Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-01-19
Wild Scene in the House.

Inc COl. stevenson referred TO In
the following, which we clip from
the Idaho Statesman of recent date,
is Speaker of the Idaho House of
Representatives, and a brother of
Hon. C. c. Stevenson, President
pro tenn. of the Senate of Nevada. 1t
will be seen that he is +" chip off the
old block:"l
On Wednesday, Mr.. Paddock in
troduced resolution as an addition
to the standing rules of the House,
the substance of which was to eX-
clude divorce bills from being intro
duced, to the exclusion of more i'm
portant business. After rather q
warm debate the resolution was
adopted. Before, however, the vote
was declared, Anderson, who had
voted against excluding divorce bu-
siness, changed his vote to the affir-
native, and, when the vote was de-
clared, gave notice that he would on
tomorrow Thursday move a re-
consideration. The bill to dissolve
the marriage relations between Lydia
Ann Patten and her husband was
then taken up, read third time and
placed upon its passage. Here the
Speaker called Mr.. Luney to the
chair, and, having taken the floor,
said that the number of divorce cases
that were being pressed upon the
H.
portant business, was becoming
nuisance, and that he was himself
heartily tired of them, and would
vote against any more being granted.
He proceeded to say that members
had been annoyed by divorce hunt
ers and their counsel so much, that
they could not attend to their more
important duties, and that some
members had got so much interest
ed in such cases, that they had
strapped their votes in other bills for
votes for their divorce bills; and
also stated that members from Boise,
Alturas and Idaho counties had
snapped their votes. These remarks
caused quite sensation, four or five
of the divorce members jumping up
at once, crying Mr.. Speaker! Mr..
Speakeri' The Speaker ruled that
"Stamp" Anderson had the floor.
"Stamp' proceeded to deny the
charge of swapping his vote, and
said Mr. Stevenson'S remarks were
false. Anderson sits down. Where
upon "Mr. Speaker! Mr.. Speaker"
was again heard from six or eight
parts of the hall-s ahe Speaker, Mr..
Luney, ruled that Mr.. Stevenson
had the floor, whereupon Mr.. 5. pro-
ceeded to state that Anderson had
informed him that he (Anderson) had
to vote for the SchnabIe divorce bill,
to get the divorce bill he had intro
duced through the Council-and If
that did not mean strap, he did not
know what language meant. Mr.
stevenson sits down, and " Mr..
Speaker! Mr.. Speaker!' is again
heard from various corners of the
hall. The Speaker ruled that An
derson had the floor, whereupon
Anderson, in his usual wild and in
coherent manner, attempted to eX-
plain away the remarks made by Mr..
Stevenson, as to his being obliged to
vote for one bill in order TO get votes
for another, and closed by blubber-
ing out that Col. Stevenson was mis-
taken, and sat down amid cries of
"Mr. Speakert repeated siniultane-
ously from divorce members. The
Speaker ruled that Mr.. Stevenson
had the floor. Several members re-
manned standing, claiming the right
to be heard, while Mr.. Stevenson re-
peated the language used by Mr.. A.,
to the effect that he was obliged to
vote for the Schnable bill, to get
votes for the bill he was going to in
troduce. The scene now became
one of confusion. Several mem
bers, thinking they had been aimed
at by Mr.. Stevenson's remarks.
Amid the confusion the House
adjourned, and the scene was then
beyond description, several divorce
members surrounding the Col, and
claiming amends for personal in
suits. The Col. manfully stood his
ground said he was responsible tor
what he said, and that "none need
wear the cap unless it fit him.
During the hubbub, Anderson said
that if any one made use of the
expression that he had sold himself
1t was lie; whereupon Colonel
Stevenson went for him, saying,
" You are one of those fire-eaters,
are you ?" AT this STAMP" craw-
fished, and said that "if any one
said he sold his vote was lie able to
be mistaken. This remark doubt
less saved poor "Stamp's" bacon,
and he wandered about the hall like
whipped eur, and will ever carry
the brand Stamped" upon him by
Col. Stevenson" OF a Legislative
Snapper