Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1890 — THE MILL IS GRINDING. [ARTICLE]

THE MILL IS GRINDING.

Congress Once More Gets Down to Business. The last session of the Fifty-first Congress began on the Ist inst. At noon when Vice President Morton’s gavel fell he beamed on the Senate. Chaplain Butler’s prayer was a trifle longer than usual, but it made up in fervor what it lacked In brevity. After prayer the only business in order was the swearing in of new Senators. The credentials of Senators-elect Carey and Warren of Wyoming were presented, and they took tlie oath. Senator Carey's bald head was known to every one in the Senate. Of Senator Warren It was remarked that he' added another to tho long list of youngest-looking Senators who wear glasses. The customary resolution t hat the draw lots to determine their length of service came from Senator Hoar, who is Chairman of the Committee on Elections. Secretary Anson McCook brought out the queer-looking box with its handle like a corn-popper from which the slips were to be taken, and in less than a minute after the adoption of the resolution it was known that Senator Warren’s term will expire March 4, 1893, while Senator' Carey will serve until 1895. Members of the House of Representatives were in no hurry to resume their places before noon, so that in the crowd of people on the floor before 11 o’clock not a dozen were Congressmen. Pages and doorkeepers kept running In and out hearing flowers in bunches and tied with gay ribb ins, baskets gotten up by skilled hands, and elaborate floral pieces donated by enthusiastic friends. The Democrats were specially favored with mementos, though the desks of about twenty Republicans were also tastefully decorated. Some 200 members were present when the chaplain invoked the divine blessing, and during the tedious roll-call enough more came In to swell the number to 227. The galleries were jammed, except those reserved for the President’s family and the diplomats, where a few persons, lonely looking, were seated. The Speaker had much difficulty in moderating the noisy convention of members so that the clerk might hear the responses to the roll-call.