Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

When Hon Thos, B. Reed, of Maine, to.
day took his seat as Speaker of the House
of Representatives, in the midst of the 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 unanimously nom
mate him for speaker, not the perfunctOry
Unanimous" nomination which usually
follows when one candidate receives a ma
iority of votes in a caucus, over his cOmpet-
itor or competitors, but a'really unanimous
nomination in which there was no compet-
itor. 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 de-
served in this case is well known by every
Republican in the United States. There
are other able Republicans in the House
scores of them but it was virtually set
tied BY the Republican voters more than a
wear ago that this honor should be paid to
Mr.. Reed One of the most important
immediate results of Speaker Reeds being
hOnOred in so extraordinary a manner is
that he assumes his high office untram.
meled by deals or promises probably the
only man to do so since Congress was es-
tablished.
II is not vet 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 com
mittee places. There seems to be a gen |
eral disposition among the Republican |
members to leave it entirely to Mr.. Reed I
to say where they shall serve, knowing /
that so far as the old members are con-
cerned he is an excellent Judge of the places /
in which they can do the best work to-
wards making this a business Congress,
end that the few personal disappointments,
which must necessarily follow the placing
of members, will be largely overbalanced
BY the general good that will thereby be
accomplished.
The other officers elected by the House
were Clerk, A Mcdowell, of Pa; Ser
eeant-at Arms, B Russell, of Mo; Door
Keeper. w. j. eileen, of N. Y Postmaster,
j. c. McElroy, of o.; Chaplain, Rev H
NJ Couden, of Mich.
The most interesting feature of the first
davis session of the Senate was the debut
of the new Senators. There were thirty of :
them, but fourteen of them served in the last j
Senate and were merely sworn in for new '
terms, while three of them-Sewell, of N v
] Walthall, of Miss and Chiffon, Of r
Tex. have been in the Senate before n
Thirteen donned the Senatorial toga for the v
first time, but some of them have long been '
in public life For instance, Sen. d
ltor Nelson, of MINI, has been a member =
If the House and Governor of his State Ell
Of tab I u
eading part In the last two or three Ma f
ional Campaigns; Senator Garter, of Mont s,
a addition to serving two terms as a dele Vi
ate In the House, is chairman of the Re- N
ublican National Committee; Senator e. m
.ins. of West Va, was delegate in the Fl
IOuse from New Mexico and Secretary of in
Var In President Hanls0n's Cabinet; Sen ell
tor Gear, of Iowa, has been twice Gov tn
NOR of his State, served three terms in the h
louise. and was Assistant Secretary of the sii
reasury under the Harrison adminiStTa- HI
on. Senator BurrOWs,o of Mich. was one of ne
lie leading Republicans of the House for a IS
ng period. Those who are new to Ma No
,naf politics are, Clark, of Wyo.; Mantle.
Mont; Baker, of Kansas; Prichard, of
c., and Wetmore, of R. J., Republicans, ]
ID Bakerof Ga Martin, of Va, and Till 80
an. of S c., Democrats, and Butler, of -
c., Populist uas
Owing to the time of the House being all
ken up with the election Of officers and Cat
! choice of seats MI Cleveland's mes to /
ge will not go in until tomorrow con
Walter Evans, of Ken 10,
XIV, thinks the Democrats started the ~. -
~ that he had withdrawn as candidate TAX
Senator, in order 10 create the impress and
\ that he didn't think the Republicans des
any chance TO elect Senator Black givi
MS successor Mr. Evans has n0tWith- the
wn. and he Is confident that either him, Re
or some other Republican will be elected s.,,,
he Senate by the Kentucky Legislature. ,s'''
am cured siuce taking Hoods SarssPa- fails
" is what many thousands are saying, AZ
vsa renewed vitality and xtgoE. -
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