Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . uld the spirit of mortal beproud ? Hello, Cooper, came from all quarters of thecar, in all sorts of voices, and in a moment ThomasValentine Cooper, ex-President of the State Sen-ate, and the man with the longest record ofcontinuous service in that dis-tinguished body, was shakinghands, with both hands, waththe friends and admirers whogathered about him. In one way ex-Senator Cooperwas the most striking figure,other than the candidates, duringthe closing days of the made no speeches outside hisown county, except one o
Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . uld the spirit of mortal beproud ? Hello, Cooper, came from all quarters of thecar, in all sorts of voices, and in a moment ThomasValentine Cooper, ex-President of the State Sen-ate, and the man with the longest record ofcontinuous service in that dis-tinguished body, was shakinghands, with both hands, waththe friends and admirers whogathered about him. In one way ex-Senator Cooperwas the most striking figure,other than the candidates, duringthe closing days of the made no speeches outside hisown county, except one or two,perhaps, and he accompanied theparty as a distinguished guest,at the invitation of GeneralHastings. He was a vStriking figure, though,because he had helped to make history that willbe memorable in parliamentary circles for all timeto come. Legislative hand-books, for nearly ascore of years, have been publishing biographicalsketches of vSenator Cooper to an extent thatexcuses their repetition here. One incident,striking in its effect, and indicative of the. Hon. Thomas V. Cooper. 129 shrewd, far-seeing policy of this leader of hisparty in the Senate, is worth repeating. Thomas V. Cooper has few peers as a parlia-mentarian. In the extra session of 83 anincident occurred which anticipated by severalyears the celebrated decision of Tom Reed as tocounting a quorum. The Senate was dead-locked one da3^ therebeing but twenty-six Republicans present, andone of the number (Agnew, of Beaver) refusedto vote for Coopers resolution to rescind a pre-vious resolution to the effect that the I^egislaturewould not accept pay if the apportionmentbills were not passed. This practically amountedto a loss of $1500 to each member if the legis-lation which Governor Pattison sought to compelwas not passed. Senator Cooper desired to rescind so as to leaveall free to vote for the Republican bills, and tostick to them if vetoed. Senator Agnew satsilent, and as the Democrats also refused to vote,it le
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