When so ordered by tho speaker tlio
high priest of tho maco lifts tho ancient
symlwl from its piaco and carries it,
held aloft, upon tho floor among tho
members. If there is disturbauco there
you may bo sure it will quickly
This high priest of the maco is also a
Fort of father confessor to tho statesmen
of the house. All, if lua secrets were unveiled
what sensationa there would bo
in tho land! Tho has
many delicato duties to perform besidca
that of polishing up tho gold eagle.
Onco in a session or so it happens that a
call of the roll failing to disclowj tho
presence of a quorum, tho
is ordered to apprehend absent
memliera and bring them before tho bar
of the houso. Tho is
supIosed to know just whore theso delinquents
aro to bo found, nnd ho and
his .'iMiiHtnnta generally do know. A
drinking saloon not far from tho Capitol
is usually drawn on for a limited
number of statesmen.
A few doors down Now Jorsoy
nlnio t on tho site of tho first
manor houso erected in tho Capital City,
a M-lec: poker coterio is occasionally interrupted
by tho knocking at tho door of
tho In tho immediate
nuighlwrhood aro two or threo other
dens in which jack pots are onco in a
while broken up by tho nppearanco of
the officers of tho houso. Not many
years aijo threo young statesmen were
canght in a houso on this fa.tino avenue
in an undignified but not roprehonsiblo
plight They wore whiling away tho
dull hours of an afternoon learning to
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