Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-06

of the committee OF elections, to seat Lee
was adopted. Lee is a bright faced
negro with bad look, not much taller
than the ramrod of a gun. The injustice
of the vote in declaring him entitled to
Richardson's seat was so palpable that the
Democrats, to defeat his being seated, fill
bustered, and kept it up to the end. This
kept Lee out, and saved the treasury $10,-
600, which otherwise would have been paid
him. 1t was an expensive performance,
too, after all, for it defeated some very
meritorious bills on the speakers table,
which should have been passed.
THE LAST HOURS
we're marked with riot and disorder. The
handful of southern Republicans con-
stantly cIamored for the house to go on
with the election case, and they were sup
ported by Republicans who did not want
the bonded whisky bill to be taken up, as
it was almost certain that majority,
chiefly Democrats, would vote to pass it.
The Democrats would not consent to
the displacement of Richardson and the
seating of Lee, and the feeling of the Re-
publican side was very strong against the
whisky measure. Members smoked and
chatted, and some played pranks upon
others to while away the time. Here and
there members slept soundly on their re-
clining chairs, with their legs thrown
across their desks, or reclined on sofas in
the rear Of the chamber, their nasal notes
echoing the snores of the Africans in the
the gallery. A patent Office report, wrap
ped for mailing, was thrown across the
main isle, and striking Van Voorhis in the
stomach, doubled him up like jack-knife.
When the pugnacious New Yorker recov-
cred from his astonishment, he quietly
picked up the missel, wrote his frank upon
it, and directed it to a constituent. Rep
resentative McLane, of st. Louis,
dropped his hairless pate upon
desk, and with his dainty feet perched
upon another, dreamed of the thous-
ands of patent pills he would sell
by reason of the advertisement a brief
congressional career had given him. But
an irreverent fellow struck him with a
wad of newspapers and made him spring
to his feet. The doctor was restored to a
condition of wakefulness that forbade
further repose. Nearly all of the prom
inent congressman remained out of the
hall, and only peeped in occasionally to
see how things were going on. Kelly was
at home in bed, being too old to stand the
fatigue of an all-night session. Kasson
stretched his attenuated limbs on sofa in
4 Il
Randolph Tucker snored so dreadfulIy that
the smooth-tongued Iowa statesman could
not obtain rest in sleep. Hooker, of Mis-
sissippi, signalized the end of his con-
gressional life by appearing upon
the floor in a condition that induced
his friends to persuade him to leave early
in the night. Ermentraut, of Pennsyl-
vania, romped in the house barber shop
| and staggered down the aisle beaming
| with good humor, inspired by cold tea.
White, of Kentucky, who has been a nui-
sance since his entry into the Forty-seventh
congress, played his usual role all night,
and came up fresh from it again after the
morning recess. Now and then there was
a lull in the proceedings, and Hiscock,
| Blackburn or other members Of the ap-
preparation committee. came in with con-
ference reports upon appropriation bills,
which were explained and agreed to.
| Then the hoarse clerks renewed the per-
petual round of roll calls upon dilatory
motions touching the election case, or a
member relieved the clerk for very pity
only to be guyed and catcalled by
| jolly members, who sometimes amused
themselves by answering ''here" to every
name. AS the small hours Of the morning
grew to large numbers, the place of beauty
and fashion in the galleries was vacated.
| Night owls, white and black, perched along
the front row to the right and left of the
big clock. A prank played upon sleep
| ing negro in the far eastern corner of the
public gallery, brought about a fight, and
batants into the corridor. Keifer, fat and
fussy, put substitute in the chair and
hustled about among the members, rested
himself in the speakers room, and re-
freshed himself with cold tea. The light
of morning had begun to stream in
through the windows, and everybody
was weary with fruitless wrangling
when Robson came in, and appealed to the
house to take recess so that all might re.
fresh themselves and breakfast before the
closing business of the session was com
menced. He suggested that recess would
revive their energies for it was evident toe
much whlskey had been taken out of bono
during the night. Ermentraut stood VI
with comical expression and wag of the
head, and objected to the proposed recess
unless Robson would withdraw the re
mark about the withdrawal of whisky from
bond. There was general laugh, and
Robson having good naturedly withdraw
the offensive reference to the merry con
gressmen, the house took a recess unit
$50. At the private suggestion O
Mr.. Stockslager, of Indiana, that Robson
remark would not look well in the officis
record, he directed it to be stricken out.
/ oCHILTREE's OFFER TO COMPROMISE.
: Representative elect Ochiltree's offer c
$500 to compromise his deficit remains a
yet unaccepted by the solicitor of th
treasury, who has written to th
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