The Rich Hill tribune., 1905-03-23

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threw book at Il and broke the glass
front, but did not stop H.
Some one else threw an orange.
which brought a pile Of shattered glass
TO the floor.
Then Godfrey. an old man, member
from So. Louis, threw an ink weil that
smashed the pendulum and stopped
the clock, but the dial and the hands
were sun intact Godfrey had not TAX.
en- time 60 see what the ink well con.
talned. and il happened to be full OF
Ink In its flight Il scattered ink on
men and women.
Representative Wells OF Dunklin
seized a chair and went over dozen
desks holding Il high over his head.
He failed TO reach Godfrey, so he
made a dive at Stewart. but before he
could strike he had been seized by
other Democrats.
OF course, while this was going on
in crowded part OF the room. there
we're plenty OF others taking minor
/ parts and some few members will go
home with black eyes. Nor was the
affair without interest TO the rest OF
the big crowd that packed the hall.
Everybody was standing up and a
good many we're on the desks. Sen.
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stor Nelson. having disposed of the
man with the ladder, headed a small
party that undertook to drag Pres.
ident Mckinley from the chair. Re
/ publicans fought them back.
Yelled Three O'Clock"
BY this time the Republicans were
/ trying TO call the roll in spite OF the
clamor. The Democratic senate
clerks refused to call the senate roll.
but the Republican clerks of the house
called il in spite Of them. They were
making such record as they could
when Democrats began to yell. % O..
/ clock"
Representative Casey Of Jscson had
/ found a pole used to raise and lower
windows and climbed on a desk from
! which while attention was attracted TO
/ another part OF the house. he bad
deity turned the hands OF the clock
so that they read one minute after 3.
With that for an excuse. a score Of
I Democrats started trouble with the
clerks again snatching away the
half-finished roll call. The chairman
was pounding fiercely with his gavel
and trying to make people sit down.
II did no good. For just a minute II
looked as II a general fight would be
I precipitated, for Peck. Bauman and
/ others OF the heavy weight class OF
/ Republicans were fighting their way
TO the desks and there was fight
/ going on at each OF the presiding Of
I ficers desks.
I Then President Fields. democrat.
/ president pro TEN. Of the senate. stood
on the desk in front OF Mckinley and
/ begged the Democrats TO hear him.
| They quie,ed. and with them the Re.
puhlicans. Fields begged the Demo
cratic members by all the party ira.
/ ditions they held dear not 60 disgrace
/ the party, but sit down and vote as
gentlemen and In good faith. Senator
Dickinson. standing on a 6ssk in the
body OF the hall, seconded the appeal
and did Il sucees sfui From that time
on there was no disorder. The final
/ Joint ballot, the seventh OF the day.
sixty-seyenth Of the session. was
taken. A few Democrats voted for
Hiedringhaus, but all except Nelson
changed back to CockrelL Excepting
only Dauer. the Republicans voted for
Warner and Dauer afterwards sent a
note asking to be recorded as vot.
ing for him. The final hsllot stood,
Warner. 81. Cockrell. 50. Niedrlng.
haus /.
After the announcement OF the bal
lot all the old paper in the room was
thrown about. The Joint assembly was
soon dissolved. and members went
out to find something to eat Il was
3 o'clock before the hall was cleared.
That was the hour fixed for adjourn
ment.
Showed Warmers Popularity.
II is something that has probably
never happened before that q dead
lock should last until the last day ol
the session and still more unusual was
Il that in the last quarter Of the last
hour OF the last day OF the set sion one
man who could have been elected
senator by popular vote should b
elected 20 the Senate. The cheers
that greeted Warmers name every
time he received a new vote were q
tribute 20 his popularity and still
more 30 were the expressions OF cou
graduation from Democrats e. well Al
Republicans when the result was n
nal.y attained.
here IL something odd about Miss
ourls present senatorial delegation. IN
1892 the two parties picked their bcal
orator 10 run for governor. MajioI
Warner was the Republican nomin
ee and William J. Stone the Demo
cratic nominee They eampaignec
this State and a. politicians say. thej
"set It Rfire" Warmers slogan wal
stand for Missouri" an expression
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