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mericus, Tuesday, Dec. 16,:’90.
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An excellant Truck nncl Dairy Farm, ouc-lialf mile from city,
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IT IS NOT OFTEN USED* BUT IT IS A.
VERY POTENT AFFAIR.
The One Symbol of Absolute Power lu
the United State*—It* History and Uses.
Ita Keeper, the 8«rgeant-at-Arms, and
Some of hi* Duties.
[Special Correspondence.}
Washington, Deo 11.—Only once
since tills congress convened, more than
a year ago, has the mace been called into
use, and that was when the member
from New Jersey reached for the nose of
the member from Washington with his
energetic fist. To most visitors to the
honse of representatives-the mace is a
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HUGH M. BROWN,
705 Jackson St.. : :
Fifteen Shares Furniture Factory Stock for Hale
A mericus Ca.
FOR SALE
AT A BARGAIN,
Two Houses and|Lota on Forsyth Street, new; will give Terms. For other particulars
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THE MACE AT REST.
mystery. They see, standing upon n
round marble block, at the right of the
speaker's chair a contrivance which
looks lilco a bundle of sticks, surmount
ed by a ball and a bird. No one pays
attention to this queer deYico. It is so
seldom used and so often seen standing
in its place that members and other
habitues of tho hall appear to be un
mindful of its existence. Tho stranger,
however, rarely fails to ask what it is.
Lucky, indeed, is tho visitor who sees
tho maco in action. The mace is mighty
when stirred to movement.
It could not exert a more potent charm
if it wero a heathen idol and the occu
pants of tho floor its devotees. When
the maco is taken down from its pedestal
and carried upon tho floor the visitor
may feel sure there is a crisis. There is
extraordinary disorder, a fisticuff or a
riot. As a rule, tho maco is not used
more often than once a yfcar, l^nt its every
appearance creates a sensation. There
was never yet a man so bold as to dis
pute right of way with the mace. All
heads are bowed before it; all tongnes
silent. And why not? It is the only
royal insignia in this government It is
the most potential instrument of cere
mony or ensign of authority on this con
tinent. Tho mace represents the maj
esty of the American house of commons,
and that means tho people. The ad
miral of the navy may havo his flag and
the general of tho army hia star, bat
what are they if the body the mace rules
does not support them?
All honor, therefore, to the mace, and
do not sneer at it becanso at first glance
it appears a relic of ancient mummery,
a meaningless, decorated stick. The
pages lounge and play about its pedestal
as if it were a piece of furniture, bat it
Is really the one potential wand in this
country, tho one inanimate object which
typifire actual power.
Compared to tho maco the gavel Is
nothing. Thu gavel appoals for order.
Tho mace enforces 1L Tho gavel is
mere mallet, a sounding instrument,
which may roar and pound end rattle
in vain. The mace is a silent, majestic
force which has bnt to bo seen and it is
obeyed. A member may disregard the
speaker and express contempt for his
gavel, but the man who foiled to bow
before the maco would endanger his
right to sit in the house. Ho might
even insult tho spoakor, for he is bnt an
officer of the boose, its creature. The
maco invariably commands his respect,
for it is tho house itself.
When the American congress first mot
it was perceived that it should havo, in
some form, a symbol which all men
would hold In awo and reverence, and
so a maco was fashioned of ebony, bound
with silver, and surmounted by a silver
globe and an eagle of solid gold. It was
baptizifl, crowned nnd enthroned, and
reigned supreme till tho British soldiers
camo along in 1814 and burned tho Capi
tol Then tho maco wasdestroyed. The
solid gold eagle disappeared, and no
THE MACE IN ACTION,
doubt was carried away by aomo vandal
soldier and sacrificed to cupidity and
tho melting pot Unhappy fata of
Maco II
When tho honso next convened then
was much consternation at tho absence
of the godhead of parliamentary author
ity. To meet the exigency a new god
was quickly .created, a false god com
pared to the thing of royal worth and
beauty which had preceded it Maced
wNa nothing but a piece of common pins
wood, painted and stained in Imitation
of ebony. This one reigned till than
was time to procure soother of more eu-
during material, and Mace Ed, which w«
now. see in the boose, and which has
been there for seventy-five year* or
more, is cf as sterling worth as the first
of its line.
‘ The mace has Its high priest in the
person of the sergeant-at-arms. Every
day at high noon, when the honse meets,
this official enters the hall, bearing the
symbol in hia hands, and places U upon
its pedestal When the honse adjourns
or takes a recess he carries it away to ita
cloister. Sometimes he takes it away
when the honse continues in session, or
appears to do so, and this is something
which the visitor cannot understand,
Tho explanation iso simple one. Nearly
every day tho honse resolves Itself into
committee of the whole honse on the
state of the Union. Usually on such oc
casions tho speaker retires aftqr calling
a incmlier to tho chair, thongh ho may
preside if he wishes to dofo. Tho com
mittee of the whole is not the honse of
representatives, but what ita name in
dicates, a simple committeo of which
every member of the honse is a member,
nnd consequently the maco has no proper
place as a silent guardian of its delib
erations. b <3 •
When so ordered by the speaker the
high priest of the mace lifts the ancient
symbol from its place and carries it,
held aloft, upon the floor among tho
members. If there is disturbance there
yon may lie suro it will quickly disap
pear.
This high priest of tho mace is also a
sort of father confessor to the statesmen
of the honse. Ah, if his secrets were un
veiled what sensations there would be
m tho land! Tho sergeant-at-arms has
many delicate duties to perform besides
that of polishing np tho gold eagle.
Once in a session or so it happens that a
call of tho roll failing to ‘disclose the
presence of a quorum, tho sorgeant-at-
amls is ordered to apprehend nbsent
members and bring them before tho bar
of tho house. Tho sorgeont-at-arms is
supposed to know just where these de
linquents are to bo found, nnd he nnd
his assistants generally do know. A
drinking saloon not far from tho Capi
tol is usually drawn on for a limited
number of statesmen.
A few doors down Now Jersey ave
nue. almost on tho site of tho first
manor house erected in the Capital City,
a select poker coterie, is occasionally in
terrupted by tho knocking at tho door of
tho sergeant-at-arms, la tho immediate
neighborhood are two or three othor
dens in which jack pots are onco in a
while broken up by tho appearance of
the officers of tho honse. Not many
years ago three yonug statesmen were
caught in a honso on this same avenne
in an undignified hut not reprehensiblo
plight. They wero whiling away the
dull hours of an afternoon learning to
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waltz at a private dancing school, when
the man of tho mace rnshed in upon
them and waltzed them away to tho bar
of the honse, there to make their expla
nation.
When a member Is called before the
bar to give reasons for his absence he is
not sworn to tell the truth. It would be
exceedingly awkward at times if this ex
action wero made of him, for statesmen
have been taken out of professional gam
bling dens and worso places by the un
relenting bnt happily secret keeping
officials. The man of the maco must
havo discretion as well as zeal, for it
wonld not do to take an intoxicated
statesman into tho presenco of tho honse.
That would offend tho dignity of the
body, and be decidedly uncomfortable
for tho member. In such cases tho officer
discreetly reports “not to bo found.
More than one statesman of renown
owes his fair fame to tho reticence and
discretion of a sergeant-at-arms or his
assistant. It is a matter of general con
gratulation, however, that drunkenness,
gambling and worso vices axe much less
frequent now among public men than
they were in the old days. There are
no public gambling houses in Washing
ton, and tho members who often get
drunk could be counted on one’s fingers.
Some strange stories are told by as
sistant sergeants-at-arms concerning
their experiences with junkets and fn-
n orals. It is tho duty of these officials to
set as funeral masters when a member of
tho honse dies, and to make all arrange
ments for transporting the corpse to the
place o( interment, accompanied by a
committee of congressmen. As*rnle, of
late years these funeral excursions are
managed with dignity a*i solemnity,
thongh it wonld he contrary to human
nature If a few small jogs and a limited
number of bottles of wine and boxes of
cigars wero not included in the para-
JsBcnallaof woe. Many funeral scandals
lave come to light through publication
of the items of expense, but ono story
has down to this time eecapedtho chron
iclers oftho press. It was told the other
day by an cx-sergeant-at-arms.
“I was managing a funeral trip once,"
said this gentleman, “and the journey
was a long and tedious one. Tho com
mitteo insisted thatlshould lay in a sup
ply of whisky apd wine, and I did so.
Bnt theta was no place tostore the goods
and no place in whichto keep lee and
foe other article# which help to make
those things go off smoothly. Bo we
went into foe baggage car and there
fixed up a little bar of onr own. And
what do yon suppose it was we put our
bottle* on and took onr drinks from?
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