Speaker Of The "third House."

dames W. Whitney, a venerable bachelor, w;is a well-knowa monibor of tho caly bar (,f Illinois, and rodo around the judicial circuits on horseback with his Baddle bags of booka and papers, as was tliun custoiuary in tuit State. -Air. Whitney was a man of bookg and, well versed in the law loro of,oanturieff ago. Ho had, indeed, a raro rclish and nambatipn for legal fonns and remedie -■■; in England, and, doubtless, gocA i:i th"ir time mul (.'ountrv, but in inapplioable and mtiquated. tv ol ,lr. Whituov, lofiüther witU bis ud(ij)tiüu of oldon uianner9 and gear, suoh a ... gOt hitu Iho Bobriqu. Coke. Hu was gentleman Bnd a Bokalai of ibility, learnod in the law, and of marked charactoristicu. y ar;, the prooèédiagg of the Lobby, or "Third House," during the sossions of the General Assombly, were lull of interest agd impottancè. Upoiytli.i; assemblingof thn Legislature, wlisthor at iiskaskia, Vandalia, or Springfiold, the capital was crowded with men.hatins nr.es to bo ground at the public expenso. Sctiemes of all aortsand rtiioh greed or entorprise could possibly suggest wero urgontly presscd upon the . Jbeislative boüy, airten with nieang of persuasión corrupt and oriminal l'ho "Thiiil House" was organized early in eaoh sqssionj and tho discuasions in this promjscuoua Ijody j?ere hold in the llepresent ilivo Hall, uvenings, in the recesa of the Asseuibly. Ihe purpose of these meeting and discussiunsof tho " Third House ""worotwofold, - fun and amusement in part, but iiiaiiily the perfeotion of measnxes for tho othcr two li ;.,i,iy. ■■■ ntativos attendêd :ii oi't-u look part in these '. , aiid every effort was mado by the friends of the measures and tliüir feod attoiiusys and helpers to mako-a favoral ;,,n on tho minds of members. And tlius things wen snaped and got out in the roi 1 .obby meetings, to be r.-orked down, smoothed, and finished in thu two Housesof the General ably. To preside eíBciently over such a heterogeneous and boisterous assemblage as the Lobby - utáh a mixed body of warring feelibga and clashing intèrests - requiredabihtyof arareorder. The French Chambeni, is tróableaonie times, could eearcoiy have bjon more difficult to conrol. Session after session, as years rolled on, Lord Coke was tho unanimous choico for the Speakur's chair. Iiics pi ofuund knowleuguoi parliumontary law; hisimportur)- able graláty i nd singular command of 1 i i featvyea under all cirounistancen ; hia ready t iet to icpress and rebuko presumptiun and disorder by quaint aarcasm, and to sustain his position with case and dignity, quulified him pre-omiuetitly for this place. I{o was indeed nnrivalcd. On onu occasion, an Irishman got the floor and cricd violontly, in an unbeooming tono, " JVTr. Spaker," and waited for the usual recognition from the chair. Lord Coke quietly raised his spectaclos, and, looking at the occupant of the iloor, announced with great solemnity, "The gentleman from the Emerald Isle." This bruught down the house, and so rsbuked his disorderly manner that the would-be debater sank to his seat. Üu anöther occasion, in tho midst of an excited discussion, a gentleman of some noto, who was reported to havo emigrated Hum _auín.nfc uuuur a eiouu, sprang to me ftüor in ;i deliant way, and bawled, "Mr. Spoak, Lord Coko, in rpcognizing, cslmly responded, "The gentleman from Oantida." Applause from ihe hall and galleries quito sufficiently oalled the gentleman to arder, anú restoréd tho frjpriuties of debato. Almost every evoíiing scones like this oceurro:! ; presumptíon w;is cliockud and ordor preservad by the quaint and uñ'cctive humor of the venerable Speaker. One evening excitonient ran high, and ap usual in Buoh cases, tUo discussion abounded in violAt declamation and extravagant assertions; in the midst of which a lawyer from Alton got the floor, and in a pompous blusteriiig iaanner, cri(d, "Mr. Speaker!" Lord Coko yery appropratoly announoed him, " Thé gc:tlyman from tho penitentiary ! " This had tho dosiród eflfect. The appluuse was tumultuous. Tho gentleman ir.in {':■- tiary wan nipli s; d, and in ti:" mi'lst of' embarrassment, disappeared in the erowd. Such -vere tho proceedings of th ''Third House" of the Legislaturo une èr tho memorable speakership of Lord Coke. - Chicago líccord.