New-York tribune., 1885-03-03
THE HOUSE IN A HUFF.
REsENTING AN INSULT" BY THE SENATE.
DEBATING RESOLUTION TO STAY AWAY TRoH
TIE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.

DEBATING RESOLUTION TO STAY AWAIT rRok
TIE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNEI
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Something of sensa-
ton was caused in the House to-day, when Mr..
Mills, of Texas moved to suspend the rules and
adopt a resolution, "That the committee appointed
to arrange the. inaugural ceremonies having de-
clined to give to the Representatives in Con.
gress their proper place, we will decline
to take any part in such ceremonies at
the Capitol" 1t should be mentioned that each
Senator received five tickets from the Committee
of Arrangements, and every member of the House
only two but it ought also to be mentioned that
the House, when present at tie ceremonies, NOT
be there in its official capacity, and that oil who
now are Congressman then will be merely private
citizens-whie the members Of the Senate, which Is
a continuous body, still officials Moreover, tho
whole matter of the arrangement on the occasion
was brought to the notice of both the Speaker and
Mr.. Randall, but neither would have anything to
do with it, and the Senate Committee on Arrange
ments was left to do all the work necessary by
itself.
Mr. Mills, in speech full of i'll feeling toward
the Senate, declared that the resolution offered by
him reflected the sentiment of a large num-
ber of Congressman. Mr.. Hammond, OF Georgia
demanded second. Strange to say, the resolution
was seconded by vote of 13S to g. and 1T seemed
almost as If the resolution would be adopted, ana
Cleveland would be inaugurated without the rep
resentatives of the people being present to witness
the ceremony But the House is easily swayed and
changes its mind quickly when common-sense
speech is delivered at the proper moment Mr. Ham,
mond said that the House was about to do under
passion an unseemIy thing. 1t was usual that the
House of Representatives should be with the Sen
ate and other public officials to witness tho
Inauguration ceremonies. He warned his col
leagues that it would be childish freak
not to be present No insult, he said, had been in
tended by the Senate. Ifthe House really believed
that there had been an intention the part Of the
Senate to offer deliberate insult, there was dig
pifcd way of arriving at the facts aud also dgl-
fed way of maintaining the dignity OF the House.
The resolution that declared that because the House
had TO sit behind other gentlemen in the Senate IL
would not sit there at all was puerlle. lie mad had
the pleasure Of like seat when Garfield was lnaugu-
rated. and the House had sat with him, and no man
had dreamed that he was insulted by his situation.
Whence came this sudden insult today Why was
it wrong that the members of the House should sit
in the rear True dignity consisted In taxing inc
seats that were offered and it was childish to quar-
rel about location. He, for one, would be present.
II was the first Democratic President that he had
and be proposed to see him inaugnrated.
Mr.. Cox, of North Carolina thought that no dis
| courtesy was intended on the part of the Senate
and referred to the spectacle which would be pre-
| seu.ed 70 the world if one body of the National
I Ieois,,ture should absent itself from the inaugural
cereuonies 10 which the people of the whole coun-
trv had been invited. In his opinion the Honse
| was making good deal of matter which did nos
MIR Tore. of Delaware declared that it was not
digniGed thing to vote for so foolish reso'u-
Jndce Kelley. the Father of the House." who
| has been present at moro inauguratlOns than any
OF his colleagues present. perhaps declared that the
arran gements decided upon were the same lnat nau
| been made at every other inauguration.
Judge Reagan had also to put in a word. lie rose
| with fire IN his eye and for ten minutes ne deiV'
| cred himself of the most astounding sentiments
! MIR MIS- of Virginia, too, who believed that tho
dignity of the House had been assaiie IN wan-
| ton manner denounced the Senate as would-be
, aristocratIc body which assumed altogether 100
He did not look upon the snbjeet from any, party
| point of view but he did feel that II involved
nur,tion of representative dignity which the House
had 10 right to ignore or pass III was not an iso
/ lated example Of the self-assumcd superiority OF
the Scnate-a superiority when the senators weio
| incliued to make grow, and grow, AID grow, which
exhibited Itself in the little social courteses OF the
Capital year by year, until te G nannc cama
| to ask themselves :" upon what meat do these dear
| Cpsars feed they have grown so great lie Woula
rather be n dOOrkeeper Ih VIZ li"uso VI -,
scntatiycs than prince IN srch palace Oh , en- =
| iors He was glad of the opportunity here and nov
TO enter an emphatic protest on behalt
of the representatives of the people against tnese
| encroochincnts of the woud-bs arlstocratic DoiY,
thc senate of the United States. Ii was the right
Of the House be present at the onS SsIso mot
| he there rs an equal. dignity required that III
should NOT go at all. He wanted 10 see the inang-
| nraiion, He finished his speech. however, Dy re-
markIno that he wanted to be- present not because.
| ~ his friend Mr. Hammond had remarked, II was
The first Democratic President be had eyer seen
! inaugurated, but because 1t would be tne st 'nts nav
| oath of office. - -, s,, l,o,oa IN
tbe attitude that il was about to assume, ana wneh
Mr. Mills In a closing speech in support OF hs roSo-
luton, in which he declared that he was not gorms
to be in the tail end with the ana oe9 a1
xote his resolution was lost 50 voting In the
Affirmative and S4 in the negative