Show SESSIONS OP CONGRESS that farce which has been oc curing at the nations capitol in which the b en ate and also tho house are wont to go into liveret sessions to discuss some question or other to the exclusion of public information or enlightenment lighten ment on the same has received a black eye this session several simoa lias the senate gone into secret session recently and just as often has the country at large received the full information of what was transacted the speeches of those who spoke or debated were even given and also what action was taken by ballot the mystery has never been thoroughly solved how tho newspaper correspondents get hold of the information tha officers of the chamber during the sessions with closed doors parade the alleys and close guard at the doors to see that the inquisitive pub lie take no advantage of the august body legislative halls every thing apparently has been kept secret yet next morning the papers all over the unica print what has taken place tho senate is abo most exercised about this scandal and the members feel nant about it there is even now a move on foot to thoroughly investigate the question of how this information has crept out it is held to be bad faith on the part of some of the members and there is of placing them on the witness stand it does seem thoroughly bad that such matters aa should be kept secret cannot bo kept so yet it is a bad policy that has been pursued especially in the senate by which every little trivial question must be kept from the country at largo the star chamber cannot exist in these times when all citizens have a mind and judgment of their own |