The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-17
ITS FUNERAL WAS HELD.
Lively Row Among the Mourners at
Newport To-day.
THOUGHT HIMSELF WHOLE PARTY
Was Charge Made Against Colonel Honey
by Indignant Member -Resolutes
Resoluted by the Quorumless Body
Governor Is an Anarchist
THOUGHT HIMSELF WHOLE PARTY
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.

NEWPORT, Aug 1.-THE trump" house
met this morning TO attend its own
funeral. Some twenty-eight mourners
assembled IN the house OF representa-
tives, most Of them being
the Providence and Newport
contin gent. Arm In arm with himself
Co'onei Hone fiocked up to the State
H. use all alone. and was greeted by a
silence SO dense that he cut Off sample
10 take home and preserve.
Speaker Oven an,bled up TO his seat
amid n painful silence. ani The News re-
porter was informed that the
apparently strained relations between
the mourners was due to the
fact that the Newport CHIEF had been
seriously considering the feasibility or
adopting the rules Of the Fifty-secondcon-
gress, providing Speaker Owen did not
show up.
The gallant colonel had an idea that he
aud the Newport crowd were entitled TO
be consi de red candidates for the first car
riage, considering the fact that single
hancei aud alone they had held the fort
for two long weeks.
Some of the ProTidencs delegates kick
el. One man broke over the party traces
entirely and upbraided the colonel.
Look here, Honey, don't you get too
gay with the party. Don't mistake your
self for the entire Democracy. You are
decidedly a back number now and out at
the binding" s.etssaa
The gallant colonel was taken by sur
prise at this revolt. but the Providence
men were firm, and retreat was ordered
by Colonel Honev, led by himself.
At 1l:45 Speaker Owen called the rump
organization to order.
The roll call was dispe used with to pre-
vent the discovery of no quorum being
present. u
The steering committee then withdrew
TO the senate chamber.
They wanted to wrestle with the best
method of conducting the obsequies in
the most decorous fashion.
Soon after they sent gut for reinforce
ments aud the house jOined then in a
caucus. IN
They had better success, though they
evidently bad had a monkey and parrot
time OF it.
On the reassembling OF the house repre-
Sc tatlve George 4. Brown Of Providencs
arose and addressed the gathering.
Like u windmill his arms revolyed
and his f,ce grew dark and
stern as he began reading windy
resolution recting the facts AS
he saw them through Democratic specta-
tacles He grew pathetic as he
told Of the forlorn. hope that
had endeavopd to do its duty
after the senate in 'revolutionary"
manner had adjourned. Adjourned
Without performing TIE duty or counting
the votes cast in the last state election
and without electing officers and fill
offices not filled by the voice Of the peo-
ple."
Broad grins spread over the faces of
the Newport members as they
called to mind their arduous
duties of the past ten weeks. as they
thought of the days on which they had.
in twos and thi ees, met an | adj )urled.
The long resolution moind up with
these clauses: "Tbat the hanse of repre-
sentatives regard the act OF the governor
and senate as revolutionary aud tending
TO anarchy.
That the house of representatives take
recess until the fourth Tuesday In jan
uary whe it will met at the state house
In Providence at IL O'CLOCK la the mora
ing.
The resolution was adopted and the
rump OF gauIzation then adjourned
During the entire time Colonel Honey
sat nervously lingering his watch chain
and not one work escaped his lips
With rolemn and gloomy faces abe
quorumless body adjourned itrelf and
Tue out-of-town delegates welt to the
beach and watched the bathers.