Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-22
LET HIM AT HIM.
= Ii!if; AND VILLAIN.


= I-IAi e-'H s1-L-AA-Ns
Ha: Words Spoken III the House.
Mitnesseu in .;nE.re--,raai Halls
Weaver and Sparks Taking OE
THsir.C"ats to join in;s
itEOch. Down Ar
Suiic.it-
II the House at Washington yesterday
the financial question was revived i'll de-
bate over the fundin. bill. 1t had pro
ceeded in an orderly enough way, and it
was not TIL Mr. Weaver took 4 hand that
the active fun began. Weaver had been
listening attCntiyely aud gathering points
from both sides. His desk was covered
with books and documents and an open
scrap-book lay before him. He speaks ex-
tempoIanccusly, has Il free and graceful
delivery and is ono OF the few ready de-
batcrs Of the House. On this occasion he
appeared more frisky than usual. 1t was
not long before he had half a-loZen intcrrO-
eating him AID the ai>!cs filled Oh both
SIDES Of him will. attentive listeners. He
easily slipped from the funding bill! into poll
ties and once into politics into the Demo-
cratic record Oh the finances.
Mr. Buckner NIo) asked Weaver when
he i.ad left the Republican party.
Mr.. Weaver replied that he had left it in
| 1877. just when the gentleman Buckncr }
was Stumping Iii, district in favor o! sub
| ;titu,iur .,recuhiclS for national bank
| nUtcS.
| Mr.. Bland (Mo.) replied TO Wcaver's
speech in which lic said that that gentle
! man lla,l shown his ;!i:muS il attacking
the Democr:.ts-:hc ..nly friends which that
gentleman had in the House. Laughter on
l III L.,
| charge made against Weaver in the last
campaign that ne was acting III he inter-
est Cf the Republicans, aud said that his
action thci, corrcsrnndci with his speech
to-day.
Mr.. Weaver tried t. interrupt Bland,
asserting that lis statement was not true.
Bland has! declined to yield, and went on
charging Weaver With Inconsistency and
bad faith.
Mr.. Weaver replied to Bland and chal-
| ienGcd him to quote one word that he
| (Weaverj had said il the last campaign in
favor of the Republican party. Until he
could do, 0 !.e s!iou,d shut up.' Laugh
| TER. lie had in that campaign ;,rraigned
the Republican party. and he :rraigncd it
| to-day.
Mr. Spa X, Nll.) got the iiooI and alluded
t, Il circumstance that had occurred during
| t;,c inIcrlnptions between Weaver, Biaml
and others, in which Weaver had used an
offensive term to him Chat he was
crazy y. He went Oh, in Il good ma
tuvcd manner. To excuse the offensive re-
maj k Il, arising from misunderstanding
! on Viewers part "f what he (Sparks) had
said to call ii out.
Mr.. Weaver replied in the same tone o?
pleasantly aud good humor, declining TO
take o!i"nsa a: what Sparks had said and
| intimatiny thai no one coul.l venture to in
suit him Intentionally by ascribing false
hood to him without: feeling the force of
his (Wcavcr y riSh: arm. Laughter and
| uprOar.
| Mr.. Sparks, Oh hearing ihc latter remark,
changed his to;,c from one Of pleasantly to
one OF anger. and he said II spurn with
contempt the reach Of his arm.' The
reach ofshis arm would affect me as little
rs it affected the last presidential election
| Mr. Weaver (stili in Il iOcular toDe).
| Well, thai was sufficient. Does not the
| gentleman see That lie ought never to open
his mouth at Ill when lie is excited ::
| Never! never! lie sr,.rlS the reach Of
my arm He can do SO. In the temper |
em in he can do 80, would no: hart Il
hair on his head. laughter. iIisapoioyy
was ample, and accept it, but | caution
| him :s;,iils: the further use of the term
ialsekoot,'' or "I;c." That, in Ken
tncky. i regarded. b"l;cvc, as equal to
click or Il bow. and even ii was not
a; large as :, mouse | would assail any
man who would amply >,ci il term to me
| Extensively. Tho gentleman has alluded
to my weight, but l warn him that my
| fighting weight is iSi pounds. Shouts oi
| laughter.
Sir. SPARKS Docs The gentleman say
| that used the word iaischooG:
| Mr.. Weaver. SO | understood.
! Mr.. Sparks. Ola, 10. yours VAS certainly
| tile first offensive word.
| Mr.. Weaver (s;li good We
| arc all right now.
Mr.. Sparks You misunderstood me.
said that you were stating Whit was not
true and you were wanting in the quail
ties of i gcntcinan in your failure to
remedy il. Excitement ami confusion III
the chamber. That was ali that there
was of it, but it developed at the last clec
| ton that You wanted those qualities.
Mr.. Weaver {now thoroughly angry and
cxcitcd). | dcnouncc tic gentleman per-
sonally as :, liar on the hoo: OF the House.
Mr. Sparks (equa!ly cxcitcd). You are
Il scoundvci an: u villain.
Mr.. Weaver ticrcupon, amid great up.
roar, lett tic place where he was standing
and advanced mcnaciaYly towards Sparks,
who, in his turn, moved towards Weaver,
but both We're Immediately surrounded by
members, who prevented them getting to
close quarters and made them put on
| their coats. which each was in
the act of taking off as he ad-
vanccd into the area. OF course the
greatest confusion and disorder prevailed
| on the floor and in the galleries, but in the
midst OF it the speaker took the chair and
| called upon the sergeant, alarms to do his
duty. Just then. however. there was
nothing particular to be done by that of.
fetal. as the cO!i,batants had been removed
| by their respective friends and there was
| 70 danger OF their assauting each other.