The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

.'ps II got majority of the votes
Inc Senators In the Chamber, it
'ed for want of a constitutional
3ority. Mr.. Blair worked like a
aver, and got around some of those
oosad to it. and that afternoon he
ought it up again and it failed by
one vote. Mr.. Blair was stand.
<sr the clerks desk, just where
shlngton stood when he resigned
'1z' commission, and he looked at me
zHa pathetic like, but it WAS no use.
e bad been pushing me pretty hard
H4 had gotten nay back up. When
W. marched out of the Senate Cham
" after a recess till night had been
sAfen, was fully determined not to
VQIe for that bill.
Mr.. Blair was kind of downcast
y fe. He knew 1 was game, and the
9l'lers who voted against the bill
xthe iis'3stiy fiayls. Ansf hid been dead
against it from the first.
"All the boys about the hotel liked
Mr. Blair, and they got around him
after tea to talk over the situation
with him. Says he to them {; Boys,
if you can get that bill through for
me, I'll treat all hands to cham.
pagne.'
"'We'll get it through for you,'
says they, and they got after me.
They buzzed me right along from the
hotel to the Senate chamber, but
told tnem it was no use. Uncle
Bob,' says they, we want that cham
pagEe mighty bad.' Come over to
my rooms,' said 1, and I'll give you
some applejack that beats all the
champagne in the world. ] never 60
back on my appleiack for cham
pagne.' They went to Billy German,
who keeps the Maryland Hotel, at
Annapolis, and told him about the
trouble they were in. He said he
thought he could fix it with me. So
he went to work and set out his long
table, put the wine glasses along and
got the champagne in the coolers.
Along about alf-past IL, just half an
hour before the end of the session,
when everybody was feeling jolly he
slips into the Senate chamber and
gets alongside of me. You know the
quiet way he has J: He leaned over
and touched me on the arm and said,
Now. Senator. Mr.. Blair's cham
pagne is all on the table, and the
boys are waiting for you to give the
wOrd'' Uv jumps one of the Sena-
tors and calls the bill up. 'Mr.
Combs = calls Billy Hiss, the reading
clerk, aud before l knew it 1 had
Aye out of my mouth, and the bill
was passed. Mr.. Blair was a happy
man that night. He stood on the
table and made US speech. He was
about the only man at that time who
could have stood on the table. Nest
were well on their way toward get
ting under it. And that's the way l
went back on applejack for cham
payne. boys. You know what came
of it. 1t beats to death all the tall
oaks that from little acerns grow.
Congress referred that memorial to
committee. In response to it that
committee got up the Potter inyesti.
cation, and then came the cipher tel
egrams, and the extra session busi-
ness and all the rest of the racket
that hurt us so much in the fall cleo
tions of 1879, and, perhaps. was the
cause of our losing this election. And
all because / didn't stand by old ap.
plejack," said the Senator, looking at
the jug.
He tipped it up to extract a little
consolation, but put it down again
quickly and gave the company re-
proachful glance. While he had been
talking the boys had been drinking,
and had emptied the last drop.