Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-06
At It AGAIN.
Final Session of the Fifty-Sec'
Ond Congress Opens.
It Will Be Brought to a Close OF
March 4 Next
When Mr.. Cleveland Will Be In
augurated.
THE DEMOCRATS WEAR A SMILE
OVER THE PROSPECTS,
WHILE THE REPUBLICANS ARE COR.
RESPONDINGLY SAD.

The Populist Forces in the Next House
Remain About the Same, Falling Very
Considerably short of Their Expecta-
tions of Holding the Balance of Power.
Small Attendance in the House as Is
Usually the Case Until After the Hol-
idays.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The final ses-
sion of the Fifty-second congress opened
at noon Monday, and with probably a
brief internission for Christmas, will
now run it's uninterrupted course till
the 4th of March next, when a new
congress and a new administration will
come into existence simultaneously.
Whether or not the new congress in
both its branches will take up its ses-
sions soon after the old congress dies, is
for the future to determine.
The scenes of the opening were
marked by no events outside of the or
dinary run. There were the customary
crowds in the galleries and corridors, a
tride less eXpectant and demonstrative
of greater public interest We're pending;
the usual floral outbursts on the desks
of favored senators and members: the
usual preliminary handshal1ings and ex-
change Of recess reminiscences-st striking
enough some of these were-and, in
brief, there were all the expected Incl
dents of opening day, rendered more
than usually attractive and pleasant by
.1D obi lNpi,r hi hyo,
weather, not biting enough to call for
heavy winter clothing.
Senate.
Vice President Morton found himself
surrounded and saluted by many, who
officially were like the Roman gladia-
tors, "about to die" He himself is
numbered among those who will be
missed. Mr.. Morton has made no enc
mics and many friends in the presiding
officers chair. Coming to the senate
entirely unfaIniliar with parliamentary
methods, he has taken pains to become
fairly expert presiding officer, his un-
ruft1ed serenity Of temper and unfailing
courtesy of manner aiding much to pop
ularize his rule.
The leaders, German of Maryland,
Cockrell of Missouri, Carlisle of Ken
lucky, and Mills of Texas, the last of
whom has hardly yet settled down to
his bearings i'll the senate chamber,
were each in his place, and each was
the center Of a little coterie of consult
ing and congratulating senators.
Vice President Morton is punctuality
personiied. The gavel has never failed
to tap promptly at at the stroke of 12
since he has been in the chair, ana his
locumtenens, the genial Manderson Of
Nebraska, president pro tenn, has not
been behind in promptness and attend
ance.
The chaplain of the senate, Rev. Mr..
Butler, has remained unchanged for
years. His opening prayers are never
characterized by those picturesque allu-
sions to current events with which Mr..
Milburn, the blind chaplain of the
house, occasionally enlists the attention
of absent-minded congressman. On the
contrary Mr. Buffers intonation, if the
truth should be plainly spoken, would
be characterized as distinctly lugubri-
Gus on all occasions; but meeting, as
this congress did, in the shadow of be-
reavement, the chaplain was in har-
mony with the occasion.
Shortly after noon the senate took
recess until p. IN. to allow the conf
mittee on congress to wait upon the
president and notify him that it was
ready to receive any communication he
might have to make.
On reassembling at o'clock the SEN
ate received message from the house
of representatives by Mr.. Kerr, its clerk,
announcing that a quorum had appeared
and that it was ready to proceed to bus
mess.
At 1870 Senators Hale and Gorman
appeared and Mr.. Hale reported that
they had performed the duty assigned
them. The president having responded
that he would send message in writing
to congress at the beginning of Tues
days session.
Thereupon the senate, on motion of
Mr.. Sherman, adjourned.
House.
1t was a hustling and somewhat hilar-
ious assembly that met in the house of
representatives. If, as has been stated
on apparently very slight authority,
there is dissatisfaction among the Dem
ocratic majority with their speaker, Mr..
Crisp, of Georgia, and a disposition
among those of the Fifty-second con-
gress who have been elected to the
Fifty-third congress to make a change
when the time comes for new cleo
ton, the-heartiness with which all these
members circulated around Judge
Crisp and asked and gave congratula-
tions did not Indicate it. The certainty
that the clerks roll call when made up
would disclose a majority in the next
congress on the Democratic side, as
large as this, gave an air of jubilation
to all the chiefs.
The little band of Spartan Repub-
hcans penned up on the other side un-
der the leadership of Thomas B. Reed,
of Maine, made the best of bad stu
ton. The prevailing anticipations
of the Republican leaders seemed to
point to lots of fun to be derived from
The undisputed possession of all branches
of the government by their opponents
after March A.
On the other hand the Democratic
leaders manifested a grave determina-
ton to assume the full share of respon-
sibility put upon them, and to take it
and carry it through to the wisest end.
Self-contsined, imperturbable Judge
Culberson, of Texas, received many
salutations as the future attorney gem
eral.
The little group Of Populists, whose
forces remain almost the same, in the
next house, and who have fallen very
considerably short of their expectations