, 1881-01-23
Judge swayne and Stanley Mat:
thews71rhe Illinois Club
The Lake-Front: =
Capt. Eads'. Bill for Subsidy to Be
Reported, with the Prince Of
i. Denmark Left Out. ::'
Three Months' Time Needed to Print
the Bonds-Funding Program
in the Senate.
TIE NIGHT CIRCUS.

:. TIE NIGHT CIRCUS.
SCENES IN THE HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT.
Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., jim. 23.-There was
4 night session OF tho House, Inst night,
which was accompanied by the usual scenes
that seem to necessarily attach to attempts
to do Congressional business at night. The
session had been called for the purpose Of
considering Senate bills on the calendar,
which are mostly private bills, it being the
Intention Of those who planned it to dispose
OF rs many Of these bills as possible, in order
to relieve the House Of the pressure Of other
work. The first bill reached was the
noted Boston bill for the relief OF
Theophilus Chandler, one Of the bondsmen
OF the late Boston Sub-Treasurer whose de-
fa,1lting clerk, Hartwell, had loaned 900
Government money to a firm which failed.
The Sub-Treasurer is dead, and his estate
bankrupt. The bondsuen, save Chandler
himself, areldead or bankrupt, aud
CHANDLER,
although very wealthy man, is unwilling
to pay, and asks to be relieved, claiming that
the Government Ii estopped from collecting
Of him through its own lache, in that when
all the bondsmen wero living and all good
bond. Many Of tlIa best lawyers Of the
House considered the bill equitable, and
there was large majority for it. Indeed,
there were but fifteen members against it,
but there was not d quorum of tho House
present. This gave an opportunity to these
fifteen members, under the lead Of Sparks, of
Illinois (whose chief function seems to be to
make himself disagreea5le to his associates),
IN snsH lint Hn+
This he did, and insisted upon it until
O'Clock this morning, when the 1Iousc adj
journed. From half-past S last night until
this morning
NOTHING WAS DONE
but the silly business of attempting to secure
tho presence of members by force, under the
form OF Il, call of the House. The conse-
quence was that not only was nothing done
at the night session, but that the members
were so exhausted that, upon reasseinbllng
to-day, all adjournment was speedily had
without transacting any business. This ad-
journnlent ensued Notwithstanding Reagan
urged members to remain and pass the Inter-
State Commerce bill. It may be. Of Interest
to the farmers of Mr.. Sparks district to know
that, by his foolish conduct in forcing fill
clustering night session, lie so exhausted the
House that
to-DAa "->o h.1''
and that, in view Of the rapid approach, OF
the end Of the session, it may be the last day
upon which the Interstate Commerce bill can
be considered and passed. The story of one
night session is pretty nearly the story Of MI.
The proposition was made that this bill
should be laid aside aud the Pension bills be
taken up. Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois, entrcated
t' ~. o1,ar '' nt ,aast one h, nnon
~" aa. .pa.a o - .",.;a,' 5onnntoI +,o fnn+
,'',satt,a u 7s y. "N1I Ill.,, T1,;,,o;a. .o,J;as
'hn,s1., o.o .. poo1 o. hafa,.o ~, 1910.
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u - 49, s4.e 1"ssie's, ',1,ss. ,a ~<>'1
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ao "geu' 81" e.io i1.u1sposoa a'.s. ...:t,' 10,
I"scu "isout ouJeetio'' .e.ont, w. .,4e4n
na!'lo' ;, oou, AieSalusl ;.,' AsA.Ns
ana uuboell, who IS lald up Win rheutna-
tlsW. Inc slck-llst rapld1y l'lclesssca, Until
a protest came up from all stiles OF the 14ouse
that an epidemic mist nave broken out.
There were poor and frivolous excuses OF all
kinds offered by the, members who were
brought III under arrest Many jokes were
played upon the absent melnoers. Cowgirl,
venerable, white-haired man, asked that
his much more youthful-looklng colleague,
Ortl1, be excused, as he was advanced in age
and ought not to be exposed to the severe
strain of night session. Some members
insisted upon speedy adjournment about
midnight, as
TIL, s.rREEr-c.re 1ryRr. An0Irr tn STOP