New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-06
CONGRESS REASSEMBLES.
BOTH HOUSES MEET AND ADJOURN WITH
OUT NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE NOT TO BE READY
TILL TO-DAY-THE MEETINGS AND GREET
ISGs OF STATESMEN WITH DIF-
FERENT EMOTIONS.
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Washington, Dec. 5.-The second session OF tho
Lid Congress began to-day at noon. both houses
assembling and soon afterward adJourmng wi'i'1
out any incident CT special note. The ecoru "
mediocrty and uneventfulness made by TINS CON-
gress at the last session is likely to be maintalheo
through the ninety days still left of its legls.
lative life Few important useful laws nave
been nut on tine statute book since the House OF
Representatives came under its present organlza-
ton. and there is little ground to expect any
change now in the "do-nothing" policy which
prevails at the House end of the Capitol. WIN
full realization on all sides of the fact that
little beyond routine supply legislation is to De
attempcd at this session. no special interest could
no found attaching to the reasscmbling OF uio
National legislature and the scenes In DOM
houses this morning were highly conventiohal aiu
commonplace. The Presidents message was ho"
ready for transmission, so there was nothlhg "
do but to adjourn over until tomorrow An ui'
quest ioned quorum present in each prahcl' o'
that the routine work of the session VIII no uou'
be promptly resumed after the President rec'nl'
mendations are received and read.
In the Senate the new session opened very ue-
corously and tamely. There was the usual crus'
Of sight-seers in galleries, vaguely cXpectah'' do
t the opening of every session. of some mover turn
in the familiar and established routine WHO"
governs this annual political function Inc enter
prise and patience Of those who came early anu
secured the best seats were inadequately re"druot
however The little business necessary 10 DE oo,'
on sucb occasions was quickly transacted, and the
Senate found itself ready TO adjourn iess 'iia
ten minutes after the vice-Prcsident had called
for order Instead Of adjourning formally, re-
cess was taken until the joint committee of notlh-
cation could 20 to tie White House and return.
Rut as Mr.. Sherman had already announced thao
there would be no message from the PresdenS
until Tomorrow the recess was taken by every
body as ending the days session ceremonies
An UNUSUALLY FULL SENATE.
Tho ene,oetic scht-seors got something, how
ever. for their pains Seldom have so many Sena-
TORS been in their places rs there we're to-day
,hen the chaplain made the opening prayer.
probably seventy in all were on hand. ana aS an
unusual number wore noticeably new sults OK
clothes and looked complacently at MI. Morton
over desk tops brilliant with chrysanthemums anu
roses IT. il safe to say that at no time In recchO
voars has the Senate as body looked smarter or
better groolned. II WAS remarked tllat goou ''S'"
had happily prevented an indulgence thls year Ia
the eunereal-looking floral pieces when so often Oh
similar occasions offend the eye OF the spectator Ia
the gallery Embems in mnorteiies wouid pr
hans have been in place here and there among
rho Rcnublican benches But the misfortunea OF
vovomber were not sought TO be commemorated
yisibly. though something of smile was cauSct
bv tho wholly unconscious but quickly apprecla'eu
humor Of one passage in the outgoing Repuphca'
chaplain's prayer-that in which he terVen'y ON,
nres,ed the thanks of the body that we still
live
Tho Senators themselves, wEo knew better than
the nnblic the merely formal Importance Oh 'ho
onanino session. were leisurely about asseHloiihs'
and once in the chamber seemed 10 naN" oo''
,h.,e oniv 70 show themselves and TO exchange
ore,tinc., with each other. ON the Repuohcdh
side Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Morrill, were among
,I,., oorl;os, arrivals The venerable Senator from
Vermont took his seat in the front row ana
,,.,i,od ouietlv for the stroke Of noon TO come.
Fy.rvbodv came TO shake his hand and inquire
,bout bis bcath Mr. Sherman walked about tho
chamber and chatted with the circles OF irlehdS
vino kent Gathering around him. Senator Stow
art WIS conspicuous figure in the rear row on the
Ponublican side He had had his patrlarcihl
hoard trimmed. and looked both younger anu
fuller of bodily vgor for his recent outdoor ca'h
raion in Nevada. He was aS>ailcd with many
..;,,,. iro,irios =. 70 whether he had already
enlisted for the session in the party OF Mr' hSis
AMI Mr.. PETER. Many colleagues We're surprises
70 s.,e Mr.. Iloar in his seat, this being his hrso
onnoaranc. ,t the Capitol since early last spring,
whom he started en- a trip abroad for the benefit
If his eyes. He was heartily welcomed back 70
active service in the Senate. Senator Alirlch'
clever. alert and popular. was another cehtre ior
changing groups of hand-Shakcrs. Mr. "oico'.'
Of Colorado. Young. dashins and good-ha'uieu'
found an equally cordial welcome. On MS ueSN
WAS a towering bunch of rose, which must como
rear mpoverishing the resources oil 'ie loo"i
florist w no furnished it, 70 the disappointment
Of the galleries, this huge bouquet was uh-
fcclincly dispatched 70 Mr.. Wolcotts COMMITTEES
roam bnfore th, session was five minutes old. OF
the seventy Senators present. Mr. Wolcott alone
wor, a tailless coat The rest divided pretty
evenly between the more modern cutaways ana
the long frccls the latter the conventional attire
of tie American statesman, in Congress ana ou'.
Mfr. Davis. of Minnesota. and Mr.. Quay, OF Penh@
sylvana. wore suits of gray cloth. breaking 'ho
uniformity of black. Mr.. Quay and Nlr. Cameron
were both prcsent-a coincidence which has been
llnown in the past 10 excite remark.
On the Demo, ratio side, Mr.. Vance was again
in his seat looking almost restored TO health.
Mr. Vest came in apparently suffering with sore
throat, for he kept silk muller about his throat
all through the session Mr. German took MS
usual seat in the middle OF the Democratic Sec
ton prepared to rcassume the rHns OF party
leadership which he assumed 50 adrOitly two years
ago. nobody knows quito how His appointment
to-day to represent the minority on the com-
mittce TO wait upon the President may or may
rot have rad especial significance in view of the
efforts Of his seniors in service to keep him OUT
of the Craftsmanship Of the Appropriations Com.
mlttee next year. Mr.. Harris. of Tennessee,
father of the Democratic SIDE, has generally
been chosen to act on the first day notification
committee For the Republicans, Mr. Hale served
this year, he being, in Mr.. Allisons absence, tho
acting chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
THOSE WHO WERE ABSENT.
Among the abscntees on the Democratic side
three were detained by serious illness. Mr. Gibson,
of louisiana has been in an exceedingly critical
condition for week at Hot Springs. Ark, and
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