The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-13

James II. Kercheval Committee amend
Taents were read and agreed to. and the
lii was laid aside TO be reported TO the
| House favorably.
All this time, Monitor Talbert vainl!'
| clamored fer recognition. He undoubted-
| ly wanted 70 demand a division. with
view Of sscertainins whether there was a
quorum stiIl present. The chair utteTsy-
| ignored him. The tutor rushed Up and
down the main aisle, swapping his whip
and demanding his rights, while score
or more Of Abecedarians were Missing and
shouting.
Demanded His Rights.
81 submit. Mr.. Chairman" he shouted,
that / have rights and l am here TO de-
mand them. 1t Is an uuheard Of thing
when member gets up 10 address the
| chair, and when the chair sees him, for
| the chair 10 deliberately refuse 10 listen
| TO him.
| The gentleman from South Carolina is
cut of order. and will take mis- seat. the
| refractory scholar in the chair respond
| cd.
The chair is out of order" returned the
indignant pTeceptCr. 1t has acted in an
arbitrary and tyranrical manner. | re-
sent 1t, and I still stand by what l say.
/ will take my seat when / get ready"
Under a strict construction of the rules,
the monitor was undoubtedly out Of or
der. as he had no right to the floor while
the committee was dividing The unruly
learner from the Hawkeye Commonwealth
recognized hin after the amendments to
the bill were agreed to. TaIbert declared
that his action was not governed by the
slightest feeling against the men who
/ fought he Gi1 IN ha u-2 r
between the North and the south. and he
insisted that a quorum should be pres
ent- His opposition was to the loose.
reckless, uncOT stitutional method of pass
irS bills at Friday nights sessions. He
again Insisted upon the presence of a
lGuorum when school was open.
Thirty-SiX pension bills were then
passed in committee before the school
was dismissed. Mr. Talbert himself ad-
vocated the passage Of one because the
soldier was old and blind and he believed
that he should have pension.
At the close of the afternoon session
ICn February l6 Mr Sulloway. the good
boy from the good, oil Granite State,
asked that the night school be postponed
Until the evening of Monday. February 10
"A fierce snow storm was raging at the
time, and it was evident that there would
not De u quorum Of the House present if
the school was opened at the usual hour
on Friday night. The House agreed TO
Mr.. Sideways proposition
The third night school was therefore
opened at O'Clock on Monday night. The
preceptor from the Palmetto State was
again on hand, ready to admin
lister hickory consolation. Mr. Suloway
being sick, Philologist Henry r. Gibson,
/ laf MI
roll-call showed that only 81 schola- 8
out OF 35i were present Thus 80 were
off on a lark. playing hockey Prof. Tai
/ bert again shouted mo quorum. Unruly
Scholar William P. Hepburn, who was
acting as Speaker, allowed that it was evil
dent that no quorum was present. There
upon the philolOgist from East Tennessee
arose smiling, with the face of a man
about TO tickle a frog, and turning to
Mr. Ta!bert, asked if there was not some
way whereby they could arrive at some
agreement. Anything you may propose, -
said Mr. Gibson, I'VE will agree to-
Unlike Mark Twain's frog, the South
Carolina batrachian was not loaded with
shot lie jumped as though he had been
touched by a wire attached to a galvanic
battery.
Il have nothing 70 propose, Mr.. Speak
err" he shouted. except to bring a
quorum here TO transact business, legally,
lawfully, and constitutionally."
Confusion in the school.
! SOpho more James A. Norton, Of Ohio
ThO is always at fever heat where the
, interests Of old soldiers are at stake,
promptly demanded a call of the House
For an hour or more the school was in
utter confusion. The doors We're closed
and rha boys present were denied leave OF
/, absence. This was peculiarly unfortunate
for a modest but earnest and faith fII