In he rushed, despatched a messenger for me, and began a single-handed filibuster.

The Speaker pro tem called him to order.

Mike continued to speak and protest; the Speaker hammered him down; Mike continued his protests; the sergeant-at-arms was sent to arrest and remove him; and then I bounced in, and continued the protest, and refused to sit down or be silent.
Amid wild confusion the amendment was declared adopted, and the bill was ordered engrossed and sent to the Governor.

But we had carried our point.

The next morning the whole press rang with what had happened; every detail of the bill, and every detail of the way it had been slipped through the Legislature, were made public.