Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-17
EXECUTIVE SESSION..
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POINTS. PERSONAL AND. POLITICAL.
Apects, DisposcA b ~ lsoauaw.

6oectof DtpOcA . ~ A06oW.
wAsHxsrox, July l6. -Sinos the weather
has become % warm, the Senate. when Il
goes into exeon i've session, has instzuctsd
the Sergeant,at-Arms to clear the corridor
and committee rooms on the door around
the galleries, and open all the doors Iced.
ing thereto, In order TO give ths main
chamber plenty Of ventilation and frssh
air. No ono but the SergsantAt-Arms O.
his assistants who are allowed to b In ~
chamber during an executive session srS
permitted to remain In the corridor sur.
rounding the galleries. All the stairwys
leading to those corridors are guarded, and
no one u permitted TO ascend By ths stair
ways. Besides the several staifwsys there
10 an elevator, which the oihcees vho ~
instructed 70 clear the upper corridor,
failed 10 order stop running.
: Ihe o.hst syssisg aftsr the Senate hsd
10 M1gyceye ee1anA - see11.rs
above menhoned h.a tsso en1t11 ~ -.
Sssn.s SSsr. d'iSn SoI. ss T. S Eoor.' 3, R,noss
v. Va, who q 10 we'll known, e suploysd
BY Senator d. G. Davis, IN connsctioa. with
- RairrsaA lntsrsse !iSgr :
got into the elevator and wss carried tokAs
upper floor, not knowing anything s6snt
the new arraneement and started through
the west corridor for Mr.. Davis committee
room, which, BY the way, 10 located on tb>
gallery floor. In passing one OF the gallery
doors Col. Moore noticed that the benats
was In session, and seeing that The West
Virginia Senator, in whose employe he Is,
had the floor, stepped into the gallery and
took an easy position TO hear what was
going on. No sooner had the Colonel got
ten himself comfortably assembled In Q
mass meeting all BY himself In the gallery,
than Capt. Bassett, the ancient and white
headed Doorkeeper OF the Senate, appeared
and almost in o shout, said:
"See here, yo6ic can't come In here"
well, am here" answered the colonel.
with puzzled expression on his face.
well, you must como out Of that" ex-
claimed the excited Official; come right
out"
why, ! have O right here" protested
Col. Moore, this Is apublic gallery, s,nt
it?'
"Yes-no-yes-come out and I'll CT.
plain-the senate is in executive session"
"Ob, guess not" answered Moore. III
'De' wei" L. Secret sesssss
ull t0ebe uUOfu WOulu W CAOSoo. 1.s
the matter with you, anyway, captainr
After the colloquy had been carried on
in this way for several minutes, which no
doubt seemed like hours 10 the custodian
of the Senate's secrets, Moore finally began
10 understand the situation, and meckly
started for Senator Davis committee room.
when Capt. Bsssett, In more excited man
ner than ever, shouted: Here, not rhat
way, down stairs
Cant ! 30 into my committee room."
shouted Ed.
'Ob, yes, go ahead anywhere, but you
must get out OF this"
Finally Ed was gotten rid OF, greatly 70
the relief OF Capt Bassett. Later In the
evening Col Moore was called upon ny sew
eral Of bis newspaper friends for Informs.
tion as TO what was done In executive scs.
sion.
"Oh," answered the Colonel, I'VE never
tell what we do In executive session: we
are sworn and added, with . dignihsd
Senatorial courtesy. a"". ",-dii 10 Roscoe
Col. Moore Is perhaps the first West vir.
gipian, other than full Aedged United
States Senator. who has ever been fortuns6
enough to be present In the Senate during
the proceedings OF IN executive session.