The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
SCENES.
FIiIIbusleTing In i.ie EcgIsla-
t.re.

t.fe.
The scene I'm the House Of Reprcscn-
tatiycs Friday wls disgFaceiul IN the cN-
trcme. The republicans feeling Coni-
3cntO { tie business Of the cause tried
To- ca:l mp the resolution uuseuiiuE jas.
G.. stuart, member from Folk aud
Bradley. The roll WAS called aud the
democrats began TO ~lillibuiter by rcius-
ing to answer to roll call. thus break
ihg the quorum. The republicans then
tried to enforce the rules by having the
democrats arrested for contempt. Judge
Butler champiOned the republican
side while Cooper defended the demo-
Gratis. The scene for three long hours
Was sensational and dramatic. The
Scrscaut-at-llms WAS ordered 10 arrest
those refusing to vote and bring them
before the bar of the House, and the
follow ing persons were appointed as
sistants
Mcssrs. j. Il. Sims, Earnest II wilkins
4. NJ. Hughes, Jr., John {. Hoax, W.
l.. Gillenwaters, John NJ. Brown, W.
=. Brownlow, W l.. Cate, w. :. Tip
ton, j. IL. C1ack. and VIM. Finley, by
authority vested in me by the House OF
Representatives OF the FOrty-Sac0nd
General Assembly, yOu arc hereby rom
mandc9 to arrest MeSsrs. Allen, Bag
well. Beasiey, Buquo, Cochran, Coop
cr, Delaney, GaSs, Hush, Haynes, Hay
ME, Head, Martin, Meats, Hummer,
Pillow, Rhodes, steele, Thompson,
Stewart Watkins and Wilkes, and
bring them before the bar Of the House
at once vino are members OF The House
and are absent without leave.
W. +. PosToN,
Attest Jan. y. Speaker, pro TEN.
The sergeant and his assistants pro-
ccedcd to "shcll" their ~overcoats ana
proceed to business. At this moment
the excitement became intense. When
Speaker Ramsey (who needs to be fed
ON back-boncs) notified the officer to
hold up for awhile. They did so and
no arrests were made-the time being
aiken up by frey speeches from the re-
Spectiye sides, until the Senate enter
ed the hall to ballot far United States
Senator. After bulloting the scene was
changed from the sublime to the ride
ulous by the following designations be-
ing presented, viz:
70 Hon. II. i. Ramsey, Speaker Of the
House of Representatives:
Having been appointed special assis-
tant sergGant-lt-armS by your honor
able body, aud having a. yet fail to re-
ceivc any remuneration for our valua-
Bile services, We beg leave to tender IN
resignation. ''In our brief career we
have experienced many Wei STUDIES of
politica! futune. We have seen revOlu-
ZION rise upon the wing of bOuyant
hope, eliminate in meridian SplondOr,
aud at last fall amid the ruins Of our
country. Stripped o~fevery faculty OF
political citizenship we have lived serfs
under m absolute despotism. We have
held place and power" but now we
lay it aside in order to recuperate our
moral constitutions. Forever holding
in grateful remembrance those that
took It's by the hand when we were
boys and led MS up and up and mp, till
we reached the top round Of the ladder
of fame. w. 5. Upton,
w. =. BROWNLow,
j. w. Brown,
a. VI HUGHES, JR.,
JOIN &. IIoUK.
The resignation being side slap at
Gov. Marks, was ruled out of order.
On Saturday the democrats agreed
that the S.uart case should come up the
following Wednesday and be argued
till Thursday at II o'clock when a vote
should be acknowledging their honor
as men.