The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-18

tions aud denunciatIon, between sena-
turs Ingall Of Kanas and Voorhees, Of
Indiana. II wns on Tuesday, aud two
hours before the time for the senate 10
meet, visitors began to illl the galleries,
Il having been announced by the SEN
ator from Kansas (the president pro
tenn of the senate) that he would on
that day leave the chair to answer
speech made by the Indiana senator
last week.
BY noon, the opening hour for the
senate all available space on the floor of
the chamber and In the galleries was
taken, the doorways were jammed
with people and out I'm the corridors
there was curious mass Of humanity
sufficient to have Allied the galleries
over again, but with no hopes of get.
ting even near one of the doorways
which commanded aiview Of the interi-
or. congressman LEFT the all important
tariff DEBATE Ia the house Of representa-
tives and came over TO hear the wrathy
speeches, for every body expected to
sees enator Ingalls, pour vltriol upon
and apply scourges to the democratic
senators who had taken exception 10
his recent speech on dependent pension
bill
In that speech Mr.. Ingalls, alluded to
Gems. Hancock and Mcclellan M allies
Of the confederacy, and for this he was
vehelnently attacked by Senator Noor-
hecs last week. His reply wns To Mr..
Voorhees, attack.
Lack Of space forblds ME to give even
an epitomized form Of the remarks of
either Of the Senators, but the scene In
the Senate was one which, perhaps, has
never been parallelled In the history of
that august body. Language became
personal In the extreme, and while Il
was not Billlngsgate. 1t was far beyond
BillIngsgate's best record, and although
no blows were actually struck, every
body held his breath for awhile and
thought there would be.
Inthe course of his remarks Mr..
/ ingalls, took occasion to say that Jus
tice Lamar was no lawyer, never had
been, and that he was appointed by n
reluctant President only because he
was the nearest friend Of Jefferson Da-
Wis. He made quite a number of state
mcnts concerning Senator Voorhees,
political record for the past twenty-five
years, some Of which the latter brand
ed as campaign lies, saying he did not
deign to reply 10 such accusations. He
would simply spit upon them and
trample upon them, kick them. Sew
eral times Mr.. Voorhees, called Mr..
Ingalls, liar, great liar, and one
time a dirty dog. Representative
johnson of Indiana who was seated at
desk Immediately In rear Of Mr..
| Ingalls, was alluded to In several in
stances as having vouched for the truth
OF some statement made in regard 20
Mr.. voorhees, past course Of conduct.
/ He is a liar if he intlmatcs such thing
roarcd the Senator, il never, never oc-
CURED, never I'm the world; pass my
answer to the scoundrel behind YOU,
and tell him / say he Is an Infamous
scoundrtl and liar. Tell him say so.
At one time Senator Ingalls, said pas
sionately. "lf this were pclIce court,
that citizen there, from Indiana, would
be arrested and put in the dock for be-
ing drunk and disorderly.
There was intense excitement during
the Interchange OF these compliments,
but finally both Senators seemed to
realize that they had gone farther than
! they had intended. Senator Eustis
and Gibson of Louisiana then replied
with some spirit to Mr.. Ingalls, critic
ism Of Louisiana election methods, and
fortunately the Senate adjourned with
out the belligerent Senators getting the
floor again. 1t was long time how
ever before that end of the Capital was
cleared. People hung around the cor
ridors looking for a continuation out of
doors of the hostilitles 50 fIercely wag-
cd within.
The verdict Of soberminded people
on the Tuesdays debate is that there
was nothing to admire i'm Il, that its
chief characteristic were its shocking
lack of dignity and its entire want of
lappositeness to any living question Of
AHe ustNg nAiu NIlAt NiAllc euCn HptCNA-
cuIar exhibition might be pardonabIe
on the stump, it should never have
taken place on the floor of the United
States Senate.
Satire and indignation were the fire
arms used, and in regard 10 which Sen
ator displayed the greatest degree OF
skill in their management, 1t depended
altogether on the sympathics of the
audience one way or the other.
The Senate has been discussing the
Chinese Treaty dehlnd closed doors.
The tariff debate proceeds In Il q
House with only an occasional little
tilt between the speakers to break the
monotony.
Comment upon the nomination OF
Mr.. Fuller of Illinois, for Chief Justice
ofthe United States, has been favorable
to the selection from every standpoint