Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-21
IN ALL-NIGHT SESSION.
HOW CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS Is
RUSHED At THE CLOSE.

In Continuous Session for Twenty-Five
Hours-Turning Back the Clock-Gs-
henna Broken Loose-An Indescribabls
scene-Ths Speakers valedictory.
Once during every congress there is an
all-night session, which is q double ripper
q roarer, so to speak This is on the last
night of the last session, between the morn
ing Of the 80 Of March and noon on the 9Th
Of March. when that congress expires by
law. The house sits continuously for about
twenty -nve hours It is usually called At
IL O'Clock on the morning Of March and
lasts all day and all night until noon OF the
next day About fifteen minutes before
noon when the house is wild with excite
ment, haste, and anxiety, and business u
being rushed ike lightning express on .
down-grads, ono of the doorkeepers comes
in and walks up to the big clock directly
over the main entrance, that faces the
speakers chair. The speaker deliberately
turns away his head for five minutes while
the doorkeepsr turns the clock back as far
as he dare Then Gehenna breaks loose
Meanwhile, the senate, at the other end
Of the capitol, has even laid aside its dig
nifty and quiokened its solemn march to q
lively trot; the president OF the United
States, who, according to custom, has ar
rived at the capital about midnight, has
worked continuously all through the long
night hours at the big table in the presi-
dents room signing bills brought to him by
painting messengerA The speaker Of the
house has probably not LETT the chair for
moro than fifteen minutes at time during
hos 1o
has gone into the nearest cloak room to
snatch something to eat; he most likely has
not thought of sleep, and during all the
pandemonium has been saving himself for
that last terrible hour or 70 when the fate
of measures involving millions Of money,
involving hives and characters-have got
to DO decided
AN UNDERSTANDABLE SCENE
An Enslishman once, seeing = pension
bill appropria,ing SiOO,OOO,'WO rushed
through in this way, exclaimed: Great
God! What country" As the hands OF
the clock approach II O'Clock tho scene be-
comes indescribable The galleries are full
and obstreperous; sometimes the order Is
given to clear them Immediately. Early in
the evening there was much chat and
hilarity on the floor; now there is nothing
but anxiety, and always some bad blood
The speaker, if he be q speaker like Mr..
Carlisle or Mr.. Randall, sits unmoved amid
the uproar, holding the gavel in one hand
and his watch in the other Cries resOund,
interrupted every moment by q stentorian
voice shouting: "A message from the senate
of the United States!" instead OF the formal
bow customary on entering the presence OF
tho house the messenger merely ducks his
head to the speaker and comes lunging down
the aisle on dead run Men are on their
feet, gesticulating, shouting: Mr.. Speaker,
| ask but for one moment" For Gods
sake let me introduce this bill" members
will understand that am not to be driven
from the floor of this house," "Vote. Vote. !"
Suddenly in the midst Of this wildness
come two sharp raps of the speakers gavel
Every sound is instantly hushed-those two
raps are like the crack of doon-no use
shouting or appealing now. The speaker
voice is heard delivering his valedictory-
usually short In ten minutes all is over
That congress is dead to live no more. The
speaker is no longer speaker. The represen
tativss and senator's haggard and worn
throw themselves on the sofas to sleep OF
else into carriages to DO driven homa The
president and tho ex-speaksr come out Of
the capitol into the broad light Of monday
looking a. il they had been ON . week.
carouse There is nothing moro like it un
til that day two years. Washington Cor
Chicago News
Taking Water on the Limited Express.'
Just above Derry we take water on thu
| fly A tank about three by fifteen inchsx
filed with water, is laid between the rail.
for 900 or 400 feet A scoop on the tender
operated by the fireman by means Of q
lever, dips into this tank and tho speed Of
the train forces the water through "goos'
neck" pipe into the tender. Usually passen
ger trains SLOW up" for ia king water, but
today we have no time for that. The fire
man takes his position, firmly grasping the
lever and at a signal from the engineer
quickly jerks the scoop down into place
Great streams of water fly from under either
side of the tank, scattering every object
within fifteen feet
| Suddenly the lid covering the nanhole Of
the tank flies back and stream Ct water a.
thick as a mans wrist spurts even to the
top of the first car. The tank Is evidently
| full, and the fireman pulls the lever bach
securely fastening it in ri.ee One bit
terly cold night last winter . tramp 50
GREETED himself between the tender and bag
gage car. 10 tIAlu u1AU0 HI SOpS 0u0 LAC
was not noticed until Altoona was reached
when the inspectors found him frozen stiff
| and tight to the platform Of the car. Thu
| terrible drenchings be had received had
wetted him thoroughly, and, once under thu
fatal spell of cold, he was borne swiftly r
his last Philadelphia Press
An American BuyinE . Razor.
| Within the last year there has certainly
| been . great increase in the number Of per
| sons who shave themselves, II the sale Of
razors to individuals who are not barber,
| Is any indication Of such q fact English
| men, as . rule, attend TO their own tonsoria
| wants. and Americans are fast acquiring
| the same habit There is . great deal oil
difference experienced by a salesman in At
tempting TO dispose Of . razor TO an Amer
lean and when trying to soil one to An Eng
| lishman The latter simply inquiries for q
certain make and takes the first one b lay
his hands on il satisfied that the manu-
t factursrs name engraved upon the BLADE
| Is genuine The American whom be pur
| chases razor, be requires At least do1sr
| from which to make his choice, believing
that only one good one IL to Be found II
! twelve This is only . superstition thai
prevails among Americans, who must hav'