The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13

brethren. He was soon followed by King of
| Louisiana and a few others who were more
enGerprising and thoughtful for themselves
than the remainder of their associates Be-
fore the members of the house made their
appearance, Capt Bassett, the venerable
doorkeeper, boldly went TOWARD the clock
which is suspended over the main entrance,
and which furnishes official time for
the senate. AS he was furnished with a
common substantial chair and q ROD about
four feet long, it was known that his pur-
pose was to turn back the hands Of the clock
and thus extend the life of the Forty ninth
congress and the presidential term OF Presi-
dent Arthur for at least ten minutes While
the old doorkeeper reversed the minute
hand from 11:50 to 1l:4O a m., President
EdmundS turned his gaze in another direc-
ton, the senators locke direct to the front
rs If time were not being dallied with, and
the galleries Uttered and broke into a ripple
~oflaughter. Capt Bassett had just time to
put away his chair and rod when the large
door of the main entrance wung wide open
and the tall form of John Sherman was seen
standing on the portal Behind him We're
President Arthur and Senator Ransom, Sen
atOr Sherman's colleague on the committee
of arrangements. Bassett skipped nirhbly
toward the distinguished group, taking his
accustomed place when performing this
kind of service, and with his very best bow.
announced in loud tones, THE president of
the United States" Mr.. Arthur thereupon
stepped more fully into view, the senator
rising; aud the crowds in the galleries, with
Arthnr's last official act in their minds, half
rose from their seats aud gave him round
after round OF
HEARTY ~PLGUs
The president stopped for a moment to bow
his acknowledgements. Escorted by Sena-
tors Sherman and Ransom, the president
walked down the main aisle and took the
seat assigned him, facing the senator's A
foNv rnjnntaa Iofar onH tho hjn HOnrG nf tho
main entrance opened, and again Capt Bas-
sett skipped down the aisle to perform serv-
ICE for Grover Cleveland which he has per-
formed for every president since the days of
James X. Polk. THE president elect of the
United States" said Capt Bassett, i'm even
louder tones than he announced President
Arthur, and the vast audience sprang TO their
feet and ~applauded continuously for several
minutes, during which Mr.. Cleveland stood
as one dazed, while a slight flush showed
that he was much moved by a emonstra-
ton which is given TO few men III this or any
other country. In a mechanical sort of man
ner, yet Will a movement that betrayed deep
emotion, Mr.. Cleveland bowed to the mem
bers of the hOuNe, or rather he inclined his
head In their direction, not knowing who
they were who stood facing him Then
gracefully turning around. he bowed to the
senators, after which acknowledgment, with
Sherman and Ransom on his right and left,
he moved down the aisle and seated himself
beside President Arthur. The applause, how
ever, which greeted Mr.. Cleveland's entrance
continued, and finally when he was seated a
man in the west gallery called out, Three
cheers for Grover Cleveland, " and they were
given without fear of President Edmunds'
gavel. which was playing a lively tattoo on
bis desk in the vain hope that such exercise
would suppress the enthusiastic burst Of
feeling that has had no opportunity to ex-
plode in twenty-five years; but all things,
even a Democratic Publication, must come
to an end. and the applause and cheers
subsidized. Mr.. Edmunds came near causing
the tumult to break out afresh by
cautioning the people against making
demonstrations and threatening to clear the
galleries if the applause should be repeated