Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

iects. His remark is lost amid vol
ley OF other remarkS,and Quinn con
soles himself by a Ocular conference
si a'5Sa e'l III of m nsa spsg e
lausbing at Qufnnl jotes. Hybernia
and Ethiopia enlbI3cinF each other!
Tie FIRST ahybs1y hhows, Widow Bar
lowAsebin'is pissed And clinched, and
she moves away in triumph, to seek
whom she may devour in the Senate.
--.A Lively SCENE.
Other measures come up, and the
members surge through the aisles, leap
.np,f gesticulate, and shrek Mr..
Speaker" until they are black in the
face fsacl Of them as were not 80 to,
begin withs) By and by,- the-ayeea aud
poesla are called for, and the. Speaker,
for rarity, concludes to indulge the
callers While the fat Clerk Isl going
through the roll, which he does with
great deliberations, the c0lored mem
bers procure peanuts Of peddlers, who
are allowed the privilege of the floor
perhaps as ex-members), and the
white members light their cigars. A
cloud of smoke rises, and through it
may be seen the Governor haranguing
a circle of his friends on the floor, who
hang with eager interests on his
words. He lends his ear at intervals
to the whisper of John Lockwood. a
carpet Dagger, from Milwaukee, who
came down here with a Pandora's
box full of pavement schemes, gas
works schemes, water. works schemes,
etc. The Speaker suggests to the
Sergeant-at arms, j0cularly, that I'M
less the Governor is removed, the
House can't tlo'any business to-day.
Two or three more bills pass for the
relief ofs0mebody. Upon one OF them
9 the gentleman from St. John the
Baptist succeeds in getting III a word.
The gentleman from st. John the
Baptist is of the hue of night, and his
voice is that of one CRYING i'm the
wilderness. and CRYING very loud.
" THETE SHALL BE NO HONEST MAN
INMY H0UsEan
need hardly add that the bill of
Caldwell did not receive favorable
consideration. One member raised
the point of order that no member who
was personally interested had the
right to vote upon the question. Ifso,
then certainly no quorum could have
voted. as.,t gsis,is ss.s. s.f
During all these proceedings one
of the most active members was Carr.
OF De Soto-the same who had led in
the attempt to oust Carter from the
char, montli ago. He is the leader
of tile Warlnoth party and, as such,
has the "wink" of tlle Speaker, and
general indulgence in shch coitps d
etat as he may find necessary; for in
stance, Gartskamp appeals in ~ain
against being stared out of countenance
and furried out of equilibrium by
Carr.awh swoops down upon bin like
Ben Butler upon Garret Davis for
that purpose.
THEn A BoMBsHELL
drops into the Chamber, in. the shape
of bill, reported by Caldwell, a
Representative with a real constitu-
ency, fOrbidding any member OF the
Legislature, or other officer, to hold
more than ole once. This is 4 stab
at the vitals, or, at least, at the
victuals, of nine-tenths of all the mem
hers. A score or more of them are
barking at the Speaker before the
reading is concluded. The exquisite
mulatto from Orleans succeeds in get.
ting recognized, and in delivering a
most unanswerable argument ID OPP
position to the measure 8. 1t seems
to me, Mr.. Speaker he urges, ''dat il
we's honest legislators, as we pretend
to be, we can't five 6af ou'. Salaries AZ
Legislators only. l cont live oaf m,
pay 50 day, for two monts. Dereft
don't tink dis ere bill ought to pass
1t didn't occur to theexquisite mulatt6
from Orleans that member could any
other means of support aside from his
Office or Offices of public trust. All
exquisitely ibedizened mulatto from
Orleans Type, in yeur diamond pin
in your mongrel blood. in your solici
tdde for Number One, and in you
nofions Of public Office, OF the domi
nant politician of the present day ia
After this sort of thing had pro
crossed two hours and a halt, thre'
motions were made and seconded 81
fundamentally. They were carried
One ofsthem proved TO be a motion t
adjourn, and the battle was Over
Members rushed, perspiring. az. to tn
| Sneaker. and con graduated him mo
the<- best aud quietest days work
the session. The reporters, proBonn
cling it very tame, folded their note
books, like Arabs. and silently st0l
out to take a . whiskey straight wit
the Chief Clerk.
| DEscRIPTIoN OF MEMBERS.
The most conspicuous and infuer
tial member of the House Of Represer
ltatives may be sketched in a wore
OF these, Carr ard others have bee
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