The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-13
UNDER WAY AGAIN.
CONGRESS RENEWS BUSINESS At
THE SAME OLD STAND.
The Democrats Naturally Happy, and Thcy
Do Not Attempt to Conceal That Fact
-Some Opening Day Scenes.

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| At noon today the anchor was weighed
! and the old congressional ship was soon
! under full sail.
Three fourths of the members and an
| ea1al proportion of the senators We're
| present in the two halls quite early. OF
course, the house end Of the capitol was
| the most interesting Crowds commenced
| gathering In the galleries as early as
| 10 o'clock, and by noon every seat was
| full and the aislcs were crowded. The
| desks Of the members looked like great
flower gardens. Hundreds of beautiful
bouquets OF all styles were piled upon
them. The speakers desk was almost
| completely covered.
| Before the house was called to order
the members were exchanging greetings
and telling campaign stories. When the
gavcl raped, nearly every member was
| in his seat.
| Tho Speaker Enters.
| Speaker Crisp did not go into the house
until one minute before noon, and he
| then walked directly to the speakers
stand, raped the gavel, and called the
| house to order. Before that time he had
| been in his room where the members call
| cd to shake his hand and welcome him
| back. The speaker is IN better health
| than he has been in years. He seems to
have gained several pounds since the
| campaign closed.
All the Georgians except Colonel Moses
| were i'll their seats. He has been detan-
| ell ut home by the illness of his children.
| Tom Watson was one Of the first mem
bers to arrive. He came into the house
| before IL o'clock, with his SLOUGH hat
| thrown back on the rear Of his head,
| his Overcoat buttoned close to his neck
| SnI in,
| tanned, kid gloves. The first man he
! shook hands with was his populist col
league, Davis OF Kansas.
| Tom Watson Statutes Tom Reed
| Watson then walked over and shook
| Tom Reeds hand. The greeting was cor
diii. After that he went to his seat and
! remained there unnoticed. Colonel IIiy-
ingSton and Mr.. Bount sat together dur
| ing the brief session OF the house and
| were engaged in earnest conversation.
Tom VIM was in his rear seat quiet and
| contentell, reading The Constitution. Col
onel EVcfctt, or course, was on hand He
| mas never missed session Of the house,
| day or night. Mr.. Turner. calm and dig
| nlled' SAT across the aisle from Colonel
Everett, while Colonel lester moved about
| the hall exchanging greetings with his
| friends and telling campaign stories.
| Judge Lawson sat quietly at his desk.
listening to the proceedings
| To Admit Arizona and Now Mexico.
! Inc republican senators in caucus this af-
tcfhoon, decided that, as Arizona and New
| Mexico were certain to be admitted into the
| union by the democrats next congress. it
would be advisable for them to admit these
territories ana receive at least Il part of the
| credit. Both bills having passed the house,
| 1t is probable they will pass the senate be-
| fore the Christmas holidays. This will give
| me democrats four new senator's and will
| give them good working majority in the
senate.
MR.. Biount on Silver Legislation.
| Mt; 6lount, of GNeg5a, is receiving quite
little tie boom at r,e ll:.ls..,of his colleagues
| Cleveland. One of the Washington papers
| today announced that his chances were
| good. IN an interview printed here he pre-
| diets that nothing will come of the silver
| conference. and that no legislation on the
| silver question Is to be expected. He says
| that the state bank currency must be re-
! turned to. and that the next congress will
| surely repeal the 10 per cent tex. lie
| thinks European countries VIII never ac-
| cept our proposition for free coinage and
| that trade with the foreign nations is
| too large to admit of the free coinage of
silver here without an agreement.
Dingley's theory.
Representatives Dingley, Of Maine, has
a new theory of the cause of the recent de-
| due to the Homestead strike aud nothing
more. Here is what he says:
| Il do not regard the democratic victory
as indicating their permanent success nor
| putting an end to protection. L think
the republican party, and protection Will
| survive the defeat and will be restored to
! full vigor. The result of the election was
| due to Seteral things, but more than any
thing else to the Homestead strike, and to
| the fact that the democrats captured the
1 tt,,,v
them that the republican party was the
| party of monopoly and wealth and by max
ing great promises Of benefits to result from
| democratic success.
That Homestead business did us an i'm
| mense injury There was hardly Il place
where l spoke during the campaign that
some one in the audience did not cry out,
| How about HomesteadT 1t was impossi-
| BILE to counteract the effect of that strike.
We had full meetings. during the campaign,
| voters and the people who were influenced
by tho labor troubles. They would not
! come.
How the Message Was Received
| Washington, December G.-(Special.) y
| The presidents message sent to congress
today met with hearty approval from the
republicans Of both houses Many or
them have been afraid that he would
not be sufficiently vigorous and to them
| the UeSSstSc WIS Il plcitSttuC SUI ~ ioC' \ HC
democrats look upon it as an utterance
of the same character as Tom Reeds
closing address to the house when the
republican ajority In the house OF rep
resentatives, two years ago, had been
| scattered to the four winds. The gist OF
| the message is in the first part i'll which
| he deals with the tariff question ard be-
| comes very sarcastic. He directly tells
the democrats to go ahead and try your
scheme now, the people believe it a good
one, because they voted for you, but they
| will find that it will destroy the material
| interests of the country. He does not
| recede from the republican position In
| favor Of q protective tariff whit, but
| wants the democrats to try their scheme
| in order to demonstrate the superiority
| of his position. He grows facetious in
recommending that the whole subject OF
| tariff revision Ire left to the incoming ad-
| ministratlon and says he only regrets that
! this work must be delayed for at
least three months. In other words Mr..
Harrison attempts to adopt the style OF
| I MI *, WV