Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-03-07

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= LUCY CARTER.
The All-night and Sunday Session OF the
Assembly.
FILIBUsTERING-TALK AGAINST TIME
A con TEST OF ENDURANCE IN WHICH
A.sFsCTioUs MINORITY TRIUMPHs-
= LEAT49Ek LUNGS BEAT BRleHTBRAINs,
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The state gives the following graphic
account Of the all night and Sunday ses
sion of the House and the tiAbustering
tactics OF the Readjusters, which resulted
in 3 3sess on or sixteen consecutive hours,
the LONGEST known in the history of that
body: ~
r. On Saturdaysmornipg during the morn
ing hom MIR. Hanger threw bono In the
House il the shape of ID resolution to come
to a vatt on the debt question at 1880 op
SATURDAY right AID limiting the speeches
| to fifteeas minutes .stIhls the Readjastefs
opposed sinigAt and main, and the dom'-
nant ufSjaritx fell into THE grave error OF
| oyere5t5H atiisg their strength. andat empt-
| ed1$Q rush the. procet dings Through the
Hod6e. At This stage sssTeTM Funders
| this woEd we use for short" to distin
guish the debt-payers) Joined the ranks Of
the Rsadjusters, and then ensued some ex-
traordinary. filibuStering.
| All day Saturday the time was con-
ssumed in dilatory motions, and on the re-
assembling of the House in the night
session it soon became evident that a sys-
| tematic plan was going to be pursued by
| the Readjusters so as to. stave Off a vote on
| the debt-question; for that purpose they
| organized their clique and held them per-
fectly under control. Moffett was the
| leader and the maker of the motions. Lacy,
whose knowledge of parliamentary law is
second to no man in the House, was the
artillery;sit was his brain tb&fkdeVised all
the maneuvreing and Shifting 0f the party
| tactics. Frazier, of Rockbk1l 90. WAS the
| cavalry, and his duty was to keep his
| forces well together and exercise general
supervision. Pat. McCaull was the light.
| infantry skirmisher, and HARRISON, 0f SuS-'
! sex, and Fauntleroy were the reserves, On
the other side Hanger, of Aug led
the forces, with Henry, of Richmond and
Ashton, Of King George, as hisaides-des
| camp. AT s O'Clock, both parties
drawn up in line OF battle, tha6 cd1a
menced. Taliaferro, 1T Norfolk, id tl{e
| floor, and he spoke about an hour and a
half on the side Of the Funders, and ended
at half-past nine.
! The Readjusters then .determined to
consume time, and chose Tor That deadly
purpose Harrison, of SUSSEX, tue longest
| winded man. with the most bott60 of any
member in the House. and then gen tie
man, rose to his feet and commS4eed his
speech. An;hour passed BY, and Che solid
| phalanx of Flinders sat patiently waiting
for him to end; but esufged ahead as
easily as Dexter would trot his fifth mile.
Another hour came and went, and then
the room began to ,be deserted, and the
members strolled Gown to She bar-rooms,
lounged in the. ante-fooms and smoked
their meditaJive cigar, while Harrison,
without break or heStatlng for a word
kept on, apparently as fresh as ever. At
midnight he held up for moment to al
low a motion to adjourn, it now being Sun
day morning. The vote was anxiously
| looked for as being a test, for both among
the Readjusters and Funders were some
who objected to sitting on the Sabbath
day on account of their religious scruples.
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and the clerk called the roll amid breath
less silence. Ayes, 4s; nays, 81.
The refusal of the House to adjourn
brought Pat. McCaul to his feet with a
motion to reconsider. This led to the
| calling OF the ayes and noes, and then d
skirmish ensued between Marshall Hanger
and Mr.. Lacy on the subject of the rules
of the House, which was settled by the
decision of the Speaker in favor of MI.
Lacy. After some further flibustering
calm came after the storm, and Mr.. Har-
rison continued his argument, and at
o'clock in the morning the ceaselessS flow
| of language issued from his lips without
pause and apparently without effort BY
this time. the visitors to the House had
nearly all left, and, except a few senators,
there were none but legislators and at
tendants on the floor; and in consequence
| the strict observance of propriety was not
insisted upon. Members began to get
sleepy, and looked hollow eyed. but the
majority showed no signs of yielding. Sit
ting there with compressed lips, Ghey look
ed as if they intended to stay until judg
ment day. If they had an idea that Mr..
| Harrison was at the end of his speech their
minds were speedily disabused Of that
| idea, for at half past one IN the morning
| servant appeared with waiter, on which
was coffee-pot, sugar-bowl, and cream
| jug, and cup of coffee was soon under
| Mr.. Harrison'S mouStache. This act
| showed the Funders that Mr.. Harrison
was speaking against time, and then they
| let out on him motions, points of order,
questions fairly showered upon him from
all parts of the house. One member asked
him to allow an adjournment for the pur-
pose of getting something to drink, an
other asked him to repeat the poem
1.-THE boy stood on the burning deck.'
Another wanted the House to extend
his time. To all these gags be replied
pleasantly, for he never lost his temper all
the time, and kept his imperturbable COM
posture and perfect GOODNESS to the last.
He spoke coldly, steadily, doggedly, like
man who sets out to accomplish task
and intends to do it, and means business
every time. Two o'clock came, aud with
it an added amount of sleep and fatigue
upon the members. The Speakers chair
had been filled and vacated half . dozen
times already and reflled by new members.
The different Speakers pro tenn. each
would have to decide upon some point of
order which would arise every halt an
hour. The apple-stall women and cigar
vendors did lively trade, and the floor
was soon covered with apple cores, orange
peels, rinds Of cheese, empty sardine boxes,
and all kinds of debris.
At half-past O'Clock, the gentleman
from Sussex, who had been speaking for
five hours, with all the regularity and I'M
impressiyeness of a monograph. now ceas-
ed and took his seat.
His retirement was the signal for aEoth-
er desperate struggle, and the Funders
strove desperately to carry the House with
them. In vain; the lines that had been 80
tightly drawn in the early evening were
still intact There had been no detection
from either: the relative strength was
about seventy to forty-not two thirds.
After an half-hour's heated discussion,
Mr.. Frazier, Readjuster, obtained the
floor and branched off in speech which
lasted couple Of hours. A relentless war,
Of ha Do ch2ractar Maupd