, 1880-12-07
4 Greedy Coalition or River Inl-
provers Presenting n For
lnitlnblo pllnts,l,x.
Gen. Hazen Appointed Signal Of
ficer-Miles to Command
West Point Academy.
The Friends Of Blaine Confident He
Will Accept the Portfolio
Of State.



WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. {; Tho Senate
Chamber. before tho mccting Of That body ut
high la to-tluy, resembletl florists shop, 80
numerous were tho bouquets Which admir-
ing friends had placed upon tho desks Of
Senators, TINT OIL tho desk Of Senator
VOORHEES, eclipslng all others in size ul,d
brllllancy Of color. Anthony, Of Rhode
IslMlu, the father OF TIC Senate by reason Of
his long service, wits ole OF the first to ar-
rive, accompanied BY his colleague, the
gallant Burnside. Then came Thurman, Of
Ohio, Ills red silk bnildann protrudlng from
the brcast~poeket Of his coat, like sigual Of
distress.
THE VESEnADTE HAMf.1S,
who always wears Il b!ack tlruss suit, and
never puts Of, nh overcoat even In the coolest
weather, came tripping In, md was soon fol-
lowed by his colleague, i5!aIne, whose hair
grows wffta and whosp eyes become moTe
and more sunkcn, but who says that lis
l,ealt, never was better. Wallace of pcln-
sylyanta, Mcdonald OF 1littlal,a, anil Ran-
tlolph Of Now Jersey held dolcful contab,
aid did not appear at alf jolly. Morrill,, of
Vermont, seemed rejuvenntcl by Ills recent
European tour, md Heck, ot Kentucky, had
evidently beel, at tho head OF Salt River, and
l,at1 not fanclcd the accommodations there.
There WIS 4 notable
ABSENCE OF DISTINGUISHED SENATORS.
Neither thu purity Davis nnr the ga'.ant
Logan gracetl tho scenc. The co,trt'y Colk-
ling WIS also absent Edmuntls, OF Vermont,
had not returned from duck~llunting trip
down tho Potomac. and Lamar was NJ. nh
sentce. Indeed, there wsro but two-thirls
0f the Senators present. Elcc-prcaitlent
Wheeler appeared halo aud hearty, as. he
,l,tss ftSnt
lock mado n long prayer In which he
SEEMED 10 reluctantly include the President
and others in authority. This new Senators,
rugh of Alnba,naand Brown Of Georgia, were
then sworn III. antl, after tho customary rcd
tape resolutions, ttnppcaretl that tDtl, Houses
we're ready fur action. The President was
accordingly ratified, md, In ttte time, l'rvatc
Secretary i X i appeared with the message,
whtcl, WIS l~.I In worry lndistlnct tone by
SECRETARY Burch.
III tho Semitic the paragraph OF tho nes-
sage concerning Utah eliclted signs Of dis
appreciation from Senior Thurman. tlntl
there WIS general sn!le when tho Secrc-
tary read tho paragraph commencing with n
Goul1ne,Iiatlon "to tho attention Ut Congress
tho gFeAt services Of tho COMMANDMENTS. Chief
| Of our armies during tho War for tho Unton,"
NJ, under tito Constitution, Abraham Lincoln
hold That pusiLim,. y correction whlcl, will
mike 1t rcnd leneraf-!lt-ChIef" will itn-
| prove tho paragraph.
ol,.AST.
| Gen. burnside and other. Republicans np-
provo tho recommends. i'm tint Gen. Grnnt
tu nppolnte.l CnptaIt-t;cneral. with pro.
vision for placing him on the retired list, but
several prominent Democrats Ut once p!ace4l
themselves In opposition to tho proposed
compliment.
When tho lnessago Ind bcen read tic Son.
nis adjourned, md tho Democratic Senator:
went Ut ullcnI Into cn,,e,ls. Thay gayo places tc
Senators pusl, and brown oil the committees
i md appoIMted II committee 10 consider thu
business Of tic session asl1 tho order III Wh!cl
Itsl,all 10 taken up.
THE HOUSE.
The hall OF the House waa the scene o1
much animation this morning during thu
hour which preceded II O'clock. Very feN
Of tlIo members Ind arrived III Washington
until Saturday, nnd tho greetings exchange.
to.t!ny wero more cordial and dtnl
onstratIyo hccnuso most Of tho members
met for tic first time since tho exciting
Presidential campaign. The Republican
members, with tho exception OF thuso who's
Congressional cnreur will terminate MarcI
1, were ycry jublant. On tho Nun,ocratl,
side tlIare was evident detection, pnd th'
gloom lhuru WIS the more markell by con
trust with the jub!lant feeling which per
yaled tic Republican ranks. Many Of,
THE VETERAN nEMnCls,Ars.
who arc accustomed to llcteat, It'd not los
theiT Hlua'.lmLty, md chatre1 With their IT.
publican colleagues over thu result af til
election. One 0f them said: I'VE ara lit
used 10 defeat that wa .do no
mind II; Indeed, | don't know bu
wllat enjoy It." WhIttllorne
uf Tennessee, said: II Hancock had bcu
ulectud there would hayo been l50O0 mc
hero from NY district borlns uiu for Offices.
S1n,rks, Of Illinois, wlt0 was stumbling uea'
attded: II should !Iayo been obliged 10 :,
sign, csrtainly. on account Of the pressure {
tho appltcauts.' ~
BLACKBURN
, wore Rn alr Of unuccust0nled meekHcss, all
tho bo,nbast and swagKer with which til
Q 9 democrats cun,e into power four years w
i was notably atsent, Gen. Weaver was fre6
| aAu smiling t1om ILLS campaign, aud receive