The sun., 1891-12-10
CONGRESS TAKES A REST.
NOTHING DONE YESTERDAY EXCEPT
TO LISTEN 70 THE MESSAGE

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Hoi"'o 1 '>A
TO LIS1HN 1o 1HE MESSA9H
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Very Few Members, However, OF Either
House Even Listened to TAat-spesks.
c-,., "a Be.,~ The WORK or r.r-,.~ th,
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,ss mAsp. performed T any public duty % to-day % be-.
reading Of tho Presidents annual message.
This s ysFy raaures mnss
The presidsn. .s does not send man many IN. MESSAGES sage
ios from the inattention displayed at its re-.
.an,ion ,n Inn o.day. the reading Of his messages
,Sn,SI xSsiS seem to be- an event Of very ordinary
occurrence. In In the e,asen Senate the document n
rsrsly na give, tho Senators the pleasure
of listening to his voice. which is a much
better one for elooutlonary purposes than that
ofany OF his assistants. and that is not say
ing too much. For the first hour Of the read
Ing the Republican Senator'S. as a matter Of
formal courtesy; remained in their seats and
McCook was saying. Several OF the able Sem
ators, however. were too preoccupied or too
h"'ass TO listen % 20 tne re rea1lne. nn among .nese
were senators fiumo anu DaWes' VINO READ the
morning papers: Wolcott and Manderson. who
nay oseA H. - s ,,,rat, io,tor. M H." .rh.
Doiph' VINO wrote Ie'.ers. b., anu hoa.. VINO
performed very very rsmsrkasle on ark act for him; Of
cuis'NS ne ,,,s =: w y. mo
desk ana losing hmseit IN siumoer or
for An hour. and Senator Proctor followed the
reading of the message with a wise look Of
nranretorship, especially when the portion
pinpte.V. .ip y. .h. W. ras -aanh.d
as I" time tSs ssna
int ,ooted frehtfullv bored.
pa' .'n;.i 'ounea osn,toar dnas =. ,,, .,.. ~,
Democrats in the chamber should pay polite
10 It 81 Tsst
pasco were tho only Senators on the Demo-
crati. sid. who appeared to be listening to
s anything the message contained. Less than
ss Of ho w1Es in the
leader Of his party on the floor. sat in his GEN.
tral seat. comforting with members OF the
Senator George. the great Constitution al law
yor. turned his back squaroly on Secretary
any
and read newspaper during the entire dreary
two hours that we're Consumed In the reading.
'%o w. nGufS M u s''aI "e.e ~ consumeu W N uie IeaunE.
In the House 1t Is not the custom to listen
to the reading OF Presidents messages. and
sowhilethe bir .lunred clerks Of that nnwieldv
body were niosie CHING fhroneh their eincmtinny,
srv exercise tha 3an oS1 memhera chsttad
and LAUGHED, wrote @ letters, % and read os papers
Wthont resfrainf and fhere wera not a acore
Of % the entire number @ t Who heard M more mo- than %
araSrsnh or two ~ fhe thfrtv.siU nrIntad
paaes nnon whfch the e prasiaest bpd b1nfsu bs.
fSon9ht that ss most ~ tSe memhars MHs
s'sIU srs new T to Con9pessiOnsi ' life. tSes
, WoSld ka imnressed Wifh fhejr own in,nnr..
Hnoe A we(i "a That of the President. and
found ATTENTION 70 Sis vords oS w}sd$am' sThev TR
did nothing Of the kind. howeyer. e M'' They sesm
to have been imoressed thws early WITH The
Snd thsy 1Snf aSo,t aat4ne acaSaintsS mai Wifh
each af6es IN Ana fndinG ont What HAT msS. ner.
Suisltes are In the way Of pstronaSe ana docu-
ments vithnut Ssadin9 twhat fi,e 'PresiSent
had u Eay about fhe Chiiian nHestion' the
asrryma,, asrin% ~ the Connrasa and dIe1isI.tiv