, 1880-12-22

rE1ts'SAk ASSAULT, .,,,fn..
bat did ,tol .sl,t'w any la*s1oil, atlsaF0pn al,-
tainc,l tho Hour to reply to lhs pelEushl IT.
tuck. Ills reply WIS III excellent piece Of
pol l'fica rci'ar.co and !hycctEvc, md, IN 1t III
ngnin turned tllo tables Upon Ills oupRpcntb
It WIS, w1ilc repiyinR"to tlts 1iclsSi1l ns-
sat't Init Sparks, OF Illinois, win ,jMs IT.
come s,n'cwllnt llotcll for tho fncllit .wIt1
which l,o acts Into parliamentary aHroifs
through 'ne''sl!eso'nc ,!n,crfilptinns iNicnn-
ttnycrseS WfIlcl. 10 nut concern hlmIWpdko
tue word wl,ic'l kfii.let the lIlps nf passihn.
Slnrks seemed To tcef tlmt tho responsibility
Of defending tito Deinaaeaiiattc pnrty was b,,1
Ills shoulders. a,lt, to it'Fenpral stntGment rs
10 tug ucls !ok tho Dc,hocracy made hy
Weaver. Sparks, intcrruptftig,
cltAlali:,, TINT. rr wtT FALSE. j;
IL IL lr'o tint Alr. Splrks l,,ld iallu tn np9lo;
ny for what llo lsul sat,l, Md he wr0:u,, nhtJ
10 Mr.. Weaver, snylng tint tho gclllcnjati
had misunderstood hin, In supposlng t!,atilib
{Sft7rks, referred to l,fs attitude lit tho cd1l
pntEll Ut ,iSs0 when liz cl.argcti him with be-
inE Republican, but tint lIc Intended 10 s,S
that Wtayur &.ta II Republican when he sup:
l,ortetl tilt Funding dlI. Mr.. Weaver nc
ccrtc.l this explanation, evidently III good
h',mor, and tntlHatetl that Mr.. Sparks lint
tntlrntfcs Ut tclnpor tlat worq wull-kl,ow,,,
n.ltl which ought to ln,ucu 1,lm nevar 10
open his mouth wien lsa ws,s excited. Mr.
Weaver at,lcsl TINT hH always cllt!cavotctl
himself to keep cuot, hut tint. II a,ly one III
prtsats conve.sat tim h.,tl sail outsIs!o Of tho
HOUSE whatSI,nrlts Ind saitI, within tho rcacl,
Of Ills arm, ho woslll liaye bcon answered By
II blow. Mr.. SPARKS col1l,l not u.stra1n !ts
passion. 1le seemed to ris0 cyellI 10 more
thai Ills usual liiglit. ns .,.t,.
lie ENTHUSIASTICALLY nETonrEp:-n
Your urn! Your ar,nl have no n,ttrp
tear uf TINT linn lna of tAs
Greu,,bar!s rnrty Mt tlle lato clcctioii..'
! l'd1resscsl myself to II tnnr
who ulluHrs to be 1ncs!ug III tie qualities Of
alur'1'E thu ca1nlaign."' MIR. Weaver, still
ulIgl,t tnt III be lasty wtlI his co1ltcln1t, nv
H. did not know TINT Ills tsYraycr's) ti.l,t1ng
wciglt wns Isl pounds. Sparss' tIlEu here
knew l,0 bounds. Th1s was tic dramatic
crisis Ut tho scolir. Weaver rnse, yury cnl.l,,
very collected, alltl. In II silcncn which was
oppressive, calmly snf that III tho presence
o1 thu llnuse ,tisl of tho country llu branded
tho gentlonsn from Illinois {Atr. Sparks)
AZ 4 LIAR.
Sparks quickly rGthrtnll with Tic wU rsts,
Contemplate scullnlrcf mil yilfaip." IIu
llntt not time to say more, for the Whrtl liar
hat scarcely eseapctl from tho llns or Wca-
yer lcfore tho latter rushed FROM tho srat
which liz occupied, on tho broad a,slu, ienr
tho sreA III front Of tilo Speakers dusk, rn,,-
lilly towards Spnr;s. iii very tleiia,it ntl.l
threatening ,sialler. Thcrc cnll be no ,l..,tbt
rs tn wlIat Weayer's Intentions weru. lio
intended to mike n personal assault upon
Sl,nrks as tllu 'luzcn lnen who instantly sclzetl
him will ,cstlfy,fn liu MlAtte terrible struggles
t0 1c released, md, with somewhat ylgor-
0lls aths,(c'naldc,t TINT tle Sntiltt be 1et 10.
H., ,,o. -. stAItKa, ;siE;A,;Nwl11LE,
trary, hD rose qu1rkly fl Ills placc, in one or
tile front seats racing tho are,, with Ills
cieel;sqlttte bla.iclsel, a,tl seized thu back
of cl,alr, lis II lie intended to list, 1t ns u
weapon. Townshcnd, or Illinois, SEIZED
Sparks, bit |'e lind vury littlo difficulty III
holding 1Iim. fi.dce,l, n spcetatur III tho
gallery fo1l.rkctE tint 1t scenlcd to require
twe1ty mGN to hUlA''' Weaver, ''wililo
one casily held Sparks. Tlq 'littls
faction 0f t1reenl)uckcrs was nuitu tltsposud
to allow Weaver tn lInyc III encounter: with
Sparks. .'rIie tall, CLINT, fornl OF JVlics, uf
'rcxas. was noticed nbove tic cruwl1, ,rlung.
Ing alonE rs II lu t1inlsDir wished t,y tGar
Sparks Iii. pieces. lie ran down t1ld atsle!
pulling Off l!is cont as lle cntne, putl struck nj
9pnrks over t'io lieafs Of l,ntf Il t1xeu 'llitpr-
vetIing members. Ills nrln suo,nctl 10 be ten
feet, long rs ',o did SO, but, then, it
.fatlcd to Tyaelt. james, NJ we'll as 1YIilyor,
WIS seized and carried back. Lowe, (treG,l-
hacker. Of Alaban,a. n ll,nn of very. great
courage nnti I'LL atfllrtc In franc, wns licnrtt
III say To tlioso wtlo wore holding Weaver:
Let him go!: Let htmgoW' unt tho ,ut:nl-
bers demonstrated With ,,Wcaycr Tint Au
ought not u diagraco lltlaself al,l Ills tami!y,
md BY force ra1scl him from tho floor 0ild
fairly cnrrIed him back to Ills scat. .,''~''
Mts. WEAvEitfa STRUGGLE -
with those, who were: holding lin Iastol
fully n minute, null .lse dragged tIioso
WIN first. seized upon hIm some, dis
tanco before Ills progress coull Tho
checlted. Meanwhile, altilougl, Sparks did
liot gu into tho nfs!o where ho coulit lave
ctrsily lnat Weayur befofu n,,y frielltis could
have interferel, was heard to ,nuttor ''bu-
twuen ILLS ;tertlI, III taa hight Of iHlsslo1 us
lio ctenc'sod tho buck Of Ills chair, LET tic
como 0nlt
=. THE SCENE WHICH FOLLOWED !
was ycryturbulcnt onc. Cries like tlleso
calre up from NIL parts of tho liall: |'Foiil
murder will bo tlone!" "I.ct ,tho,u lsgl,ti"
Put him 0ut!" "tiivo him Que, for luck!"
and ottior ep1tl1ots whtu!l ca1not be rapcnte.l
III respectable newspaper, but which
could bo picked up nt, a. ding tight.
ln tlle IIeaMt1nle, tho reporters, lagpa, lnd
G!arks Ind hecn driven from their placcH.
'fise Asaoelatotl Press reporter Ind gathered
up Ills sheets a1il uscapatI, Ills table DsIt,g
knocked nyar IN tilo nQlta. Speaker Inn.
dull ran for thu Cl.air, wl,Eu6 tin HELPLESS
ffttttrt tffrt1IY