The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-05

aisle, and, with book Of rules in his hand;
demanded that the names OF memoers should
be recorded according 70 the states IRON ron
body else could see the point Of Gen. Wheelets
Rpsaper. @ snpon S that the roll cali
would be recorded In me n nsual way as.
tired tired in confusion TO his seat and a
new member from ohio. Ezekiel Bundy. was
sToGsor IN Me- B BTnSy Is Relic o
days and typical representative OF the OLD.
time Congressman; A. he st0 S,,, Sei9re the
ing to support the Constitution. he made an
interesting figure He Is a iat, round-headed;
old gentleman. with shaggy eyebrows. and a
determined look. H. was clad all In black.
s sem Ben NJ %ade Of his own state Mr.
Bundy's appearance vas In direct contrast
with that Of Major Griffin Of Detroit who is a
MIR. Wilson OF West Virginia promptly took
his place as leader OF the House to-day by in.
Producing the resolution for the appointments
OF a committee to wait upon the President and
announce to him that Congress was ready to
proceed to business; The speaker appointed
MIR. Wilson as Chairman OF this committees.
and named as his colleagues Messrs Outh-
tee on Rules. This action OF the Speaker in
ignoring Mr.. Reed, whose position as RepuD-
lean leader entitled him to membership on
the com mittee. created much comment, but 1t
IL probable that there were special reasons for
not appointing the man from Maine.
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House. the days session being taken up by
the reading OF the Presidents message. The
deaths OF Representatives O'Neill and Lilly OF
Pennsylvania were announced in both Houses.
and after tile adoption OF the usual resolutions
OF respect Congress adjourned until noon to-
The message fell exceedingly fiat, To the
Republicans It was surprise. and to the
ment. Tonight Democratic Congressmen.
willing to- be quoted. are, saying that the
ever they admit their disappointment, and as
for tho Republicans. they are saying. both
publicly and rTTyaey that onn is the
President Cleveland. 1t was generally ex-
pected that the Administration policy on the
Hawaiian question would DO fully set forth.
and the correspondence in connection with
the attempt to restore. Queen Liiuokalani to
some com preh ensive recommendations would
be made with regard to financial Legislation
chasing act. and that a detail ed and elaborate
explanation and defence OF the new Tariff bill
would bc given. Instead Of this the Prest-
dent withholds all information OF the Ha-
waiian situation. makes no financial recon-
mendation. except that the law authorizing
at his discretion be made more clear on GER
tain points and IN general way comments I,,, !,
preparing a tariff bin
The reading q the Presidents message
ordeal was more than usually trying to-day.
Gen. Cox. the new Secretary Of the senate. al
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said. and. probably because OF embarrass ent
due to his knowledge of this fact; he two or
three times skipped whole pages. He jumped
over the Hawaiian paragraph altogether and
was called to order By Mr.. polph. who made
h9 SS sas and t Fssd SENATOR. %soh who
had already discovered that the President
had boldly evaded the Hawaiian issue. Some
| Of the Senators had provided themselves with
printed copies OF the message which they
read much faster than the Secretary did his
copy. Nearly all Of them at the close Of the
| appointment. Democrats as well as Republic
| cans concede that the Administration has got
| itself in very deep hole by announcing its In;
| tention to restore the Hawaiian Queen. and
then. finding itself unable to carry out
istions t to the President have alternately been
represented as being very close and very dis
tant tersely expressed his sentim ents of the
message by saying that 1t reminded him OF
Bret Harte's e Jumping Frog; he didn't sec
no din rence between that and any other kind
sage he had listened to often before.
In the House Of Representatives the m es-
sage was listened to even less attentively
than In the Senate. In the latter body there
is an old fashioned idea OF etiquette that
main quietly in their seats and pretend to
| listen to the reading Of the Secretary. In the
| House there Is a more Independent spirit. and
Clerk Kerr eloquently read the message amid
a din OF conversation that was not at all polite.
! one half Of the members went home before
| OF the other half afterward said they wished
! they had done the same thing. Senator Dolph
| OF Oregon gave notice that tomorrow. after
| the morning hour. he should ask the Senate to
indulge him In Q few remarks on that point OF
| the message which referred to Hawaii