The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-27
Anon OLD TINE.
The OF the House of Delegates Indulges
In Little Circus Performance,

Tue OF the House OF delegates Indulgea
In n Little Circus Performance.
II the Conscript fathers Of Rome ever be.
hayed like unto the members OF the West
Virginia Legislature there Is no verifying
record Of such fact in history, but then 1t Is
not to be inferred from that fact that they
dtdA't. "All work and no play makes Jack
u dull bow" and five are to Judge the mem.
bers OF the House Of Delegates by this adagC
they were decidedly dull on Saturday even.
ing. The House bad been in session all day,
and had accomplished II good deal Of work,
and when the hour OF ten o'clock rolled
around the members felt like having some
fun. The business before the House was
finished and the ball was opened by COmmO-
dore Seahright, OF this city, being called to
the chair. lie had no sooner reached the
Speakers desk than batch OF motions were
bred At him by members In different parts Of
the hall,
The rotund Commodore finally rescued q
tangible motion from the inChOAte mass ind
put It to the House. The yeas and nays were
demanded and the roll was called, the entire
House Responding as each members name
was called. The clerk reported the vote and
the Speaker declared that no quorum was
q
call Of the House. The fun was now beCom.
ing red.hot; paper wads were fired about
prOmlscuOuSly, most Of them being aimed ut
the Speaker. The waste basketswcre emptied,
and armed with these, members watched for
opportunities 10 alOrn the heads Of the un.
wary with them.
Several Senators had come into the hall, as
'ioOkerS.On In Vienna" One distinguished
Senator who had fought against the payment
Of mileage TO the pages and committee clerks
Of the House took seat, which induced Mr..
Hubbard 10 exclninE "Mr. Speaker, see
the NeStor Of the Senate, the Hon. X. +.
Dennis In the hall, and move that the
pages and committee clerks be turned loose
on him."
AT once there was IN uninterrupted fire OF
paper. wads, bills and journals, which only
ceased when the fun took another turn.
Col. JnO. X. Thompson cOnvulSed the
House BY offering House BIZ 1900, for the
relief Of Joseph s. Miller. The text OF the
bill was as follows;
BE i enacted by the Legislature Of West Virginia:
That the Suni:of 81 be appropriated out Of
any mon0tn the treasury not OtherWi se Ap-
Propriated, TO reimburse Joseph $. Miller for
damages sustained on one shirt loaned State
Treasurer O'Brlen on his late official trip TO
Weston in answer TO summons Us witness
before the Insane Committee
Delegate DOdrill, while occupying the chair
for lew ileeting moments, was completely
upset both In dignity and body, by having
the chair pulled from under him; meanwhile
the FIRE Of paper wads, books &c. grew hotter
and hotter, until the floor reSembled the
CORY field Of hard fought battle.
The arrival Of a member who had been
secured by n muscular reporter and the fight
ing editor Of the Parkersburg Sentinel, acting
under orders ofthc Sergeantat-Arms Gained
the storm for moment. The member tMr.
Floyd was asked to divulge the place OF his
retirement, to be accompanied by maps and
diagrams. lie hcsttated Tor some moments, but
finally upon Mr., McNells persistent inquiry
said "he had been at church" and advised
the gentleman from Ohio county to go and
do likewise.
He was excused on Mr.. Hubbard's motion,
who also proposed to punish his colleague by
sending him TO church.
Another batch OF surprised statesmen ar
rived under arrest having been apprehended
by the Ssrgeant.at-Arms and his emISsaries
Mr.. Quarter was the first victim who ex-
planned his absence. One member suggested
that he be fined ten barrels OF beer. Thi,d
not have any reference to the capacity Of the
House, although Mr.. Quarter refused to pay
the UHe because he thought tile House was
sufficiently saturated already. He was i'm.
mediately laid on the table for his imperti-
HeHce
Mr.. Beckwith employed counsel, selecting
Mr.. Dodrill TO act in that capacity. Mr.. bod.
rill Immediately entered the plea OF insanity,
and while making his argument was contin.
ualIy Interrupted by his client, which pro-
voked Mr.. CreSap TO remark, "Guiteau."
Mr.. Edmiston was nabbed us he was emery.
ing from barber shop, and plead in defense
Of bis absence that he had been washing some
OF the Democratic dirt oil.
Mr.. Lowry was torn. rs he said, from the
arms Of Morpheus His case was SO cOmpli.
Gated that action was postponed until Mon
day.
It was near twelve o'clock when the fun
began to flag and motion to adjourn was
made. An unfortunate state OF affairs pre-.
sented themselves at this juncture, which pre-
vented the House from adjourning. Several
members had been laid on the table, and il
would have been cruelty to have left them in
that position. After their removal, however,
the House adjourned, "the curtain going
down on the scene to slow fire and red
music"