The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-12
BREEZE IN THE HOUSE.
rARCH COMES INTO CONGRESS
LIKE a LION.

Mr.. AIcKinley's Speech-Gen. Weaver
Strikes the House Like a Blast From
the Cave of Eolus-How the Trusts
sufferedl-Sam Randall on His Feet.
WASHINGTON, March 10.--The first real
paI breeze in the House of Representatives
,as felt on March l. The month came in
Ike a lion, but whether it will go out like a
anb remains to be seen. 1t was a good,
trong wind, with tempestuous tendency.
here was whistling in oak boughs, a
ending of willows, shaking of at least
me Reed, and a quivering of aspen leaves.
The morn opened fair and bright, with
sunset Cox in the Speakers chair. There
was no indication of trouble in the atmos-
ohere. The usual rustling of silks in the
galleries was heard, and
the members sauntered around the
House perfectly at ease. A lengthy prayer
bv the Rev. William Brush failed to stir the
blood A droning reading of the journal
followed. Then letters from the Secreta-
res of War and of the Treasury were read,
and a few Senate bills were referred. Next
anne a shower of questions of privilege.
Mr. Dibble objected to the use of verb IN
he Congressional Record, where a noun
vas plainly in order Silver Dollar Bland
rad a little fault TO find with the Committee
on Coinage, Weights and Measures. Pig
Iron Kelley pounded the correspondent
If the Boston Globe, because there
was no petition between the cells of his
memory and of his Imagination. Watch
Dog Holman, under cover of question of
privilege, fired thirty-one land bills into the
House, and then blandly moved to lay them
on the table. He afterward substituted a
bill for the whole batch, and had that bill
referred back to his committee. Next two
members asked for leave of absence on &C
count of important business-posSibly in
.he United States Supreme Court. Then
Messrs. Clardy and Matson tried to get the
House to set the time for picnics on bills
rom the Commerce and Pension commit
,ees
During all this time a handsome, sharp
ayed gentleman, with a snowy moustache
and straight, iron-gray hair, sat In the CEN
-er of the Democratic side of the House,
rotting his left leg. His cuffs were hidden
by his coat sleeves. He scratched and
rubbed his head and teetered backward and
forward in bis char. At times he patted
mis- desk. He raj ed his eyebrows when
Pig Iron Kelley began topcund the reporter,
and corrugated his forehead when Watch
Dog Holman made his public land coup.
At times he put bis hand to his ears to
hear what was going on. Once or twice he
arose to his feet, and tried to eaten the eye
Of Sunset Cox. At the third effort he re-
NAMED on his feet until recognized. Then
he moved that the HpnSe raeei--e its"lf into
COMMITTEES OF the Whole on the state of the
Union, for the consideration of the bill pro-
viding foo the purchase of United States
bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury.
80 AI,S /,
when the Speaker pro TEN. called the Hon.
julius Caesar Burrows to the chair. 1t was
tho first time that this courtesy had been
shown a Republican since the Forty-eighth
Congress. Burrows, like julius Caesar, is
Of remarkably fine appearance. He has an
an intellectual face, broad shoulders, blue
eyes, full beard, a clear complexion, and
Michigan conscience. He wears a snuff
colored coat with creased tails. He hesi-
tated moment, as if dlstrustful of his ears,
and then arose and walked tC the Speakers
desk No workman on the big pipes ever
moved with more deliberation. The ex-
Minister to Turkey presented the gavel like
man drawing revolver. Julius Caesar
gracefully received it, and whacked the
desk with characteristic energy.
Meantime the breeze began to play among
the trees and foam appeared upon the
waters of legislation. Mr.. Mills broke
cover by intimating that the passage of the
bill was necessary to settle the conscientious
scruples of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Then he yielded an indefinite amount of
time to Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, whom he
called his colleague on the Committee of
Ways and Means"
"A thick-set man with sunken eyes,
smooth face, and dark hair arose away off
on the left of the Speaker. He spoke with
out notes. His frock coat was buttoned to
the chin. At a distance he looked like the
Rev. DIR. Edward AcGlynn. His voice was
as clear as bell. 1t penetrated to every
part of the chamber. The breeze freshened,
and its cooling influence began to be felt on
the Democratic side af the House. Those
IN the galleries sat spell-bound. All the
members faced the orator. Every eye was
upon him, and every ear turned toward
nm. 1t was a telling speech, made more
telling by the dispassionate manner of
It's delivery. 1t mildewed the conscien-
uous scruples Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and more than dampened the backs of
The supporters of the Administration. The
cool wind gave place to a sirocco, scorching
aud blistering. Mr.. Mckinley closed his
speech by insinuati 'g that the President
mad purposely piled up the surplus in the
treasury, and afterward predicted disaster
and financial ruin if the tariff duties were
not reduced. In compactness, clearness,
and diction it was the best speech thus far
delivered in the House.
The Buckeye orator had hardly taken his
seat when Mr.. Mills gave half an hour to
Ten. Weaver, of Iowa Weaver struck the
House like blast from the Cave of EOlus
lie IS tall, handsome man, with a flowing
gray moustache and magnificent presence.
Inc wind freshened until its music was
heard in the corridors outside. A further
ruStllng of silks was heard in the galleries,
and every seat was filed. The bright rib
oons and variegated hats adorning the sec
uon reserved for the families of members
presented strange contrast to the ebon
faces of the negroes dotting the space re-
served for men. Weaver was on his mettle.
~ was the first chance that he had had at
4e H4e t1ftie.h Congress, and he improved it.
ne chilled the blood of his fair hearers when
le SAID that the country is now within the
grasp of a gigantic, cold-blooded money
rust" The negroes started when he said that
Ae trust had built our financial struc-
.lre to suit the cupidity Of the usurer, and
administer 10 the devouring appetite of
money ghouls." Honest Dennis Kearney,
VINO mad pre-empted the diplomatic reserva-
ss5on, slapped his thigh with approval when
Tue general said that the trust had made
our financial system "a snare a delusion,
ana rack Of torture to the producers, and
oed of quicksand to business energy and
sohest thrift But the great sand lot agi-
S@Ior twisted like a dervish when he heard
"eaVer roar out: Fifty or more national
uailks have been literally stuffed with gov
Eminent uDouav fpt tho ,oct ot,ortar Of