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Show BEAR-PIT SCENES. A Little F.xi-iteuielit tin the Moor of 111 Utilise. Washinutos, Sept. lS,--Thcr was a j scone of excitement iu tbi' republican ' side of tin; liousii this afternoon. The j Virginia election case w,v unlinislied buslUCSS. lillt till. llOUSt" iUcif OllgagCl! in tlio technical proceedings of trying to approve yesterday journal, the democratic members endeavoring en-deavoring in every way to prevent tin' cotisiiterutioii of the election case, ami in piirsiiane of this policy almost all of them left tin- halt to break the iUorum of the question npprov ing the journal. A call Was ordered which brought in a number of demo-crats, demo-crats, ami a yea and nay tote being taken on the motion to dispense with further proceedings tinder call, wheu democratic members again began to decamp. Burrows railed tho attention of the speaker to the fact and asked if members mem-bers present could not bo obliged to remain. re-main. The speaker replied that the rules w ere intended to secure this end, and ho added that ho did not sen why they were uot observed. Accordingly tho assistant doorkeeper directed all the doors leading into the hull to be locked. Hardly had this been, done before Representative, Iilgoro o$ Texas presented pre-sented himself at the door tat the speaker's speak-er's left hand and sought to go out into tho lobby, llo found lh door locked and loorkeeper in charge Hayes refused re-fused to unlock it. "Unlock that door," demanded the stalwart Texan. The doorkeeper moved not, whereupon where-upon Kilgore gave it a sudi'cn and vigorous vig-orous kick and the frail Im'ue striicture Hew open and Kilgore strode out. ' llo was followed in about the same fashion by Kepreseiitativcs Crajn of Texas, dimming of New York, and Coleman of Louisiana, who in turn forced the lock open without opposition from the doorkeeper. j . i. |