The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
TALES TO CAUSE A SMILE.
a SnOOzinS Chairman AdjOuTlS the
House With a Rush.


Veterans Comment on the Hauling
Down of the Flag.
Washington. Jan. "A very amusing
thing occurred in the session ofthe House
Friday night. The night sessions are for
debate only and while this tariff debate
is goingon, the House is in what is known
as 1.-THE committee of the whole House
This so-called committee is not presided
over by the speaker, but by a chairman.
When it is desired TO end a session of the
committee, a certain formality has to be
gone through with. Some one on the floor
moves that the committee rise and report
TO the House. At this juncture the chair
man gives way to the speaker, who takes
the chair, the chairman makes report
to the speaker iwho is then in the chair)
and then a motion 10 adjourn is in order.
A motion to adiourn cannot be made until
the committee of the whole House gives
way to the House.
Last Friday night Mr.. Brookshire, of
Indiana had been designated by the
speaker TO act as speaker, and Mr. Nc
Kaig, of Maryland, was acting as chair
man of thecommittee of the whole House.
AS the session was specially for debate,
emit. and as the night wore on. these
gradually dwindled away. Finally Mr..
Waugh of Indiana, was speaking; the
speaker pro tenn. was sitting at desk
patiently waiting until time for the com
mittee TO rise and the House to resume
and adjourn
THE CHAIRMAN SHOOTING.
The chairman was in the chair, with
his head sunk upon his shoulders, as it
had fpf m hour sAevuppflyr 6raq mi IN, o
the happy hours away" Nobody was in
the hall except those three members, the
clerk and two or three pages.
Mr.. Waugh having concluded, Mr.. Brook
shire went up to the slumbering chair
man, and poked him in the side to wake
him. The chairman was only partially
aroused, and not fully compreheuding the
situation, exclaimed; "The House is ad-
1ourned." Mr.. Brookshire tried to explain
the situation to him, but, without fully
awaking, Mr.. McKaig broke for the door
Nothing was left but for Mr.. Brookshire
to take the chair without the fOrmality
of the supposed committee arising, When
he did so, and looked around for some
body to move that the House adjourn,
there wasn't single member left, for
MIR. Waugh had vamOosed as soon as he
finished his remarks, and Mr.. Mckaig
was gone. Mr.. Brookshire hastily
grabbed page by the arm and told him
TO run after Mr.. Mckaig, and bring him
back. The page started on the run and
succeeded in overhauling Mr.. McKaig
Just as was going out of the
capitol door, and brought him back
When he got back, he was awake
and solemnly moved that the House
do now adjourn. The speaker protein as
solemnly put the motion, and declared it
carried and the House adjourned. Ut
terly ignoring the dignity of the occasion,
ia g,1A 11T.N II
division but it was too late. The two
members composing the House, went out
in the best shape possible under the cir
cumstances.
TERRY TELLS STORY.
Mr.. Terry, of Arkansas, says that that
procedure reminded him of the way his
uncle did, in the oldeu time, when he was
taking part in amateur theatricals
During the progress of the play it was
necessary for him to die, and then the at
tendants were to carry the corpse
the right time, but the attend
ants failed to come to time, and let the
corpse lie there on the floor; and the cur
tain was lowered until il fell right across
the body of the alleged deceased. AS the
curtain pole was heavy, the corpse
couldn't endure it, but raised his head
and said to the audience: Ladies' and
kNAN4GAACls ~ W do AnLtlluGu Jndb SHOULD
be treated with the respect due corpse
and be carried off the stage; but them
darned galoots don't know their business,
and I'll have to crawl off ;" which he pro
ceeded to do with the sbest grace he
could.
LAUGH ON KYLE.
Speaking of MIR. Terry reminds me of
this one on him. He said to MIR Kyle, of
Mississippi, the other day: "Kyle, used
IN live in MiCeissippi horn
and tried to live among your sand hills,
but 1t was too poor, and had to move to
Arkansas Mr.. Kyle responded, in that
peculiar drawl of his: "Ya-a-s, Terry /;
but say, what was your name when you
lived in Mississippi" The crowd laughed,
and Mr.. Terry had to set 'em up to cigars.
STORY ON BLoUNT.
Representative Hatch, of Missouri,
has just arrived after a long spell of
sickness. The bluff Missourian told his
good story to ex-Minister Blount when
they met to-day Said he: There is an
old gentleman in my district whom | met
few days ago, who wanted to talk about
the Hawaiian matter He asked me who
is this man BlOunt that was sent over to
Hawaii2 told him knew you, and that
you were a good man, and from
Georgia. Said he: rs he an old rebel,
like me and you, generate / told him yes
eral, you tell him from me that he ought
not to have hauled down that flag 1t
won't do. We tried that hard for four
years, and it's bad business; it won
win
Representative Hatch says there is a
good deal of point in what the old vet.
says.
GOOD WORD FOR LILIUoKALANI
There is an old adage that the devil Is
not so black as he is painted. There is
good reason to believe that ex-Queen Lii
uokalani is not as bad as the republican
papers have represented her member
of congress who was over in Hawaii some
years ago, says that she is held in respect
by the whites over there, and that they
regarded attentions from her in the ma
ture of compliments, and We're very glad
TO receive them. She is said to be very
well educated, and is considered as a
woman Of culture, and a fine converse
tiOnalist.
She is said to be very charitably in
clined, and gives a great deal, though her
benefactions are mostly, if not entirely,
confined to her own race. She cannot be
blamed much for that, however. She
also has due regard for religion, and
attends church with some degree of reg
ularity She is about the color of a ma
latto, and while only So years old, looks
like she was IS.