The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1885-03-25

very last, were not disposed to be
patient with the general "Buncombe"
mot the county members who de-
sired to air their vocabularies. Con-
sequently. when Mr.. Dixon, from
Cleveland-the young Roscius(?) of
the House took upon himself to ar
raign Tom Holt, the Speaker, there
was much Impotence. Dixon, in an
excited speech, charged the Speaker
with having had his ''favorites on
the hoor'-of having been partial
in his rulings, etc. Col. Holt Quietly
stepped to the front and iisclaimed
any such thoughts and intentions,
and in a few words supposed he had
set the matter right; but Dixon was
not to be satisfied and he went for
him again in a still more excited and
vehement manner-repeating his
charges, and stating that "Holt
must be more ignorant and stupid
than he generally got credit for be-
ing if he thought TO cover up his de-
linquencies by any such platitudes
as he had expressed" Holt then
took the floor and said: 81 am very
sorry that the gentleman from
Cleveland should have wrought him
self into so violent IA rage-and as
cannot for the life Of me understand
what it is all about, ] see no way out
Of it but to acknowledge that he is
as right about this matter as he is on
all other subjects and that | am, as
he says ignorant and stupid: and if
| have, as he says, laid myself open
to the charge Of favoritism and par
tiality, of which | must again say ]
am entirely unconscious, thrust that
he and the House will attribute it to
my ignorance and stupidity and not
to my natural depravity. and | there
fore ask the pardon of the House
and the gentleman from Cleveland
Holt said all this with perfect gray,
ity: bowed, with his hand upon his
heart, profoundly to the House and
the Chair, and withdrew amidst &
perfect storm Of laughter and APP
plause.
In the Senate, as the hour drew
near for legislation to terminate
another strange scene was enacted
Certain Senators who had opposed
Robinson's bill to complete the West
ern n. C.. Railroad to Murphy, after
the bill had passed. filed a protest
which alluded to the matter AS mon
strous legislation" and contained
which other members claimed were
not only supplementary, but insult.
ing the Senate. An effort was made
to expugn this record: and as the
clock drew near to II noon. perfect
pandemonium reigned in the Senate
Charley Stedman pounded his gave
till he liked to have smashed his
desk, but all in vain. Every Sena.
tor was on his fetal talking al
once and some Of them bowling de-
nunciations at the Chair. No one
seemed to fully understand what ii
was all about. Finally during &
temporary lull the President Of the
Senate said: Il now give fair warn
ing hat if this Senate does not come
to order within two minutes by that
clock, 1 will adjourn it,"
He p2intsa Il ale time=aiecea or
!. the wall which then marked tw
/, minutes of twelve: SO that powe
> rested with him, underline resolntio
| of adjournment to close the doc
2 upon all further discussion.
Stedman's warning proved OF n
= avail-the tumult was renewed: tt
= distinguished Senator from Edg
4 combe strove in vain to throw tt
q weight of his e%loquence on one So
e or the other-but which no OF
g could tell-the Senators from Bul
: combe and Cabarrus and Orange al
Il Duplin, and others strove valnly
n he heard. There-was no such thin
e as getting order and finally in she
4 desperation Stedman smashed b
: eayel upon his desk and declared Il
!. Senate adjourned. 1t did not see
5 to satisfy any one. Some cried on
t "this IS an outrage;:" some "serv'
n YOU right All shouted and gathe
S ei aronnd Stedman as he took h
V hat and coat and left the chair, Al
5 the way they g%esticulated and shoe
Il their fists it almost seemed as thous
the Senate had broken up in a 70
: 4 lot of them then pitched into b
IS Furman. the impertnrbable and al
d Clerk Of the Senate, and tried
n hplll-doze him into doing somethln
n but it did not seem to move IN
n much, he gathered up his books al
! papers and as he left his desk he "
. heard to a Il will not change
+ word of the Senate's record wltho
n its open, plainly expressed order
: And so the great General Assemh
e adjourned.
Senator Ransom.