Year: 1867

Another more serious affair occurred q


VIC nearcd Baltimore. A stout, ruddy faced


bearded man entered the car and took ;


scat among the legislative party, not know


ing the society in which he had plunged


himself. The conductor, when making hi


next round, inquired Of the stranger wheth


or he belonged to the Legislature. You may


have read Of volcanic eruptions, but Vcsu


vius never was circumstance to the erup


ton of the new passenger His first answer


was to knock the conductor hclter.skeltel


over several seats, and would have battered


him into jelly had not number interler.


ed. "rakc me, respectable hog-drovcr


for member of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
.turc, indeed!" said the insuted dealer in
swine, as he still kept struggling to satisfy


his vengeance on the poor conductor, al
ready hors du comJat. lie was finally paci.
fed by allowing him place in the baggage
car where he was assured none Of the Leg
islative excursionists were to be found. lie
gathered up his baggage, felt for his pocket
book and watch, to be sure that nothing was
lost, and with virtuous disdain he made a
bee line for the baggage car The conduct
or was freely bathed with rum, internally
and externally, and speedily recovered The
rest of the journey was pleasant and un-
marked by any events of unusual momen'.


When we got to Washington, it was de-
cidcd that in order to be sure of the adinis-
sion and swearing in of our new Senator, a
resolution should be rushed through the
Senate inviting the Legislature and atten-
dants to the floor of the Senate. The lob
bysts Of the party wele called in,' and in
structcd to have the resolution passed, a la
Harrisburg. 1t was accordingly prepared
and Cowan was arranged with to put it
through" It was promptly offered just in
the expiring hours of the S9,h Congress,
and our eycursionists stood around the Sem
ate doors waiting for the spontaneous invi-
tation Of the Senate to mingle us with the
great statesmen of the land. Our patience
was tried, but our bottles were plenty, and
we bore up under the delay, until at last our
hopes were dashed to the earth by notice
that the resolution to admit us had failed
receiving but the votes Of Cowan and Buck
alew. Sumner Il wish Brooks had killed
the traducer Of legislative virtue outright
sneeringly said that most of the body were
pastors and folders, and they were the most
reputable portion of the party. Garrct Da-
Wis spoke three hours and fourteen minutes,
declaring the proposition an infrac.ion Of
the Constitution. Salisbury and McDou-
gall reminded the Senate that most of the
Senators had Just drawn their pay for the
session and had it about their clothes
Would it" they asked with apprehension
deiineated in every feature of their rum
blossomed faces, 'bc prudent to admit the
Pennsylvania Legislature promiscuously into
the Senate? Where migh our cash be
when the show ended? ?"


That feather broke the Camcl's back, and
the proposition was lost by torty-seven ma
jority out Of fiity-two votes. We then
unanimously resolved that we would not visit
the floor Of the Senate, and we directed our
steps to our hotel, and made preparations
for serenadc to our new Senator. We
paid our band, impressed our crowd to act
the spontaneous on the occasion, selected
and notified our speakers who were to be
called upon, and notified Sem
ator Cameron Of the exact hour We would
surprise him with screnade to be given in
the name Of Pennsylvania in Washington
The only trouble was in limiting the speech.
There were ouly thirty-six who had written
out speeches to be Jclived extemporancous-
ly on the occasion, and as not more than
five could be accommodated, it took adroit
is squelch the others out. A
was appointed, of which l was
chairman, to settle the difficulty, and we
finally got thirty-one to agree not to be sur
prised into speech on the condition that
the offices they had been promised should
not be imperiled by their silence. Thus
matters were elegantly arranged, and the
whole thing passed off smoothly as shedding
on ice. Cameron's speech was cross be-
tween Johnson's Offices and Republican
principles, and was considered a great sue.
cess Great relief was felt after the whole
thing was over. As the new Senator was
without challenge and sworn in,
the last obstacle to complete settlement of
outstanding balances was removed, and we
all returned home merry as the marriage
bell. Some of us had headaches on our re-
turn, but time and soda made all things
right again.


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