New-York tribune., 1885-03-05

| dscustod. for the whole party went in at base
ment door and reached the Vice-PresidenVs foo~
without further detention.
SCENE IN THE SENATE.
| FLOOR AND GALLERIEs ADLAzE WITH BRILLIANT
CosTUMEs-NR. HENDRICKS SWORN mi
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNEi
WASHINGTON March 4.-The galleries OF the Sem
ate Chamber were crowded at an early hour IN tne
morning Both Houses had been In session all night
ready to receive the reports of the Conference
Committees, which were struggling to reach agree.
| ments on the appropriation bills Senators and
Represent tatives looked worn out and haggard. lno
very chamber itself had air of languOr about IT,
| rs if its walls were tired of reverberating any
longer the sounds OF the statesmens voices IL was
with some difficulty that Mr.. Edmunds had peeh
| able TO secure a recess of tho Senate IN the
| small hours of tho night long enough 10
| allow the attendants to place chairs between 'no
desks clear tho floor Of tho litter that had accum-
lated during the thirty hours session aud put the
| Chamber into proper condition for tho ceremo-
ny of the day. Those first to arrive in the galleries
| looked dswn upon floor filled in apparently 'he
| most confused fashion by mahogany desks, uphoi-
stored furniture, sofas lounges plain deal chars'
and every other kind of furniture. Here and there
would be a Senator reclining in his seat listiessiy
watching the proceedings. The clerks could hardly
keep their eyes open, but blinked with astonish-
ment at the sunlight streaming through the
| glass roof above The poor pages were
| worn out with work. Even Mr. Id
| munds seemed moro thoughtful than
usua! and rubbed his nose vigorously to Keep
| awake. Senator Blair, whose prediction lot
| taking n nap in his chair in the Senate Is well
known, was dosing away unconscious OF what was
going on about him. Ii was his last chance prob
ably to take nap in the Senate. Mr.. Lamar
dragged himself with heavy steps along the ioor
before he retired TO the cloak-room to take some
sleep Mr. pendleton looked serious aud deter
| mined but also trho scared. In honor of the
occasion Mr.. Jones, of Florida the great consti-
tutional lawyer had gone to his commttee-room.
and emerged therefrom shortly afterward with
a white necktie. Mr.. Allison. alone. the Chairman
of the Appropriations Committee. bore no traces
of the strain put upon him for the last two weeks.
He looked bright and fresh aud eager almost TO do
some more work. Mr.. Bayard, though hasgard,
looked satisfied and like man hat has his commits
sion in his pocket. A great load seemed to have
been lifted off Mr.. Garand's mind-hc hai such a
happy expression upon his countenance. AZ about
/ o'clock he was called 10 preside. and rs he took
the chair the future Attorney General at once be-
came the cynosure of all eyes.
BY degrees the invited guests and others who had
been given the privilege of the floor began to ar
torian, spry and active ever. Shortly afterwsrd
Senator elect Evarts entered the chamber leaning
on the arm of Senator Morgan. He received a most
cordial greeting by those present. Stopping To
chat with an acquaintance here and there, he
finally made his way TO a seat beside Mr.. Lapham.
who looked gloomy and acted as II he didn't care
whether school kept or not. The hungry-ooking
figure of Scnator-eect Payne was the next To AZ
tract general attention. Mr. Edmunds took his old
I.f.r lam, tbera hu1
gathered about the two knot Of men who had
known Mr. Payne rs a Senator and colleague. Mr
Pendeton Just about tais time found 1t
convenient TO look at the ceiling with
A fixed stare, which made the knowing
ones wonder what ho was thinking about
II he greeted his successor IL was not noticed oy
the galleries. Among the meh that began To stroll
in aud take seats IN the rear of the chamber were
Governor Orlway, ex-senator Patterson. sub
sidy" Pomerov. Controller Lawrence, Surgeon
General Of the Navy Gunnell, Edward McPher7on'
Judge Draper, Civil Service Commissioner Eaton,
and finally n tail, heavy, thick-sct man with n
smooth face and an almost aquilno nose.
"Who is itr everybody asks at once.
The stranger turns out 20 be :" Baby" Bissel. Mr.
Cloyclards former law partner
THE CLEVELAND FAMILY IS the GALLERIES
In the galleries long before this. not a vacant
seat was 10 bo seen. Even tho diplomatic gallery
whose blue cushions, ordinary occasions. furnish
its adornment now is gay with fashioned beauty
The other sections of the galleries all hold inter
ested and expectant spectators. Ladies seem to
be IN the majority and the futtering of their fans
and their ceaseless flow of comment on what passes
before them drown the proceedings below.
But there Is one part Of the gallery which Is yet
unoccupied. II has been set apart for the family
of tho President, for the family os Mr.. Cleveland,
for the families of Mr.. Hendricks and Mr.. Ed
munds and finally, for those of ex-Presldents aud
Y-Vice-Presidents. The topmost row ~ already
occupied 1t contains the family of John Tyler.
son of President Tyler, who still lives in George
town and is one of the best known figures about
town. When tho door leading to this part
of the gallery finally opens there is hush
of expecta and all eyes are turned IN that di
rection 1t is the family of the Presdent-elect.
There can be no doubt about it, for folio wing them
comes the now well-known figure OF Colonel La
mont. They are shown TO seats in the second row.
Miss Cleveland, the future " first lady of the land
and mistress of the White House. is at once sub
tilted TO the critical examination of those Of her
own sex. She bears the gaze of thousand eyes
we'll, apparently. and without much concern. The
Rev. Mr.. Cleveland, too, attracts much attention.
The party is large-about fourteen strong-and
the number of seats provided for it is not sufficient
Its junior members take seatsin the front and most
conspicuous row. This does not seem
TO tColonel Lamont to DO right, for
he directs that they retire and let their seniors
occupy the choice places. 1t Is done accordingly.
and attracts at the attention of everybody to
the party
No sooner have it's members become settled than
they are once moro disturbed by the entrance Of
the Presidents family. 1t consists of Mr.. and Mrs.
McEIroy. Allan Arthur, the Presidents son, Mrs
John Davis and g. g. Haven, Of New-York. After
some difficulty all find seats, and soon Mrs. Mo