Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-24

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The eotrsapoadep 8g TIE tineiRRaa Com
mersial gives a sketch 5s the HOuse Of Rep
reseutatives.y 70 tianee v,ii ni .fruis p. pr 1 m
80 'FT n ,haHaL,fi Do siil ndf ui hnr 80 ~ y
But let'us look down upon ordIg9g scenes.
The Speak ktg, With gravity and DIGNITY, oc-
eupies t8s Chair With geveI constantly in
haRd, ,impg gessing you with convictions you
had once upon q time. when srhoolmasters
were accustomed to Whirl 4ha fHFule ;,at your
head II you diin' know better, you would
suppose frbm the turmoil and unpest-Of the
surveys, that he Was watehirg tho opporta-
uityl 10 hurl his gavel at some unlucky 'nug
'whieh 'appsated % be open widest and emit
ting most SQUAD. While he sits there, % i'pre-
serve order, ydtd are Struck With the .singu-
lar misuse Of terms, and wonder if.this is
preserving order. what u the name gf pro-
priesy .pneDasfiHg dssoEdsr Wsuldl amoHnt 10 Z
Down below him, bn another terrace, 9 half
dozen olerksa are busy as time keeping 'sniDs
utesp Of the. .Ptoee5 5dlnFs and .yop are Wons
dering again hoW human facalties oan strag-
gle 1p through The dip, Of two hundred
tongues, or mOrs-rattling in loud converse
tioB-and ca tch the tlIrehd bff ID weaY-
luK lLLalleLauLN LlAAuallN=- Nal4lA 2
cal ieg ton, None on earth but actissi
iol0sks and pepUTtsrsc8E DO il. Now thei Gem
tlehiEh rom spneRhers, = shouts like'S Stem
tor; l'Mr. SpaakeE hr. SpesleV le O. Down in
font of him 81 the ep9aR Rom Apy-
where, lWith shFiliF5ice, singing Outin sharp
alto, "a {. Speaker, ffif. Speaker" Another
'HGenteman from NOWHERE sonUFously bell
lows, 'Mr. SpeaB6rl .4is-ter SpeakerI' a half
dOsen other i,gentlemen from miscellaneous
place,11' Y are popping pp sat ihs ssbis tins,
each OF them ranging the gsalut with varying
intohation, but ell of tbeni ia spasIns---' Ar.
Speaker Mr.. SpeslSerRh p while In every di-
Eeetion dgentlemenH are chatting end laugh
ing audihly, and other gentlemen are clap
ping theit bahtit, ma a score TT bAges are.
racing through The naisles, attending their
wants, & The Speaker oghizes the tssende-
man from S0meWkera, 3 and the igantleman
from S6t1eKtete says 'TF, i rise
.lOr,the apnrpOsel l---aRd IA ohaHndozeuq more
i'gentemen from miscellaneous apltessS pop
up and interrupt him, Eith-~+t tr4 SPeak aker-l
I hope The ge1tIenSh from rom Sofiswhefe viii
give way ---as Mr. Speaker 1lrWish TO call at
teatioH B Tie fact t'. 7I "a ar. believe,
according 70 the rules, 4heaspecial order -
. SIR Speaker ! cal gen % Louis
lana ron order, tbs Speaker poises his
gaYstA-yod're sgfs be Il hitsomebodyr brings
it DOWN ''thw6ek5 thBsck, thIwack,' y :, Does
the gentleman nom Somswhere .yield the
'dOOr to the gentleman from NOWhersl9 The
''gshhemsn nom SonaeRhete demnrs slight
ly, is subdued BY courtesy, yields the hoor to
the gentleman rom n Nowhere that the
ageDtleman from Nowhere may make an
explanation, and the gentleman from No
where makes q spesch. Of a half hour, to
explain q little motion be believes to be in
Order.n 1Senit is, ,1aA day long, a standing
experience the Speaker hamnering ct his
desk as # ne were drying 3 perpetual nail
and the fgendemeRr from miscellaneous
places yelling 4'slf, Speaker Pa like 50 many
many divers asking Tor mOre.d During most
Of this time g0t hear steady predomina-
ting strain .ei noise Ike a human voice in
distress, which is-li soand, and nothing but
Sound, p 2, and upon Investigating the subject
you are astounded at the discovery that the
lagehtiemaH from EYefyFhefs,n' Or some other
gentleman, has been making an eloquent
speech, which win be blazoned in the "Bum-
Eil1icum Blower as a ''nsster piece OF ora
tory, and 'faltogetheF t,1aBa7erabIs" Sure
enough, it s50sIld be 'unsnsWerable, if print.
ed according to delivery. = -. y .. a ~ d :