The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-22
MEMBERS OF HOUSE ARRESTED
Hauled Before the Bar to Make
up a Quorum
Minority Leader Williams Tactics Re
spOnSibIe for the Order by Speaker
CannOn-Occurrences i'm the Past
When Representatives Have Been
Put Under Arrest.

Os III vi liz 1(CDi NSNl1 Wiz.
through Minority Leader Williams
flibuster in the Statehood matter,
were arrested by the assistant ser
geants-at-arms and presented at the
bar Of the House.
The resentful ones complained quer-
ulOuSly Of their arrest TO the Speaker.
Uncle JOe's eyes, however, did not be-
come believed with sympathy over
their lamentations. He is o~ld-fashion-
ed enough to be willing t do some
work for his pay, perquisites, and pre-
negatives. He didn't advise the COM
planning ones to tell their troubles
10 the captain Of the Capitol watch,
but he brought his gavel down right
in the middle of the sad stories of
several.
These fellows haven't been here
Jng enough to remember Buck <il-
gore" was Mr.. Cannon's private COM
ImenL on the complaints of some of
these brought before the bar of the.
House. Buck not only didn't want
to stay off the floor, but he kicked
his way in"
He referred to the occasion, ten or
a dozen years ago when Buck KilgoreI
the Texas Representative, kicked to-
finders the main door leading to the
House floor. At hat time Speaker
Reed had in operation his simple
but great scheme of just lOckin'I
EN- in to maintain II quorum.
Whenever a sufficient number of
Representatives to constitute a quorum
filtered in, Car Tom, with a nod, di-
rected the dOOrkeepers to close and
lock the doors, and the e~ntreaties and
prayers OF members who wanted tOl
get off the floor for any purpose what
SOever We're alike unavailing. Mr.. Reed
needed them there for voting PURPOSE
es, and there they stayed. The main|
door to the floor was thus locked and
bOlted one afternoon when the brawnyi
KilgoTe, who'd been delayed in |arrtv-l
ing at the House, swung along.
Buck pushed at the door and foundl
it unyielding.
Hey, watts come off here?" Kil-l
ore demanded of the doorkeepec OIL
duty. Why can't | get in? Housed
adjourned?' |
Speakers got a quorum" replied!
the doorkeeper.
We'll, femme in and III add TO it, !
said Buck to the doorkeeper.
"Cai't open anydOOr, sir-Speaker 81
dders," said the dOorkeeper.
I"That SOP" said Kiigore, and hel
promptly kicked the swinging leatner-
covered wooden doors to kindlingl
wood, entering the House like a rOar-l
ing, ramping lion.
Most speakers would have sought
the punishment of a Representative
for pulling off a trick like that. ThaC,
however, was the last thing the big1l
minded Reed thought of. The auda-l
city of Kilgore's act appealed to Reed,sI
imagination, and it was all right fOrl
the Texan.
THE CASE OF CY SULLOWAY.
The most picturesque of the recen,
arrests was that in which n Of thel
House pages brought Cy SullOway tot
the bar Of the House.
When a call for a quorum wits madel
the chief page delegated n of the
tiniest of his youngsters to 90 fortbI
and bring Mr.. SullOway. Cy SulloWayl
is the most remarkable piece of verti-
cal workmanship in the House of Rep7
resentatives. Nobody knows ilstI
how high Cy is, but his elongatedness
be much inferior to that Of thet
late Chang, the Chinese Giant.
The mite Of a page, a boy s0methlngi
over three feet in stature, prOwledl
the committee rooms for qulteI
a bit before he came upOD the languidl
Cy, who, with an amiable breeze blOw-l
ing upon him from the open windOwsl
looking on the terrace, was cOckedl
back in a chair, with his legs wrapped
around each other two Or three timesI
and the feet resting on a table readingl
a newspaper.
'Mr. SuIloway,' the three-foot pageI
solemnly squeaked, you're under ar1
rest and l am to conduct you to the!
bar of the House"
The monolithic SullOway u~nraveledI
his legs, grinned, stretched his arms,
and rose to his vast height.
Lead the way, mister said he tol
the boy, and the page led him toI
he main door of the House.
Entering the door. the boy, with a.
fine sense of the dramatic, grabbed
mold Of the up and down giants handl
O emphasize the fact that he had
captured his man. Thus the three
DOT kid led the towering Cy down.
he main ailse, amid the laughter of
he House.
Arrived at the clerks desk the
Ugh Cy suddenly reached down and
aking the boy in his arms, lifted him
10 and deposited him squarely on the
Speakers desk, saying to the amused
cannon, 81 give you my captor," audi
he rest was complete.
AWAY FROM BALL CAME
The most irritating incident Of the
rresting hlsiness WIS when some
members Of the LOweri
louise were incontineltly yanked away
rom the Washington baseball grounds
light at the critical point in thel
anne.
Ut was a very beautiful day, and the
eme was a fine one. The Represent
all of them most resolute fans,
we're scandalously interested in the
ontest, and several of them were
ooting right out loud. They hadn't
ttended the game in a body, but
were scattered all over the grand
tand in the boxes.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas LOngwOrthi