Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-02-13
and had not been excused. succeeded in getting

and had not been excused, succeeded In getting
call OF he house. The serRe nt-at-arms was
sent FOR the missing machine. dealer.
Then he razzle dazzle began In earnest. The
minutes passed and then the hours, and still
the aca,l. continued and the sergeant at arms
came not. Songs were sung to while away The
hours. Capt Brown of Grand Forks, tho old
gentleman with the pleasant voice, told in
pathetic 3 verse 7 Of the aavensaEes Of The Rag
hibs Joined with The Resubs in inserting I'VE
won't 10 home till morning. The story Of
"Bihgo." the millers white dog that "iay on the
mill floor" was told in stanzIs Of remarkable
similarity.
John Browns body marched to chorus tones Of
more volume than elegance. Col. Axvig sang
lhe Death Of Jim Fisk. Jr., and ANYBODY and
whelmed by his modesty was nude to come to
the front. The power and sweetness OF voice
ranged from that of the dying swan to that Of
quantity that which was lacking In quality.
AT last the aargeant-at-arms appeared. He
looked weary and disappointed. He said he had
found al the absent and excused" ones except
MIR. Williams: but, as the Litter was the only
member coming wi, hin that,categorv, the speak
er gave him two assistants and told him TO 20
forth and seek further
The urper body had adjourned at an early
hour, and the senators occupied the house gall
lery at the beginning Of the fivhf. intensely In
terested in th. outcome. About 6:3O O'clock
the members began to get hungry, and the
house restraurant was well patroni1ed.
Every once In while q motion TO dispense
with proceedings under the call was made, re-
cnnded and nut: out of the thirty-two neces.
sary 10 carry 1t. only twenty-six could be OBJ
lainod.
After o'clock Tue sdav morning tho fun in
creased, and there was no end to 1t. A cornet-
ist was imported and together with he coons
they nude things right merry, and few at.
| mpts to dispose OF the roll call were sand
wi he'd in, but nO hug else done. light
breakfast was smuCglcd IN at z and the dance
went on. Al 9:2O Tuesday morning the train
brought five OF the absentees and anotuer roll
call was had. he 25th attempt to dissolve q
noon on Tuesday was lost, only 20 voting for 1t,
Three seree.nt-at arms were out after Will
llams. the minority man on the committee.
1t Ia currently reported that there was more
liquor punished at the capitol Monday night
| than at any day during the senatorial fight at
the Sheridan. 1t IL said that tve CASES OF beer
and ten gallons of whisky ran down the throat q
of those who stayed at the capitol through the
night. The resubmisslonisls claim they have
got Lhe necessary 33 votes, but this is denied by
the opp osil1on. aud nothing but Showdown
will tell.
Williams. the missing member, appeared at
2:OS y m. tuesday and the roll call was dis
pensed with. A motion To clnch vote on the
adoption Of the report Of the committee TO inde-
hnitcly postpone resubmBsiOn was lost by 81
| ayes TO 80 nays. The house then adjourned,
but immedia ely reconvened aud the chapiain's
prayer was full OF prohibition. Mr.. Lutz rose
| to question of privilege and roasLed the
| preacher for praying politics. A motion to au-
jJurn was lost.
The ballot to reconsider tho vote ou indefn-
1telv pOstponing resuDmissiou was finally car
ried by ono majority. A call of the house was
demanded Ali we're found in but Bea dsey,
whom the scrgeant-at- arms went out hunting.