The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-14
THE INAUGURATION.
MADE FOR THE EVENT.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE Off.
CIALLT COUNTED AND
DECLARED.
e9S TOH HARRISON AND l0s FOR
CLEVELAND.
The smalis Elliott contest Causes Row
in the Hou-c-Mr. fIliott seated--Post
Offices Is auiished I'm Nir-
Cinia, &C,
THE INAUGURATION.

WAsBNOTON. February f8-The city
. Is fast making preparations for the inau.
guration Of General Harrison, Already
all of the vacant spaces along the pro-
posed line of march, which is up Penn
d sylVania avenue 20 the White House.
there are being erected large wooden
buildings with raised seats for the ac-
commodaiion OF tho thousands Of visit
Ors who are expected 20 be present on
the 4th OF March.
The vacant space surrounding the
Treasury Department, at The intersection
IOf Fifteenth street. New York and Penn
svlyania Avenues, Is just now the scene
OF busy industry The clerks connected
with that Department are having erected
o large shed, with ample accommO-
daiions for their families and friends,
from which 10 wines the procession
This shed b. larger than The grandstand
at the race-course in Richmond and will
undoubtedly be packed full, as the silua
tpn is very desirable one, being quite
near 90 the reviewing stand
Az The various other government re-
scryatiOn on or near the line of march.
similar buildings are being erected
which viii afford seats for some 10000
people. Private parties are also engaged
in building temporary balconies, from
which they expect 20 realize q good
dividend The price of seats ranges
from two TO five dollars, whilst, as here
t0i0re stated i'm these dispatches fabulous
sums are asked for the use of windows
along The avenue.
The busy hand of industry was never
more plainly shown at ihe national cap. /
ital than $50 the present time Ia the T
places above named DO seems like one
great emporium Tor mechanics, the most
of whom are carpenters, and the city
presents the appearance more Of a COM
mercial metropolis than that of large
and beautiful park,
THE BLOODY SHIRT
There are exciting times iust now in .
Congress and the bloody shirt is being
Haunted with greater yigOr than at any
former time during The Finicih { on
rress OF course this is Synonymous
with a "Sold South Iu the Senate
The request of Senator sherman TO allow
Mr. Lyarts resolution TO be in
tr0duccd was met with a threat
from senator Harris of Tennessee, that
if such q resolution was introduced al
This time be for one would SO Obsirucl
business that the Senate might 40 once
inform General Harrison that an extra
session of Congress would be absolutely
necessary, and there and then served
notice upon The Republicans Of
That body to The above effect Chandler
..N ..I. IL
once proceeded To- read a highly sensa
ti0nal newspaper account of the as
sasination of Clayton IN Arkansas, and
said that be meant to oppose the
South. and would do all in
mis- power to put down such po'
litiCal murders Mr. Barry in his quiet
lentiemaniy manner then proceeded TO
deny Mr. Chambers statements, and IN
and diplomatic language in ,
formed The New Hampshire Senator that
Ae was such
AS AUDACIOCs LIAR
that decent people did not care to asso- ,
Ciaie with bin, and regretted that they
had 90 be his associate IN Congress. G
Chambers term of Office expires
March 4, so that This may account some !
what for his yituper0us language Q
i'm the House The Llliott-Smalls con. S
tested election case was on sthe tuDts {
Charges and counter charges were The "
order of The day. and d speech from 5
Smalls, lhe negro contestant of the !
Seventh district. South Carolina. was C
ihe chief variety. Smalls Was prompted Z
throughout his speech by ROwell, of Hi Il
nOis, who sat next 90 him. T.
For q negro DE made d fair speech but q
70 contained neither argument nor reason, q
being for the most part, a humorous o
defense of The charge OF bribery, which h
had been brought against him when q
serving In the South Carolina Legis- y
atuTo some years ago.
ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PRESIDENT +,
AND MRS. CLEVELAND. D.,
Last evening the President and Mrs ;
Cleveland were entertained at dinner by u
he POsimaster-Geuerat and Mrs Dick J.
ns0n The guests were not numerous,
ut included those who were most nearly al
.ers0ual friends of Mr. and Mrs Cleye co
and The horal decorations OF the table c'
we're exceptionally beautiful, the centre NJ
iece consisting of am obl0ng composed d'
q bank of ferns and moss and m
elbow tulips Silver candelabra tl
rauched from either side of the centre II
lcce and beyond were globes of hand "
ome curglass filed with yariegated Oh
overs, mingled with asparagus vines B
bat were trained 90 scatter themselves Ci
ver the cloth
NulCINIA POsrOFFICEs. le
A posoiice has been established at III
our Mile Run Alexandria county, Va. I'D
ith Thomas Taylor as postmaster III III
The name of the postofice at Big bll
ranch, Scott county Va has been re
hanged to Snowflake William 5. Cul- 10
.rlson, postmaster
HOUSE. tic
WAsmNGroN, d. C., February 10 tn
he counting of the electoral votes by
.e Senate and House in Joint assembly
-day brought large crowd of specta- an
rs 10 the Capitol The seats in the '0,
lneiics were filed long before noon. W.
Mr. Oats, of Alabama from the PY
ldiciary Committee reported the bill 10 w
nend he naturalization laws accom-
nying il with report urging It's m ,I'
option. ~. I'',
The Indian Appropriation bill was 81. m
-o reported H''
A few moments before T. NJ regular ne
We're suspended and the 0oil
iccrs and members of The Senate put .s "si
am appearance. and the count OF the 'n'
.cioia vote soon began. he Senators oD
1k seats on the right of the speaker. s"l
: lngall was escorted 10 the speaker
SIX, where be took seat on The right ie,s
Mr. Carlisle The big brown boxes li' li'
.re placed on the desk IN front Of them ySS'
d opened. Vi
The tellers appointed by the two n,i "g