St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-06
Harrison's Message Acts as a
Narcotic on the Fifty
First Congress.
Minnesota Members Want
Capt. Reed Chosen Assist
ant Sergeant-at-Arms.
Charlie Johnson and Senator
WaShburn Differ on the
Silver Question.
Representative Dunnell Re-
covering from an At
tack Of Neuralgia.
Special Correspondence Globe.

Special Correspondence Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. SIT was anus
Ing to watch the senators while the
presidents message was being read.
Senator Davis sat with hands folded
and bored look on his face. Wash
burn wrote letters all the time and paid
absolutely no attention to the uninter-
eSting document. Reagan, of Texas,
sat IN Browns seat and slept peace
fully. ingalls, sat bold upright in his
seat and appeared to wish it was all
over. Pettigrew's face appeared from
behind large fish constructed of flow
erS, upon which was the device: 1.-THE
Pickerei Statesman in yiOlets. He
wrote letters and read the morning
papers during the reading of the mes
sage. Next to him was Moody, upon
whose desk was floral Tyre, which OBJ
scured the senator. Stanford and Stew
art sat side by side and paid no attention
to the document, except as it related to
silver coinage. To this portion of it
they both listened intently. When the
presidential train of thought ran off the
track OH an open switch, and suddenly
problem they began an earnest CONVEX
satiOn which lasted through to the end
of the message. HOar sat with folded
hands. and halo OF heavenly love
beamed around his solar viSage. ALI
son looked bored, and lounged ungrace-
fully in his chair. DOlph wrote letters
when the message ran upon the shoals
of the trust question. Senator Payne
smiled slightly, and listened III sort
of cynical way. The tariff platitudes
caused little interest, and the apparent
sense of the asSemblage was that it had
heard the same before. Matt Quay had
evidently heard the whole message be-
fore, and did little. it anything. during
the reading. He seemed to find 1T diff
cult to put in his time, and was bored.
In the house no one paid any attention
to the message. Conversation of the
guerilla order. letter writing and total
absence were the distinguishing char
acteristics of members.
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Senator and Mrs. G. K. Davis have
arrived in town and established them
selves at 142S Massachusetts avenue for
the winter.
All the town of Aberdeen, S. D., ar
rived in the city on Monday on a
private car. They occupied a gallery
in the senate chamber and watched the
two senators from their state sworn in.
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The Minnesota men are pressing for
the appointment of Capt. Reed as dep
uty sergeant-at-arms. He was defeated
in an exceptional way for sergeant-at-
arms and they consider that he ought
have the position of deputy. The cap
tain himself will not ask for it, but if it
is rendered he will accept. There is
little doubt Of his appointment. No
man ever took defeat as philOsOphlcally
as he, more especially when it is consid-
cred that defeat seemed out Of the Ques-
ton and absolutely impossible up to the
moment of the ballot in caucus. 1t did
not seem to trouble him in the least. He
kept open house that evening i'll his
room at the Ebbitt, where he enter
tanned a number of MinneSOtians and
others, more like successful candidate
than one who was knocked out.
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1t was curious to note how few men
heard word Of the presidential mes
sage. When asked what they thought
of it their reply was almost identical.
and may be given IN the Ian
guage of Roswell P. Flower, of New
York, who sat in one Of the front
seats of the house. ''1t was long
enough" said he, land hope it was as
good as it was long, but we did not hear
it on the front seats" Senator Wash
burn heard it and liked it. He said. In
referring to it, that it was a good mes
sage from beginning to end, and met
with his unqualified approval. Gen.
GrOsyenor also heard it and Endorsed it
with the exception of those portions
which refer to civil service, from which
he absolutely and totally dissents. None
of our Minnesota men profess to have
heard line of it, except Hall, who says
that what little he happened to hear
met with his approval.
Opinions seem to differ on the recon-
mendations in regard to silver. Col.
johnson, chief clerk of the senate,
seemed to think that the position taken
silver men. Senator Washburn, on the
other hand, said it would meet with
their approval. The basis which the
president and secretary of the treasury
propose to adopt is the coinage OF silver,
or the issue of silver certificates, which
amounts to practically the same thing,
in unlimited quantity at the market
price of silver when bought. AS Sen
ator Washburn says. this would make
silver dollar worth. dollar instead of
only ~ cents, and practically remOne-
tizes silver. placing it upon par with
gold in the national currency.
Representative Dunnell, of Mime
sofa, has been suffering with a severe
cold aud neuralgia for several days, but
managed to get out 10 the opening of
congress, and though by no means well,
is feeling decidedly better.
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Senator Sawyer and his daughter,
Mrs. White, will move into their new
house, 170l Connecticut avenue. this
week. The house is said to be one of
the finest in Washington. A. b.