The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-21
"a CALL OF THE HOUSE
WITH ALL THAT THE TERM IMPLIES,
n. San. old rsrss By /. New csaD.sy, with III
PraneIaE Psan,bleksr as the %star-ibssnt
Members IbrOuSht up with q ROuad Tara.
hsSpssksr Lwsy,ths Bsys Hast Play.

PraneInE PsnnJbaeksr as the Star-Abstnt
Members brought up with . ROuad Tara.
h sSpssksr LWay,ths Bsys Hast Play.
Asesslon OF the West Virginia House Of
DELEGATES without q call OF the House would
be no session at all. As q session approaches
a close, after days OF hard work, the MEMBER
begin 10 feel the want OF u frolic, and q call
OF The House follows. It Is an old time hon;
ored custom, always productive OF tnn and
uproar. The wits have a chance 70 lei them.
belyes loose and make things howl. Last
night was the time chosen for q call for this
session, and the fun was fast and furious.
Nj. ~Pennybacker was the chief engineer OF
tho scheme, and he was ably seconded By,
Messrs. Daily, Evans, Gilkeson, Hall, Bee and
Burtt, while the other members were not NJ
all slow In bringing up the rear.
The House met about 1880 O'Clock with
Speaker Woods In the chair and about two.
thirds OF the members present Until y
o'clock the House droned along, passing one
or two bills aud reading Others. The Speaker
called Mr.. Evans TO the chair . was ex
cused soon afterwards for the rest Oh tne
evening. During the proceedings Mr.. Powell.
1 of Tayior, had on several occasions endeay.
ored 10 bring up q bill relating TO the lorna
tlon of an Independent school district for
West grafton, aud 81 last threatened that II
Il was not taken up he would endeayor to
consume more time before the hhal adjourn.
ment than any other member on the Hoor.
This raised q laugh that was the spark that
Tented the finder. The bill was soon taken
M and read & first time. By the time the
question OF ordering 1t 10 It's second read.
ing was reached, only fifteen members we're
on the floor, the rest having fled 70 the CLOAK
rooms. Mr.. Pennybacker moved that 0 call
Of the House he had. 1t carried and the roll
was ordered called 10 ascertain who were
absent, uot on leave. Then the members
aocked ia and It was found that Messrs.
Holt, Isbell, Payne, Ruhl, Simonton, TimMs
aud Wells were absent without permission,
Motions began 10 pour In In q lively manner,
and Nj. Evans embraced the opportunity TO
make several brilliant remarks and made
sunh rulings as are only allowed on "calr'
occasions, The familiarity that some OF the
msmbert displayed with feeling" was re-
marked.
Mr.. Caring was very much opposed TO the
proceedings, characterizing them as nonsen.
sical. He was howled down In quick order.
The doors veEp ordered locked, aud the
doorkeeper ordered not 70 lot n person in or
out without orders. The members began 20
circulate around and hatch up fun, and the
Speaker went 10 work, making ont the
warrants. While be was doing 50, the main
door was observed to DO opened, and the ioi'
Dr.. Bee-Mr. Speaker, the doori Is open and
a man Is escaping, move that the body oil
the bar keeper be brought before this door.
speaker-Which one?
Bes-Any one that you can catch.
After this immoderate laughter that this
occasioned bad snbsldpa, Sergeant Sargent
appeared leading Nealis, tho yed4hesded and
one. egged, and announced that the door
keeper and crutch were before the House.
Pennybacker-I appear as his counsel.
Thu Chair-Mt. Penny hacker wants to ac'
IS substitute. -,
Brown, Sri move the substitute DO laid
on the table.
Nealis-I have no use for him.
Pennybacker-Let justice be done, though
it-it was Geo. p, Sergeant.at.A Arms that
opened tho door. Let the stricken deer 80
free. and for Heavens sake issue that war
rant.
The two officers Of the House were ordered
to retire and for the next few moments the
Speaker and Clerk were busy preparing war
rants for Messrs. Holt, Isbell, Payne, Ruhl,
Simontou. Timms aud Wells, which were
placed in the hands OF Sergeant Sargent and
John l.. Thornhill, and CLERK 0Iley, who had
been appointed deputies.
Mr.. fennybacker discovered q dog wander
ing around and rose TO . question OF privilege
he wanted to know II this was q "doggoned
Legis!Gturp." Ruled out OF order. Il was
moved that the venerable Mr, Allen, OF
Boone, make 0 speech on the whipping post,
and on bis refusing q committee w~assppoint.
ed to lake him out, tie him to 0 lamp'post
and give him twenty-five stripes with q corn.
stalk. Mr.. %Pennybacker interiered, claiming
that the gentleman being taken unawares
was unprepared. He asked permission to
prepare him. Granted. The two retired 10
a cloak.room and the next moment
reappeaFed wlping their mouths. Great ap.
plause followed, during which Mr.. Allen
waved bis arms and made motions With bis
mouth, as though talking. While the mem.
bers were wrapgling as to whether he had
made his speech or should be taxed out and
striped there was Q great knocking at the
door andi 1t was reported that Mr.. Timms was
outside.
The House was braced up. every one look
ed Identified and offended and the member
from Putnam waltzed in and the usual form
was gone through, winding up with, "Whst
excuse have you 10 otierY'.
Timms ~(sorrowfully) II have nome. went
to the opera to hear the orator, Dougherty.'
Armstrong; should like TO ask . ques-
ton, How much was that lecture worth 10
you, Mr.. Trims?
Timms-About fifty cents.
Armstrong; move he be fined fifty
cents.
Mr.. Daley objected. Was the House to
be insulted for only ffty cent? No, sirl
amend by making 1t IS Let the gentleman
know that this Hsuse was not TO be triled
.-tII. tIy..n tIaun $40 aratnra tn tbfa hadXy A
side splitting time followed-the ubiquitous
P%ennybacker howled himself hoarse and at
no time wss there less than four members on
the floor all talking at once. The clerk was
finally ordered to enter up afne OF one gallon
OF whisky.
By this time Judge Holt had been yanked
10. He said:
Mr.. Speaker, l suppose It Is in order to
make my excuse. appreciate the orators
OF this House as highly as any one-they are
inimitable. Still l was anxious TO make a
comparison, and ] am prepared to say that
for peculiar s'yle the members OF the
House are far above anything / ever met In
my life.
Pennybacker-I move that he be let of
light, and for punishment would suggest that
on the 22nd inst. he read W~ashington's fare.
we'll address at midnight.
Chair-All In favor OF letting the Lincoln
county delegate of, provided he read on the
22d inst, at midnight Washington's farewell
address, to MIR. Pennybacker, from the top
OF Wheeling hill, will answer aye
It was carried unanimously. Mr.. Penny.
hacker made such q fuss about 1t that he bad
TO be referred 10 the Committee on Public
Buildings and Humane Institutions.
Mr.. Payne, q bashtul member from Nc.
Dowell, was the next. He was much con.
fused And embarrassed. Said ht: ~ had an
invitation 10 go out and see q friend. Voice
Must baye been an awful long drink l
have no excuse other than that"
Burtt-"was 1t a lady friend, or was the
gentleman out with the boySl"
Mr.. Payne was In great distress. at this
eye. He found none.
MIR. Daley rose slowly, and fixing stony
glare on the prisoner, said impressiyely, II
am paraly Ied. (he looked itl Does the pris.
oner offer no further excused Does he realize
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