, 1888-03-11
THE WIND UP.
Idle Members Hold High Carnival
All Night.
Throwing Portable Light Articles
Everywhere.
Dignity Thrown to the Winds and
All are Happy.

1t is a matter of record that the last
night of the session of each legislative
assembly shall be a ''corker." On these
occasions the members are forced tospend
several hours in the halls simply waiting,
and the methods resorted to in sanguine
efforts to kill time never fail to cause
establishment an inch deep 10 settle on the
countenances OF the INITIATED. Imagine
the most digniied member of the assem-
bly, crawling under half a dozen seats to
post himself at a point of vantage from
which to hurl a bundle of waste paper at
another philosopher.
The fun was fast and furious from l
O'Clock yesterday morning until the hour
of adjournment. Preceding the inaugu-
ration of the bombarding festivities there
was some really good chorus singing. Mr..
Adams was induced to dance the sailors
hornpipe and was rewarded with pro-
longed applause.
While the audience stood spellbound by
the graceful movements of the gentleman
from Laramie, Mr.. K~uykendall quietly
ensconced himself in the gallery and at an
ions upon the heads of his unsuspecting
countrymen. War commenced in earnest
then. Papers, books and other light arti-
cles, including cumbersome cushions, filed
the air and the battle cries awakened the
more sedate councilmen across the hall.
A battalion, led by Mr.. Adams, gave a
life-like representation of the doughty
Napoleon raiding the chamber of depu-
ties. ousting Speaker Pease as the presid.
ing officer of Johnny Crapeau's congress.
The gentleman from Albany county could
scarcely have survived had the swords of
his assailants been metal instead of wood.
Gen. Kuykendnll called a council of
war after a street car load of sandwiches
had been stored properly. The moving
spirits decided to storm the council cham
Der. Bravely they marched across the
hall singing that soul stirring melody
John Browns body, and confident that
victory would be theirs. Alas, the ma
jority failed to prevail. The giants OF
the upper house, led by Messrs. Hadsell
and Guernsey, repulsed the enemy with
out loss. The house adopted new tactics,
and making a grand rush captured and
brought into camp Messrs. Symons and
Hadsell of the opposing force.
The prisoners were closely guarded and
another charge of the light brigade made.
This engagement resulted quite disastri-
ously, MIR. Sutherland unwilliugly buttcd
an aperture through a window, Mr.. Kuy-
kendall brushed his hand against the wall
and losing several square inches of cuticle:
Mr.. Weaver was thrown against a railing
and both fell; while Mr.. Adams was
nearly floored by u blow with one of the
deadly mattresses. Scufling ceased for a
time and speech making, singing and
marching served to shorten the weary
hours until breakfast time.
After the morning meal numerous
friendly rough and tumble encounters
were witnessed and thoroughly enjoyed by
participants and spectators. Tho appear
ance Of Secretary Shannon was greeted
with howls of delight. The gentleman
was Justify cheered by his friends, but
was appalled, at the bedlum which had
obtained in the usually neat and well ar
ranged rooms. The hyacintbe on Presi-
don't Riner's chair was the only object in
either hall remained in its natural condi-
ton The rooms were terribly Uttered,
but nothing damaged during the testivi-
ties.