Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-24
lamar and E,duissfst:s.

A SCENE THAT TOOK FIRCE II THE EXECUTIVE SIS
sSoS TCEsDAY-A SHARP p!sPrTE SAID TO HAVE
TAKEH PLACE
The Philadelphia Press to-day contained a Wash
fngton special representing that in the executive
session OF the senate Tuesday Senators Edmunds
ani Lamar engaged in wrangle' over the coz
hrmaiion OF Emory Speer. According to This dis
patch, Mr.. EdmundS upbraided the southern
Senator'S right aid lett. denounced poiiti-
Cal crimes In t:ie southern states, AID
mercy. Lamar replied with considerable fndigna-
ton. and EdmunGs returned to the attack more
EelrelE than ever The dispatch represented Mr.
Edmulds as the victor, A STAR reporter clipped
the special ami showed IL TO several democratic
Senators among them Mr. Lamar, wLo, after read
They have way Of giving out these things as
favorable to their or n side
The special was shown about among the demo-
cratic Senator'S, and some OF them thought that az
one side OF the hal been giveu that the whol
Should be published. Bat after some talk Two
democratic Senators said 10 the reporter:
I'VE will not go into fhe secrets OF the executive
session, even TO correct a Misrepresentation, tut
you can say teat The democrats of Tie Senate are
eninently satisfied with Mr.. L3mar's utterances,
and the position be occupies In the affair"
BY further Inquiry The reporter ascertsiined that
the controversy was political one OF considerable
bitterness, and senator's opinions OF IL We're gov
erned by their political sentiments. Republicans
Thought that Mr. Edmu2ds had got the best VI Mr..
mar as the man who had tTfumphed.
Mr.. EdInunds was very severe In his attack upon
StfidtC1S anu Nf- Lamar replied In Elu1
saying that tr Mr.. EdDlunds' object had been TO
make himself offensive TO southern Senators he had
succeeded TO the point that they would hold no
further intercourse with him. TO which MI Ed
munds retorted substantially that it indlfIer-
ent to him.
A STAR reporter obtained from an entirely dis
passionate source a true statement OF the affair."
On the democratic side Mr.. Speer, who was nOml-
Mated Tor L. = district attorney of Georgia. WAS
pretty severely cricised Tor remarks IL alleged
he had made disparagtng 10 South Carolina,
IN connection with the election cases he
had gone into that state To prosecute
Mr.. EdInunds replied that one OF the attorneys
Tor the defense. eH-Attorney 1oumans OF South
Carolina. had used Incorporate language ard had
abused everybody on the other SIDE, particularly
Mr. Speer, for going into the state 70 prosecute
Senator Butler replied 10 Mr.. E1nunds. and
! in the course OF the discussion the lat
ter animadyerted upon what ne consi1-
cred the southern custom OF brew-beatfng, etc
MI. Lamar, who had joined IN the debate, re-
garded Mr. Edmunds assault applying 10 all
southerners and said that Ii the senator
from Vermont had desired TO render HIM
self personally obnoxious or offensive to
all southern Senators, he had succeeded
IN so far as he Qamarl, Was concerned ar. Ed
munds arose and said he was sorry any Sucn con-
strucion had been put upon his remarks. and there
the matter ended. one Senator said: III the dis
pute had occurred In open session, nobody would
have paid any attention 10 It."