Show T THE CONGRESS by the time our next issue appears the congress of the united states will have met and coi commenced iilene ed ihnot completed ita or organization g animation aniza tion by tile lie C election of senator david davis in the fiort short extra session of october the senate had has a pre presiding sidings officer it will however have to choose choon a i secretary and a sargeant at arms the squabble over the filling n of these two responsible and remunerative positions caused thed alie deadlock inthe in alie recent extra e session the republicans arc iaia measure committed to two men of Ma maciones Maho liones noa predilection the for aco C gorham Gor liam and tile place of ser b geant can at arms atar for are am the thirty piece pieces of silver for which mahone malione played his detestable part of judas iscariot and sold himself the sand and the state of virginia to the republican pa party arty that gladly received the penitent renegade gade democrat into their ranks securing with his vote the in the senate and making a breach into the close cloe phalanx of the solid south it is asserted ted however that there arc are republicans who denounce the treacherous crous traffic and will under no considers consi considerations dern eions condescend to assist in the realization of little mahones big ambitions if so an interesting te time may may be looked forward to and it is not alto altogether geaber out of f the confines of possie possibility clity that the democrats may profit of the discord in the ranks of their opponents in ili the house of representatives the first business will be to elect a presiding officer many are alie aspirants to to this influential office in national Jat ional legislation the most prominent sare are his hiscock acock of new york keifer of ohio and kasson of iowa wit with several more ambitious men lurking in the background ready to loom up as dark ilor horses ses as eoon soon as neither of the candidates should succeed in uniting dg a majority on him when these lines appear in print the contest between the leading rivals on the republican side will be virtually decided by the ution of the caucus of the republican side of the house held today to day as seen in our dispatches according to the latest information received by us at the time of this writing the contest will bo narrowed down to kasson and keifer H hiscock istock appears to be left out of the race on consideration of tile fact that a good portion of the administration and the federal patron patronage age is already in ill the hands bands of new york men alie the presidency the of tile treasury the postmaster generalship etc but if this reasoning holds good for hiscock it ought to be considered valid in every other case so in that cr whose state ohio already has the presiding officer odthe of the other branch hof of national nation I legislation be side the innumerable host of federal officials and pensioners which the administrations of hayes and garfield have foisted upon the ship of state kasson represents iowa the tile republican banner state of the west oliero democracy is scarcely known c except by name and the greenback party is is livin living a shadowy ex existence i otence moreover the west is continually increasing in wealth and prosperity and ought to have a proportionate share in political power whichever side the scales may rise rise or fall the tile next speaker of the house will be a republican and thus both brandies branches of the tile le legisla gisla I ture will be organic organized b ed in harmony with the administration still the majorities of the republicans republican are not so large as to prevent a wholesome check by their opponents on ciny any extreme party measures they number in the house UG while the democrats arc are just ten b behind chind that number the other eleven members of ortho the are scattered in small squads as follows four democratic Green backers four republican Grcen Green backers two re read ad justers pledged by mahone to the republicans Republican and one independent with republican proclivities thus tho the ship of state launches out on a new career of legislation with tho the opposing tendencies tolerably well balanced and ballasted ballested bal lasted NOT ago the manager of the theater at madison ohio ohi 10 announced that the tragedy odthe of the late president garfield would be represented on the stage in that place INI madison adison asin is in garfielda Gar fields 11 ormer congressional gress dional district and the indignation odthe of alie people became so strong against the perform performance ance that the manager very sensibly concluded to give it up lip |