Show THE IfIE ErING OF CONGRESS at the meeting of congress on monday won wo we are told the desks dirska of members member 5 and the presiding officers were adorned with aub flowers and that the prominent e nt members in either housa were complimented by the placing upon their desks I 1 at 0 magnificent bouquets ts and upon their entrance into the halls balls they were rei cold col d with cheers that la Is the poetry or of politics but the measure 0 of that i poetry Is made rather halting when we consider the possibility that all of 0 these flowers bowers may have been taken from the public conservatories conserva tories which are kept u up p at the public cost coat the botanical garden Is a very fine place the members ot of congress have bave access thereto and the flowers unless culled and put p u t to some use would bo be liable to decay with none to show appreciation of 0 their beauty and frag fragrance ranee the mem members b erg of congress and their friends are ar liable to teason reason from this fact that they may its as well have these flowers as not they do ha hae a them and the tact fact takes away very much from the poetry of et such BUC an adornment as the associated press reports the special feature of the day in each house of 0 course was waa the reading of the presidents message moss aeo after that perhaps the resolution of inquiry introduced by senator potter would come nex next t in importance lie he would have the president report the circumstances lad ind necessity for the united states troops to chicago during the ot of the pullman strike I 1 he Is would also have the judiciary committee of the senate investigate the legal authority under which the secretary of the treasury made the two last issues of bonds to the first resolution the president can undoubtedly respond in terms that wl will satisfy tho the countley count ly to the second there Is liable to be a response that will open up a great scandal because tic cause every step taken with rotation relation to the last issue of bonds was such a step as might be ifa taken en by a speculator in authority who wished to malic make his big own profit or profit for ills his friends in the issue when jt it was wa eon con tom plated the chief danger in t this his ls Is that both parties may interpose to shield tile the president but we trust runt that hat ito fa a difficulty that tat can le be overcome me and that the resolution of donator pe ile f for will be considered on its ita merits it certainly ought to IQ be tor for the american public would like to know all al the llie facts in regard to this apparently underhand issue of bonds let the facts all co cono come no out As aa to the session now be lioun gun not much cin can come ot of it the fret traders have the lite pounded out of them by the recent elections and they will ha have hava va neither heart nor prospect of effecting further legislation there will be nuch much talk tal it of oe coinage find and currency burrene Y abtil bit ora bablY little or nothing will bo be of ct c t acted under that thai head it does no it 0 look as it if anything more could be bedosti don at this session than to pass the regu lar appropriation bills |