New-York tribune., 1883-03-17
own level 2 Can it be that the conscience Vi
tho island Is utterly debauched
,.npF TEMPER TROUBLES.


ridorca accumulates that this IS crltlca
enocb for the human temper. We recoraeu
saveroI remarkable instances of trouble Win lt
Yesterday. and Others even more remarkaoie
have since come to hand. Two Senators Oh tne
pennsvIvania Legislature were acute sufferers
from the prevailing disturbance on lhur9u"S'
They had bacOme excited by ueo"'1 on
Free Pine bill. and closed the scene by llVeiy
effort;to damage'each others pipes Inc VIZ
TINS are described in the glowing accounts VI
the scrmmage published in the Phllauelphia
nouers as the stalwart," bald-headed, ocotcH
Mcknight, of Jefferson County, ana the " ner-
vously agile Emery" of Mexican County EN-
cry requested Mcknight to come to MS ueSA'
and when he mad complied informed him that
II, had misrepresented his constituents
d,d not y replied Nc Knight, as the "slantihg
ravs oe the afternoon sunr-we quote the elo-
onort language of an eye witness" glinted on
his nolisbed nate. illumned his paper collar,
and met halfway gleam of fire in his oppo-
nent's eve.v 81 say you did," retorted Emery
who appears to be much less picturesque
nerson than Mcknight for no mentlon.ls made
of n bald-head or paper collar in connection
with him.
OF course. after tho dispute had reached this
animated point the next step was lneVitaole'
sYou're liarn yelled Mcknight. NO
sooner was the ugly word uttered we quote
apaip-s than there was glimpse OF Emerys
hand rushing through the air, the back OF II
striking Mcknight square on the mouth" Ihe
bald-headed Scotchman was equally lively
alike the flash of an arrow Meningitis fist
shot out from the shoulder and rang hard and
Al. all oh
would seem to indicate that Emery wears
glass eye The other kiEd do not emit rine
when hit, though they usually wear one alter
ward. The statesmen were separated aiter
this interchange of rapid shots, and the bald-
headed Scotchman was with some dlniculty
ouieted remarbing that he would have Hcked
him. with unmcntiOnaUle severity IL he had not
been hauled Off subsequently the TWO men
were brought together and induced to shake
hands but were Immediately separated again,
"a signs of another war were imminent. IL Is
remarked that while the members OF the
Senate deplore the disgrace brought upon
them by this outbreak, some of them regret
that tho affair was stopped 80 soon. These
argue that the first blows brought all the DIS
grace possible, and that while they were In Tor
IT they might rs we'll have had all the fun they
could. This is a large view OF the subject, ana
one which would naturally be looked for in
body of statesmen capable Of developing
scene like the one described.
But the most stupendous outbreak OF all
occurred in what the rural orator would call
"our midst Two students OF our city IN
stitutions came very near 10 mortal combat
over the tremendous question OF whether the
Theta Delta Chi was superior to the Alpha
Delta Phi. Blows had been struck, challenge
had been exchanged, place of meeting agreed
upon. and the pistols loaded with blank car
tridges when the nurses, or rather the police
svooped down upon the belligcrent children
and locked them up. The atrocity of this ln-
reference becomes apparent when we consider
the fact that among the numerous seconds OF
the ferocious principals were real marquis
and n live count These two ilustrious person
ages appear TO have been the instigators of the
bappily bloodless affair, and their strange
eourso was probably prompted by "a dosire to
revive in this country rejected custom CT the
- efIcte despotisms OF Europe" The result OF
their first effort is not likely to encourage them
10 further cxertons. The case is an interesting
one as showing that the prevailing disturbance,
which we are still inclined to consider atmos-
pheric, is affecting even the children. 1t is our
opinion, however, that the pressure upon them
is very slight, and that brisk spanking would
work speedy cure.