The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-20
LAMAR AND CONKLING.
The Sharp Passage of Words Be-
tween the Two Senators On
Wednesday Night.
How It Was Brought About and It's
Probable outgrowth.
The Bullying New Yorker Brought to Bay
No Meeting Of Any Kind Expected.
Isoeclal to the Democrat. j


lSpec1al 70 the Democrat
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The remarkable
affair between Conkling and Lamar Id the
Senate at so o'clock last evening bids fair,
L present appearances may be trusted, to
end without further action. II, as is gener-
ally believed by Democratic Senators, Conk-
ling's deliberate purpose was to provoke
challenge from Lamar, his method betrayed
d Woful ignorance Of the rules under which
gentlemen approach the subject. He began
Lamar ON q point entirely foreign to the sub
ject matter then before the Senate. In fact,
so far-fetched was Conkling's pretext. that
nearly all the Democratic Senators thought
b emust be referring to some OF his antagon-
lists in the proceeding debate, and saying the
Senator from Mississippi" by q slip OF the
tongue; but when he proceeded to speak OF
the leyee bill as piece OF bad faith, which, he
charged, there could be no further ground for
that supposition, and Lamar instantly re-
PEELED the imputation with all the force he
could command.
Then Conkling came back at Lamar, with
fish market slang, intending to confuse the
issue and put Lamar In the attitude OF rest
ing under the affront; but Lamar, with q tact
which his brother Senators pronounced an In
spiration Of genius paid, no atten-
tion to Conkling's reioinder, but went
straight back to his own original expression
OF resentment 10 say that Conkling correctly
apprehended his meaning; that he IamarI
did mean to accuse him (Conkling) Of false-
hood, and that it was language which no
good man could deserve, and no brave man
could wear.
Conkling, infuriated as he was, had sense
enough to see that Lamar had shut the door
OF retort against him and subsidized. There
was general satisfaction to see the big bully Of
the Senate noored, and the universal inquiry
was what would he do about II
An authority on the code said 1t was Conk-
ling's privilege to await the publication OF the
official record before he took steps. In fact
some OF the best authorities said be must 90
80 because 1t was impossible to hold Senator
responsible Tor language used In debate until
4t,at j had raa,, ,,ri,,te.I and rtrca,-
.lla1 aallh ussse nau 49, p.1s e'uu :.
lated outside OF the forum tn which IL was ut
tered. Conkl1ngs 1riends say To-day tnab ne
has been taking advice In the premises, but
tha o,onara, belief 10 that no will nof nr.naad
yarttar r. waa runnorad thia afternoon tI,af.
.al slel. :. We sa,is
ne would assault Lamar ana bufn bne maIteE
into street fight, but Lamar secuted this
snnnoeftion. and refused to arm himseH in
tio,,,atte,, 81 ,,o,, oroo,,,,tar tba,,,,b a.
ANTICIPATION oI sucn encounter, .houen au-a
vised to do 80 by some OF his friends.
The whole affair is part and parcel Of
e,.,.tar, q ofranaiva 4rr,o,,1anoo and raekIaaa5
blackguardlsm nauguratea py Ihe hadl-#
Gals In Congress, to which referred at length
IN nv mail correspondence sometime since.
+t,o+ +t,e, a,aa,,, ,,;,1
be prolonged into the coming week. Conkltng
and Zach Chandler both intend to sneak To-
-. II +.a I'M and Il i ra,,o,ta.,
nioiAo" ~ s11o e -, 1na = = - ~
that they will openly asSalI Jonn Sherman foT
Influencing the Radicals In the House to make
CONCESSIONS ta the Democrats. AT all events