Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-12-07
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Senate and House Assemble in Ffty-tlrd
Session at the Appointed Hour.

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DIPLOMATIC corps, which looked gloomy
and vacant, were filled to over11oWlng
with eager and expectant persons when
Speaker Crisp, dignitied and stately
assembled the rostrum at high noon
to-day and raped the regular session
of the Fifty-third Congress to oroer.
Fully 800 members were in their seats
Conspicuous upon the floor were the
two vacant chairs Of Representative
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania; the father {! OF
the House, and his colleague, Mr.. LII
lev. the representative t-large from
the keystone State. Their desks
we're draped in black and COW
cred With floral tributes. Among
the distinguished visitors on the floor
when the House convened was eN-Post-.
master General Don. NJ. Dickinson, of
Michigan. The Rev. Mr.. Bagby, in his
invocation, referred teelingly to the
death of "Father' O'Neil and Mr.. Lii
lev. According to the rule at the open
ing Of the session, the Speaker then oil
rected the roll in order to officially as
certain the presence Of a quorum.
The roll call showed 24O members
present. Gen. Grosvenor, OF ONE, then
escorted II. S. Bundle, of Ohio, elected
Enochs, to the bar of the House
and the speaker with uplifted hand
administered the oath of office
to him. The formal resolution nee
essary to set the wheels of the legisla-
tive machine in order was adopted, the
first by Mr.. Savers, notifying the Senate
that a quorum was present in the House
and that it was ready to proceed to bust
ness, and the second by Mr.. Wilson tor
the appointment of committee Of
three to join a like commit
tee of the Senate and inform
the President that Congress was
ready to receive any communication he
had to make The Speaker appointed
NJ essrs. Wilson, Cultivate and Bur
rows. Mr. Griffin, the successor Of the
late Mr.. Chapman, of Detroit, Mich,
was sworn in and following this various
reports Of bureau officers were taken
from the Speakers table and formally
laid before the House.
At :25 the committee appointed by
the House marched down the center
aisle and faced Mr. Wilson, the chair
man, and announced that they had dis
charged their duty and that the Presi-
dent had said that he would immediate
ly communicate a message in writing.
At :35 P. NJ. Mr. Pruden from the
White House appeared with the Presl-
dents message and Immediately laid
the message before the House. Clerk
Kerr read it in clear, firm voice. The
galleries remained silent and the mem
bers leaning forward in their chairs
listened attentively to Mr.. Cleveland's
views as they fell from the lips Of the
clerk of the House.
Chairman Sayers, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, asked unani-
NOUS consent for the consideration of a
bill appropriating $4,000 additional
to pay the salaries of officials
engaged in the enforcement of the
Chinese deportation and reglstra-
ton act Of last May and the amendment
to that act passed at the extra session.
Mr.. Baker, of New York, objected. He
ever, and The resolution was passed.
Mr.. Hines, of Pennsylvania, asked
unanimous consent for the considera-
ton OF resolution for the appointment
of committee of five to investigate the
Lehigh Valley Railway strike, its
causes, the loss of life and the property,
and to recommend any feasible general
legislation for the prevention of strikes
in the future. Mr.. Kilgore, OF Texas,
objected and the objection was referred
under the rule. Upon motion of Mr..
Dockery, the House, at 1885, took a re-
cess until 10 P. NJ.
The first Senate session Of the Fifty
third Congress convened at high noon
to-day. pursuant to the constitutional
provisions. 1.-The inaudible and noise
less foot of time" had apparently
tripped lightly through the lives
of senators during the brief
vacation period and brighter
faces greeted one another than
when thirty odd days ago,
tired and showing signs of
parliamentary struggle unequaled in the
history Of the government, the repre-
sentatives Of the state left the national
capitol. All traces Of that memorable
battle seemed eftaced and the greeting
amongst senators bore the evidence of
warm fraternal friendship and personal
regard. The chamber presented
winter apparel. A Brussels carpet,
pleasing to the eye and soft to the touch.
had supplanted the light chinz mating
which covered the floor during the re-
cent extraordinary session. Highly
polished desks and chairs awaited sena-
torial use, while the happy owners of
sixteen smiling little faces sat on the
steps of each side of the vice-president's
rostrum, eager to carry out the wishes
of the senators. On some of the
desks were floral designs and
flowers whose fragrance sweet
ened the atmosphere and lent an
additional charm to the scene. On the
desk of the vice-president reposed a
basket of roses while handsome floral
horseshoe awaited Senator Voorhees,,
the gift of admiring Indiana friends.
who had also remembered his colleague,
Senator Turpie. A large bunch of roses
lay on the desk of Senator Dolph and
the doughty champion of the white
metal, Senator Stewart, was the
recipient of a basket of beautiful
marechal neils. Senators Harris, Berry.
Proctor, Hansbrough and others were
also favored with flowers In the gal
leries large crowd had gathered to
witness the opening of the session
and the bright colors in the