The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-26
While the Position OF serEeant-at
derson as Consolation Prize
M'KEE STILL IN THE FIGHT
hit WILLING TO ACCEPT CLERK
SHIP m HE CAN'T DO BETTER
Full Indiana Delegation 10 Hold =
Conference To-Norrow Evening-
Ex-speaker Reed az the Capital.
:peclal 10 the Inaianapolls Journal.


special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-A meeting OF
entire Indiana delegation has been
lied for next Wednesday evening. BY
4 time all the Indiana members will
e arrived in the city. The principal
slness of the meeting will be TO discuss
attitude of the delegation in the present
,ontest for House offices. During the dis
cussion the fate OF Captain Mckee's candi-
dacy will be determined. Mr. Mckee to-
day assured several members OF the dele
CATION who called at his rooms that he was
unwilling 10 let his candidacy for Sergeant
alarms interfere with their support Of any
other candidates for office. and IL the dele
CATION decides that its best interests are TO
be found I'm the Mcdowell camp he will
promptly abandon his contest for the Office.
The general opinion tonight Is that Nc
Dowell will win the cerkship. but that the
rest of the combine is by no means GER
/ tain of victory There Is strong feeling
| among the older men TO let Mcdowell have
| the clerkship and then give Henderson the
neutrality-suspicious. as a consolation prize
Henderson has been in Congress some
/ twenty years. and his old friends are very
unwilling TO see him entirely left out, even
though they cannot support him for Clerk.
/
didacy comes TO an immediate end. In this
event Mr. Mckee believes that his friends
! in the delegation will endeayor to provide
a place for him, and he is willing TO ac-
cept the office OF journal clerk of the
| House. place for which his long parlia-
mentary training has peculiarly fitted him.
Representative Steele rs expected to-mor-
| row, and much depends on the views that
he will express There was an unfounded
story last night to the effect that Mr.. Nc
Kee had abandoned his fight. Mr.. Mckee
is in the hands of the Indiana delegation,
and will be guided solely BY the considera-
| tion OF their best interests
ARRIVAL OF MIR. REED.
An Associated Press dispatch says: The
arrival of number of Senators and menu
| bers to-day, inclading ex-Speaker Reed.
has served 10 increase discussion
over the reorganization of the two houses
of Congress- and the prospect now is that
this win be the uppermost question in
congressional circles until the House con-
test is settled and Ii Is decided whether
| the Senate will recreanize The fact that
the speakership Is universally conceded to
| Mr. Reel has had tho effect OF concentrate
ing interest in the other elective o51ices.
and II appears probable that the eliInira-
tion of the speakership win not diminish
the general concern over the result Gen.
| Henderson and Mcdowell are still the only
two candidates for the House clsr'sship.
and IL is not believes that any daris-borse
candidates will deseiop between this time
and next Saturday v. m the House eau
Gus will be held NfclsoSelrs frients
now only claiming lhsl they are sue OF
a majority. but the Henderson mea. in
stead OF conceding this, assere thai Nc
Dowells vote will be fifteen on twenty
short OF sufficient 10 nominate.
There is possibility of change ia the
confess, for Sergeaas-at-arms but ne ra-
mors I'm that connection are too va8ae 10
base statement on. A AIR. PARKER. OF
Kentucky. has announced himself as can
ditste for this office within the past day or
two. There are now three candidates Tor
Doorkeeper-Tipton.f of Tennessee; Fortune.
of North Carolina. and Adams. OF Mary
| land. The names of Mr.. Fa.rless. of Nr-
ginia, and W. ID. catiett OF West yir-
s,na esnssse. s1 for ee postmaster The south
ern Republicans have announced their in-
tention OF holding caucus on Wednesday
for the purpose OF agreeing on candidates
whom they can support as body There
are twenty three Republican members from
this section, not including those from Mis-
Opinions are sadly at variance as TO the
policy of the Republican Senators with ref
erence to the reorganization OF the SEN
ate, and nothing definite Will be known on
that score until after the convening OF the
senate. Senator sherman. who Is chair.
| man OF the Republican caucus. expressed
the opinion to-day that the Republicans
| would hold conference early In the ser-
majority OF the Republican Senators here
appear 70 advocate an effort at organixa-
tion on Republican lines, but sope Of the
older and more Conservative of them op-
pose a movement in this direction contend
| ing that it would be impollfic 10 assume
control OF affairs and take charge or the
committees without having working ma
jority i'm the Senate some Republican Sem
! afors who favor organization advance the
idea that the Democrats Will not demand =
| division when the election comes. and al
low the Republicans TO take IL by default.
! Democratic Senators here do not confirm
this yiew and the indications are that they
will hold the offices until the Republicans
show themselves able TO take them To
secure this strength they will have to OBJ
/ tain some of the Populist votes
Senator PETER. who Is generally regarded
| as the leader of the third party, Is ad-
vocatng the maintenance Of an independ>
that this advice will be followed to tho
! extent of putting ticket In the field et
leans Ins eesnn atempt reorganiaaiion The RspuS
! licans are claiming. however, that they viii
secure Senator stewart's vote. and that
Senator Jones also will probably stand
with them. These acquisitions would be
sufficient 10 enable the Republicans 20 take
the organization
question VIII be postponed until after the
Seating OF the Utah Senator's. which cannot
happen until some time I'm January or Feb
ruary. depending upon the expedition dis
played in their election by the Utah Lex
isIature. IL Is altogether probable that
by that time the Republicans will be In
condition to claim recognition. and they
will take It. There will be an effort on the
part OF some OF the Senators 10 COM
promise the claims OF the silver and anti
silver Republicans I'm connection with the
committed on finance by enlarging the
committee TO eleven and giving the silver
men one OF the new places and the fsold
| men the other.