The National tribune., 1901-02-21

I Speaker. Soon procession of Senators
filed in, the Representatives rose en- masse,
and the SolonS took seats in three rows of
chairs at the Chairs right. Senator
Chandler and Senator Gallery were the
tellers for the Senate. -Four pages bore
Two boxes of choice wood, ornamented
with gilded hinges and corner-braces, and
| they passed the boxes up to Clerk Mellow
ell, who sat near Gen. GrosvenOr. Then
they were passed over to the opposite end
of the long table, where Secretary Ben
nett had seated himself to the right of SEN
| ators Chandler and Caffery. As a final
stage one Of the boxes was elevated on
the marble desk at the right of the pre-
| siding officer.
Senator Frye assumed the gavel. "The
TWO Houses of Congress are in joint con-
yention pursuant to the requirements of
the Constitution and laws of the United
States to open the credentials and count
the vote of the several States for Presi-
dent and Vice-President," said Dir. Frye.
Following precedents of other occasions
the formal papers were not read at length,
except In few cases, but the tellers gave
list of the votes of the States. Long,
broad tally-sheetS We're put down on the
desks in front of the four telers and
Clerk Mcdowell and Secretary Bennett.
Senator Frye took package of papers
from the box, the cover Of which had been
lifted.
If there be no objection to the State
| OF Alabama" proclaimed Senator Frye,
the tcliers will receive the credentials
and make list Of the vote"
The package was handed down to Sen
| 3tor Chandler, who adjusted his glasses.
exchanged few words with Senator
Frye. and then proceeded to read the en-
| tire document at much length. After this
the papers for Arkansas were handed to
| Gen. GrOSvenOr, and finally reached Sen
atOr Chandler, and the vote was an
| lnnnrnH Ia
way, and the count proceeded with more
or less monotony, some of the Senators
and members seeking opportunity to slip
out into the lobbies.
! The certificates rs fast as announced
were passed along to Secretary Bennett.
| The envelopes that contained the docu-
ments were Of all sorts and shapes and
| colors and some of them were tied with
colored ribbon or stamped with seals. The
formal declaration of the result was made
by Mr. Frye, who directed that the proper
entries lie made on the journals of the
Senate and the House.
| The House devoted most of its session to
consideration of the Sundry Civil Bill.
General debate was completed, the oppo-
/ sition opening general assault on the al
legged extravaganza of the present Con
| gresS.
The Senate considered the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill.
THURSDAY, FEB. IA.
The Senate devoted practically the en-
tire session on Thursday to the AgricuI.
tural Appropriation Bill. Mr.. Lodge and
Mr.. Hale warned the Senate against need
less appropriations. The River and Har-
Dor Bill was especially spoken against.
The House discussed the Sundry Civil
Bill. A controversy arose over the affairs
OF the National City Bank of New York.
brought up by an item appropriating
money for the rental of the old Custom
House in New York. For some time the
discussion followed along the lines of last
session, when the letter requesting that
| this bank be made public depository be-
cause of the assistance rendered the Re-
| publican campaign in 1896 was read. and
argued and reargued. But later in the
day Representative Hopkins. of Illinois,
stirred the Democrats to fever-heat by nro
| dueIng several letters, claimed to be pri-
yate, which had been written by Demo-
Gratis during the two Administrations of
President Cleveland, asking that Demo
cratic banks be made public repositories.
The Democrats yainly tried to learn
from Hopkins where he got the informa-
| ton.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10.
! In the Senate on Friday the Ship Sub
sidy Bill was discussed. During the course
of the debate Senator Teller said:
I'm the interest of public business I
desire to give notice that this Ship Sub
sidy Bill connot pass. The Senator from
Rhode Island knows that it cannot come
to vote, that it cannot pass. He knows
that it is going to be debated to the end
of the session. He knows that he cannot
get vote without unanimous agreement.
and there is no hope of an agreement. He
can have no hope or expectation of getting
| n vote upon il"
II have had strong hopes" replied Sem
ator Aldrich; Il never had any positive
statement until this moment that no vote
could be had upon this BILL"
After Senator Teller finished his plain
| talk, Senator Hanna made an almost We
hement speech, defending the bill; then