Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-07

graph room. The common galleries and those to which thcrc Is admission only by the card were also packed. The ladies'
 gallery was filled n little later, and the
 fiuttering of hundreds of fans over white dresses gave such an air of rt'licf that it
 made the supcrhcatcd atmuspheo, s,rIn endurnblc. In the diplomatic gallery
 only wcrc thCrc any vacant seats Mrs.
 Gresham alone of the cabinet ladies was
 there, and with her n few Conpan-
 ions. Every sent on the floor was occupied.
 Conspicuous in the group just Irhind
 Senator Hill was the war worn facc ot
 General SicklCs. Near by wcrc MeSsrs.
 McMillin, Turner and Montgomery of tho
 house confcrces, while Bynum, Bryan and
 Tarsncy of the ways and means commit
 tee formed m attractive group. Mir
 Springer and Hon. Charles Dcnby. tho
 lately returned minister to China, sat to-
 gcthcr, both looking like men who ought
 to be senators, the latter n little older, hut
 not morc solid and dignificd than he used
 to look in the old courthouse at Evans
 vile, Ind. X bit uf comedy was needed
 and was most appropriately supplied by Tom Reed, who came in late and found
 standing room only in the southeast cor
 ncr, wherc he was squCCzcd in between tho rear line of senatorial chairs and the moro fortunate members who had pr,,-CmptCd tho seats behind him. From tho gallery he seemed to Inc hip deep in human heads. and thcrc he stood by the hour in tho tor rid atmosphere, while his linen seemed to literally melt and hang on him like n wet rag, his dark eyes fixed with intense inter est upon each speaker. and his grcat round. red face looking like tho full m"nn sink ing in tho west at daylight uf a July morn ing.
 The Center of Interest.
 Senator Harris was in the chair, and in the center on the Democratic side were grouped those senators in whom the chief interest Centercd, except MT. Hill. who | sat in one of the rear seats Within q space not more than n feet square sat seven men who were on this day to make | or mar much important work. and it was noticed that they wcrC apparently the | coolest and least concerned men in the | building. MT. German, with white tic and black coat. looked quite ministerial. Mir. Brice was in the brightest of white fan mel. MT. Vest leaned back, with his coat | thrown wide open and his ncgligcc shirt rumpled for coolncss instead of looks, while MT. Smith was, If possible, moro ponderous and impcrturbable than ever. | MT. Voorhees, appeared to be doZing, ns If | he had no interest in coming events, and l those nearest him seemed to partake of his l drowsiness. All the Republicans, except | tuOSe hDscHb lTOln lnc Clty, Wcre III tHclr places, looking dignificd and quietly hap py. The routine business was gone through | hastily. Mir. Voorhees, formally announced the disagreement, and pursuant to the l prearranged programme M-. Smith took | the floor.
 His first sentence produced n kind of | swaying motion in the galleries. His very tones seemed enough to show that the old New Jersey blood was up, and that the word was to bc given, No surrcndcr!" | In the entire speech thcrc was not n sen | tence that could be called rhetorical. Ii was the plaincst of plain statements. and
 although his voice Is not of tho clearest
 every word was heard by the attentive lis. | tener. His history of the progress of the
 bill was admirable in its directness and
 simplicity, and his presentation of figures
 showing how great n reduction of McKin. | ley rates had been made by the senate bill
 made an argument for the latter which
 will doubtless prove of great use in the coming campaign He then announced
 his own position with n dignity and forcc
 which produced a feeling of solcmnity in
 his hearers. He said in effect that he had
 contendcd with his constituents far morJ