Daily Republican., 1881-12-10
WASHIyurOy LErrEH,
The First Porf0rmsnce-A View
from tho RepOrters' q .llePy -
Speak Or Kelfes's Trials.

| b"us s"O 8OUOrtCTo - hhOby -
speaker Keifes's Trials.
From our regular Corresponds
| WASHINGTON, d. G., Dsc. l0th.-A
"hrst performances" be 1t theatrical or
parliamentary, always forms great at
traction for the spectacle loving Wash
ingtonians. 1t was, therefore, not sur
prIsing, on last Monday, to find the gal
leries of the House Gro 'ydei within, and
Its portals surrounded by a throng of
eager sight seers, intent for taking stock
OF the new Congress.
On occasions like this, l almost cease
to bewail the unhappy lot Of q journal.
ist, for, no mateer how crowded the
special galleries reserved for the fami.
lies and friends of members, for dipo
in Its or ths one filed bv protanun vul.
gus, your correspondent. wages his way
through the jsmmed lobbies, and the
excluded throng that Is striving to gat
a glimps, through the windows, with
An ASSURANCE that he will find az od
point Of view in the gallery occupied by
what Gen. Is. r. Butler once designa-
ted "the forty jackass power mind ma
chine of the press" But this gallery,
for which all members of Congress
have VIII ,lesome fear, IL very exclu-
sivs, f,r there are qracks, suides and
oharlatan In this holy profession also.
Ev3ry correspondent is required to
Ale his credentials, which must state
on the signature Of tho Editor, that he
Is the authorized Washington Oorres-
pondent of his paper. II these creden
tials receive favorable action from a
committe appointed by the House, he
il given ticket, sig Cd by the $ 3eaker,
which entities him to seat iu the Re-
,rters Gallery tor that session. This
way to tho Reporters Gallery Of the
Senate is equally difficult, and, In each
application, the petitioner must sign a
paper stating that he is not . clerk in
any Government Office, and will not be
Interested in tha prosecution OF claim
against the Government. Having been
duly admitted the correlp )ndent has 4
position fring ths House or Senate, aud
can see an h ,ar everything going on.
1t Ia OF great importancs for MIN to be
acu tainted with the distinguished
dramatic person Il On the floor, to say
no hing Of tbs supers and puppets.
But sinca eight or ten rragsdians and
halfa, many more Comedians, make
really all the )ise, if he is sufficiently
familiar with Cheir faces to attach their
name, to performances he will get along
pretty we'll If ne is not, he will gat
along pretty i'll, for such subllmity Of
i'm politenes, ha,, with the help of
natures bias seldom been achieved, as
that shown by q Washington journal
ist when any one asks him a question.
have ng since been thought novel.
is, aud know how it is.
There was nothing u lusua. In the or
va"iz Ition OF the present House.
Spe .ker Keif,r was no sooner in tn,
cnair tn lu half q dozen members com
msncei talking to ths remote ends of
wire. an post routes, on points OF Or
Der, privilege. fire. e,dom, and ike queS-
t)ns of little Importance An extri'
cable parliamentary tang 10 resulted,
and the now speaker exhibited more
patience than skill in his Efforts to
manage the unruly house. MsSsrs.
Robin son, o. N1w Jersey, and II Is
kell, OF X .ns,,, fenced for the Rspubli'
can leadership, Ex Speaker Randall
and 5 s Cox, for the lead 'rship of the
Demo ,rats Mr.. Klsson looked on iii
silence, from remote seat, thinking
perhaps, how much better h, could
wield tho gavel than Mr. X iter, or, if
thi, thought did not occur to him. it
did to aln )st every one Present. Ga
Tuesday tho sams iisorderly scenes
were repeated, aud the outlook is not
p ,aceful for the new speaker. The
II )use adjourn ID until Friday, and the
oun nittees, will probably not be known
until next we3k.
Tha Senate met, duly organic ID and
on the second day while the II H)usa was
still in the throes Of confusion, wore
listening to tn, Presidents message,
read by the clert OF the Senat, from
pager heavily bordered wl'h black.