Show I WASHINGTON JOTTINGS Incidents at the Opening of Congress Con-gress > otcs Made bjr tic Way WASIIINOTOX D C Dec 2nd ISIS Special correspondence of the DESUIET Nmvst was present pres-ent today at the opening Congress Con-gress and heard the announcement of the vote electing the lion Tom Heed republican as Speaker of the louse He had iso vote while Carlisle f demonnil unit I hal and one candidate received one vote Some thought he voted for hlmtlf but he didnt Thu Chair appointed Carlisle and JIcKlnley the latter being the next most favored candidate at time republican caucus to lead the Speaker elect to the chair They had to fetch him from one of the Committee rooms and he lund the appearance of n giant as they led him up tho able Ho was then sworn in and made n speech short and ti tIme point Mr Bees speaks in n clear tone of voice and with very little nasal accent lie comes from Maine is of colossal form and oaks like ii0 cross between Robert Ingcroll and Prof Lewis with a little of the weight of the much rcsrecteJ Judge Wright to grace the combination It is said tliat he is a tornado iu debate placid as he appears ap-pears in the chair and has figuratively figur-atively made many of the members feel his oratorical weight upon their political corns The members were next sworn in in quads of about twenty at a time the representatIves from the new btatcs causing a ripple of ex clement as they approached the speakers desk The representatives representa-tives from Arizona Idaho Wyoming Wyom-ing and Utah formed a lonesome looking quartette but the Hon John T Calne was as graceful a gentleman as any that appeared on the floor He looked dignified enough forasenator and I could not help picturing In my mind Utah asa as-a State with some of our most able citizens on the floors of both Houses God sliced the day when territorial vassalage shall ciau in tho United States It is believed that McKinley will beappoiutcd chairman of trays and means committee and Cannon ol appropriations of which Hen derson will boa member He is along a-long beaded Scotchman and prefers to be next to the funds as there is more Influence In that capacity than any In Congress as well as everywhere every-where she Senator Fdmunds the favorite In Utah was chairman Die committee com-mittee to watt upon Die President and inform him of the organization The country will doubtless have been tclegnpliically submerged with the Presidents message before this retches you The republicans will rromuncc it uiublimeSa while the democrats will f peik of ltasatsoIoSa When the republican majority was shown ity the election of Mr Iteed for Speaker there was a burst of applause on lie left of tIme house The democrats who were in tIme majority last time did not look quite enthusiastic butlthey accept Uie situation hopes for Site future based on tlie recent election in not eral States showing democratic victories vic-tories almost unexpected This cily Is swarmed with congressmen con-gressmen lawyer Iobbjl ts and visitors with axes to grind on the congressional stone Veterans with limbless tleeMs and going on crutches are as thick as lif > enl colonists before an election Changes in the pension laws are an Ucinated and everybody who has ever heard a gun go oil cx > eeU to draw lacteal nutriment from the breasts of the government during the rust of his iiatunl life On Tlnukjglviug Day I attended the Covenant Church and put mj mite into the same contribution basket with President Harrison JH 20 lull wisiUuUUfs more acceptable ac-ceptable than my quarter but nobody quibbled about the discrepancy discrep-ancy We hid a scientific sermon from the Iter Dr Bartlett of Ihe New York Avenue Church He gave us sonic oratorical touches nhich reminded roe of KrcUier Hi water and showed his familiarity familiar-ity with science stud history as well ax common sense His text was Today if jo will hear My voice Among other good things in speaking of keeping In communlciUon with the Almlght lie said Did God speak to MOM on Sinai and it Calvary anil hiss He noUiing to say to this great nation iflte spike on Simusi it was as the sounding of the plpi while today it is Uie full orgin Then It was lie notes of the lute but now He gives us the full orchestra orches-tra Today He touches with HI mighty hand tie whole gimut from the loss to the soprano AH we liavctodo Is to keep our auditory faculties in condition to receive the swell of the music Revelation a well as other Mormondoctrine is becoming a popular theme under the cover of sectarian oratory Some portions of his discourse were quite humorous ami elicited smiles from the congregation Imagine such sacrilege would have horrified the Presbyternnsof anoUicr age Hut now commonsense common-sense is largely taking the place of Pharisaical sanctimony and poor humanity is not expected to crucify Itself on Sunday that it may be saved the rest of the week ceu iu lie Church of the Covenant A son of Geueial Sherman is lecturing i lec-turing here He is a Roman Catholic Cath-olic and Is advertised as the Per Father Sherman He addressed an audience lately in the Catholic lint vcrsity just dedicated Churches are as frequent here as drug stores In a prohibition State and people ran get any kind of religion they wint to pay for from the mass that commences com-mences at o30 in the morning on great diys and lasts till II to the colored McthodWswho convert sinners sin-ners at several meetings ever Sunday Sun-day and take up three collections at every mecUng tho dark man thus cclipsingfinancially as well as physically phy-sically his white brother whose religious re-ligious proclivities he duplicate But I must now close and tell your renders about Ute great institution institu-tion known as the General Land Ofllc in another letter C W STAYMJU |