The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-02-22

was OF dramatic cDardCtcr-llke the
great calm that followed The Galliean
storm. Solemnly following the sedate
Ferry, the President of the Senate,
was the bearer of the two mahogony
boxes containing the electoral vote,
aye the very destiny of the Nation.
When fro n his stand Mr. Ferry an
nounced that in pursuance of law they
were there to hear the decision ar
rived at by the commission, in the
case OF Florida, the silence could be
felt Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, in
the Clerks desk, held the tally sheet
while the Secretary read the findings.
To the query by the President, "Are
there any objections to counting the
Florida electoral vote for Hayes and
Wheeler 2" David Dudley Field arose
and sent up the Democratic objections
in writing, whereupon the Senate
withdrew TO its own Gambler and
again all was confusion. Despair,
chagrin and hot blood was evinced by
the Democratic House, and instead of
obeying the compromise law which
they and TIlden had concocted TO beat
| HAYES out of the southern States, by
sustaining or overriding the objection
interposed by Field, they resorted to
fil!ibustering :and wrangling over a
/ ~ e n faE n
full well that the Senate would re-
! turn in few moments to announce
its conclusion. Having the majority,
and owning the Speaker body, soul
and unmentionables, they demanded
aid took recess until Monday 10
gain time in which to hatch up some
new scheme or dodge. After the adj
journment and until Monday the pat
riot Democrats put in their valuable
time cursing the supreme Judges who
would not do their bidding. 1t is as
serted that on Saturday a delegation
of these disinterested patriots waited
upon the Republican judges and asked
them to resign TO save the country
from bloodshed.
While sitting there absorbed in the
momentuous occasion | was disturbed
by salutation from a nondescript APP
aration, who demanded that should
''sit along" and give he, she, or it
room. Looking up beheld, first
pair of breeches, then an indescrib-
able coat, all topped out by head ev
identity feminine from its roundness
but whose hair was all crimped up, or
tucked under to assimllate that ordi-
-narlly boosted by the sterner sex. My |
newly arrived and interesting COM
panion Invested herself. himself or IL
self of overcoat, doubled up the pipe
stem legs encased in breeches and |
squatted into the seat. Pulling out
huge package of papers and letters |
saw the direction upon one of them
the magic name of DR.. Mary Walker.
Being now sure of the sex, remarked
to her that from evidences | was being
honored with the companionship of
one of Americas most distinguishe d
personages. The bait took and we be-
came the observed of all observers for
as much as five feet in every direction.
OF course fully agreed with her in
every thing except that Tilden should
be President. Upon that rock we
split. DR.. Mary most vehemently de-
clared that the Republican party had
gone back on the women, and she was
eternally down on it. told her of
one Republican that hadn't, and she
wanted my name and address, which,
of course, gave her as John Smith,
editor of the Cowskin Rooster, Ar
kansas Valley, Kansas" She looked
incredulous at the rooster part, but
an explanation of our peoples SIM
plicity and hate of affectation or os-
seemed to satisfy her, and
so we parted.
On Monday, at an early hour | was
again in the gallery anxious to see the
how the Democracy would get around
the decision of a commission which
was raised for them-a creature of Z
their own plotting. The gavil fell at 5
EN- O'Clock and the Democracy's cham !
)ion, the austcrc, whitc-headed, tall
md gracesul David Dudley Field
rose and said that it had been agreed
bill tor speeches would
DC used up by each side alternately in
en- minute speeches. The galleries I
we're filled with brilliant throng.
The members chosen to speak were y
jale, Banks, Proctor Knott, Frye,
springer, Hurd, Carr, Thompson Kas- :.
on, McCarry. Tucker and Field 1t IL
vas a battle of giants. The two I
peeches that created the greatest y
ensation were those of Frye, OF :
laine, and Carr, a Democrat of Indi- v
ma, who is supposed to reflect the
of Governor Hendricks. u
The former put in heavy blows upon ;.
he majority of the House, making the II
ar fly in a manner that was intensely
xciting. He paced up and down the :"
isles gesticulating and chatting like ',
aged lion. He is short, heavy set, y
quare built little man, with a pox- VI
marked face, but the puerility of the -
Democratic whine of s'fraud" he scat ~ :.
cred to the winds and piled examples u
fountain high of political infamies "
hat showed the actions of the parti- o.
an committees sent by the House in V
0 Florida and Louisiana. Carr, of III
indiana, is long, lean, lank, cadav- "
rous, thin-jawed, grisly gray gentle :.
IAN with STOPPING shoulders and d
ony fingers, and is successor to the q
lite Speaker Kerr. He denounced the oe
nding of the commission. His speech :: =,
7as short, vigorous, sweet, and filled h,
nth blue lightning. In telling his az