The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-18
FROM THU, CAPITAL.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan.

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on Judge Hughes bill to prevent
quorum breaking by furnishing " boil
tiers" which came up by special as
signment at 2 o'clock. Tr
The opposition seemed to have no
well defined plan of action nor any
acknowledged leader, and the debate
4 on their part gave little evidence of
that tenacious cohesion and pnanimity
which characterized the party in its
better days. Like their friends and
allies of the faded gray" the votar-
les of the lost cause, they showed
decided tendency to break up into
number of guerrilla bands under petty
chiefs. .8de63 5EiRseiGIlJA q
One of the most prominent and as
piring of their chiefs was Mr.. Corey,
of Franklin, who assumed the leader
ship of clan, and lead on the attack,
with half dozen sheets of irrevelant
verbiage, meant for whitening sarcasm
and terrific accommodation. This effort
had evidently cost the gentleman
sleepless night. 1t smelt of midnight
oil, or gas, like school boy's "exam-
ination composition; I" and there was
an intense self-satisfaction in his air,
and an evident keen relish of his own
labered platitudes, that reminded the
spectators of a half famished canine
gnawing fresh bone.
Mr.. G. threw off the scintillations
of his inimitable wit at the expense of
Judge Hughes, severely commenting
on that gentleman's political course.
He denounced the course of the ma
jority as :" outrageous and barbar-
GUS, and threatened that he and his
friends would bolt upon the Appor-
tionment Bills, unless they were. ar
ranged to give satisfaction to the
minority
The reply of Judge Hughes was
very brief, but suficed to demolish
the gentleman from Franklin. "
Mr.. McFadden, in fifteen minutes
harrangue, sdiffused himself through
all time, and spread himself" over
the entire " habitable globe. He
thought the Democracy had not yet
decided whether to bolt or not.
~ Belford, of Laporte, spoke in favor |
of the BILL He is young man of
good parts, and may become an eff
fective speaker.
Douglass, of Whitley-the gentle
man whose excessive inebriety pro-
duced the loss of his certificate of
election, and made very awkward
scene when he was called to be sworn
in at the opening of the session-be-
ing sufficiently sober to stand in a
nearly erect position, opened his bat
terry and delivered an Intellectual fire.
Mathis, of Harrison, spoke on both
sides, but ended by committing him
self to support the bill, while WOLFE,
OF Sullivan. expressed himself with
that peculiar eloquence which may be
fifty styled the most dangerous of all
seductive influences
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and made the special order for to-day
at 2 o'clock.
Messrs. Hanna and Sherrod occu-
pied the time of the Senate with very
elaborate written arguments in oppo-
sition to the Constitutional Amend
ment. At the close of their recita-
tons the bill was passed, under the
previous question, by strict party
vete. The speeches of Hanna and
Sherrod were repetition of their
late campaign efforts condensed and
a1kad Use al
The Third House is very quiet,
to day, the caucus of last night hav-
ing settled variety of "yexed CUES !
tons" and sent some hundred or
more disappointed aspirants to their
homes, and, let us hope, to the pur-
suit of honest business.
The greatquestion among the Cops,
IS to who shall have the compliment
larry vote for Senator, has at length :
been decided, and "the tall sycamore"
is the successful contestant.
MT.