River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-12

the senate c0mInltlee, where ne renamed
until the arrival of the hour fixed for his ap-
pearance in the senate chamber to witness
the induction of Mr. Hendricks. When the
senate assembled this morning the chamber
was in a state of preparation for the first
part of the Inauguration ceremonies The
line which divides the seats of the Republic
cans from the Democratic side of the cham
Der was obliterated, and the senators of both
parties were crowded together on the eastern
or Republican side of the hall Chairs were
arranged between the usual seats and in the
aisles, and by thus crowding together sena-
tors were enabled to wind up the business of
the session before the arrival of the several
bodies who were assigned places on the floor
There was some curious grouping In the
consolidated arrangement On the front
row and on the extreme right
Lamar, Garland and German We're
seated together, and during most of the
time were engaged in what seemed TO be an
earnest conversation. On the extreme rights
of the same row sat Bayard, looking pleas
anter than he ever before lookeds' the close
of a session, and striving to assume an 1ndlf-
ferent air as though he were not nervously
watching the passing of the few moments
| that would terminate quarter OF century
of Republican supremacy and
BRING HIM FORWARD AS THE PREMIER
of a Democratic president Adjoining Bay
ard sat Colqutt and Vest, while slightly In
front of him and between the two, on chair
placed for his temporary occupation, sat BCr-
Ter OF south Carolina, his face beaming with
smiles at the sunburst whose brightness was
already visible above the horizon. Pendle-
ton sat on the right of the second row, with
Payne on his left, prepared to assume the
toga which was slipping from the shoulders
of Gentleman George" When Mr.. Payne
| entered the chamber he paused for a
moment and looked around, as If
uncertain whether to advance He was
recognized by Mr.. Pend eton, who beckoned
to him. This was particularly noticed IN
view of the terribly bitter contest between
the two men for the senatorship, and their
meeting was watched with interest Mr.
Payne, in obedience to Pendletons call,
passed down the main aisle, cordially grasped
the hand which Pendleton extended him, and
took chair bv his side. voorhees, sat with
Hale Allison, and Frye, occasionally casting
anxious chances toward the north door
Presently the clerk of the house entered and
announced the passage OF a bill to authorize
| the secretary of the treasury to issue
! duplicate certificate of deposit to an Indiana
bank for one that had been lost This ex-
| planned Voorhees, uneasiness He asked the
! senate to pass the bill, and was gratihed by
| having the request granted On the lett OF
! the outer row sat Honest John Patterson,
! at one time senator from South Carolina,
| and next to him was Chace, the Rhode
| Island Quaker, who did not seem to enjoy
! the rattle of small talk which Patterson was
pouring into his right ear
MR. EVARTS.
| the new senator from New York, sat in the
/ same vicinity. flanked by Lapham, whom
! Evarts succeeds, and DIR. Loring, the aesthetic
! commissioner of agriculture Lapham and
4 Loring are beyond the average man IN
! stature and avoirdupois, while EVarts is
! below the average, and being sandwiched in
/ between these two physically heavy weights
! Mr.. Eyarts appeared at decided disad-
/ vantage In mental weight and stature,
| however the little man viii perhaps out
! weigh the two individuals who oveflapped
! him to-day. Cullom, Dawes and Henderson
| formed another group, and appeared to be
J enjoying the scenes that We're rapidly trans
/ piring. Spooner of Wisconsin sat with Angus
| Cameron to whose seat he succeeds, and was
/ evidently receiving a first lesson from the
| man whose place he day assumed Morrill,
occupied his regular seat, and, as is his habit,
( looked grand, gloomy and pecnliar; while
Don Cameron, who sat in front OF MIN,
7 entertained MaXey and Plat6 with Incl
/ dents of his recent trip to Florida.
/ Meanwhile the galleries were rapidly filling
/ with people in their holiday attire Admis-
! sion to the capitol was obtained only by
/ tickets but notwithstanding this arrange
/ ment furnished some guarantee that holders
/ of the coveted pasteboards would have an
/ opportunity to witness the ceremonies in the
/ senate chamber, every seat was occupied
before II o'clock except the spaces reserved
/ for the diplomatic corps and the relatives of
! Mr. Cleveland. At 4 O'Clock message was
/ read from the house announcing that the
stndry civil bill had been agreed upon.
/ Couger wanted to know what had been done
/ about the public buildings paragraphs of the
/ bill which Mr. Allison explained, and Con-
ger sat down apparently satisfied A few
i minutes later announcement was made that
| another appropriation bill had been agreed
upon, This was the last of the supply bills,
! and the legislative business was virtually
/ ended with the agreement of the senate to
the report of the conferrees During the
pause in the proceedings Col Lamont APP
peared in the reserved gallery, escorting the
FAMILY OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT,
! Rev William Cleveland, the presidents
| brother, and wife and two sons; Miss Cleve-
4 land and Mrs. Hoyt, sisters of the president;
| Mr. Hastings. nephew, and Miss Hastings and
| the Misses Nellie and Annie Yoeman, nieces of
/ the president In addition TO these were MIR,
! and Mrs Bacon of Toledo and Mrs Lamont
! Mrs McElroy and Miss Nellie Arthur Mrs.
! John Davis and Miss Lucy FrelinghuYsen
occupied seats in the diplomatic gallery,
which was filled for the first time in four
years. At l / 80 o'clock Gen Sheridan and
! Gen Hancock entered by the north door on
| the Republican side of the chamber The
! seats assigned these distinguished officers
| were located near the door by which they
| entered, and they were seated before the vast
| audience noted their presence But when
| recognized the audience made up for the
| oversight by adding to the volume OF
| applause with which the two great sol
dierS were welcomed. Gen. Terry entered
| soon after Sheridan and Hancock, and seated
himself on Hancock's left Thsse three
officers and Surgeon General Murray We're
| the only representatives of the army present
| in uniform and the navy had solitary but
| worthy representative i'll Rear Admiral
| Warden. Ten minutes later the diolomat1c
corps, gorgeous in gold lace and Respondent
| with glittering stars and Jewels OF various
| kntghtly orders, and headed by Senior
I Dominguesa, the minister from Portugal
| entered by the main door and were escorted
to the seats reserved for them. The buzz of
| excitement and hum of conversation &C.
| casioned by the entrance of these dazzling
| representatives of foreign governments had
! not ceased when the clerk of the house
again made his appearance, and stepping
down the main aisles until the front row of
seats was reached he announced that the
house had passed without amendment the
senate bill to place Grant on the retired list
of the army. There followed one of the
most
THRILLING AND DRAMATIC SCENES
ever witnessed in the senate chamber. The
audience did not catch the title of the bill
from the announcement of the clerk of the
house whose voice had become hoarse and
husky from much reading during the past
twenty four hours. ingalls, rose and asked
that the bill be read, which was done, and
upon tbs conclusion of the reading the APP
plause broke spontaneously from those in
the galleries, as well as those on the floor.
Grave senators, even, forgetting the rules OF
the senate Joined in the general acclama-
ton Mr. Edmunds raped the desk, and
looked Mortified at senators who were giving
open and disorderly manifestations of
approval, and violently called for order.
What was disorder in this instance, accord
ing to the senate rules, was sweet harmony
to those who were making it, and again and
again the applause rose from floor
and galleries, and rebounded and
echoed from the glass ceiling over
head, only to be again lifted up by the
enthusiastic multitude When order was
at last restored. Mr.. Ingalls, again rose and
asked unanimous consent that the reference
of the bill to a committee be waived and
that the senate proceed to its consideration.
This is a blunder which Mr. Ingalls, would
not have committed at any other time and
IN reference to any other bill In his eXulta-
ton that congress had at last responded to
the popular wish and performed an act of
simple Justice to the greatest of American
soldiers MIR. Ingalls, overlooked the facbthat
the bill which had Just been received from
the house was bill which had originated in
and was passed by the senate. This fact
being stated by President Edmunos, with
the additional fact that no further action
was necessary on the part of the senate, the
chamber once more rang with cheers and
applause But the scene did not end with
this legislative disposition of the bill Hav-
ing received the usual certitication, the bill
was presented to President Arthur, who was
occupying his room in the senate wing OF
the capitol, and received, his signature. This
completed the act, but did not fulfill the pur-
pose of congress.