The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-05
t~SrON LETTER.
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WAS sToN. Dec. ., 1895

the midS' rf the enthusiastic plau-
dts of hi ,.r 'eagues on the floor Of
khe HouSH md Of the crowds which
6lled hr go leres to their full capa-
city, he might have been excused
for feeling proud Of the hOnOrs
whlch the Republicans have de-
Eghted in heaplng upon him. No
greater honor coH'd possibly be
given any man than for the ajority
30 unanimously nominate him for
Speaker, not the perfunctory Gun
aHlmous" nomination which usually
follows when one candidate receives
. majority of votes in caucus,
oyer his competitor 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
~ zT'''' ''',rre'o of things such an
honor can conn to but few men,
but that 1t was ',rIvs-' -eserved in
this case is well known by every
Republican in the United States.
There are other able Republicans
An the House-scores of them-but
ii 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 i'm
portant immediate results of
Speaker Reeds being honored il so
extraordinary manner is that he
assumes his high office untrammeled
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 com mitteee
OF the House, but it is expected that
he will do so before the close of the
week. 1t is an encouraging sign
Shat there is no ScramblIng for
committee places. There seems to
be general disposition among the
Republican members to leave it en-
tlrely to Mr.. Reed to say where they
ahall serve, knowing that so far as
she 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 Con-
gress, and that the few personal
disappointments, which must neces-
csrily follow the placing of members
Will be largely oyerbalanced by the
general good that will thereby be
accomplished.
The other officers elected by the
House were: Clerk, A. Mcdowell,
OK Pa, Sergeant-at-Arms, B. Rus
sell, of Mo-; Doorkeeper, ". j.
Glenn, of N. Y; Postmaster, J. G.
hcEIroy, of O.; Chaplain, Rev II.
N. Couden, of Mich.
The most interesting features 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 N. j.; Walthall, of
Miss, and Chiffon, of Tex. have
seen in the Senate before. Thirteen
donned the senatorial togs for the
fTrSt time, bnt some of them have
long been prominent in public life.
FOR instance, Senator Nelson, of
Alnn., has been a Der of the
House and Governor of his State;
Senator Thurston, of Nebr., has
taken a leading part in the last two
or three National Campaigns; SEN
ator Carter, of Mont, in addition
to serving two terms as a delegate
in the House, is chairman of the
Republican National Committee;
Senator Elkins, of West Va, was a
delegate in the House from New
Mexico and Secretary of War in
President Harrison's Cabinet; Sen
stor Gear, of Iowa, has been twice
Governor of his State, served three
terms in the House, and was AS
aistant Secretary Of the Treasury
under the Harrison administration;
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, was
one of the leading Republicans of
sRna HOuca for 1opu ,oar;o1 TiLo,o