The Helena independent., 1889-11-27
DIsCONsOLATE RuNps
No One to Pray for Them and the Outlook
"a Dreary One

| breary one.
The rnmps had fair sized audience yss.
terday afternoon when they met al ?
O'Clock. Sanders was in the lobby. accom-.
panied 10y his friend. Gen. Lester S. Will
son. OF Bozeman. Senator Hedges came in
shortly after Witter got his aggregation in
order Bernard WAS there gazing around
with complacent smile at the members
Ihe proceedings were opened without
prayer, the chaplain-elect having declined
10 do any praying for the the rumps. Some
oil the members do not seem TO care very
much about the matter and treat il lightly
1t did not take the chief clerk very LONG Ia
lrs read the minutes OF Mondays proceedings.
lhen the report of the select committee on
rules was called up and the rumps went
INTO committee uf the whole TO consider the
roles by which they propose 10 govern Them
selves, Wltter called un Cory TO take the
char, but Cory didn't want il. lie snid he
wanted Ia do some talking ON the suhiect
anu asked 10 he excused from presiding
over The committee. MItter stood up. pnzed
over the aggregation for some one TO step up
hnd take hold of the tlller Loud of
custer, who LOOKS as If lie would make a
good chairman, seemed 10 Impress Witter
fayorahly and he asked the representative
to take the CHAIR. Loud got up. hesitnted
ana then also asked tu hc excused Ihouiu-
sou of silver Row. who has had same ~
potience IA that line was ii"sli- 'ua-lvu %
take epubuliud. ut had discarded his light
oycrcont and WIS trlppcd for business. lie
Ia tite d,aA whlck. looked around and
stlrtcd IN "a read the rules, section 10y Sec
tion IN q munoiuuous drone. Here some of
the crowd iu the lobby got up, shuiliUd the
chairs around ana went out lnlO tLr fresh
air, The funis hung over their desks and
trlrd to follow the reading. Some leaned
Their he4ds ON the fresh white walls and
gHed ut the co!liu- and varied their intel
lcciual occupation 10y scratching their heads.
chewing lead pencils and trying to look
through the duty window piues. Ii looked
like the interior of a country school house
on droNsy summer afternoon with the
scholars hllt asleep aud the pedaguguc
lighting the flies of OF hIs bald pate.
After "A while they got tired and arose.
Witier again got On the quarter deck and
| lrrked the tlllcr hard TO stArbOard and con-
menced To read of the regulAr order of
business. Things liyened up little and
some more people went out. Somebody
wanted change aud moved for a recess of
fifteen MINUTES. Thus woke up three oi
four morr VINO were dreaming of home and
/ - thanksgiving dinner. Bat 1t wa no gu-
the crew wouldn't recess. ihcn commit
tee reported saying that II had examined
two places where suitable accommodations
might br hnd. One uf the places was En-
core hall on Clore street. The rent would
/ be $50 per month, with two committee
rooms thrown in. bat Monday and Wednes-
day evenings were to be Reserved for
the usc uf the Eucore club. lhe
| other place WIS the hall fnrurrlV
occupied by the \. NJ. G. \. as an nssernbly
hall IN the Granite block un Main street.
| The rent would ho fl2i per month. but the
proprietor Il. Ii. klcinschuidt. wanted Il
understood that Il the rump, lclsed Il tn
must do So Tor ninety days. and make An
appropriation tn Uay the rent. rhe report
Nas received aud will br taken up again,
unless thr twenty five lnwiuay electcd re-
pubhcnus go az 10 the court house, where
| tuCy belong.
lhc committee uf seven IT, which was re-
| fcrred the repo,t of the committee ap-
pointed TO wait uu the governor are still
struggling With the job. They skod for
further time yesterday afternoon. which
was cheerluly granted.
| Loud wanted the house to adjourn until
| 10 O'Clock this morning, but the rumps
would not hngo IL, nutwithstand NJ
Thompson made plea for those who want
! O. set away this afternoon m time to spend
Thanksgiving AT home.
BRAY, who doesn't seem 10 feel secure N
his saat hohAed up with piece ot pager un
his Innd. WINCH. he sad. was % rrs1lutilu
md which he wanted adoptcd that the
sp llAcr appoint % committee un privileges
and elections. Thompson iunisuod hm
with second with The understandings he
siid. that uJue of the hyu Illegal, from
Nllyor Bow should serve 0n the c1,umrtire.
bfuy's Restitution Wa. tllen lU4d un t-O table
without any uhatp.
I'VE want 10 hear from the committee
appointed u wat on thp chaplain" called
out "a rump. Mttr asked kubvrts IT be
was ready tu report. The committee got up
slowly, sl2od up the crowd iu therear of the
hall ana comincucod 10 make q verbal re
port, which could hardly be heard, when he