Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-04-11

NO. lC.
parties have sometimes to give to get into
/! power. Laughter and applause AND
we will go home, every one of us, with g
public building renewed laughter; and
l wish to take this opportunity to say
that have myself the most meritorious
ter and applause.
Yes, sir, we will legislate, and there
| will be no rules to impede us. We will
sit here and pass bills. We will take
| home rivers and harbors to our constitu-
ents.
We will pay off all claims against the
government and advertise for new ones.
We will meet everybody's demands and
make everybody happy. In this new
era of proceeding under general parlia-
| mentary law" all past rules of the house
| thrown up as breastwork for the pro
lection of the treasury will be swept
aside.
Sir,I hope nobody supposes mean to
reflect on any one when l say there is
going to be glorious time for the lobby.
Every system has its development. Seen
eral parliamentary law" is now but in its
embryonic state; it will gradually de-
! velop; it will grow; it will expand; men
| will take advantage of it as they learn its
| possibilities, and it will come to pass with
in the next quarter of century that the
| lobbyist will have his calling exceedingly
| cheapened and exceedingly simplifed.
| He will not be obliged to go through
this house putting checks into the peck
cts Of members, as a distinguished gen.
tleman once did, putting them where
they will do the most good. Great
laughter and applause on the Democratic
| side.]
oMN1PoTENCE OF THE SPEAKER.
The speaker passes bills; the speaker
! makes up the journal laughter and ap-
plause]; the speaker approves the jour
| nal. Renewed laughter and applause. ]
Within twenty-five years the lobbyists
will come here, not to waste their efforts
| ON the members, but to ''see" the speaker,
a much cheaper and more effective way
of lobbying, illustrating the great princi-
pie of political economy to which my
friend from Texas Mr.. Millsl has given
his later life, that you may cheaper the
cost of production and at the same time
increase the wages of labor. Applause
on the Democratic side of the house.
Now, my friends on the other side, do
not hesitate to go on; press the advantage
you have now, for, in the language of
the market, you have got us exceedingly
''short" on general parliamentary law"
Laughter and applause on the Demo-
cratic side. Use your power while you
have it. Do not stop because sometimes
there may be mild hammered protest
against your action from this side of the
house. Laughter and applause on the
Democratic side. Keep right on. Do
not be alarmed because of the angry
ebullition of my friend from Illinois Mr..
Springer]. [Laughter.] 1t is only a lit
tie jealousy on his part. He claims to
know little something of general par
liamentary law" himself. But, above
all, do not allow your sympathies to be
aroused and your kindness of feeling
stirred up by the sweetness and light of
my ''child like and bland" friend from
Missouri. [Renewed Laughter and ap-
plause. On with the dance!
Ny friend Mr.. Butterworth, in one of
his speeches here, and listen to them
all with great interest, ikened his party
to the great train of progress in this
country. Let me adopt his figure and
urge you to move onward: nobody can
sit upon the COW catcher more graceful
ly than he. What heroic figure will
the speaker present standing with his
hand upon the throttle! The gentleman
from Ohio Mr.. Mckinley will make a
great conductor, while my friend from
Illinois Mr.. Cannon] will have the I'M
disputed place of fireman. daughter
and applause Sir, do not think !
ought to man this train without doing
something for my judicially minded
friend from Illinois Mr.. Payson].
have thought of him, and from his alac-
rity in laying things upon the table
think he would make splendid grand
master of the buffet. Laughter
But, gentlemen, before you move fur
ther along the course your speaker is now
SO furiously driving you, let me call to
yOuA 4CACllOIcACO d fCloC VI Cildt
good old book in which it is clear
my friend from Ohio Mr.. Butterworthl
was carefully trained in his boyhood,
wherein it is related that when Moses
cast his rod upon the ground it became a
serpent and he fled from before it. And
SO say to you, overthrow the methods
of procedure which the wisdom of the
past has carefully established for the
safe and orderly guidance of this body;
open and smooth the way for the lobby
to reach the peoples treasury; discard
the safeguards heretofore thrown around
the rights of the minority on this floor
and bring in your general parliament
tary law" your new and improved rules
in place of those which have heretofore
protected both the people and the peo-
pies money, and, my word for it, they
will turn into serpents before your eyes
and, like Moses, you will flee from be-
fore them long before this session ends.
Loud and prolonged applause on the
Democratic side]
Fruit in Asia.
The bamboo is still grown in Pekin with the
aid of good shelter, moisture and favorable
soil, but it is not found naturally growing In
the forests in North China, as was its habit
1900 years ago. 1t grows now in that part of
the empire as a sort of garden plant only, so
far as is known at present. 1t is in Szechuan
that the southern fora reaches farther to the
northward. Oranges flourish there under the
protection of high mountains and, with the
aid of the mild climate there enjoyed, so also
the lichen is found there In the neighbor-
hood of Shanghai oranges do not grow in the
open air, nor can the trees weather the winter
unprotected except on the island of Struggling,
in the great lake near Soochow.-New China
Herald.
Games of the Barbarous Tcherkess.
All the Tcherkess games and dances are Of
a warlike nature. One of the most pictur-
esque sights you can imagine is a Tcherkess
fete, when these tall, dark skinned men,
handsome and muscular, with their swords
and poniards drawn, execute their favorite
dance, the Lesginka around fire, which,
with its red glare, lights up their strong feat