Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-16

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htested from tasng . ssoial 7iAss with
. frisEsl n The tsspitoi.
Mr.. Vest SAIL he hsd NO cannpaitese.
but was Exposed u The n,is o. setting
~ systsn Of sgpisns<s. Every cne
knew thar IT q senator rxntsd liqnor N
hfs cozaznstteersozas be would have 1t,
xnd would vkxit the asversst punish
naerit m has gowsr On any clsrx wiso
should Uniform en- HIN. This whole
thing Was sinapsy On Atsrapt to 'rseet
the fznsttszl spin, m the country On
tins question, b whach he would not
! gfvc eouatcnszce.
! Mr.. Brows,ss amcndrzsns wAs lost
yeas. ii; nays, 80.
An amendment Of Mr.. 4lorxxa,s wAs
agreed % confirming tisc joint rsiies %
90 mneh OF the Dxpitol ~ WA N the
control ei the two houses Of Congress-.
1 This excludes frcn thar operation 90
ulnch Of the Capitol zs rs controlled by
tine Supreme Court.
Mr.. cockrei offered III amendment
O. the effect that any senator CT nasns-
bkr OF CONGRESS violating the rale
should he lixble % expulsion. Ii
locked very small he said ton senators
o. se passing rules for the purpose OF
infletIng punishment Gil COMMITTEES
clerks tor ''counrvrnr Al tine use OF
whssxey n the uspito.," when il was
notorious that distinguished senators
-xri.. --,.c,I o., 1r.~- tl..,-,f< a., x~.f -.
toxicating liquors. II then committee
rooms. tie tCocl1relll mad nsvsr had
any liquoT N the Capitol, hut II was
useless % DENY thai it had been kept
there by Senator's.
Nix. ingalls, said that by insisting OF
keeping n Rnle 10 the Senate was
str1ining Al gnst and swallowing
q camel" Laughter. he sent O. the
desA COPY Of tine bill OF fare OF tine
Senate oufe, a. which he supposed ser
ators took lunch.
Mr.. Cockrell "in tes-eup instead
OF glass;
Nh. ingalls, had seer II stated that
the keeper Of this car was the only mzn
n the country who could conduct a res
taurant OF strictly temperance OASIS.
Biz. Vest incurred whether the Sen
atoT mad heard from what State the
Senate restauran,-keepeT came.
AiT. INGALLS, had been informed that
he came frox Name. fL2urhteT.
The Clerk, a. MT. Ingalls, request,
READ aloud the rlne-list. with the urlceg
OF different brands, much To the xnIuse-
nlent Of the senator's. Under the head
OF . Madeira Wines . ne found Black
burnS reserve, the reading OF which
was greeted with shouts o. laughter,
and some one was heard % say scttO
roee. - Good for Joe When another
brand was announced a bottled ez-
uressiv for the United States Senste
cafe, the iauyntsT was renewed, and OF
the conclusion Of reading Air. Butler en-
pressed MS surprise that the Clsrh had
not found - Cold Tea OIL the last.
AiT. salisbury thought it a disgrace
tina, tins United State Senate should
tolerate such AZ invitation % dissips
iion as was exhibited by such oil Of
iare, and disgrace thxt the Dapitol
should oe turned INTO grog-shop.
MI. Cockrell said ne disiiked drums
enness everywhere. nut had seen more o {
II among senators thar the enlpl0yes OF
tine senate. Senator's kent whisAey
II tneIr rooms and invited theIr
friends 70 70 there. II the
senate wa not III q STOP tnAi
il was not III for seii-governmen.. tie
mad known Of a. appropriation oil
70 be occasionally delayed because Of
Intoxicatlon among suboriInateS but
h mac Known the senate q DC adjourn
ed because Of the condition OF some o.
IL members. lie would not say ina
the Senate hxd o adjourn II conse-
0uence OF il, hut certain senator MAJ
been II such Z condition that public
business could not have been carried
Oh a. tn discussion would nave been
indefinitely prolonged. Senators knew,
AiT. Cockrell added, thai Ms point wa
well tAken.
M. Mznderson though the remedy
II the hands Of the SENATE
Nh Riddieberger said that il li1uoT-
drinking were stopBed II the senate
restaurant the restaurant. would nave
70 Be smut up.
Nix. FRYE said he n1d beer told ny
ex-senator SIu.on Cameron and Elk
Senator Hamlm that twenty or thirty
wears ago the Senate h1d been found
time and agaIn without q quorum be
cause more thar q quoruul wa drunk
tina they mao seen distinguished senator
after senator attempt q rise IL MS
piGce nut fail because o. drunkenness.
Nh frye himself remembered when the
nlght sessions o. the House o. Repre-
ssnAiives were broken " OK drunken
members. Things mad very much ina
proved since the1. AiT. hrye regretted
the remarks Of the Missouri senator
Nh. Gocizrell), a. conveying O the
country the impression that 50 many
senators were drunk during the ordi-
narY business Of the Senate that the
Senate mad 10 be adjourned Of account
iTunksnness.
BIZ. Cockrell said he mac no SO
stated. He mad never seer So many
ssnators under the influence Of LIQUOR
that the public business could not De
transacted; had never seer anything
ever. approaching that, bnt h&d seen
two OF three o. nlone SENATOR nlsre
mnorIty--so completely under the Ia
tfnenee Of whiskey II discussions that
the Senate, tor the sake OF decency, mad
adjourned. He die not think he mad
sveT seen more than haif a dozen at one
time II that condition, and he could
give tne names II tae Senator desired il.
Laughter.
Nix. Frye saId 10 reform mad ever
made salch strides a. temperance reform
within twenty years. lie mad seen six
years II the Senate, and had never sean
Two senators II the condition Indicated
M M. Dosxrsll; indeed he could not
say with certainty that nc hzd seen one
g. under the infinsnce as 70 be unfit for
business. Personally, Air Frye would