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Show quently interrupted with questions and there, was ' frightful disorder, dis-order, so much that the Speaker ordered the sergeant-at-arms to clear the lobby. Just at this juncture, and as Mr. Hancock was reaching the quitting point, a loud ting-a-ling rang out above the din. Mr. Blount arose and held the timekeeper aloft in full view of the howling assemblage.' Steamboats have schedules, railroads have time cards, and the twenty-ninth House of Representatives must follow its rules," Mr. Blount declared. Mr. Hancock, seemingly believing that he had been selected especially as the victim of a practical joke, asserted with emphasis his right to be heard in the interest of the persons whom he represented, and he scathingly denounced the spirit which it seemed prompted some members to perpetrate such pranks. 7 His indignaton and earnestness were such that the remainder of his speech was received in, respectful silence, but the ten-minute rule in the nouse was not again violated during the session. ONE WAY TO STOP THE vWIND JAMMER." Long-winded speech-makers who have bored countless thousands thou-sands at the Tortland fair should be' dealt with' as Was Curtis Han-tock Han-tock of Dallas, Tex.; in the Legislature of the Lone Star State not long. ago. According to the Dallas Xews, tbe unusual sight , was v ifnessed in thellouRe one day of a mature and sedate member of Ihe Legislature standing on the floor In the midst of the proceedings) proceed-ings) holding aloft a 15-cent alarm clock, decorated-with '. blue rib-" bona, while the alarming department of th machinery Was in a f tate of eruption. The sight precipitated convulsion? and confusion nn the part of the members, while the pages shrieked. wildly' and ' turned somersaults in the aisles. J. J; Blount of Anderson. county was owner and originator of the idea that timepieces should be put to that use. j ' ' Mr. Blount bad upon several occasions complained of . the " "wind-jamming in the nouse and specifically of the fact that speeches of ten minutes extended beyond the time limit. . So one ' afternoon he showed up at the Statehouse with a brand new cjock. He informed those who questioned him about it that he intended to set-the clock as each member arose to speak so that it would call time when the limit under the rules had been reached. 1 There were several speeches during the first hour and a half of . the f rrsion. but it chanced that Curtis Hancock" of Dallas was the victim cf Mr. Blount's system. The Blanton pure food bill was un-T un-T r discussion. Mr. Hancock had offered an amendment' to protect t: retail grocers and was fpeaking in support of it.- He. was fre- |