The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-03

WASHINGTON, u. w Matcn zs-lue
Fifty.first Congress started in this morn
ing on the last legislative day Of Its lie,
Tor It expects now to remain IN continu-
on, session until the end at noon on
Wednesday.
The day was noteworthy, not because
Of disgraceful riot, for that would not
make day noteworthy in this Congress,
but for the very contrary. There was q
full attendance oil Democrats and Re.
publlcans, and the Speaker was on the
Chair all day, bat not a single disturb.
ance occurred. Nota single scrimmags
between any Of the speskership candi'
dates and the Speaker. All the diff
entities and the hatreds we're buried.
Itseemed almost impossible to bsliove
that this same House, which, only on
Last Saturday, was perfect bedlam ot
partisan hate and rancor, should to-day
be the good-natured, Indifferent lot Of
men they were.
No one sought to obstruct any other
onys plans; indeed, 60 indifferent ana
careless did every member feel to busi-
ness, that Speaker Reed several times
ionnd It necessary. to stop the clerk who
was reading the bill or the members sd'
yocating it and compel the members to
nav sufficient attention that they might
At least know to what propositions they
were voting "aye" so willingly.
srIRIr OF PEAcR.
There was a beautiful spirit OF mutual
concU ssion all round, though o cynical
man might have said that everybody
agreed to let everybody else have what
he wanted, 80 that ne might get what he
wanted.
Pennsylvania called up the Senate bill
providing generous appropriation Tor a
new mint in Philadelphia. Nobody
objected very seriously except Mr.. CAu'
non, chairman OF the Appropriations
Committee. He implored the House to
stop voting money away.
He declared that during the session
$5OO,OOO 900 had already been appropti.
ated, and that this sum, II drawn from
the Treasury in the next year would not
only exhaust the entire surplus, but
would actually create deficit OF $780,
100000.
But his appeal was useless, The New
York people wanted an expensive Gus
tom House quite as badly as the Penn
sylvania people wanted their mint
Therefore, when the vote came, the New
York delegates voted soIidly for the bill
and carried with them enough Demo-
Gratis to pass the mint bill.
The next minute Mr.. Flower, OF New
York, called up the Custom House bill,
and by identiCatiy the same vote that
passed the mint bill he passed the Gus.
tom House bill. But it was absolutely
pon'pRrtisan.
NO PARTNERSHIP.
There were no Republicans or Demo-
Gratis to-day. They were all local patri-
ots. But whom later in the day letter
was read from the family Of the late Ad.
mirat Porter thanking the House for
its courteous resolutions and, when after
the letter was read Mr.. Boutelle asked
unanimous consent to pass the Senate
bill giving tire widow pension OF a pal
try 5000 year, there was immediate
objection from Mr.. Bum, Of South Caro-
lima.
So the entire day passed on with an
occasional interruption for a conference
report. The Legislative mill was at work
at full speed.
The Senate, too, seemed no less busy,
for at intervals of half an hour the Sec.
retary Of the Senate was announced TO
inform the House Of the passage OF stacks
OF bills.
The engrossipg clerks are working day
and night in the vain effort TO engrosf
the bills as fast Ss they are passed. The
galleries and the corridors are crowded
with people who have bills they want
passed or have private claims tackled or
appropriation bills.
Little cries Of Joy, as pet bill rushei
through the H0uee, are mingled witt
the savage oath OF disappointment Al
the couierees committee on approprla
ton bills In their report, announce the
doom OF some innocent claim.
MILD DiscIrLINE.
Order Snd discipline in the House ar
relaxed. TIs siron.bound rule, so riEidlS
enforced, iorbidGing members to smok,
on the floor is violated with impunity
and some Of the members are returning
to the habit 90 deBr to the Fittieth Con
Eress Of putting their feet on thet
desks whenever Mr.. Reeds eye is NO
upon them.
The Paddock pure food bill and tn
ConEer lard bill went by the board 70
gether to-day in tho Senate Commltte
on Appropriations. Senator Paddoc
made a desperate effort yesterday TO az
cure the attachment OF his bill to tue R(
rtCultnrRl appropriation bill as an amenc
ment, but was defeated by the efforts {
Senator Allison, who opposed II as likel
70 create too much discussion ID tn
Senate.
All Of the opponents Of the ConRt
land bill voted SRalnst tho Paddock pur
food bill, fully carrying out the SlGtl
ment made by Senator Paddock that hi
bill was US obnoxious TO the Gdulteratol
OF lld aud the awiudlers OF farmers
was the Conger lard bill which they ha
been ii0hiinU an viGoFOuBlY for the pAl