Note 66 — Chapter II
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“The gentleman from Lafourche has spoken of bribery. Now, there is another absurdity, for a member gave him a cigar for a bribe, but he did not offer me one.” House Debates, 1869, 126. And “I rise to a point of order—this bill is a swindle,” 264. Again, a member proposed in all seriousness that the House adjourn in respect to the recent marriage of one of its members. When the speaker objected to such levity, he retorted: “It is a very serious event for the gentleman from St. Charles.” Ibid., 135. Another member rose to make the point of order that “the committee had no dignity,” 264.