Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-18
INGALLS, AND BROWN.
Continued Sensation in the United
States Senate.
SENATOR BROWN MAKES A REPLY.
Members of the Senate Accusing Each
Other of Very Mean Tricks and
heaner lnsinuations.


early in the Senate this morning. He was
chafied good humoredly by his colleagues
on the episode ofyesterday. He seemed to
10 be in good trim for another bout. Mr..
Brown was also in his seat. He had with
him roll Of manuscript which it was sus-
pected bore his promised reply to the Kan
sas Senator He was cool and collected and
seemed to derive some satisfaction from
close perusal of the Congressional Record,
containing full report Of yesterday tilt.
Mr.. Brown rose TO a question of privilege
as soon as the journal was read He sent
the Record to the clerks desk and had GER
,tain marked passages read. Senators on
both sides were eagerly attentive. The
galleries were full and number OF Repre-
sentatives were on the floor. The record
having been read, Mr. Brown unrolled his
manuscript and read his reply. He said he
did not answer yesterday because he did not
wish to speak to the imputaton, which Mr.
ingalls, remarks were calculated and in
tended to provoke In what he had now to
saw he would keep within the rules of de-
cOrum.
Opprobrious Language.
Il call the attention OF the Senate said
he, to the insulting and opprobrious Ian
guage used towards member OF; this body,
| could not repel such insults without yio-
lating the rules of the Senate which We are
all in honor bound to obey. do not wish
to glaze over this matter. The charge OF
the Senator, Of falsiiying the record, and
committing a forgery on the records OF
the Senate, was deliberately
planned insult, and uttered not
only in violation o. the rules o.
the Senate but in defiance of the authority
Of the presiding olfice""- Senator EdmundS
objected and Mr. Brown withdrew the OBJ
iectionable remaIk. He said, however
that the insult was not given in the heat Of
debate; it was premeditated and studied.
The remarks said TO have been int'T,
polated in the report were substantially used
by him in the debate. This could be testified
to by the Senators who heard him utter the NJ
The Senator from Kansas had deliberately
insulted Senator on this floor. At the
instance of the pr siding officer Mr.. Brown
withdrew these words.
Discreet Courage.
The Senate he continued. should not
permit such an outrageous aud ineXcuSabe
breach of its privileges to 90 unnOticed |
shall not make this chamber the scene OF q
coarse personal quarrel. 1t is not my meth
cd, nor is this the place which would select
for such purpose The Senator seems to
Il Il. Al, e IL
office | inserted something in my speech
which I was afraid TO utter in his presence
and that in my flight from him sent back
a Parthian arrow. trust it is not improp-
er for me to say that during q somewhat
eventful life in the many conflicts ! have
had with brave men, where there was real
danger the insinuation of want of
courage has never been made against me.
venture to say there is nothing in the char
acter of the Senator from Kansas nor in
any Of the antecedents Of his history, nor in
his person, that could make him an object
of apprehension, or excite the fears of any
man. Laughter There is no place so
safe as this Senate chamber for man of
discreet courage to blustcr Und parade his
yitupcrative rhetoric. The immunity is no
where on earth to such person as here
There is no other Senator on this floor in
like circumstances who would have used
such language as the Senator from Kansas
employed under the protection of the
Senate, and he would not have used that
language, and will not use it, except under
The protection of the Senate
Mr.. Ingalls, Reply.
There was great excitement when Mr.,
Ingalls, rose to reply. He began deliberate
" and spoke with a ringing voice If the
Senator from Georgia" he said, will allow
the remarks that he has made this morning
to stand as they bave been delivered, shall
be content, but if they are to be amended
by interpretations and observations not de-
livered after they have been sent 10 the
printing house, | should prefer to
wait before canvassing the vote un-
til all the returns are in. Laugh |
ter The Senator From Georgia is peculiar
in sOre respects than one. With him the |
pen is mightier than either tongue or sword |
Renewed laughter. He sheds ink like |
water The Senator from Georgia is very |
courageous-with the pen. Laughter. |
sha II not, however, be diverted by the per-
sonal tinge that he has seen fit to give TO his |
observations this morning. from the real
question before the Senate, and that is |
whether the records have been falsifed By |
the Interpolation Of matter, personal in lis |
character and susceptible only of an often
sive Interpretation.
Mr.. ingalls, went on to say that the OH
cial reporter had told him Mr. Brown had |
not used the language interpolated in his
speech, and held up the sheet of manuscript |
in which Mr.. Brewn had made the changes.
He charged, with great warmth that this
was breach Of the courtcsies of the Senate.
and privileges OF debate. 1T would not,
he exclaimed, have been done in the
ordinary affairs Of life, between one gentle
man and another (SensatiOn.)
Mr.. Ingalls, withdraws.
At the request of the chair Mr.. Ingalls,
withdrew these remarks.
The Kansas Senator went on to put
hypothetical case, and asked what would
have been thought Of any Senator who
spoke Of fellow member as sanctlmo-
nious hypscrite that washed his hands in
invisible soap and was not very clean in
morals after the operation. Suppose,
said be, II should characterize him as the
Uriah Heap OF the Senate, or the Joseph
Surface of American politics; that he was
snivelling political pecksnif, who had been
on all sides of every political question,
who had belonged to every political party
in his lifetime, and belossed to none that he
did not betray. Would that be within the
privileges OF debate2 Laughter ] use
these observations as an Illustration. They
have no personal application" In conclud-
ing Mr.. Ingalls, said, $50 far as imputations
of the Senator from Georgia upon my per
sonal courage and nv personal appearance
are concerned, l here distinctly aVow all
that have said hitherto, in any sense that
he sees Gt to attribute to it and that | do
not shield myself behind the privileges Of
this Chamber"
Mr. Hampton obtained permission to say
that be had heard the Senator from Georgia
make the remarks which were alleged to
have been interpolated in the record /
After other routine business had been dis
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