National Republican., 1873-02-01
THE THIRD HOUSE.
SOL SIMMONS FULL REPORT.


Speaker und III. speech-The Duty on
Good Liquor and Cigars to be AboI-
ished-Also the Duty the People Owe to
Their GoVernment-ArrnnEin TO Ar
raign the ADMINISTRATION OG
the National Debt Too Fal-A New
War TO be waEed-we Must Fight
somebody-No Interference with Wall
street specuiator.-IteadIng Of the
Message.
VILLAINS HuTEL, jan. 81, Is7a
have news OF the most mOmentous Importance
for the readers OF the REPUBLICAN. Here is:
The Third House was organized yesterday, and
by skillful manguvernR was enabled to extract
promise from the members to give me the ex-
elusive reports Of their proceedings during the
session.
The attendance was very full. Members had
been collecting here for the past six weeks, and
the hotels and bars had consequently done
large business. All the members seemed to have
plenty OF money. They wore fine Clothes smoked
good cigars, paid 10 cents for blacklng their
boots and INDUCED In expensive drinks. Their
wealth had all been acquired while making sun
dry mysterious visits to Washington and to State
capitals during sessions OF Legislatures The
greetings between the members were, In most
cases, very cordial. Cordial is gOod.) The com
mon mode Of salutatlOn was, allow Is your
pocket7" the replies generally being, that
pockets were In healthy condition and gaining
weight very fast.
Many congratulations were exchanged be
tween the members at the growing Importance
Of the Third House. The other two houses had
been employed almost exclusively during the
present session upon the business both finished
and unfinished, furnished by 1t, and II this thing
continued It was questionable whether thsy
ought not be abolished altogether, and their busl.
ness done on the more satisfactory basis Of the
Third House. SO fully convinced did the mem
bers Of the Third House seem Of the uselessness
Of paying TO the members VI the other two
houses the money that they could so well use
themselves, that II is more than likely that an
amendment to the Constitution AbOshinR those
houses altogether will be introduced into the
Third House at an early day.
Several caucuses had lately been held in the
different hotels and bAT-roOms by the members
the object Of which was to settle on some appTOI
PIRATE member for Speaker. The SemicTats he
Ing mere handful, or In pltiable minority,
Democrats then finally settled upon Messrs.
Puttthrough and Gllbbcuss as the two most
available candidates for Speaker. The latter
gentleman had many supporters, but as the
former came here with the prestige OF having
made a mysterious fortune at Warrington and
other legislative centres In q much shorter space
OF time thhn the latter, the chances OF Mr. Putlt-
through had frightened very materially within
the past few days.
lie had prepared a schedule Of his purchases
during the past few years, showing, from poor
beginning, that he now owned valuable tracts OF
lands, thousands Of shares OF stocks. any num-
ber OF tools for the carrying on Of his trade, sew
eral houses, two or three Legislatures number
OF jackasses, one or two Governors, a couple Of
dozen OF Congressman, and two or three Sena-
tors. These latter he had bought In the last ten
or twelve years, and had given his checks In full
for them. This schedule OF his wealth had a
powerful effect upon the different caucuseS for
II proved him TO be most competent and appTo-
prate candidate for so august body Of bodies.
His election TO the Speakershlp, therefore at the
assembling Of the House was fOTegone cOnclu-
sion. His opponent, Mr.. GlibbCuss being fine
talkeT, was thought well Of as a candidate for
speaker, but az he was poorer than PutitthTOuRh
he was hardly TO be trusted, for II was feared
that he would make too much hay while the sun
shOne, leaving other members TO get their mkes
from among the stubDle,
The female members were all gOOd-lOokIng,
In the previous sessions they had proved very
effective, and their beautiful faces were acknOWi-
edged TO be among the most attractive features
OF Washington. Their winning ways had also
won for the Third House much Of the glory which
ita past records exhibited, although II II true that
they had very appropriately been counted on In
making the yearly appropriations by the other
House. Tue Uniy objection 10 the female mem.
bCTs was the length 0t their tongues hut tins aim.