The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-25

tnen tho Senator from Georgia said
what was untrue.
at this point thcro was what was
called "a scene" Blaine happon-
my to have ono more Mulligan let
ter in his coat-tail pocket, looked
round for soft spot on the carpet,
whoro no could fall, if no Thought
prudent to havo sunstroke. Pat
tcrson bcthought himself of run
n'ng over tho Long Bridge, but ro-
1lcctod that ho might encounter
South Carlina requisition the mo-
mcnt his Pennsylvania person and
his Natick boots carried his Wash-
lngton store clothes and his New
York neck tic to Virginia soil,
Other Senators wero penetrated by
quito as lively emotions. Gordon
added in a dttsso arot;sm0o eve
can scttle this elsewhere" Conk-
ling rejoincd in q tcnore ro6usto =:
"Wc can settle the mattor hero and
now" "Hore and now" are always
impressive From Conkling they
arc blood,curdlmg. Thero was
evidently a vital difference of opin-
ION between tho Senators on an
advcrb Of timc and place, and such
grammatical issues will ALWAYS Ok.
cite tho honorable body. But the
two bclligorents said no moro.
Gordon knew that his ri1o was in
tho cloak room, his bowieknife had
bocn sent out to bo ground, his
rcvolvers were in his other panta-
looms pockets, he had loaned his
sword to the proprietor of Wizards
Hotol to slice boiled ham with, and
his mountain howitzer, which he
ordinarily carries on his hip, was in
use us cuspador at Wallace's desk.
Tic was, therefore, unarmed. and his
live feet four and his ono hundred
and twcnty-siX pounds were in favor
or some other time and "elsewhere."
Conkling realized that Gordon's
eXtremety was his opportunity. He
nicely calculated the distance from
tho floor to tho ceiling, and he
estimated that he could sling
the Georgian through TIE roof in
second, at the ratio which would
land tho remainder of him that did
not adhere to tho painted glass, at
the Relay House, in about minute
and half. Feeling therefore oil
his Oneida potency md all his
Bowery Boy activity stirring in him,
his six feet two and his two hundred
and twenty pounds wore in favor of
"herc and Iow."
Mr.. Thurman, however, poured
oil on the troubled waters, and Mr..
Hamlin poured waters on the
troubled oil. It was very much
regretted that any such scone had
occurred, and every Senator solemn
ly engaged to say nothing about it.
outside, on account of which pledge
tho whole country is enabled to
know all about it to-day. It will be
observed that Mr. Gordon's dosire.
to settle something with big man
elsewhere was not reciprocated by
MIR. Conkling. Tt will be observed
thatiMr. Conkling's desire to turn
the Chamber into q ring, to settle
something here and now, with
httlo man, was not reciprocated
by Mr.. Gordon. But the best part
Of the whole business is the oppor-
tunity the incident gives to news
papers without any manners Of
their own, to talk about the "plan-
tation" kind, and that is not unlike-
ly to be followed by other journals,
on the other sido of O hypothetical
line, rating tho careful timed and
conditional defiance of Mr.. Conk-
ling, rs characteristic of class who
aro always willing to fight whom and
whore thoy can't, and never whom
and where they can. There is no
doubt that Gordon's swift insinua-
tion That William Anxiety Wheeler
was receiving orders from Conkling
was m unparliamontarya and unjus-
tifiablo us it was not improbably
t,uo. There is no doubt that.
Conkling's heroic and hypothetical
hurling Of tho hatchet of defiance OF
Gordon was in tho finest and
safest style of tho Senator. The
"olsowhoro" and the shore and now
which were the afterthoughts of the
little bantam and tho altitudinous
shanghai, we have already shown
tho reasons for.
It is pretty certain, however, that
tho improvements ofoocoasion fell
lows can fine little to improve in this
affair Cor1op no ipi,,11n;o,, o,.,o,,