The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-03
II oBECT.s
A summer Nights Session Of ~
Hoase Of Representatives.


down rsfileSSfy giving HarnxsE ,Iat u l
would IL A~e 70 stay indoors When !
evening es@se. with = resszess spirit |
from Iars al exercise, | wznasrea eat
uy-pn Pennsylvania sseaue, near BY
A light high up IN the ar. more bril-
liant shan the brightest star, shoae
from che east. II was FROM the doine
81 The eapitaI. nearly Tssiie distant
The house waS in session. The MEM
hers nox that the dog<iay- have
n,,.riy came have become industrious.
an3 not content with the regular day
session. must hokd night sessions a.
ssl "a there xas an object 70 walk
r. an. get some needed exercise IN the
cool Of the evening.
rnt.ring the gallery Of the house. an
uproar greats.s the ear The house
had got into = wraBxEe. Il object.
u oislect,' n object :" Il obleet
came from halt dozen in one breath
.Mr. Speaker NJ. syeaksv Mr.
SyrkgFs n from a dozen at time on
the fioos AZ once Pound, pound
pound with the gaxel until surely the
desk esu he split wide open linen
turn the gavel 10 tap. tap. tap. WILL
TsE HoTsE CONF - ORDER. ~ the
top OF hi voice. half king. ball fret
fuily, hall commanding, Sith the other
half angriiy will. TBs HOUSE come
20 order. or The HOUSE WILL eofae
to order. only they wouidn Z and did
not, bat kept ON shouting Mr.. speak
srt's Mr.. S,ssakSYfH s+ME- SFEAEEg
aMR. SPEAKER and danslly
in half an hour by the CLOCK
.! disatory motions motions 20 adj
lourn: to 20 into committee OF the
whole 10 rise % a point of order: 10
a parliamentary inquiry 20 anything
and everything other than that 10
business. the first bill on the calendar
i called. II demand the reading OF
the hill y SAYS one. II object says
another. Another l. read hy title. II
object - shouted a member. What
po.sible objection TO that bill. says
The member desiring its passage. 1t
has been passed BY the court OF claims,
and only needs the sanction OF con-
greSs 10 appropriate the money-been
standing now y wears. Il don't care.
Sonehody objected 10 my bill" No.
No, No. | VIII xoT withdraw. An
other = read BY title Al object,
came out deliberate -zni so on
through the weary interpreted
with motions 10 ad srn, divisions,
finally ending for tn roll call OF the
ayes and nays. and n point OF order
mo quorum
| left in disgust. win the words on
| my lips. y object. Amy American
citizen ought 10 objectp Twensy-seyen
| wears a mans money, had been due.
| lie dead and his widow asking only
for that acknowledged TO I've due, when
| n abject" from one member and the
| wheels OF legislation are stopped. the
| whole nights, session i expended IN
| 1proaF, wraugling and diiaioFy mo-
tons and i psf nothing done. -Four
thousand bills on the calendar undis-
| posed Of and more coming IN every
| day. and still # object from any one
| aisgruntled member ont of JIG and
the jig Is up" for that measure.
| Twenty years, repeated as
| walked down the avenue back 20 my
| apartments, p years and yet one
| single objection from one single mem
her. made out ol spite against another
| member, and the hspes OF justice
blasted. protest that there mast
| be something wrong somewhere that
| such a state of attairs can be tolerated
not only for the moment, not only for
the session. bat Tor the century. Il
| obiert" u the gliutessence OF tS-
| justice crime, and vet 20 under
take To fiS the responsibility or name
| the remedy, The undersigned would be
| compelled 20 remain silent.
| ii two propositions we're laid before
| iue 81 choose sidcs for a wager, say one
to start from the top 81 Mount Rainier
| and descend upon a toboggan until Wa
ter WAS reached OF sufficient volume 10
| Goat down the waters OF one OF the
| rivoFs issuing out OF the glaciers OF
| that great Father of rivers % Puget
| Sound, or that ether hazardous prupo-
| sitiun OF getting bill through congress.
| which a. choose between, or expect
ing Is accomplish in safety and be on
| the winning side. there might reason
| ably be hesitation ia deciding
| IL would take nore than book 20
| write the fun history Of hlli through
congress Il Weald take volumes with
| chapters ~ numerous as the sands OF
| the beach suppose Ne jlst outline
| the heating 81 some Of tie volumes
! not descending into the particulars %
| charter the first Inception Of
che idea. the drawing OF the hin
the frs; kick in the committee,
the TRANSPORTATION tyet IN the
| commiticel the total humiliation
\ and now beginning end OF period
first Then comes period two in sub
/ committee me- quoalH: gone out Of
| town on leave uf ah-spee. win see
| about it next week aoa't think there
f. any time for that this session. II ct
nae see. what's BECOME of that bill. any
how think l mast have lott il over 81
| the room; finally about IN the tcnth
| period the measure may have arrived
| IN the committee I'll tat.cTcj and torn.
| yet ROW only ]u,s ready 60 be plwcted
! and punched and hustled ahout by
tWcniy-Six mcn by turns. hr.j . ouc
| end and then The other Wing Of the
| capital In period abogt fort y-sevcntA-
| iy, the prail Of the resurrection is
| made manifest; for y0ur IRE sure, that
has hcen euifetet aha8t and Killed 4
| dozen times. al ~ once energies into
| the light of dav-a mes existence. into
/ just tie beginning # life
/ Then COMES the brief periol 81 'On
/ the table. The Icing sICeP en- thc cal
eudar," the integminabie vortex or
transition state 81 amendment. Il
perhanee r. has got past tie "Dbiec-
| il0n period. az Il l. ever even gets 10
III. fos there are either restraining
powers more potent thsg even that ~
| 1 object
pnc W.zht write all night or the
Whole week ~ Hkp difficulties % he
| encountered 81 the ta u,rn that ran
have their say. e8eh with his own
I views often embracing opportunity
oi naki0g q sises-,si Tor g distant CON
sti+ueney wbetheF she same hal the
rumcssst bearing 81 nut uTsin thc sut-
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