The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-03
WIND.
Voorhees, and Malone Call
Each ether Names.
but Th.y Weu,t Fight.

disgraceful scene ia the Senate on Friday
between voorhees, snd Malone.
VOORHEES, said: have lead an edi-
torial from ons Of tee leading republican
newspaper. Of the Uziled SlAtes. Am
to be called in question on this side Of the
chAnb T?
Mitchell. Pennsylvania, sai1 ths psper
in question (the EUeAsiHg telegraph iii
Nere repub lean paper, was . republic
can paper with Democratic tendencies.
a I'd itS tendeeeiss were more frequently
democratic thsn republican.
hoar tried to restore h-rnony by az
explanation, but Mshone refused 10 &C
cspl 1t, and said he wanted (speaki Z
imperatIvely) to know whether those per-
sonAl references to bimself Sere OF Voor-
heels accord. II Voorhees, took the
liberty of referring him to a newspaper
man for settlement, he should select his
own course.
Voorhee1refponded in a earsless, but
defiant Ha,.
Malone. psrsisting-I have called
| upon you in this house whether or not
| Before be bad time u finish the sen.
tenea. Voorhees,, anticipating il, and
| throwing off the self rsssrsias which he
bad observed 10 this point, said, pas
sionstely: Then / endorse every single
werd which wrs TO said IN that article.
MAhene, breaking in-Then say the
re erences which you make to me are
such ~ no honorable or brave man
would make, and l d-nounce you IS
such here. (fhe reporter gives the SEN
tenre as uttered).
Voorhees-That is bare question of
here aud hereSfter.
MAhone-The thereafter" will CONS as
soon as you want it 10.
Voorhees, will know exactly how to
meet it. endorse every word said in
that article. endorse the term irene
| gade democrat" endorse everything
else in it that may be construed TO reflect
on the course Ct the senator from Vir-
gisia, and without his taking time to put
words upon me he can seek his redress.
There is no use in making any mistake
| about this matter al all. heard the SEN
stor from Virginia stand and shout out,
THAT thing had 10 STOP" Suppose it
does not; suppose it does not; know it
will not with me, by your dictstion.
That is cheap, very cheap, (alluding to
Mshone's e1pression)
MAbone-It is very cheap, Mr.. Pres
ident, 10 deal in such braTAdo as tie
gentleman from Illinois (meAning Indi-
anal does.
VOORHEES, who WAS walking over 10 his
own chair when Mahone's last remark
was madel turned and said: The gentle
man alludes to me as the senator from
Illinois. l suppose he will take no ex-
ception, therefore, if l allude to him IS
the senator from Vermont.
Malone Continuing and completing
his sentence)-But when the gentleman
Gays he endorses the sentiment of that
newspaper article l undertake to charac-
terze it here as such that no brave or
honorable man would make 10 this
chamber.
(The reporter gives this sentence as
delIvered)-Now let him take that with
him and wear it. ,-'----- ~ ------
After little more talk The Senate ad-
jJurned.
Washington, 1.-The exciting quarrel
10 the Senate between " oorhees aud |
Malone ia the talk Of the town this
evening, and EreculatioD is rife as TO its
possible consequences. Washington
public sentiment. as usual, appears to
have divided in this case pretty closely
upon the lines of party prediction, but
dispassionste observers are Inclined 10
blame both parties 10 the quarrel in turn,
Voorhees unques.ionably in the frat place
for causing the offensive Newspaper
publication to be read as part Of his re-
marks and Malone in the next place for
refusing to be satisfied with Voorhees' !
voluntary 1isclaimor Of its abusive |
epithets. 1t is thought that the matter |
might well have been allowed TO drop at |
this point with q simple remark on Ma
homes part that he would hGTe called |
for q disclaimer il one had not Deen-
voluntarily offered. When, however,
Malone, instead of adopting this course,
sngrily insisted that voorhees, should |
either assume or else for q second time |
disclaim responsibility for the epithets,
and when voorhees, therenpon, 10 view |
of. the Virginisn's menacing manner, !
anticipated the forthcoming dsnunciation,
and adopted tbs newspaper insulting |
language as his own, he gained for him
self the advantage of the position which
had previously been held By Malone,
and the latter's epithels became sub
stantially only rejOinder in kind 1t is
therefore the prevalent opinion that the
onus of puFsuing the quarrel nov rests
upon Malone and not upon Voorhees,.
known whether General Malone |
will adopt this view or whether he
will be content with his plain assertion
that he stands in readiness to respond to /
q challenge fr7m VOORHEES,. In either |
event there will De no thought of i'm
prugning his courage, for he ia known 10
be brave, even to rashness. 1tshould be |
said in partial extenuation of this I'M
seemly occurrence on the floor ofthe |
Senate that the speeches aud proceed |
ings, throughout almost the entire seven |
hours that preceded it, had been marked |
with sectional and partisan bitterness
which quite naturally led up to and cul-
minated in personal outturst of feeling
which had already blazed forth momsn-
tarily a dozen times previously, and
which towards the close Of the long con-
tinued session, were really at white heat.
though under the surface on both sides Of
the chamber.
Washington, 2.-1hs Voorhses-Da-
hone difficulty is virtually ended. Vo r
bees says he intends to treat any message
from Malone, whether he has chal-
lenge or otherwise, with contempt.
Malone, being full of indignation last
night, insisted upon challenging Voor-
hes, but was persuaded by discreet
friends that such sn act would only in
jure him. Friends of both senators are.
endeavoring to * up mutual explans-
ton for Monday, but neither Voorhees,