Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

FlFTY.THiRD SESSION PRoiNisEe
TO BE LIVELY. ''s1s 'sfs
rarfn, Silver, and Hawai-, Among the
Topics to Come Up-Galleries Crowded
by Society People-Incidents in the Sen.
ate and House. a vs.
Scenes ON the First Day.
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Scenes on the First Day.
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q 0HHE SD Congress
x is now in regular
Is 4 session assembled:
GMVIi The stars and
l.L stripes float over
I||zTk each end of the
EIJEhlSA> capitol-which sig-
ENtII:lsM mites that both
.teSgSsssa houses are dong
THITfafGISEEA business at the old
elll!GIsMMlzzssss stand The assem-
@ s|$; $sS $s:s,t;:I$ S:aS $; n :S::f S:sf:
E----rl-zzSaM3 ing, commonplace.
ts---.yEIl-. ifH"E1u7HHr- The interest which
- lM4Al1' 5I7; zt7T=, attaches to such an
.--ralLlGT-. tElI IF1F lkevent was less be-
V4#pfIsIys ulII' cause the extra ses-
dN ADD y sion had taken the
edge off the appetite of curiosity. New
crthcless there wa plenty to interest
the stranger. He who is present for the
first time at an opening of Congress
sees below him the men who make the
wheels of the nation go round, as it
were. He feels that he is at the foun-
ICES that he is in the midst
of big affairs and lie is pleased. He
has, OF course, read of Congress. To
be in its pre- :cnce, to see it work, to
appreciate that here are born measures
which grow into laws and dominate
the nation, begets q new sensation.
He can't help feeling impressed. 1t is
for that reason every one OF the several
thousand in the galleries pays close
attention to all that is done: for that
reason that the thousands in the. COR
ridors stand there. the patient ones
hoping that in some way they may get
in. the impatient struggling, pushing
and elbowing, but with no better re-
suit.
The crowds in the galleries on OPEN
ing day arc always OF Il higher order
than at any other time; No one is ad-
mitted except by ticket: and tickets
less some recipient sees fit to give hiss
pasteboard away. There are always
many women in the galleries. And
most of them wear their best attire.
The Senate is deemed, and is, the
more exclusive body. And the very
nobbiest of the nohs go there, and for
FORMS sake are bored as they watch
the slow coaches, while all the time
could they but disguise themselves
they would much rather be in the
House. But lots OF nobs, women as
well as men, select the House and go
there early. They will, at least many
of them, come often during this first
session of Congress-.
Much for Congress to Do.
Though this session is regular there
are many reasons for believing that it
will be extraordinary as we'll. There
are bills of great Importance to pass,
bills which will give birth not to pure
debate alone but to ill-feeling, angerin
some instances. probably, and repartee
swiftly developing into blunt contra
diction. Some of the debates will fur
nish a good education in statesmanship
before the session is over. The tariff
question will be discussed from a to 2
and buck again. A great many have
already prepared speeches on it. The
rest will either prepare them or speak
on the spur of the moment. "1And [
wish the majority would be impaled on
the spur" said a correspondent who
has listened to the tariff debate for lo
these many years.
Then there is the silver question.
One might think that the people had
had enough of silver talk and be for
given for the thought. But not SO
Brother Bland. He believes that
prosperity will never come till! the
country has free silver. He will seek
to obtain tho sanction of Congress for
free coinage ut every opportunity.
Then there is the Hawaiian Incl.
dent, which will serve for discussion.
Republicans view it grcedily, and they
are licking their chops in anticipation
OF the feast. How they will hold the
Democratic party. and the administra-
tion in particular. up to scorn. How
they will tear Secretary Gresham's
letter to Cleveland How they will rip
up the back any reference the Presi-
dent may make to it. And then the
war of words. For the Democrats will
/ talk back.
| Scenes in tho House.
Tho chief interest centered in the
House on opening day. The scene in
the Senate is very respectable; but the
scene in the House is breezier. There
is more life in the House. The blood
pulses faster. Tho members are more
apt to do things: and incidents are
more likely to happen. The galleries
were packed long before u corporal's
guard of members appeared on the
lloor. All but the press gallery. That
didn't fill till few moments before
the clock told that the hour of IL
o'clock had come. Then that
gallery also was full. In it were
CORE spondents representing almost
every newspaper of Importance
in the country, several repres nting
Canadian papers and few papers
across the Atlantic. AS the boyish
chaplain rose to offer prayer stiffness
fell upon tho House, and from the rooms
back of the press galleries came the
tick, tick, tick of the telegraph send
ing the stories of the scenes within
the hall throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Tho chaplain's
prayer over. tho hubbub of conversa-
tion rose from the arena and was aug.
mented by the comment in the CALLER.
les. At l:35 p IN. Executive Clerk
Pruaen appeared in the House and de.
hvered the Presidents message. which
the clerk was directed by the Speaker
to read