The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23


The Ohio House of Representatives
can become excruciatingly funny when it
tries
Mr. Furay thus concludes letter to the
Cincinnati Gazette:
REPUBLICANS REJOICING.
The House of Representatives bore a
singular and gratifying aspect this morn
ing The news from New Hampshire
awoke all the fires of patriotism, and ev-
cry Republican desk was decorated with
an American flag two feet long and a
foot and a half square. The strong Dem
ocratic corner of the hall, usually called
the South Carolina corner, was draped
in mourning and the National colors
were displayed there in the same style.
The Republicans were in high spirits.
Mr.. Drummer, of Wyandotte a leading
Democrat, offered the following:
WHEREAS, 1t is currently reported that New
Hampshire has given its adherence to the Re-
publcan party, thereby indorsing the cOrrup-
tions of the Grant Administration and rebuk-
the swindling operations OF Cabinet officers and
Others in authority at the Federal capital,
Resolved, That 1t is right proper, aud mete
for the Republican members OF this House To
celebrate the New Hampshire victory by deco
of their ecstatic JOY in this nOur OF their tTi-
umph over right, justice, and honesty II -
ifest in this public manner their Jubilant breth-
ren in New Hampshire have taken the lead in
Schenck, Belknap, Shepherd, Babcock, and
other great lights OF the Republican party, in
| the infamous disgrace brought upon the Amer
lean people by their swindling operations upon
the people; and that with the notes Of glory
g@Teeting greet them rom the hills OF New ENGLAND, no,
tenets of the Republican party, and with flags
unfurled and upl fled hands swear that, come
what may, even though II prove the total over
! throw OF the Republic, they viii support the
Grant dynasty.
| Resolved, That i'm honor of the occasion, the
| Speaker be requested TO throw a handspring
/ from the chair to the floor of the House; that
special pleading. that Hodge call out his special
/ fire department.; that Peter Hitchcock stand on
/ his head for twenty minutes; that Stone sing a
/ Grange song; that McLain dance "a jig on the
| horn of a Trumbull county bull; that Thomp-
son call up his Lucas county chickens; that
Nye rattel his strap railroad iron bill; that Rich
| ards give a few extracts from his speech on
compulsory education; that Father Breck make
/ Dutch speech, and that the blue light Radi-
Gals shout,
"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
and pray for few more victoroles OF the same
/ kind, and that on this may lie give the old
/ Resolved, The Democratic minority In this
place, In deepest sorrow at this new.wound the
Republic has received at the hands OF its child
II
/ Hampshire in the light OF a funeral knell "a
our free institutions, put on sack cloth, elothe
our desks in mourning. and wear Grape ON our
left arms for two days, and that we weep over
the joyous exhibition as given by the Republi
can side of this chamber this morning, as an In
dex of their hardness OF heart and reprooacy o.
mind TO degree that imperils free spe ech, FREE
press and the laws and religious liberties OF th'
/ American people, and that the House now sist
/ and sing
'Hark, from the tomb a doleful sound
| Mine ears attend the sound;
| Ye loving Radicals come view the ground
| Where you must shortly lie"
After some humorous discussion of the
above by Mr.. Meuser (Democrat), ot
Crawford, and others, the resolutions
were decided out of order and the House
again got down to business. y. S.
The part of this little joke which il
not quite so funny is, that that brilliant
sally of wit cost the taxpayers of Ohio
in wasted time, from $500 to $780,