, 1869-03-13
pastirg prophet. Uh last act on the floor
or Congress wA 10 administer the
OATH OF OFFICE 70 RLAINH4

This occaalon gave riza 10 q scene cha1ac..
terlktlc Of the House Of Representatives. Of
lste-a tcere worthy Of q set of Echoolboys in
Is wonderful 10 me that body SO perfectly
uncomfortable by selt.respcct II the House
should Jet presume to be the only wise park
OF this government. This scene has not been
touched upcu By reason Of a crowd OF caval.
drag it ont that It may teach its lesson.
At noon on Thursday the Fortieth Con-
cress expired. At 9 O'Clock the Forty first
Congress assembled and proceeded to organ
lie. Sixty odd new members vera to sac
ceed as many departing ones. The galleries
bers assembled ou the floor aud in the cloak
rooms. knew By this large crowd that
Congress wonld feel the excited atmosphere
and b. ready Tor q" SHINE" Pat spectators
on the ttoor Of Congress and their
Wth sts so.e ax 10 Inc
l,tly, the behavior Of members Is that Of so
many stallion colts in grass-aeld. Vas
not. therefore, bit surprised ~hen. at the
reading Of the rufl-call BY Clerk Mcpherson,
the sexed question OF the right OF represent
alton cane up, and the House plunged into
1iotousness. .......
Mcpherson Is small, ltght-halred, blue
eyed, agreeable man, not magnetic nor cou-
handing in stature or failures, but Of q III ast
winning native graciousEess and good iuten.
tions. The House puts him in the dlsagreca-
BILE place OF carrying out is proscEiptive aud
! monwealths. This time they ordered him tv
omit Georgia and Louisiana, aud to call no
| name where that ot HGnry u. Foster o-curs
II The 1wtnty-f first District Of Pennsylvania.
When McPher. GU rose to do This be WAS the
| Speaker, Clerk, -sergeant-at.Astns, every
thing, Of the House Of Representatives,
the only link betw ern the people and the
| Executive, there being no Lower Legislat-
I'VE House whatever. As he proceeded to read
| the rolI.eall, all the great crowd listening,
Judge Woodward. Of Penusylyanla, arose
and offered pair Of resolutions. The Clerk
ruled out one and put the other to vole.
When the next disputed question came up,
James Brooks arose and to3k exception.
Brooks continued: The Clerk over
ruled him. Brooks appealed Coniu.
ss%De ee!ng Of ne c sa ss ana cs1s fs
oyerruled Brooks appeal and would not put
Il 10 tie House. Immediately chaos came
again. Brooks insisted upon bis point, talk
Ing loudly and yocifsradcg, and to his help
came tussy and frivolous personaEc, one
men OF manlulneas Oh the Democratic ade
This E1drldgc IL being little In al
his conceptions, IN echo Of man
piece OF pertness Without dignity
t and noise. without otleet. He Is perpsr
ually settiGg up With little mean question:
I
Is wonderfully like that OF certain B,rbar,
apes haze noticed, the smlrk and the coun
tenaI ce dying into and demeatiug each othe
Ike the multiplication Of Tulgar frActions
Brooks v as demeaned by .any such auppnr
as this, and Brooks and Eld1idge, the fo1me
| losing discretion and the latter never pos
sesstug any, ciamored NJ the tops of tnei
voices, The majority aide giving them abus
back, and the Clerk found the House per
fect1y uncomfortable. A man named Stokes
Of Tennessee, | think, got up on the Rep1h
| i!can side md played the rowdy. 4 ".
/ Muugcn OF the other side shook bis ast a
John Logan, who threatened "to veat!late'
him. FIf1y people were on the floor At once
| vociierating, threatening, urging on persons
. collision.
"Call the sergennt-at-Arms r. erie
2 Romc.
+ A aerce laugh was returned:
) "1hcre Is no acryeant-at Arms"
+ At last, By cheer wearfuesa, the tempe:
c ceased a1d then Mcfhrrson yractously apoIt
1 gizeo. upon the snppo:itioa that be had be
4 ! scene, also made apology, or withdrew b
claim. Then Mr.. Blaine Vas escorted to h
i plnce by Mr. Dawes, Of Massachusetts, au
:. Mr. Kerr. OF Indiana, and he made n aul
addreks, full Of the occasion, hl. strong sha
Il of figure showing well, aud hts voice ell
i, qucLt. Then Mr. Wa.hburne administere
: the oath OF otAcc, standing In the space b
{. tore the chair, and while they repeated II
l. words CT The solemn promise, wished thi
all the members we're Of the grade Of tho
two. That was Sir. Washhurne's Inst 4
E sallow from sickness, and ho showed Il
!. worrying work Of Watching the Treasury 81
). making all the cares oi the Stats his own.
;, GATH,