Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24
IT NAY RESULT IN A DUEL.
Senator Chandler Calls Blackburn a
Slave Driver.
YOU ARE A LIAR AND A COWARD
Tho Fiery Kentuckinn's Heated Re
tort-Randalrs Eulogy ON Burnes
Inaugural Preparations
Cabinet Matters.
AsnINeroN BUREAU TIE oMAHA BEg. |
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WASHINGTON, u. c., Feb. %. !

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WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. %. !
There was a great deal Of talk around the
capitol to day about the reported alteration
late yesterday afternoon between Senators
Chandler, of New Hampshire, and Black
burn, of Kentucky, in tho formers commit
tee room. Senator Chandler was in his seat
all the afternoon and Senator Blackburn was
seen gliding about the corridors. The New
Hampshire senator sat for some time on a
lounge on the floor of the senate, talking
with his colleague, Mr.. Blair, and those who
saw the two together argued that they were
discussing the difficulty and that Mr.. Blair
would act as ~peacemakor, One senator who
referred to the conference observed: 'If
Mr.. Blair has anything to do with this thing
he will see that it is terminated on u chival-
rous platform. Blair would fight a buzz.
saw, and if he had been in Chandler's
place he would have given the Kentuckian a
u tirst-class fight The two senators who
engaged in the difficulty refused to make
statements, and Senators Cullom, Platt and
Faulkner, who were witnesses, refused to
say anything on the subject. They all Join,
however, in denying that there were any
blows struck, or that Senator Blackburn
pulled Senator Chambers ear or inflicted
any kind of injury. The republican mem.
bers of the committee are very indignant
over the language used by the Kentucky
senator, and hold that it was wholly uncalled
for. From the most reliable sources it ap
pears that Chandler, when pressed by Black
burn for his authority for certain state.
ments, ret0rtcd that he could not be
buildozed by a slave driver such us he
(Blackburn), to which the kentuck-
ian responded by denouncing Chandler
as u lutte liar'' ana "a scoundrel.'' 1t is
true that Blackburn rose up out of his chair
and declared that if Mr.. Chandler was not n
little coward he would smash him. etc.
1t was understood that there would be
nothing said ABOUT the affair, and there is
indignation at its having gotten into print.
The publications made in this mornings
newspapers are greatly exaggerated.
RANDALL EULOGIEES BUENES.
Among those who delivered ~eulogics III
the house this afternoon upon the late Rep
resentative Burnes, of Missouri, was Mr..
Samuel i. Randall, of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Randall is chairman of the committee on
appropriations, of which Mr.. Burncs was for
several years IA member, and his relations
with the deceased were very intimate, both
Officially and socially. Mr.. Randall was
never seen TO show SO much feeling III the
delivery Of a eulogy upon a dead mcmber of
the honse. His manner, as well as
his words, attracted the attention of every
one in the galleries, and it was remarked
on every hand that the house would
undoubtedly be delivering eulogles upon that
eulogiSt before long. MIR. Randall. is not the
man to-day that he was one year ago. He is
as different now from what he was five years
ago as the ordinary tcn-ycar-old boy is differ
| ent from one who has passed the meridian of
life. or the man in middle age is different
from the centonariau. Mir. Randall had his
disease brought on by overyork and has
lost about ono-fourth of the flesh he had
about two years ago. He is almost gaunt,
and is pale faced ana haGgard. His step has
lost the elasticy that once characterized it.
HIS voice is so weak that he can only be
heard by the house when there is the great
est silence, whereas only u year or two ago
he could be heard among the greatest din
which could be produced. His eyes have lost
the luster, which one gave him 50 much char
aCter of countenancc. MIR. Randall's friends
have shown great concern in the condition of
his health of late, and it is understood that
he will take a vacation aad make an effort to
restore his physical strength during the com
ing vacation of congress.
INAUGURAL PREPARATIONS.
Accommodations have been prepared along
Pennsylvania avenue by the construction of
temporary platforms to seat thirty or forty
thousand people to view the inauguration
parade, while on the balconies, windows and
hOusetOps as many more can witness this
great procession. Pennsylvania avenue is
the broadest thorOughfarc possessed by any
city in tine United States. 1t has an average
width of about l25 feet from curb to curb,
while the sidewalks average twenty feet i'll
breadth. The number of people who can see
the parade on foot in this space, about two
lillItS lObEi anu ioh JIG many uCltS VI
grounds about the white house and capitol,
can be estimated. II is safe to say that half
Il million people will see President Harrison
on the way from the capitol to
the white house in a week from next Mon
day. Nearly all of the finishing touches
have been given 10 the preparations, external
and internal, for the inauguration. TnalOng
sheds leading to the pension building, whore
the inaugural ball will take place, and which
are TO protect the people gong from their |
carriages or emerging from the building, |
until they are safely housed within the
vehicles, have been completed. The uecora-
tors are at work in the great ball room, and~l
they will complete what they have to do
before the end of the next week. There is
TO be very little ccreinon or pomp connected |
with the receiving of the president-elect |
The chairman Of the inaugural committee
will meet him, with some members of the re-
ception committee, at the Baltimore & Poto.
mac station, and escort him TO his hotel. The
tiourishes will be added on the day of the
inaugural.
CABINET MATTERS.
New Workers i'll Washington are yet con-
tident that their state wlll have a place in |
President Harrison's cabinet. They contend
that two positions, and possibly three, will
be held open until President Harrison arrives |
here, and that Il New York man will be put
into one of them if an agreement can be
made as TO whom shall be selected. The
friends of Mr.. Plat contend that he viii be
chosen. They say that they have made over.
lures indirectly to Senator Evarts to take u
mission abroad or u place III the cabinet SO as
to create a vacancy in the senate to be filed
by Mr.. Plat, but that an arrangement of
that kind cannot be perfected. They believe
the naval, agricultural and judicial portfolios
will be open for at least "A week from
to-day, and that ample opportunity will be
given New York to select a man for the
cabinet. Public opinion in Washington re-
CARDS the cabinet as made up to be thus:
Blaine, secretary of state: Window, secre-
tary of the treasury; Noble, secretary of the
interior; Wanamaker, postmaster general;
ltusk, secretary of war. They believe the
other three cabinet places, the attorney gen
eralship, the navy and agriculture will be
determined upon after President Harrison
arrives here. There are added to the names
already given in these dispatches for these
positions those Of Messrs. Miller ana Plat,
of New York. The friends of both of these
gentlemen believe that each will be provided
for somewhere. II is understood here that
Mr.. Plat has stated that he does not want
the collectorship of customs for the port of
New York.
The Californiaus are yet unable TO decide
in their own minds whether their section will
be recognized, but they cling with a great
deal of hope to the theory that their services
in the Chicago convention impose a material
obligation upon the new chief executive, and
that either swift or Estee will be recognized.