Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-03
CONCRESSOPENS
At Noon Today Sessions Began
In Both Houses.
CROWDS IN THE GALLERIES.

| URUW Us LIN THb GALLERlES.
Tom Reed Attracts Much Attention In
the House.
Members Patiently Awaiting the Reading
of the Presidents Mcssage-Thc Long
Programme of Work Which Both Houses
FIND Before Them senator Voorhees, In
tends to Push Financial Action. 1t Is sup
posed. He Has Called For an Early
Meeting of His Committee.
! WASHINGToN, Dee. 3-The senate was
called to order today 1t - o'clock noon.
and the last session OF the fifty third
congress was begun. The vice president
| was in the chair.
The session of the house was opened at
the same moment. with Speaker Crisp
holding tho Gnvel
There was much public curiosity to SEQ
| how the defeated members who might be
present would appear when thoy mot
their fellow members who are In like
| fix and their victorious opponents. This
! curiosity was manifest when early this
| morning spectators began to pour down
| Pennsylvania avenue toward tho capitol.
Tho house galleries were packed as soon
as the doors were opened, and whom tho
! mem hers brGan tn appear on the floor the
hum OF voices broke Into such babel OF
noises that the ushers had 20 DO sent 20
! stop IL.
There Reed There's Tom Reed &c
cried one enthusiastic man in the gallery
as the pOrtly form and smiling face of
the man from Maine was seen to pass in
| through the green doors Then every Oc
cupant OF the galleries strained neck and
eyes TO catch n glimpse "f the hero of the
moment, and it was with difficulty that
the murmurs were Kept within bounds.
Mr. Heed started quickly for his old
seat but was wnylaid Ivy crowd OF Eel
low members and held quito a reception
| in the aisle
Waiting Tor the Message.
After the prayer and other prelimina
rics committee WAS appointed by Speak
or Crisp to act with tho senate committee
As a joint committee tn not. y the prcsi
dent that congress was in session and
! ready to receive any announcement he
might wish TO make. Then the house set
tied down To quietly listen to the reading
of the presidents message.
The spectators in tho senate gallery
were too much awed by the dignity oi
that body to broak the silOnco TO any OK
VIM LtEt WIS itiuNAl llACEtsL eNlnNeu al
| the greeting exchanged by the senators.
The session begins with full calendar,
the result o. committee action during
the long session. and IL contains at least
| 200 items. covering n wide range of mat
tiers. Nothing has TRANSFERRED To indicate
| which OF those @UO questions will receive
first attention. whether they will Ev tax
en- in their order or whether they will be
followed at all
-.
oil political beliefs in the presidents mes
sage and in the recommendations which
the secretary OF tho treasury will make
| on financial questions. These will have
much to do in directing the course OF the
| senate. II thcFc are Recommendations fol-
radical departures in financial methods
they are sure To lead to much speech
making carly in the session and later &c
form the basis OF committee actions.
N"nrhc..> sets the BaII Rolling.
Significance is also attached to Senator
Voorhees, declaration that he will ash
the finance committee to sit on Tuesday
Tuesday is the day for tho regular week y
meeting of this committee. hut it doe.
not ordinarily moot 20 promptly after tn,
assembling ri the senate. Chairman Noor
hceS declines to state the object of thu
meeting further than ts say that il is I,
DO held for the purpose of permitting nj
exchange of views among members
1t IS possible that his purpose may h,
to arrange n policy upon the supplement
tai tariff bill. These bills have all boon
reported by tho committee, but it may bl
considered necessary TO discuss them fur
Their before deciding upon a plan of nc
tion The Democratic majority of tn,
finance committee j. on record in favor o
the passage of the bills. and it is not i'm
probable that the early action of the com
mittco is sought to fUrestall any attemp
to prevent consideration. This is not al
together surmisc, for il Is known that some
of the So called conservative senators hav,
advised that II general party COnfcrenc
NO held soon after the senate convcneS 10
the consideration OF this question. Tn
experience OF last session showed tina
whenever caucuses wCro hold the conserv
ativcs carried their points. Hence Their
is room for the prompt action of tn
friends of the supplementary bills
There appears to DO nothing outside o
financial or tariff questions likely to OK
cite "a ripple during the week. and 1t /
not certain that. whatever may happier
later in the session, there will be much IL
these lines to disturb tho general serenit
OF the senate during the next few days
After the receipt of the president 5 mes
sage and when 1t gets to business tho sen
r. ate may take up the calendar In regula
order. or 1t may proceed to consider GU
of order some OF tho bills which have bee
reported. such those for the admission
of Arizona and New Mexico or the bank
ruptcy. antioption or Nicaragua bills
In any event the daily sessions of tn
week will be short. with the probabilitie
strongly in favor OF an al iournme fror
Thursday until Monday of tho week fo
lowing.
House Opens NoisiiN.
Tho second session of tho fifty. thir
congress began in the house with the usr
oil noisy preliminarics. Beyond tho pa,
> sage of the regular appropriation bills
seems probable that little in the way
- legislation will DO accomplished at til
short session. although several importar
propositions will doubtless be pressed I
the front. Among tho members of tn
dominant party in the house, over hal
of whom were defeated for re- election
l. there Is a great deal of bitter feelin
n against tho administration for real
fancied grievances. 1t will be tho purpo.
OF the Democrats to curb as far as poss
BILE tho display of resentment. but IL
. Republicans will spare no pains to pr,
woke and gOad their defeated adyersari,
into letting loose their walls of wrath.
r In the course of tho session, 1t Is unde
stood, the Nicaragua canal project will |
r brought prominently forward. At Il
opening Oh tho congress, however, rol
tine matters will DO Kept to the fore
stave off rs far as possible unpleasant re
erences to the election which Won
prove dIsths:oful ~ tho majority. but IL
y. policy can be only partially successful
tho latitude allowed in debate on appl
priation bills will throw the doors open
remarks on any sub Get.
Before the adjournment for tho no
days it will be necessary to pass an app
II. priatiOn to carry out the tariff bill pro-
sion levying Il tax on incomes tho COLI