, 1880-01-17
Vanity Tair 0pened-White-H Peativi-
tios-The Supreme Court At
Dinner--0hanty Ball.
aIlltarr Wtddngs-7hs JtrteY DISQUALIFICATION
:" -binntr.ParlI.s-Lobby,E.
ptndftutts.
Revival Of the United States Agrioul.
tural 6ooiety-Disgruntlsd
Knights 'Templara-
Amusementa.

dny, the 1zt Of April, 1850, on which tny the
House Of Representatives Of tho First Cougsess
elected It's l,resiuing officer thoro has not boon
days session OF that boay iu which honorable
rucuibOrs tl1ereuf hRvo mot called Or howled.
Mls. BPEaKEni Mr.. RpEAKgnii
Yet It ia doubtful whetMor pnu In n hundred has
known why tho presiding officer II thus nd.
dressed. It ls pnrt OF tho legislative machinery
Ut England, which wna 80 chrcfuffS transptnnteat
here, and which hns bcen perpottlntel until It
has become a pnrt Of our Parliamentary system.
The presiding dtliccr of tho English House Of
comtnous WIS originally c,lcd It's Chairman;
hut, during tho reign Of CharlrA the Second. Sir
Job Charlton wns elected to TINT position be-
cnusa ht WINS qnalfletl 10 s},cak to tho King. III
communicating his c'ootion to his AHlcsty, sir
job sa!l: "The venerntton duo to Afa1esty, which
ledecth In every loynl breast, mnkrs It not n1i
easy lnnttcr to speak before your MnJcsty nt my
time, Or in ulty enpaclty." Nhen tho lord ChAn-
cellar, by tho Kings direction, thanked Sir Jub
for bis pleasant words, no snid that they wcro
regarded by his Mnjcsty ns an evidence that
tho luilso uf Commons Ind tho loyal Affairs ut
huntt When It chose such a mouth: tho coii1unc-
ture uf titnp requires such II House Of Colnlnnns
si,oh Speaker" From that lny to tho prcsont
time tho presiding oltlocr Ut tho House Of Cotn-
mons bus bccn cailod INF. spenkor." and hug
been
THE 0tFfCrAL MDurIrIEcRt
or charmed oe communication, between that
body ani tho sovereign and tho IruusG OF Peers.
Our republican Mr.. Speaker Is not tho mouth
p1coo Of tho lIouso Of Representatives when
communications ire to bp tnntle to tho President,
Ns committees nrc CHOSEN for that purpose.
Nclther docs he communicate with the Senate,
,1s Tic Clerk OF the Hultse n tho recognized tno
lun. Hut, when member tYilo has erred Is 10
bG rcprlInAnlel, Or q recliaahl Witness Ia To bo
ad,uontshed. tho spcakar Ia tho mouthp!ece OF
tho House. "A such, too, Mr. Speaker Clny wcl-
colnrd I.araretto us tho Nations guest In TINT
gtl,ud old hill how dedicated na a National pau-
theon.
ionN nu14is ,tts. STEAMER
has moro arduous duttcs to perform than
nsdthtt J0t1hthnt1 hns Imposed on his. The
Hpeuker OF tie 1Iouso ot Commons must always
he present during the sItt!nss, Us ho has no pow.
Or to cnll u member to the Chair even for d few
lnEnutts. He ntist alwAyB bc accessible to
members IN tho morning. md he must sign each
day's proceedings after having tond tho,n. III
shurt, tho anount Of labur he has to perform IL
utmost incredible; but he Is well pnld for 1t. lie
rEtelve1 VI, ,00 sterling per annun, tho t,sc Of II
hallsumo hpuso, Dl,UQ ot equipment money
and :U os'isees Ut sllver plato OF hts election,
two hoYsheala VI clarctAwina and fl0O for sta
tioneIy every year, and fees amounting to somo
E.,uUJ or LOU por hnlum besides. AL this, at
tho prcsout rites Of oxchnnge, would make over
S&0W0 per hiiluiil; ata, when he eetlrcs. no car
ries to his hume bis silver plate and tho Spank-
~ ~ ~
6n,r hni,,u i,,s nr,c; r,. Ton von,a f1o roc.tr,s
sII,,nn n v.ur snlnrr viii oli,,rn,,ooa for ,,o.
ne sfnt{nnfrv M,,;l' nrwsntI,ars = ehorc ~ IN
M e., .n.u " W.
pub'tc uoeu'"ents pr'ntea' anu 'ho privilege OF
appointing cttk and q private secretary, cRch
Of whom, ftcotves 81 800 pcr nnnum. Tho only
speaker from TIM Northweat va. Sch,,virr Co,.
nv who nrosIdnJ ,.,nr ~ 1Ton." ~, t,noa ~.
AuA' WV pluseu osct NY tiouso toe lutoe Co'-
Ercsscs, while Kentucky furnished tho Speakers
for eight Congresses and Teanosaee FOR thrco.
Tht Dthpta hIyu otti1r from tho Atlantic SlAteB,
VIZ: MNtuo tns furnished tho speaker fur tfrvt,
Congresses, Nev Hampshire fsr orc, h{nssnchti-
setts for Gight, COnnectient for ONO, Now York
tro tHr ohes NuT 1ass9y .or thfcG tor
Nr.h rntf G ~ *, t}o Whst n, nn,tr W eAnt,
t; T. nt. tnk kLtgG, u 9utH G9suinn ~ t9e
M p y aS W. 9FutrRS ri tno I'VE o. Msf
fpt snnaNne y 'nS Sn; nas over hoa
HENRY CLAY WAS 1flE MODEL BrEAKHIt
and h9 kept THO House In order BY simply tapping
with his silver pcncIl-cnso. Tho naturni Kfucv
Of bis lnanucr, tho Whining ylancrs OF hIs e1-
voice, nil commanded tho respect u tho Hoilso;
Iar.cipato il tic .iebates exercising IN inspircsi
control over hfa political ,sseciutcs Cof,tx and
Blaine frat det6rtcd fr0n. tho old traditions OF
dignity md pushed nlon8 tho blisiness Of tho