Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-22

4 NIGHT MN mrreN

A NIGHT NTH fFTEeM
Remarkable Executive Session 81 aho
senate 81 the Unitsd Mates asA Its KAn-
culinary Close.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Daily
Washington, March i4-LAst sight those per
s:ois whose business kept them out until = late
hour were surprised, upon looking toward the
y burning. telling OF . night session In one orl
both branches Of congress. II IVES leaned, HponI
inquiry, that the senate WAS 10 executive SEES
nature Of the business on hard. 6ome said 1t
sapsr = fEs! others SSer &; sSst f I p. sSs nt. q sssasSIs
ter Of great moment could delay the senate
until! 20 late an hour; II Nss an important mat
Ter Lei, that occupied the attention q this august
was as follows:
AbSut thres O'Clock in the afternoon Anthony,
there found three Of the messenger boys busilyl
engaged over . small box containing . number
81 2 little blocks. which they were moving around
moment to observe their actions. and then asked
them what they were doing.
Trying to do the puzzle. sir" was the ready
Ihev explained the game, TO him, and he
watched them with increasing interest. until,
feeling that his senatorial dignity was not being
ADVANCED by his then present occupation, he
administered . .evere rebuke to the boys for
wasting their time In such . frivolous manner,
and. as q punishment. confseated the box andl
In his pocket. intending to heep Il. there
what there was in thseEhllng. But his mind was
a Tnc sss SSa;a abe as 'w sssl so ass sRP'y 'n i. IL ss sSoat E
his head, and he was all the time working an
Imaginary puzzle. At last he could stand It no
pocket, and, placing some books on his desk, g
there and d, went n s e. T. T.. ~. p.m,,,. :, 49,.
and it was not long before the latter's quick eye
da saa' es,, ne unusual 4s!ans industry Of the senator
aaGm Mnoa sfte as'ana, or a Leaning orebo without bout
his deep study, Edmunds watched the game and.
llstenedSin silence to BLANK" Calculations that,
followed each failure to make the blocks come
himself and offered. q suggestion! Anthony
looked up with q sickly. smile, his face covered
with pxerspira y and dismnay, but meeting the
task without nttering the apology that rose to
lhs lips. Reinforced as he was he resumed his
work. and for thirty minutes the two men
pied was Edmunds that two bills apprOpriating
money to the south were rushed through With
out his knowlsdge;
cupie 3, . chair on Anthony's right: came IN and
was going ON, he, too, joined the party. and a.
blocks L Of %oo tI'' 81 Blaine, who happened SSssiSs 4 to be Be-
IN the senate at the time. 1t being past the hour
for the New YORK stock market to close caught
gether. earnestly engaged, in what.had the ap-
pearance of 4 heated debate. n fearing thI.t
they might be scheming to deliver the states OF
group and encircled the three In his usual a1fec-
tionate manner, with his arms. HIS relief ut
finding them engaged in something outside Of
the moves for some time In evident amusement.
Soon his br0ws begant0 contract, and he pushed
his way toward the box.
along to Its proper longitude Then, by chang
ing one or two Of those on the lower line you
will have the latitude Also" aud he started to
execute his order.
''Just keep your hands of, will you Blaine /!
Don't you seef am Just getting it?" spoke up
Anthony with such warmth as to attract the
attention Of several senators who were sitting
They at once approached and Gag srly watched
while Anthony. In breathless silence, made four
more nd, T mey Isst a ro% S Tead IS Gae IS II n MS chair exhaust
Now it's my turn" said Edmunds. and he
commenced. By this time half of the senators
on the republican side were packed around the
which the books had been knocked to the floor
by the senator from Rhode Island. in the violent
gesture that had accompanied his last moves.
At this juncture,
UAWE S, VI MAbSAChUSEIlS,
seeing that several of the senators were attract
ing tile attention Of those in the reporters gal
lery, moved thai the senate 60 into executive
session, and it was so ordered. Then the work
cleared a rush was made by the senators -for
Anthony's desk. where. it was rumored, a fight
was going on. Everything else was q 70. got
tn Tm,,e % s aas sx .ensts Es,e # ft Ell a Sa% q the s1 cam, me
else was forgotten. Even iShssddid gniiled SoSsklinEs
pushed his way to the front and occupied a Pc
SitiOn just back of EdmundS. and, between his
two friends, Blaine and Lamar. Republicans
and democrats. uniOnists and ex-contederates,
radicals and bourbOns. together mingled In one
wood. II
Ben Hill lost his patience. Force the id
thing, can't you?" he said
gan /; 1.-The desired result can be obtained only
Dy q free expression Of the will of the people"
Why don't you jump the Is over the IA, into
It was the secretary of the interior who spoke.
He had been on tue floor OF the senate. and hav'
ing become interested in the game. failed to &c
"Yon cant bolt there" quickly interposed
Don Cameron 1.-THE solution of the puzzle, can
only be arrived at by sticking to the party rules.
CoNKLlNG,
who had thus far maintained his supercilions
s she hon asssase s sGNae9 i from nv vermont anS ss'a allow ne
to examine the little machine? think lean
show hun how it Should be run in order to bring
Edmunds angrily pushed his hand away, and
machines himself.
a. B Sci a ana Sc SAID Sa that + the eo shipf {b sSn y 6 Be DON 2.
in some simple way. There was no need t0stry
to force the numbers into their places, but he ad:
vised rather persistent and seductive measures
IL this he was seconded by both Butler ane
Il Matt CARPENTER.