The age-herald., 1900-02-10
DRAMATIC SCENE
 AT NIGHT SESSION Stormy Days of Fiity-iirSt Congress Recalled. DEMOCRATS INDIGNANT Chairman Would Not Recognize Repre-
 sentative Talbert. HEPBuRNS ARBITRARY COURSE Three Bills Went Through the Regular Process With MT. Talbert Loudly
 Clamoring for Recognition
 and Denouncing Chair
HEPBuRNs ARBITRARY COURSE

.washinton, February s.-There was a scene at the night session of the house which momentarily recalled the stirring and exciting days of the Fifty-first con gross.
 An irate member rushed down the main aisle brandshing his arms and shouting for recognition, while half the democratic members were on their feet execrating the occupant of the chair for what they term ed ..his arbitrary course" and from sever al places in the hall came loud h.sses.
 Last Friday night Mr. Talbert, of South Carolina, blocked private pension legisla- tion because there was no quorum present and threatened to continue to do so at every Friday nights session until quo- rum was present. His warning had its ef- feet There was an unusually large att tendance when the house was called to or der tonight. Speaker Henderson himself was in the chair, usually empty at night sessions.
 Mr Talbert made good his threat as soon as the motion was made to go into com mgstee of the whole, but the roll call show ed the presence of a score more of mem hers in excess of quorum. The friends or prlVdle pension DllS were JuDlldIlt. MI. Hepburn Crepublican, Iowa. was called to preside over the committee of the whole and the clerk read the first bill. MT. Tal- bert arose leisurely while the bill was be- ing put through the legislative stages, the adoption of committee amendments, en- grossment, third heading and final passage, and addressed the chair.
 He was completely ignored. Another bill was read, engrossed,. read and passed all in the space of a minute, with MT. Talbert sI.ill clamoring for recognition.
 ' .nird E a,-eu
 AtMpd b:ll was passed in the same way. By tiIas time the whole democratic side was aroused. A dozen members were on their feet, MT. Talbert thoroughly angered started down the main aisle shouting MT. Chairman,' "Mr. Chairman he approached He reached the arena in front of. the speakers rostrum, all the while roaring out his denunciation of the chair mans arbitrary course, before the chairman yofiS scended to recognize him.
 Delaoorats all about were also shouting the.r disapproval. The republicans seemed to be enjoying the storm which the chair mans course had raised.
 Mir. Talbert rapidly cooled down after he had been recognized, and explained in brief speech that the presence of a quorum eonpieaely vindicated his position. He had no feeling against the men who served on the federal side in the civil war, but he was opposed to loose, reckless, unconstitutional methods He suggested that the house set aside day each month for pension leg1sla- tion and discontinue the night sessions.
 MT. Sims, democrat of Tennessee, wno Is Interested in southern war claims, made some caust.c remarks in criticism of the republican leaders for sidetracking those "jlst obligations" of the government in favor Of pension bills
 Does 1fle gentleman contend that the soyersnent owes the old soldier nothing?' interrupted some one on the republican side.
 "Oh, ech!" jeered the democrats. The committee than proceeded with the consid- eration.,f pene4on pills, and thirty-hve were eav oratly acted upon.
 At 10:30 the house adjourned.
 Before adjournment Representative Gaines of Tennessee called attention to section. 47l6 of the revised statutes, under which no widow, child or heir of any per- son wsae. engaged in aiding or abetting the rebellion can be given a pension, and the pesiol committee s!gniied that it would look into the matter and take suitable action.