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Show T1IK IIITV-SKOIII lOMIItFs. Tlirofflclal eilitcnco of tho Mfty-lecond Mfty-lecond Congreti be gau March e, lb9l, aud will end March 4, 181)1. The flrtt teaalou of thla Congrcit will oen ou Monday next, at Waahlugton, 1). C. The Hentte, from a patty jlntci view, lallepubllcau, but th Houae la overwhelmingly over-whelmingly Democratic, there being L'SJ rriretiitatlvea of that arty aa agalnat from M to W of the Ilcpubllcnn iity. The II rat bualneaa of Importance to be tranaacted by the llouie la the eleo-tlou eleo-tlou ol aHpeaker. Thlt will be entirely confined to (hn Democrala. Already Ihere are half ndozen candidate In tbo fie! I. Among lliwu atoll. (J. Mill of Texas, II. MoMlllln of TenuetMe, C. P. Crltpof Ueorgla, W. M.Hprlngerof Illinois, and W. I Wilton of Weat Virginia. According to Democrat lo autliorltle tht light will be chiefly coiillned to the raoni mentioned. The present ixinteat will be somewhat some-what almllar to that of 1973 I'or the flrat lime alter tbo war the Democrata bad a majority In tho House thatjrar, Korr of Indiana aod Kendal! of 1'oiiu- tylvanla were candldalet fur the Hfcakarahlp. JCerr ripreaenle.1 lb tatl IT reform, orfree-trado Democrata, ltandall the protectlonlsla. Th latUr watelecteil to the place, not, liowvr, becauao of bit UrW rlucl) lee, but ho waa conilderml the abler (.arlUnieQUr Ian and was alw the older member. Though tarlllreform It still I uerty Issue aa between Democrats and He-publlcant, He-publlcant, yet Iteeemt Hint tho former are unanimous enough on that quca Mills stands for tarlll riform, but Hprlngcr, Crisp, Wllaoo, llynum and MuMllUn are Juat at pronounced lo that rcapeet though none of them aro now utkluR freo trade. 1 1 It auppoaed that tho free coinage of tllver will have tomothlog to do with the sj-eakerahlp. i.aatern Democrata who are oipoaed to It favor Mills, Inasmuch at hu hat announced that In political Isauea ho give iriicdcura to tarllT relorm. The New l.ngland ita are very etui batto In their endorto-mint endorto-mint of the rexati The Hprlnglleld .VcuMcwi, how. over,) ronoiinret Wilton the betj equip. d maufor tho plate. Hut aa betwien Crli'Daud Mllla, It favoia the latter. Ho doea the llotion Jliruhl. That I aper it decidedly opjioted lo Crlap bo-causuofhls bo-causuofhls free-silver doctrines, nnd liltdlautltlon. to give It precedence over tarlll reform. He waa an active free-cotuagu leader In the hit House, llewlllhave n Urge Houtheru and Wertcru tii port, and It It ul 1 that he has tho New Jersey del-gallon and four New l.ngland votes. On the oilier hand It It tal I that Mllla will havu nil the New 1 nglaud Democrata excel tto. The fight I romlaea to lw sharp end bitter, and If the frie-coluago Issue enlrraltitoll,ltiuayleal to sellout results re-sults for the !rly. |