The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-28
LIVINGSTON AN EARLY BIRD.
HE Is HUSTLING TO RETAIN HIS
PLACE ON A COMMITTEE.


Lon Thinks There Is Grave Danger
That eN-Spenker Crisp VIII super
sede Him on the Committee ON
appropriations In That Event
Representative Turner VIII Re-
tain His Place on the Committee
ON Ways and Means-The sOuthern
Republicans and the DOOrkeeper-
ship.
Washington. Nov. 1.-TWO years ago
Charles +. Crisp had a walk-over for the
speakership. and the democratic congress-
men elected TO the Fifty-third congress
We're obliged to play politics over the
clerkship and the minor offices, just as the
republicans are doing to-day. The speak
ership of the next House. being practi-
cally settled by the unanimous decree in
favor of Tom Reed, there is but little in
terest in the pending contest over the
small Offices. The democratic congress-
men-elect are taking no interest In the
organization of the House, and but few
OF them have arrived up to date.
Lon Livingston is the only member OF
the Georgia delegation here. and he IL
said to be looking after his retention ON
the committee on appropriations.
Although no official announcement OF
the committee assignments are expected
until after Mr.. Reed has been formally
elected speaker the fyossips say that Mr..
Crisp may be assigned to the COMMITTEES
on appropriations. so that Judge Turner
OF Georgia may retain his position on the
ways and means committee. IL Mr. Crisp
goes to the committee on appropriations,
Lon will have to give way. The appro-
priations committee exerts more influence
n chi m
other committees combined. hence Lon
~ u, ANXIOUS az, s that Mr.. Crisp should be pro-
None Of the South Carolina delegation
ias arrived. but they are expected here
saturday night or Sunday morning. sc
as TO be on hand when the drawing for
seats commences Monday
SScretaIy Hoke Smith win have an old
fashioned southern THANKSGIVING dinner
mere tomorrow and the following day he
VIII leave for Atlanta to make his formal
pa pla Tor the senatorship before the Georgia
legislature.
The southern republicans are putting uu
a a SUN bid for the doorkeepership with
date. The old heads in the repubIiean
party say II would be good politics 10 give
the @Ine south that position, and the souther-
ners, under the leadership Of Walter
Evans Of Louisville are giving the other
candidates considerable concern There is
more patronage at the disposal of the door
keeper than all the other Offices in the
House combined The southern represen-
tatives are to hold a caucus to-norrovv
night and decide finally what their ulti-
matum shall be-
The action OF the Ohio and Indiana DEL
egauons in congress in their respective
caucuses tonight, practically settled the
contest over the elective Offices OF the
rouse or Representatives. Ohio decided
10 cast her nineteen votes for the so-called
combine ticket, and twelve votes OF the
lndiana delegation went the same way
II. u. Johnson Of the Richmond district
declaring his intention TO vote FOR Mr.
henderson for clerk
:, Although Maj. Mcdowell claimed ear
Her IN the evening to have votes to
spare, after the result of these calicusea
We're announced TO him, he revised his
ngures and said at the lowest estimate
ne then had l6l votes. But I25 are nee
essary to nominate.
Ihe postmastership of the House. which
was assigned to Ohio by the combine
was tonight hlled by the Endorsement nv
tne ONO caucus OF Capt. J. c. McElroy OF
Syracuse, O., who had to start with Ave
votes and was finally selected on the
tentn ballot. Capt. McElrOy was an old
soldier and served as captain of conn
pany X, in the Eighteenth Ohio Voiun-
teer Infantry. the regiment Commanded
by Cen. Grosvenor. The ticket, whose
nomination the events OF tonight seem
TO foreshadow, and which viii doubtless
receive the majority vote Of SATURDAY.
nights caucus, is as follows:
Clerk-Alexander Mcdowell of Penn-
sylvania.
Doorkeeper-w. ID. Glenn of New York.
Sergeant-at-Arms-B. f. Russell oE
Postmaster-I. C. McElroy OF Ohio.