The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-13

ting quite nervous, replied that it GER
tainly would be enforced. A-volley OF
| misses for Grimes came next, and that,
too, fronrthe most respectable p%art..oi
the galleries. Many a finely dressed
lady contributed to them. An
attempt,was made..to get up a more vi
client insult in the way of a loud "bah,"
and some hootiDgs were heard such as
the rabble sometimes deal out to slump
speakers they dan't like. tsa
Mr.. Trumbull quickly came to the
relief of Mr.. Grimes, with a motion
that the offenders be arrested, as well
as the galleries cleared.
81 wonld like to see YOU do it p'
shouted several of the retiring often
ders in reply. 81
The galleries were by this time
about half cleared, but not because of
the order of the Chief Justice. 1t
got out that the court was about to
retire, or adjourn. and those who had
left had done so under thisimpressiop
Suddenly a few men cried out
"Hold on ! they amt going to adjourn !
Let us see this thing outl" Then
came q halt, and hundreds took their
seats again, with the utmost unconcern,
and.tatalIy Indifferent to the order for
their election. ssso
Mr.. Cameron, amid the din and CON
fusion, rose TO bope that the galleries
would not be cleared. He did not
b~elieve.it fair to'punish alI4or.the Of
tense of some, and hoped none but
klooa -ha hn1 nr,lo All lL-----z-
would be put out.
kessrs. Fessenden and johnson
sharply called Mr.. Cameron to order,
and insisted that the clearance be pro
ceeded with, at which there was anoth-
ef voIley CT Kisses and q few more boot
ipgs, andstherscene looked more revoIu-
tionary than ever.
Meantime, in the corridors, a few
hundreds ofthe elected had formed in
to a crowd, and commented singing
Old Grimes is dead, that poor old mani
Tney were Joined by the ladies' with
crest glee. Between the verses the
Iowa Senator was literally and mali
%4ciously cursed and damned asa traitor
and a Copperh>ead. One man attempt
ed to make a speech against Grimes
and the other renegao'ees, but the tnmult
was too great for him, AID all around
him were too much interested in the
song, which was thought to be ,Pecul-
iarly appropriate and piquant. Viii
the ladies help us to sing ?" said one.
Certainly they. will" said another, and
they did.
While thisSextIaordinsry Gene was
place in the corridors, and with.
the hearing of the high court ofim-
Senators were wondering
what still kept the galleries at least half
full. Mr.. Sherman ATTEMPTED to solve
he mystery bysuggesting to the Chief
Justice .ttat perhaps those who remain.
d in the galleries did not understand
be nature oil the order. The Chief
repeated the Urder for their
eneft. aid again instructed the Ser
eont-at-Anrs to enforce II, which he,
18th the aid of, all the Capitol employees !
e could find, proceeded at once to do.
Finally all were cleGred but the re- {
orters' and the diplsn,.. attic gallery. !
he occupants of these thousrnt them |:
Elves exempt from thetrule. Tn Ser |
sant-at-Arms quickly dispersed thesrel
y sending the posse 70 eject them +,
he British Minister at fret remenstra L
ID, then went out to find the Sergeant 81
Arms, and then again tried Insecure lie
interposition of Mr.. Sumner, but ii
to no purpose. He aud all his choice 10
of distinguished foreigners j
adj to leave. al
The reporters were the last and most IF
to obey. They insisted that b.
icy had committed no %offense, and b.
light not to be interferred With. A a
W of them shouted to Senatorial fo
lends to know if they, too. must GO. al
hey received, in reply, a laugh. which A
Iey construed afirmativeiy, and which u
icy responded to with a loud groan, W
i'd a muttering comment. that this. was m
9 of a way" The Tribune cor "
spoudent protested that the loyal or
ess oughtto pitch into Crimes, The p
ines man swore like a tmoper, while vc
'out twenty, who had smEggled them
Ives into the gallery with the Herald
porters Joined in a mos. unearthly
d hendish moan, supplemented with m
e remark from one of them that he e
Fished some fellow would put a box
nitro glycer;ne under. the court and ST
plode it." One of the fourth estate ez
sisted on three grcans for Grimes and
umbull, and was about to start. the G.
the. presence of the high court, but
1t then a deputy Sergeant alarms at
light him by the -coat collar and lift a l
him into an adjoining room. An
lignation meeting of the Republican j.
,orters was extemporized ia che cor
ors, but before they had come to any pi
n of them ,Eimitatlnp the
of Donnelly in the House of
p~resentatives, proposed that they
'uld all go out and takeria drink, VIZ
ieh was agreed to-, with great %unan-
ty. aw lar
L took nearly half an hour to clear
galleries. The scenes attendant
n the process have been only family
cribed above. The picture could
scarcely overdrawn, for nothing like
iudecency has ever been witness Ne
before. Some seven years ago, when
lator Andrew johnson made a Un-1
speech in reply to Mr., Lane, oil. Or
n, and the galleries deliberately It'll
and gave nine cheers for, the Tn ran
and the flag, Vice President Bresk- the
dge caused them to be, cleared Pc
re was no disorder attending the Sta
sutton of that order, and since then a b
4 to day, no such order has been the
of
.fter n1teen mInutes time the doors bar