, 1875-04-10
A DEAR.GARDEH.

Ths gravity and dignity Of debate are wonder
fully well preserved in The Illinois lIouso Of Rop-
1esontatives. as witnoas the following:
aIr. Dunno, Of peorin. a. Independent, fopt
calling AIr. Hopkins, OF Cook, to order, mud
badgoring him with questions. until tho Inter
could bear !. no Longer. and rotorted: 81 don't
want any such mau o. you advising or interrupt
inn me. You claim to bo farmer, and to rcpro-
scat their intorosts in advocating. this Stock
Yards bill bnt tho only farntnE. you cvor dono
Was to plant lot Of barrels filled NTH whisky In
ncoa!-lioic in order to ayosd tho payment Of the
iyos found you out. and, in order to avoid a con-
riction for The crulo, your attorney. LOB 1nger-
SOIL nttvlscd you to go to ireland for your health,
ard you went. You arc q nlco man 10 10 talking
nbnut REFORM"
T1o reporter remarks that
This rally brought down tho house, and With
II Mr.. Dune, Of Peoria, who could not deny tie
coai.hoto and tho whisky.
Mr.. Rankin, Henderson, another ono favoring
tho bill also essased mn interruption. but alr.
yes:er!ay voted against tho bill for tie support
Of tho feeble-mfndod; you wouldn't vote dol
lar for tbs support OF poor idiots; but to-day,
when you think you see CHANCE to make littlo
profit, you favor On unconstitutional bill. +
dou't think nuc!, Of you foowa who vii! break
your oashs IS members In ordor to aavo . cent
or two on dead hog. And air. Rankin sat
down.
hlr. pt.lor. not proa.tng by tho fate of the
otLors, also interrupted the speaker. whoa Mr..
Hopkins melted lim and conyulsod tho lIoune
by say,.g: ''3[r. Speaker, I wish you mould
make that miserable creature ut down; lie will
spill! ont all Ills braira at oncc."
Upon re;!ssonbing, atr. Merritt offered reso-
luton, aud dcaired that IL bc read for informa-
TIC friends Of tho stock-yasds bll instantly
conmcucad bowling the!r objections when 11or-
rtt yelled: :" II YOU don't pass this resolution,
MI 11r1tf I'll Tf1nF FtH N0tr
Independents have eocn preventing nusinoss all
this seesoa. Tuo people ought to know your
t1lio characters. You arc lot of Toxas steers"
alr. lIoukins resumed. wlsop hlf. flator arose
AIT down, aud don't stand there like Htough-
ton-Iottle you ato All idot.'
Another correspondent to!ogsapha hs follows:
MIR. alooney. Ia discussing the a3peal, con-
surel the Speaker for his ruling. aud sasd that
his cyi1eut intention waA to kill the bill.
Tho Speaker rcremptorl1y ordered lin to sit
dowu, aud ho obcycd.
In the n,'lst OF the e1citoment following,
Parker, Of lroqnois, got tho floor, aud In tire.
eating speech he raia that the Stock. Yarla bill
with having repeatedly refused to ,rocognlzs
anybody but those who weEo the oppo-
nents Of that bill, in order TO koep
1t baclt from consideration. Flo believed that
aorne osler mna could bo put Ia the Chair IL
wouil more to such IN end. Th!a was mot With
groAnS hlkReB. yellH, catcals, and other pleasing
demonstrations Of pleasure and dlspleaausc, 70
confoundodIy intormlnxled that thero was moth.
ing but q targon Of voices and confusion Of
tongues. Tho speaker Ald ho would ontortain :
motion 10 adjourn. Old Doc liogers, OF Bloom-
ington, got up on hla ,ear, Waltzed dowu tue
nlsle on tho Democratic sido. and, NTH hanaa
upIifted, lawn extended ard tn whita hair BLak-
ing, yolIed that .ls would stand hy tho speaker
or dis, lilo finally wound up by venting tho rago
that was blIbhlnR up tn him upon ltttlu page,
nni saunterod osor 70 tho left. wlofe ha bocamo
lutetel down.
to answsr, their narnes could not sgaln be
called, There we're many in t!is condition, and
objection was made to tho 1ocision. Tho CHAIR
persisted. when ut losst halt ths ne1nber! Alosa
AMI commenced crowltug toward tho spoRkoE
and Clerk' III a tllreaten!ng manner Aa though at
last usico was to claim !lDr orn and the bpehket
be e1octed from tho Chair. Fists wero cltnohsi
| and brandlshed. and tho Bresker Aunkoa and
ordered tho calling Of hbsonsces.
! A third cor1egpondent thus refers to tho mis-
Conduct Of uaIucs, tho Speaker.
| The absolute decentralization Of tue House,
now that tho Appropriation bills Rro out Of tho
way, Las been brought about In groat maAsurs by
tho absolute Generalization OF llalncs,. And
llaines' disqualification iu great measure IL duo
| to Lis chronic dread ol uoyue's Nauk Exa1nina'
soe.ng DoEus ut any time. Ito stualoutly hyoids
| aoei,lR any other Momber Of wl!om it may 10 OK,
pocted TINT lIo deagns to cnl! up tnat b!ll, which
| IL pneacd, might explode BomD bankrupt aavinB.
| bank, aud furnish such information concerning
such institutions aA would enable dapoaitors K
discover their actual condition. in eeaaon. per
lapa. to sayo thcis depositD. That IL al tue bil
might DO. Aud the way In which I1aInes 1eso1tI
to I'll sorta Of tr!ckory to prevent tsa being
taken up e1citcs the attention Of every oue In
tcrcsted in any nlsasule Pouding before I'll,
House.. Whau there Il no other mode Of illlin!
| In gaps IN tue proceedings. 10 that Hogue may
not ilul opportunity to call up that bill, 1lasncs
oxcrtH lts extraordinary talent for rAlsiuk IL,
d., and forthwith the d-l ~ rassod, for Hsiues
mover faia in al undertaking Of that sort. Daily
| DoRuo keops hs geat as though ua,led 10 1t, Ill
| opportunity pseaeuts for h!s claiming the floor
when up he 1uuaps, only 10 be cut on by tht
Speaker With ''lne gentleman from uaFdn.-
or "Il,o gentleman tsom -" who ia modes
,nan epl seldom elai1ns tho Aooz.-"has t!l'
auor." And day after dxy Boyue Watchos aut
day after day 1lalues dIaplays h.s sllil iu dodg
Ing bpgue aud Ho8ue'a BILL aud what the upsno