and Mr. Mcdowell are
9tll the only two candidates for the house
clerkship, and It is not believed that any dark
horse candidates will develop between this
time and next Saturday, when the house
caucus will be held. Mr.. McDowells friends
are boldly claiming that they are sure of
majority, but the Henderson men Instead of
concedng this assert that McDowelrs vote
will be fifteen or twenty short of sufficient to
nominate.
There is possibility Of change in the
contest for sergeant-at-arms. but the rumors
in that connection are too vague to base a
statement on. A Mr. Parker of Kentucky
has announced himself as candidate for this
office within the past day or two.
There are now three candidates for door
keeper-Tpton of Tennessee, Fortune of
North Carolina and Adams OF Maryland
The names of MIR. Fairless of Virginia and
William Cattlett of West Virginia have also
been added to the list of candidates for post
master.
The southern republicans have announced
their intention of holding caucus on
"Wednesday for the purpose of agreeing upon
candidates whom they can support as body.
There are twenty-three republican members
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Missouri.
Opinions are decidedly at variance among
the republican senator's in reference to the
reorganization of the senate and nothing
definite will be known on that score until the
converting of the senate Senator Sherman,
who is chairman of the republican caucus, eX
pressed the opinion today that the republicans
would hold a conference early in the session
fer the consideration of this question. \ ma
jority of the republican senators here appear
to advocate complete organization on re-
publican lines, but some of the older and
more conservative of them oppose a move
ment in this direction contendng that it
would be impolitic to assume the affairs
and take charge of the committees without
having a working majority in the senate.
Some republican senator's who favor organiza-
ton advance the idea that the democrats
will not demand division when the election
comes and allow the republicans to take it
by default Democratic senators here do not
confirm this view and the indications are that
they will hold the offices until the repub-
!cans show themselves able to take them.
To secure this strength the will have TO OBJ
tain some Of the populst votes. Senator
PETER, who is generally regarded as the
leader of the third party, is advocating the
main enance of an Independent position and
it is considered probable that this advice will
be followed to the extent of putting a ticket
in the field at the beginning of the contest
# the republicans attempt reorganization.
The republicans are claiming, however, that
they will secure Senator Stewards vote and
that Senator Jones also will probably stand
with them. These acquisitions would be suf-
ticient to enable the republicans to take the
organization.
1t appears altogether probable that the
question will be postponed until after the
feeling of the Utah senators Is manifested.
which cannot happen until some time in
January or February. depending upon the
expedition displayed in their election by the
Utah legislature. 1t is altogether probable
that by that Tina the republicans will be in
condition to claim the organization and that
they will take it.
There will be in effort on the part of some of
the senators to compromise the claims of the
silver and anti-silver republicans in connec-
ton with the committee on finance by en-
larging the committee to eleven and giving
the silver men one of the new places and the
gold men the other.