Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-16

anu INTO MS room, smut ana locked
the door. listened to this parti Gu.
larly for the reason that he had not
said whether he would comply with
my e4oest or obey my order or not,
or wha he would do
When | became satisfied that the
conductor had returned to bed and
would not run his train out at {
o'clock, MIR. Dean still being in his of
flee. having fully stated to him as
he went to aud returned from Mr..
Darwin's what we would do in case
we succeeded in arresting the running
OF the train, and he having told me
that some Of the other assistant clerks
of the house and senate having slept
during the forepart OF the night, would
be up and at the capitol the balance of
the night, | directed him to call at
the residence Of Speaker pro tenn At
wood at O clock to see him and But
Ter G. Noble, lieutenant governor (who
think, boarded at General Atwood's)
and fully inform them that the train
would not run out on. time, and to in
form the seargeants-at-arms of the
two houses, and as many OF the mem
bers as possible. All of which he
promised to do and did | then went
to bed and to sleep, awaking about 8
| O'Clock. | arose and went Immediate
ly across to the capitol. Found the
door Of the assembly hall locked, but
upon turning the knob vigorously and
calling out my name | was admitted.
Found most of the members present
and General Alive cd, speaker pro
TEN, in the chair, in The act of put
ting the question to rescind the joint
resolution to adjourn sine die. Upon
bis putting the question and decars
ing it carried, and the joint resolution
to adjourn rescinded, / took the chair
and the gayel. Immediately Mr..
Reed, a democ tic member from
Winnebago county, rose and address
ed the chair as question of privilege.
Upon being recognized by the chair
and requested to state the question of
privilege, he said: 81 desire the chair
to inform the house when proceed
ings under the call of the house were
dispensed withPn This was a ques-
tion / could not answer but was NOR
ally certain that the call had not been
formally suspended at all, otherwise
the door would not have been locked
upon my arrival. So, for the want of
anything better to say, and the speak
er must ALWAYS say sonnet thing, | said,
'sThe chair will thank the gentleman
from Winnebago if he will renew that
inquiry tomorrow morning upon the
reading of the journal.
| conclude this narrative by stating
not from my own knowledge, but
from information, that on that morn
ing at s O'Clock the respective houses
were called to order-the senate by
Lieutenant Governor Noble, and the
assembly by General Atwood, speaker
pro tenn. Upon calling the roll there
appeared to be no quorum present in
either house, where upon calls OF the
senate and house were ordered and
warrants issued to tie respective SER
geants at arms to bring in the alb
sentees. When the officers reached
the depot they found them nearly all
there, and some of them swearing
like our army in Flanders" at the
hardness of the railroad hands. But
all finally made joke Of it, and re-
turned to the capitol. At what time
the train went out | have forgotten,
but | think that the o'clock train
was merged in the noon or p. M.
through train from Prairie du Chen.
The legislature remained in session
only until the 18th of April, when it
adjourned sine die. In the meantime
is passed and the governor approved
No. 275 S. f., bin to amend an act
entitled an act to provide for the de-
Tense of the state, and to aid in en-
forcing the laws and maintaining the
authority of the federal government,
of 1861. 1t was under the provisions
being chapter 2S9 of the General Laws
of this amended act that the first call
for troops upon the state of Wiscon-
sin was filled and the earlier regi-
ments furnished under the second
call.