New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-05
4 SCENE OF HAND-SHAKiNG.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ~ HIGH GOOD
MUMOR.
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WAsuIxGroN, Dec. Il" In America every
body shakes hands with eryOOdy." TINS
wise International observation was yeTl-
fed in the Hons OF Representatives
this N ring. Every cody shook hands with every
body AID then with every body else. Probably
III 7. never wa 50 much hands aking done III half
an hour. The floor was covered with groups OF men
and they were all shaking bands cOntAiuou ~. AT
tim the eye could see scarcely ANYTHING but inc
wa king-beam motion In all directions.
Tnere were shakes of al descriptI us. There was
the circular shake, when crowd STOOD in a
circle and shook hands while they laughed
and pokod zach other. Then there was the quadri-
lateral shake when four members IN their eager
ness To get at each others hands clasped them
acro,s th, hands If two other members MeSsrs.
Cox. SuIn2er. Flower and Atkins performed this
feat. Mr.. COA's pumpl lg was much admired, Then
there was the triangular shake and the cOnven-
tional shakc-thc orlInar shake of commerce :;
there was politics IN IT. Inc
Repnblicrns shook hands with Democrats
and the Democrats with the Republicans
The Republicans even shook hands With each
Other Everybody seemed in the best of humOr
There were peas of laughter from some OF the
groups where the unreel"cted members were 'he
tmcke>t Mr.. Robson one rosy circumference
special word to Mr. Carlisle, who sat quietly III his
seat his pale intellectual race rs grave as ever.
Bolh the Democratic candidates for Speaker held
someHh hat aloOf. Mr.. Randall stayed in HIS seat,
greeted those who came IL him qui tlv and cor
daily and talked to them " tn confidential smiles.
Mr. Springer iheopeia boutie candidate for Speaker
shook hands with every Democrat who had bee
elected 10 the ALNlIith Congress. VIII 81 he had
Got through with The Democratic sid, he went over
TO The RcpUb leans, an before he lett the party
was about rs badly shaken as It was by the late
elections After "a while M. Carlisle took walk
down an as!e rear Mr.. rainfall, shaking
hands with friends as he went along He shook
hands with Mr. Hewitt, OF Alabama, who sat next
10 Mr. Randall but did not see Mr. Randall. thOngh
the latter was looking at him. MIR. Wadswortl',
the popuiar young member from New York entered
the middle aisle AT the back, began by shaking
hands with Judge WAIT. OF Connecticut, and mad
20 snake hands all the way along TO his seat
Mr. Holman, OF Indiana, shook hands with
a large number of memUeis without directing
once. General ROsecrans snook hands great deal
and lifted about IN All parts Of the hail.
The semicrco in 1rJnt of the speakers desk
Afforded IA fine opportunity for study ing the hand
shaking. lheIe was Mr.. Springer AGAIN, who some
times sIakes with both hanas at once lis may he
called the shake vocIferous. Then there the
shake indifferent, the shake cordial, the
shake polite, the shake aggressive, tho shake
receptive, etc. Cong essmJn Nolan. OF Albany,
SHOOK hands with tBOse members wn0 knew him.
Mr. Nolan was 81 ctsl 10 COngre n la 1880 and has
never faxed sIuce 10 be in ashing o. whenever
there was IA Brewer5 ConyentCn III session acre IL
Is understood mat h viii spend several days ne 10
order 10 geG acquainted with some OF ms ltiO"
members ore his tern eX pres.
No less than twelve members had baskets o.