North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-03-20

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Chin Chi speak so stronglyagainst it, and
he voted in. the negative & Some others
who we're afraid cf opps&ngAhe Chin Chi
also voted against it, sptheb bill did,ndtsbe-l
come law. Sc ,.a' b.
Now it so happened That >Chimf-Chi
woald hold his office for several years; but
a new kongris was soon to be elected and
Buk-Shot determined to take the matter be
fore the people, and elect kongris that wod
be able TO pass the measure over his veto
and to impeach the Ch-mChi himself, in
case he, should fail 10 enforce the law
This plan was vigorously carried odt-
The" people ~werea~theaBselses suffering
from the heat, and. seemed to- look favora-
bly, upon the measure and when meet.
ing was told bow hot it had been in other.
parts of the island, and how hot it was
likely to be there, and how pleasant it
would be to be cool, they swung their hats
and jumped with joy. "And," said the
speakers" as to the argument that we have
no constitutional power to do this, does
not the constitution prescribe that kongris
shall have power to provide for the geHer-
al welfaer ?and what more intimately Con-
Germs the general welfare than to abolish
this heat!' Sand, besides" said they,
what is.the use of having kongris--of
having government. if it has no power
to alleviate tile condition of the people 2,
Chin Cm seeing how matters were go
Jog, and observing the tardiness of his
friends, determined to 90 out and see the
people himself But it so happened that
Just before he started, at large town
named Boo-Hoo near the mouth of their
largest river, the heat on a certain day was
so great that the thormometor stood one
hundred and twenty degrees in the shade,
and whenever he attempted to speak to
the people, they would cry out "How
about Bgo-Hoo!" But-he could make no
explanations that the e,people conld under.
stand, and he returned to his capital to see
his policy meet with an overwhelming de-
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Two thirds OF the next kongris were in
favor of restricting the heat to eighty de-
drees. When it met, Bnk Shot was the
first on the floor. He said at the last ses-
fast in urging this measure; but he found
that he was behind the people and he
would endeavor TO keep mp with them
This was received with great applause,
and the bill was passed in tire same shape
as at the last session, vetoed, and passed
over the veto. 1t was to take effect i'm
meGiateIy. The day after the act passed
was hotter than usual Whereupon Bak-
Shot charged the Chim-Chi with wilfuI
neglect to enforce the law, and asked that
a committee Of fifteen (his tavorite num-
ber) be appointed to inve gate the mat
ter. The committee was appointed and
in few days reported that so far as they
could discover he had made no attempt
whatever to keep the heat from reaching
eighty, ninety, or even ore hundred and
ten degrees in the shade; the davs being
so hot that they could not go out to see
how high the thermometer was in the
sun. After hearing this 1t was determined
to impeach the Chin Chi. Buk-Shot
took the floor and stated that he bad been
many years in the service Of the state, that
he was human and had done many bad
things. but he was not mean enough to
propose a bill to impeach the Chim-Ch,
whose term Of office must soon expire by
the course of law. "But." he said, ''if any
one will bring in such a bill [ will vote for
it." He had no sooner taken his seat
thau new member bv the name of Bru-
TIE took the floor This man had bad
military command at Boo-IIoo, at one
time and was a tspOonist by trade. He
said that he was rather more interested in
the enforcement Of the law restricting heat
TO eighty degrees than any member of the
Kongris For said he, tone of my
ewes is so aslant, that whichever way /
look the sun is sure to be shining into one
or the other of them. So he read his
charges and Specifications, and upon them
they proceeded with great dignity to i'm
peach the Chm Chi. -
After thev had set the Chin Chi aside,
they were at loss for time how to fill
his place If they left the matter to the
people they might choose one that the kon-
girls would approve Of, and they might not.
AT any rate they thought they could please
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the people, and at once elected Brute in
his place. This man Brute was appoint
ed on account of the ability he displayed
in enforcing laws while in military com
mand at Boo-I Hoo. As soon as he had ia.
ken the oath office he issued proclama-
tion commanding the heat never to be
more than eighty degrees at any time du-
ring the day. Two or three days passed
and the heat continued the same. The
sun shown wich its accustomed WARMTH
On Observing This Bru Tc sent special
messenger to the kongris, stating that he
had used all the power he possessed to en-
force the law but was unable to do it, and
begged them to proclaim martial law
Highly delighted with this proposition
the Kongris Immediately proclaimed mar
tial law and conferred additional powers
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