The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-10-17

nc Lu'QuleTly observe these venerable
customs of the Maryland Senate. OF
course, it was dreadfully disillusion-
ing. But we have always declined to
he overcome by situation for long at
a time, Whereupon we promptly con-
cluded if we had to face a few weeks
of mental degradation, we at least
would extract what quiet amusement
we could from the performance And
our success was not small. The past
winter at Anna"olis (barring the an
noyance of draughts to bald MANI
was quite mildly entertaining. We
found it impossible to take most of the
performers seriously. When Senator
-, as a curtain raiser, felt it his
very unpleasant duty respecting his
oath to support the Constitution" to
attempt to hurtle Senator Williams
from his seat, we began to see places
for smiling at the verbal garb with
which these we'll known actors always
clothed their most questionable per-
formances.
A dignifed Thomas Cat would have
laughed to hear land see) Senator
- in his perfervid explanation Of
why the Democratic majority felt call
ed upon to politely but firmly remove
Hon. Ounce Ashbun from his Sena-
torial desk in order that Hon. Orlando
Harrison might grace it. The Sena-
tor climbed the heavenly sleeps" and
vowed before high Haven that he was
moved to this action by nothing but
"sense of conscientious duty" By the
way, if Senator -- carries that
sense of conscientious duty" with him
everywhere as much as when in the
Senate, he ought to begin to feel
mighty stale in its company. Anyhow,
he always had it handy in the Senate,
as had the rest of the honorable gen
tlemen who voted without a whimper
or a word to deprive Ashburn of his
seat-after an all-day caucus spent in
whipping them into line. Now to a
man with the smallest possible sense
of humor, it was to laugh to watch
these dear men get their sense of
conscientious duty" into working or
der so that they could do what they
We're told to do, without fatal loss of
self-respect
Which reminds US that one of the
amusing sights in the Senate was the
exhibition made of themselves by the
progressive Democrats, the little
group of high minded gentlemen who
were supposed to stand for "the better
things" AS a matter of fact they
didn't stand at all. They did nothing
but side-step and it was funny to
watch them at it. Put them all toge-
ther and they didn't have enough red
blood to make a fight against a pulling |
babe, and to fellow who didn't be-
long to the majority party and didn't |
have to obey party boss, it was
highly entertaining to watch these |
elegant gentlemen do just exactly |
as they were hidden. Wonder what |
they imagine would happen to them if |
they didn't do as they were hidden.
To all which there were, of course,
exceptions-but mighty few; so few, |
indeed, as not to interfere with the |
"amoosing" antics required for an on
lockers entertainment.
No. no, my dear sir, we didn't have |
an lawful time" at Annapolis at all.
We had an lawfully funny time,
watching the performance, and then |
seeing how the gentlemen of the press
(properly trained to the job would
fix the story up for the dear public's
edification and (mis information in
the next days papers. Our only re-
greet was that the public couldn't
see the "inside" of the show with
US. But then that might have shaken
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