The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-05
TILE HOUSE IN A TUMULT.
NOISY DERiTE OYER THE CONSUL Ar
AND DfrLOMiIIC SERJICE
Members CrIticising II rs Useless and then
Voting n Million or More to support 1t
Scenes on tho Floor In which Secor Robe
Made Himself Very Gon,p,cuous

son MADE Himself Very Conspicuous.
WASHINGTON, March 4-1f thorc Is founda-
ton for the superstition tho cars of our ENJOYS
Extraordinary and Ministers Penipotsntiary
must have burned to-day. as we'll as those Of
the most insignificant consular agent They
were talked about with yigor in the House.
Tho whole system of representation in
other lands was picked to pieces. result
ing. as usual. In passing the appropriation
OF something over million of dollars to sup
port it. No session Of the winter has been
richor in incidents than that Of to-day. They
burst out here and there all through debate
that lasted four hours. and debate which.
better than any other so far. showed the House
as Il tcmpcstuous sensitive, and neryously
active body. The whole debate indicated that
tho House had at heart one opinion about
our diplomatic and consular service
which their action would belie. If
ono thing was moro apparent than another.
the desire of members to protect their pet con-
sulatcs excepted. twas that the majority Of the
House believes that the diplomatic service is an
unnecessary formally. while the consular ser
vice could DO vastly improved This came out
time and again in tho speeches. and there were
many predictions that before long the ease and
rapidiiy OF coWmpnication would result in the
adjustment Of gu OF these expensive and un-
necessary establishments.
The membcrs had pressed together IL thick
mass n the, centre OF tho House. The floor
looked ike the miniature map of great city
where black masses of color represent density
OF population, which shades of. into lighter
centre of population was MIR. Burrows Of Dlichi-
gan lie had charge Of the bill. and his Jovelke
voice stood him in good stead for it arose above
the din of confused and excited debate like the
blasts OF trombone, and when he shouted
s ha s tTnS wa o. !s Mr H rs NsI
the picture of intense and nervous energy,
which va mistaken for upatii,ncn by the i'm
Ina N t Inn. Hon.
rebuhcd Mr.. Hewitt for impationce and with "a
soothing stroke Of his palm in md-air, bad,
gesture which Mr.. Hewitt, treated with silent
H"nt"mrt. Mr. Hewitt deep, interest in tie
ringing litie speeches. sunset Cox was there.
with his desk hcaped with books and papers
and his, mind Stored win iget and, fancy;
the Hn',so pnd to his own delight also.
for he .u"r"9acI IN getting 5000 tucked on I"
Jerusalem. Frequently too in this dense cen
ire, the epoctICcd face and whiriigig gestures
Of M. Atkins ii Tonn",,rr were Observed. and
XIV np ,d tsT%is@ courts for H.; the Gyneit
which they belonged. Then too the polished
hcLane Of Maryland now and then made his
lifted his voice. which il lr'hle. toHntngonizc Il
syei"m which, as he said permitted wwithin
whose nomination had been received by the
country with horror. or which made it S~ibe
within week for an applicant for Cabinet
place. who was 50 VIGOROUSLY unit for il that he
did NOT get it. to he soothed by an appointment
L" one of the leading foreign missions. This
singing utterance was none the less effective
because rOu'led in words of poetic elOuucncQ
and s!.kcn. about in AleNandrian metre, Of
pro>isa,ion. 1t brought Mr. Hi.cock to his
feet and brought out Il retort from him which
was characterized AS red hot.
Then Scn"r RObcsOn made himself bOmbHSti-
cally prominent. He pitched into the Demo-
craft PARTY He found preteNt in the bill for
the friend Of the naturalized citizen, and that
Grant, Cabinet Gerforted decentralization
any port. Ii" made those statrmcnts an-
b"nnn ur roy anG G ,b c" nm Of w 5Gdyy
make up his OratUry. OF course il brought any
numlicr II Democrats to their feet. Din fol-
ao@E"i Inio tG% ats,cS. Mr. Hewii s al s% ,Ss
thing isorou,ly which wa, !2at., Mr.. Mriane
., John Quincy Adams We're heard. Mr..
Ht, Sl%GtaG'ed face arprorsd his
lips moving with violent. ,utteranee.
Mr., SrnH +er was seen to bc Gcsticulatine Nio-
no consecutive sentence. Above ali this al last
ros" the Volcanic tones of Mr.. Burrows. and for.
that MIR Cox was king in plain and percmp,
tory tone to Mr.. Haaleton. and it appeared
iInm tt" ang4aGs, that in NE confusion
question, and that Mr.; IlazIrton had in
some sort hi languag" told him to be- still Mr..
said t" Nv, iiazlrton, | shall ask such lu.s-
ton as, IKE, without yoqr leave. sir" He
Of replying, made use Of one of Ben Buffers
old "NIcdirnt-. When Butler wa~ cUrncrcl or
attarkrd ne had habit Of pulling from hi, vest
pocket II Clipping extract or note that had been
folded away There awaiting an opportunity for
U.s. use s On such OCCASION. Thus it WAS that
House with the famous cock-cye letter
Eohr-?n some time ago found a passage i'll
hopper III the branch of tree mu~i not think
Itself the only inhahitant Of q meadow because
i'll quiet,,,. Kobeson has been saving that pas
sage for Mr, Cox. and, with II grin On his face
he repeated it to-day. A n sally it was an alb
That sounded like Gen. Brags's, was heard h.
say that tor the first time Robson had properly
Inis little whirlwnd of politics soon ex-
prmird i'ssli ana the debate surgrd along like
now lr"akcrs, now nste-s little WAVES, xii
this tim" little children in gay colurs Were
ish rrauie was heard above tho din
Of noisy debate. and once actually for a
ii Ills confastoH wa. The great " oE &9StS Mr.
llo!lAan. His Vol ec had not boon heard 50 far
hut ,n ht vas in his distant seat hiding hi- time
Eoodsy SUM on to the salary of his friend tho
Consul AT l.cuh. Then there came tho gharnc-
nunn"il made a fight for it; Ia the, confusion
HumaE's objection seemed to be defeated and
Dunn"ll's broad features were full of smiles a,
he carr h is point But II division Was asked
for and n the members rose Dunucll saw that
his friend would not get the extra $500 and his |
smile died out, and he fell heavily into his seat
with "a Sigh.
soon came another incident. A new Nom
her from ohio hitherto 50 unronspiruous IA. to |
be unknown to the galleries. came forward with |
a proposition t. add Persia To- the list Of coun-
tries with which we have diplomatic relations. |
The speech he had prepared was forgotten
in his excitement, and he ratified on
with mighty energy. in favor of his |
proposition until he suffered Il sudden collapse |
10y being reminded that we had no treaty with |
Persia. fplluwinE this incident WAS another |
which Mr.. Hewitt created 10y Offering an
amend mont permitting II tax Of Il dollar head |
On "mGlnmts, 10 he used in carrying for them.
Hewitt, MrG"ok, Co.'S, and lIi-cock in brief |
words told the Mood Of this for New York but |
the lneNurahe HOLMAN objected aud Mr., |
Hewitt admitting that therr was technical |
justice IN tho Objection withdrew the amend |
mCut.
Then camc III" humorous incident II the day. |
The Clerk had reached the list Of cons uatcs, !
OF names To be- shuddrrrd at 10y him who AT
Temps tu pronounr" them, After an agony Of |
effort Ia pronounce with accuracy. he yielded |
Al l,,tI l.,I,