Telegram-herald., 1891-03-07

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IL Il ha.sa eAls for re4aleg Of lae
rea4gt. sl2a sae sing song r la- clsrz .
s.gzll hsaf1 los sone ten er twelve n4in
ates. dartng wAscA ~ eae except Ar
MeAllAa listens k3laIy SIR Fayseu
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90 hll wsl be rs 81 ~ ~ g5rve geatle-
u-eh Feprss 4lgog Jae house and t1-ree
Essir~aea L.slss she - "a ga--''tas ase@sg Nay
H. the eog.d - effect legislation. sAy
tce s2 ss-rlsafed
New comes another claim L i 4
biI whica has Larss times passed con
sfers ana been three times Yetlsd. -
Eslt43aIss Sew Easi4aI arm Gor issssrs
ilc-gel "a .le battling " easaaas f1s
gaGsoAss G-rlag gs-s war. or rather 10
giTe tie cour- ot claims juflsiclioa
Cver the ea-e but IL Is ciaa. and tLs
economists 80 nog iu--o1 .g shLl 20
thrOush Il they can help Is The Iae,n-
ber who chan. piaus IL IS arctor0l - the
Lec,zrs anl D.s1 s-fod ly Ile balsers M
II LAo uos4riy loses LIS Ielap-r. Ia LUenly
or tAirty minutes vote il reached. Tie
question Is. Snail ths previous question
oe ordered" Those IL favor sang o.t
ave, an. tacse opposed shout "n0."
A division Is called for, aaI the
speaker takes rs gavel by the BIZ enl
and counts q gAtY tJur gentlemen Who
have risaa - their feet The yeas VIII
oe seasta4 and the nays VIII rise The
chslg Wal count all gentlemen st4ndi-s."
Boo bob. bob. go7s the handle OF the
gsvel, IN synchronoas movement with
the nod ling Of the speakers head, and
then the aHnouncc1nsns, "On this ques-
tion the yeas are 81 and the nsys are -.
and the previous question Is ordered"
stu the opponents Of the Dill are not
satisfied, and they call for the yeas and
nays. the stranger IA the gallery mean
wnlie rsfasl- king, "IIOw many times do
they want 10 vote on one proposition
anyway" The yeas and nays are Or
dcred, and the clerk begins: Mr. Alb
bottr' Mr. Aaamsr' Mr. Alderson!"
Mr. Allen. OF Michisanr' "Mr. Allen,
of Mississippi and on and on for forty
minutes. Result same as votes al
ready taken; the previous question is or
dered. But the opposition Is not willing
10 yield. \ second roll call is demanded
on the question of third reading Of tho
bill Forty minutes more. A third roll
call follows on n motion 70 recommit the
bin 10 the committee on war clair,s with
instructions. Forty minutes more. 4
fourth roll call on the passage of the bill.
Forty minutes more; and after the use of
loo minutes Of time tho bill is passed.
An Indian reservation bin next is
thrown out 10 the ravenous pack. 1t re-
quires twenty minutes to read and No
one listens. Amid the discussion which
follows clapping Of hands is heard, and
members drop their eternal letter writ
ing. suspend their conversation, pick
themselves up from the sofas and easy
chairs, and rush forward ike boys
Fastening 10 deg fight. Mr.. Vaux.
the picturesque member from Philadel-
phis. is defending the city and state of
William Penn from aspersions cast by
some rogursh member, who with malice
and forethought had stirred up the elo-
quent and emphatic Quaker.
Finally at O'clock, after a contlnu-
ous session Of FIVE hours, in which very
little has been accomplished, the house
goes into committee of the whole house
on the state of the Union" the post
Office appropriation bill being under con-
sideration. You have read of this com
mittee Of the whole" have you not,
reader? But do you know what it is,
The house, considered in parliament
itself into simple committee. All the
members Of the house are members of
the committee, but the rules governing
the latter are not In many important
particulars the rules of the house.
For instance, a vote cannot be taken
by yeas and nays-roll call-in the com
Tittee. as in the house. In committee,
when the result of a standing vote is not
satisfactory, tellers may be demanded;
and if tellers are ordered, which may be
done By small number Of members. the
chairman Of the committee-a member
called to the chair by the s1eaker-ap-
points two men 20 stand at the head IF
the main aisle and count members as
they pass through. first those In the
Affirmative and then those in the mega
tive.
So the house goes into committee OF
the whole, reads the postoifice appro-
pFiation bLl. discusses it in short speech
"a more OF less intereresting. and thus
Fpends the remainder OF the afternoon.
Not more than a dozen members take
part IN tho discussion. AID from behind
the screens n the rear Of the hall loud
laught.r Is often heard. aud now and
then a sleepy member yawns with an
All ob' y0uf' Six o'clock arrives. all
but forty Or fifty members have gone
home 70 their dinners am the only
newspaper man left in the gallery. ard
finally. % my relief and every ones. the
committee Tlses. Speaker Reed CONES IN,
taxes the gavsl, raps with a langud air,
the chairman of the committee Of the
whole Tepor-s 90 hin what has been
done. or rather what has not been done,
a doorkeepeT rousss two or three sleep
ia< staseszaan from the sofas, aud tns
hosse sdjovrns.
WATER WETLxAy.
variable weather.