The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL JoKERs.
NES wuosE VIZ RxLEEvEp THx WEARY
aocRs OF nE3ATK

The long night sessions Of Congress
are hollow mockeries. or al least they
Hsei 10 be twenty years ago. and as hu-
uaza nature Vas much the sane then 2-
no<, il i safe to ssy that they are stiIl
aAz, stale and uaproiiable.
On the imporsan. questions ofthe day
there Is. Of course, not tine enough for
each cross roads member % a1fress the
hoase, and throash is reco-l The con
stitusary be hopes vii re-elect him, BIZ;
that constituency must have his views
For slch nns5reua1te gentlemen cls-
ton has est s5lIshed zn outlet kn0xa a.
leave 10 print Some districts are n
To the printing Of speeches in the Reed
and the member has - show th2; his
remarks were really issued. and orally.
For this uafortaaase the night session
was invented
Mr.. Speaker. a. the time i limited,
move that q night session BE- held This
from the Hocp-Tcle member Then some
leader who Is no, going to be eaz-h nap
pinE, sAys:
L understand tha, this IS only fsr de-
bate
~Oaly for dsbaie.-
Then tEzlst, Mr. Speaker, that there
will be no ob;ecfion-
Aad there isn't The menbsrs who
wish 70 be heard have promised Ike
sosd children only to talk. They vii
nos attempt to vote nor get into the pan
try aaer the pies. . they are al
lowed TO gst together in the even
Ing Frequently not more than tWo
dozen are present, and the zalleries are as
empty a. tramss interior, bat the small
fry talk
Sometimes the small fry ~ angry al
this neglect They insist on being actu-
ally Listened 70, and a there i 10 QUO
mn present, a -eall Of the h01se !
moved. That : really fna- Then the
sleepy FagS are wsked from their dreams
ca the generous stone steps where they
have fallen into heavy siEalteE AMI are
started in different diFso5ioE.s through
the toxin 10 hani up the irslaHiS Ihese
come m after a time from al directions
and are called to the bar of the hoase
where, ike refractory boys. they make
their excuses for zbssnce-
One instance in the memory q the W.
Ter who served as = page IL 81, occuTrei
when tbs new members we're particularly
inii,aan; al the neglect of the older
ones. 4 BIZ dinner, frzterHal On = faee
bat masking some political plsy. vas be-
ins held that night Al the residence of
Fernando Wool. Tsere we're present
Democrats and Republicans alike. To
this gathering PAGE Vas sent. Nith the
news that there Was cali TIE hoET
was II p N, and the revel was running
50 high that the little fellows rzps we've
nor heard at the door. He finally effect
ei az entrance through the dining-room
window which lo0kei ont into the street.
SOMEBODY Vas speaking when the boy
erep; in, and the sight Of = pase IL uni
form t0id the -1es1s the mes age Il onoe-
The boy wAs grabbed and PG-- aa ise ~
he. where the reEelie-s heli : nsocz
oozrt-nzrsiai on hiu. Daa voorhees,
was there. Ben RaileT, Inssssoll- Kerr. Of
Iniians, and q dozen other heavy
weights They de-iIei that Butler
should make the firs. excu-e at the bar
OF the house and. a. al Were in CON-
pany, they would follow his lead The
penalty for falling with an exc1ss safis-
fac.ory to the house vas I ire of Si1,
and there vas consequently. sone1hing
at stake on Ben's xi1. All hands gaieh-
81 him I.eEvoIssiy As be marched At their
head proa.lly Up . the bar All Eere IN
fall dress, aud a finer 10: of eglprifs it
would have been very d.ihSalt 10 have
found
swhas Is your exs1se = said the
speaker
Ny exease, Nr. SPEAKER. is here.
said the Mzssach1ss.is statesman. AMI
with sizs IL F-ot1oei oFisp sl0hiil
and handel II u the clerk- Tae oh fel-
lor ct.1cElei a. hs walked al b MS
s5at. They were bi-is Of feather. aas
Il oaly took moment for the JOKE %
dawn on the others Of the party. The
sIe-b5lls came blithely up, but the smi,es
49, xa--- ra-zfar-arsz
That was great congress for iakszs
II was gathering Of vii Mas FSAia-
then in the very prime q his ability
and popularity, e-ei 70 spend many
hours On the door. -1sst u tise mea.-
hers It was tke yezr. tosa. that Proctor
knost made his great Duluth s5.sech, the
only thing Of the kind that i.e es,er pub
hey dif 20 win him reputation q 4 VII
h1s he was one naturally, and was
most entertaining talker IN eo1ve-slfi5n-
Good dressing couldn't make him l01k
in style 4 cat Was demOralixed a soon
a. he put il on and hung, rather than
sat upon him. His hair vas why AEd
unruiy and there w4s oz.e Fsfrsoi0-y lock
thai persisted IN hanging down oa his
farzhe.la- Ina m1sssche, so8. vas s,rl.-
slv. These things AL aife3 - his eoH-
iual appearance The face, however, vas
nicely Eloielei and intelligent ami dlr-
Ing al Of that Duluth edort Proctor new
er smiled The galleries hiiei bsf-s he
tAlke1 fifteen minutes Msa cans from
all Departments, and the Senate vs. de-
ser,ei The news spre4a IKE 4 prairie
nTe. ba. Knott izlkesi on in his easv
eoIIoquizi Ezy, and With . draxl Ike a
Niger end man
He was q wonderful man with his
pencil, too His facaliy far cariexturiHg
was unexcellei by Mast, and Knott was
a ngeh more accgrsts drsnshtssnan- On
Que OCCASION Scheaek, then chairman of
the WAYS and means oomnitsee, was
talking on protection He Vas making
very effective speech, when 2 paper be-
gan 70 circulate throagh the h0a=e
perceysible sziekeF foll0zed Ia is wake,
and this soon caught the attention Of
the general and 80 ezaharrzssed him that
. friend Was obliged to ask f5r orSer-
TIE paper Was rafting earicature by
Knott II WAS Schenck IN his favorite
attitude, and represented him stamping
ont the free trade flies that we're attract