Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-27

The law governing the organization of the
Senate at the approaching session Ia so plain
that there scarcely seems room for difference
OF opinion as to its construction The partisan
wrangle over the control ofthe body which is ap-
pretended ia some quarters. cannot occur ifthe
plain provisions of the law are observed In
the first place the Senate will be called to order
by the principal or chief clerk, the Office of sec
Rotary being vacant. Chapter three, of the Re-
yi>ed statutes. relating to Congress- provides
as follows: Section 2S--'The oath OF office shall
be administered by the President Of the Senate
to each Senator who shall hereafter be elected
previous to his taking his seat" sec. %. when
president OF the Senate has not taken the oath
o. office IL shall be administered TO him by any
member OF the Senate" InOrder that the three
new Senators may be legally sworn iB the cleo
t!On OF a president first becomes necessary, and
that an official record of this election may be
made il is essential to also choose q secretary.
Therefore the first business of the body Will be
the election of these officers. Immediately after
which the two New York Senators and the sue
ccssOr 10 the late Gen. Burnside will be duly
Admitted to their seats. Thus far there is GER
tainiy no latitude for such difference of opinion
to what should be done as would pro-
duce partisan contest. As the Senate
viii be a tie, these must be some concession to
bf!ng about quiet and arnieable construction of
TIE committees. No doubt the spirit of con-
cessiOn will be manifested 1t is suggested that
"a the democrats will get the president and the
officers they should accord the committees to
the republicans, and this will probably be done.
The theory advanced in some journals that Pres
iiert arthur can designate Senator to call the
body To order. and who will be- for the time
being. invested with the powers and duties of
president pro teTapOre. is as erroneous as the
suggestion that the Sergeant-at-Arms is the
proper officer to handle the gayel and read the
Presidents proclamation converting the extra
session.
The mortal remains of our late beloved Presi-
dent We're yesterday consigned to their final
resting place in the beautiful cemetery he had
himself selected for his tORb. All that CRATE
ful country could do TO honor its revered dead
was done. Men and women from every section
Of the land assembled at Cleveland to testify
their respect A sOrrOwful pageant. stretching
for miles, escorted the body to its narrow home.
The funeral. in all its arrangements and ap-
pOintments. no doubt eXcelied any similar dis
play in the history OF the country. Near the
home of his infancy and childhood amidst the
people and the scenes that were endeared to
him 10y the tendereSt associations, the
departed hero sleeps. and though a stricken
Country mourns its incalculabie loss. the people
OF this Christian land feel that greater hOnors
ana glory await him beyond the grave even
than those which he had won in this life. Only
his memory is left now, but the people whom he
served so faithfully viii cherish that as long as
TIE free Institutions TO which he devoted his
HE last In the esteem and affections of this
people Garfield will hold place with Washing
ton Jefferson and Lincoln. His early struggles.
his devotion to principle. reverence for the
Christian religion. noble heart, generous deeds
and great accomplishments will stand before the
Country for all time to come as an example for
the youth Of the land who would win fame with
honor and die without a blot or a stain upon
their names.