American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-06
Special Correspondence Of the Citizen.)
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dec. 1st.

Especial Correspondence Of the Citizen
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. LIST.
The assembling of Congress has
been described many times, but our
legislative sons of thunder never
return to these scenes of their glo-
~ or their shame, as the case may
lie, without exciting renewed inter
est, IA upon their words and ballots
depend, TO q great extent, the wel>
fare of larger human interests than,
perhaps, any other nationality COM
bines. Not in present population,
but In closely prospective popula-
eion, IN wealth, and in all that re-.
fsies, in the wonder full future, to the
s,neli0ration OF human government.
when we think of our remarkable
age aud of this miraculous country
wat wonder that the mediocre
men, who are a majority of both
houses, become TRANSPORTED, grandf
If man is great IN his own destiny,
if the judge is august in his power
over human rights and human life,
what must be the clothed eninence
of these men 10 whom kingly and
imperial functions are transferred.
But It is time to start for the CAPT
tol. The day is superb. The crowd
will be great, for the old resident,
aud the stranger within the gates
are equally anxious to see Congress
on this first day. The session will
not begin until IL me-, precisely, but
already, at IL o'clock, Pennsylvania
Avenue il alive with groups of Ia
dies and gentlemen all moving in
one direction. The Capitol will hold
ihis immense throng, for the rotun-
Ia and lobbies are spacious, but on
~ a favored portion will be able to
secure admission to the galleries
HAPPY, ON these crowded occasions,
il fhe correspondent whose ticket
admits him to the reporters gallery,
from which serene heights he may
look down upon and scrutinize In a
superficial way the chosen, the elect
of the Nation. Here they are, their
frequently portrayed or caricatured
faces recognizable even to strangers.
What American citizen is there
that is not acquainted with the ply.
siosnOny Of Blaine, COnklIng, Thur
man, Bsyard, Logan, Edmunds,
Lamar, Gordon< and othersi Their
faces tell but little Of the perils they
have passed dnring the summer /;
and some of them have passed per :
lie. Some aspiring ambitions have
been shattered. Some have gone
through the fire of investigation,
but the face of the politician, like
that of the ideal diplomatist, is i'm.
perturbable.
This letter must be mailed i'm a
few minutes, and I have not time to
do better than give you my notes
taken from the galleries of the Sem
ate and House,
Large fire places, with wood fires.
TO improve ventilation and add to
the cheerfulness of the legislative
cavern, have been placed in the hall
of the House.
The house economically uses the
same carpet that was on the floor
last year.
Young Congressman Acklen
smoked a cigar, and examined the
cards attached to- the bouquets that
had been placed on his desk.
Newspaper men, 1--WE prefer to be
called Journalistic congressman, lob
byists, and bouquets have reappear-
ell in the House of Representatives.
Messrs. COngef and Garfield held
each other by the hand and looked
towards the other end of the Capt.
trl.
The Capitol police have new and
handsome uniforms.
The latest thing for ladies is TO
crochet in the galleries. The print
er will please not say coquet, that
would not be news.
Fernando Wood was always the
most FrenciIy looking congressman
fn the house. bnt now, since he has
been IN Paris all Summer, be looks
more French-lIke than Frenehman
himself.
Congressman Kelly appeared in
fhc same sRit In which he interview
ed Bismarck. mean the sack coat
and tile sack-like trousers that have
been worn through the longest cen-
gressiOnsl career.
Randolph Tucker and Gen. Eppa
HuntOn were the only memb-rs
shat were observed to hug each