The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-03

York members nov are few in tie land this
yoar-w"rc havin-' q cunRrntulntory titno Of H.
40 Il went on. sirolliug mon widening their
greetings at every stclI- llarmer Of Ponnsyiva-
MA walking vi, to ne three lonely
Der. and sOlemnlv shaking hands with each.
the only man hat did. aud COnger. on the same
sid. conspicuous ih his glossy new suit--ho
always wears full dress and you could soc your
fn'o in 1t last session-doing much hand-shnk-
Few Democrats like him, All this bows uinv
and greeting going on und 'r cutlery packed.
ono long stretch OF dull-loOking mon opposite
the Sp .nker. and tho rest ~ the gallery two
thirds ladies Rather sober tiuts the dresses
hayc. put in mass together rs they arc in u
galcrv-rcddish browns and blacks. with hero
and there n vivid flash from ribbon or plating
~ the new red. brilliant as the rose which gives
| 1t its name
There was great rustic. and some stiffness.
| M Mr.. Speaker stepped from his room and be-
| hind tho marble desk. II had n tn triple
| stand OF flowers on It's corner white at the bot
! TOM, nnd rising in one circle ot color after
another until 1t was tipped 10y crimson lily.
| elsewhere. for everybody wears dead hnck on
| opening day. The bouquet on the Speakers
| deck Ia official: il comes from the Government
greenhouse. every petal costing t2or So IN some
| appropriation. But there are other bouquets
on members desks which are not in the leust
| onlcial. They mean various things, but II Is
| ordinarily supposed that they moan that some
one name unknown has particularly nice
| place in soma nice department. and ia partic-
The Speaker raised his gnvel The mace Mt
| his side WIS siipDed into plncc. The flag ON the
| roof ran up on the halliHrds. Tho session was
| open. Three fourtha of tho members rose as
As he closed. Field. Doorkeeper Of the House.
and Gorham Clerk Of the Senate. stood at tho
| long aisle opposite the speaker. Field, a very
| tall man with very low vest and Of much
! presence GOrham, shorter and business like
TO the tips OF his fingers. II was IA message
| from the Senate. That scunt ceremony over
two memh1ra were sworn. One. Bailey from
New YORK.. 70 succeed Quinn: ih9 Speaker
members while tho House went on with liz loud
| buzz 81 tax. Two trinng bits OF ceremony
leadership OF the House followed. Mr.. Wood
rose. He ~ the only man in the House who
never foIgets that he Is lis ttular leader, and il
IL only ~ some ceremony ike this that he can
be- certain of making the rest ~ the House re-
member II, lie held the formal resolution in
form ing the Senate that the House had met,
read 1t with some effect. and 10 WAS pissed
Atkins was next. rs Chairman OF the Com
mitee of Appropriations TO make the motion
Tor "A romwitioe to inform the President the
House had met He. Cox. and Foster quit the
hail as committee to toil Mr.. Hayes that the
| House WAS ready for business.
An hour later the House met, after n recess.
The speaker took his ehmr aud Tie tail Door.
keeper W lkod 20 tho end oi the aisle again and
| took his rine' by a pale. tonrlrs- looking man
with o. reddish pointed beard ami no voice. II
was Rogers. III" said something no ono heard,
rod sad on 10. in Field and bowed. Frd took II
and we'd, aud walked down 10" aisle io the
Speaker. Tho envelope was opened and the
message read. There wis no great interest
taken In the opening unge-. hut the II use
came to am iudeilnable attention 40 th" first ref
srence 10 the late slay"hodug States Tho
Hous" divided in eNpre-sl4sl booked grave. the
Republicans satisfied and graf il,rl.
Aitrr tho reading WIS over wood rose. A
,n,ior ,ye. ,hiut To- ,..mmit tho first hlunder N
the session less than three hours after II had
| open q. Mr. Wood moved that The message bt
referred and ordered printed Although as %
| whole the document was highly satisfactory.
Yet some roicr'ures in It should Dee mot-that
part of il relating 20 The southern states He
inilei O. -"e what Mr.. Hayes saw any DISPOSE
ton ~ tha south lo avoid OF % hunui IN any
ie.r'e the recent constitutional amendments.
lie iaiiui o. see any indication IN tho South AZ
my "i" ton. AZ any ume unutr any ltrum-
stances for series ~ years. ~ an unwilling
ness 20 live In entire amily with the whole
country in regard 10 the laws. or 20 obey
tho Government He regretted that Mr. HAYES
who had begun his administration with such a
noble and patriotic position. ~ against the
military dcspotism exercised 10y his predeces-
. scr. should Indicate change Of policy. He
; minstrAtlon in order 10 see whether Mr.. Hayes
would be forced from the manly and noble
postion. While Mr. HAYES expressed his views
In very mild and very decoruus language yet
hc Indicated quito clearly that the condition OF
things IA tho south was no. 'aiisiaciory to him.
| Mr.. II ives had referred ESPECIALLY 90 the eler-
. | tinns in South Carolina and Louisiana He had
been able g. single cut two States only. and
3 | two Isolated instances only IL those Statcs
, II was 10 he regretted that whilo Mr.
= | Hayess eyes We're open to The C"ugt ssioua
" w,re llused 10 whni had occurred in Sew YORK
! city % the 9th of November whors four thou
GHN-runeu on ,ial, wh"re hundreds ni ih-u
wore plunged into tn" West dcns MS common
IFi-NuHra. fWN WIlFff NifNiilfs iflii~r WHO ma
| boon arrested ton Thousand other voters hna
| boon lr-iu 'dntrd thus ua. ng diu"r"ne" o
, AZ sast . O0O votes. Mr.. hayes had not seer
4 that llron,""l laughter "a ia" hrpuhiiran side.
= / Tire H.nuul'4u pre-s of NV lofe had NOT tui,
tlmt % NJ. Hayes but II had pointed him L. th'
% Mr. Garfield Rep. Ohiol replied 20 Mr.. wood
. | Ihr nNlf language % that pnrt - the message
r | with winch the gentleman found fault was mo-
y Language WIS very pain. lie Wood critiri-c,
Z | certain r.. ferrnces in the mensilgc ~ To- som,
% ID Hi .IF
+ IN several States coutra-trd that with what IA,
4 chose To- call the noble ginning OF tho Admin,
e that Mr. Hayes hHd shown yaciliatiQn because
he had seen III 10 ,Tei,gr t., disturhancer IN :
= disturbances. II was his duty 10 say so. and la
l. had said 50 IN his message II no had seer
= tuem and hai not SAN 80. ne would MOI on ,
. have been guilty OF negligence. bur 81 posi-
. thy. tamlt
that Mr. Hayes had picked out two cases. and
q, ! deemed them Of sufficient inn uttmce tO pre-
. sent them TO the world in his annual message
Repgbiican PARTY was forcing the Fxerutivr l.
! nd il In displaying tho bloody shirt ,sarcastiC
+ laughter on the Republican side So that IA,
= parry could hold on 10 s II! -golten power. and
continue that power by the plunder Of tn
: Mr.. Hide Rep. Me- sail that Mr.. HIVES had
! honestly and enrncstly done, in the direction o
, ,on rilon. what many of his party iriends be-
| lieycd injustice Ia Withdrawing the troops IRON
the South. but in which other Of ms party
n friends sustained him, ana on the heels OF D
. ] ~ re Nnl tNhfn li'f IN SCUM 7 NthllNN Nit
- / Florida Rnl other southern states what IN,
, President had called the attention Of Congress
. ~. ana now 10 was alleged los the gentleman
. from NV York that tho President hnd beer
. draE9onci 10y the radical wing OF the Republ
I 'un party into the course indicated IN his mos
% .agu and that that wing NJ the party WAS likel'
!. tu control the Administration. lie would tel
the g.ntemHn that on the great fundamental
y, doctrine Of the protection Of The citizen in al
his rights there WAS no radical nor .onserva
= tive wing in the Republican party, hui Their
. WIS one uartH n the land united o. n man On tn
4, PROFESSION that the American cltiln, North
a South and everywhere, should Zoe projected IN
= tho exc ralso Of his constitutional rights ZAP
n plHus'J
. tone OF peculiarly f-lgned surprise dclighte'
4 10 see ms friend from Maine, and wondere'
n that TINT gentleman had not compla!n.d o
" some u the yirillatOns in the State Of Main
). aud Blaine lIaughter.l His colleague Wood
. should not be censured by the gentlemen IRON
Il Ohio and Maine simply because no had OK
ii pressed his regret that Mr.. Hayes had bee
h purhlind for certain purposes-that b
Il could soc things in South. Carolin
! monstrous tyranny Of his own office
T. In NcW York who had called in question
the naturalization Of 50 600 persons from 1856
r. % 1873. Had those gentlemen failed 10 remem
iar l ~ h a