The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-27
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Chandler Denies ths Reports of q
Fight With Blackburn.
How Prohibition Was Defeated In
Pennsylvania.
Authorities Refuse Transportation TO
Strikers at JOhnstOwn.
Five Persons Found Murdered In
Montana.
A Woman Murders her Husband and
Ties His Body to a Tree.

CONCORD n. H., June Ex-senator
VIM. E. Chandler on yesterday issued
to the republicans of New Hampshire
over his signature, the following state
men regarding his quarrel with Sena-
tor blackburn in February last: stMr.
Sulloway, during his characteristic
speech at the caucus, failed to refer to
the affair between Senator Blackburn
and myself which happened in the
room of the committee on Indian af-
fairs of the senate on the 22nd of Feb
ruarY last. So long as misrepreSenta-
tons concerning this affair only served
as material for assaults on me by dem
ocratic newspapers. 1 have not cared
to notice the affair, but since they have
been reproduced in the republican
legislative caucus which has nomina-
ted me for senator, take occasion to
dispose of them. The republicans
present have rever given to the press
any statement of what actually took
place. The committee was in session,
no person being present but the five
members and the clerk. AS chairman, /
was reading the draft of a report. Sem
ator Faulkner remarked that he
thought undertook in certain para
graph to assert something which it had
been mutually agreed should not be
L od1u JAdU l. Alu
not think so, and that 1
would read the clause again.
Blackburn vehemently interrupted
and said was certainly violating the
understanding, and that it would so
appear if would read the paragraph
again, and read it exactly as did be-
fore. / asked him what reason he had
for intimatiDg that would falsely
read the paragraph. He replied that
he thought so because it would
be like my whole action on the
capable OF doing anything to serve
angry cOlloquy which cannot under
take toproduce with accuracy. 1 said
that l resented his imputation and he
replied defiantly. at some point he
made charge of my official integrity,
and made a most bitter imputation
upon him. l do not remember the
sequence. Then he, making some
threat of personal violence, l do not
recall the words. started around Sena-
towards the end of the table where
l sat with Senator Cullom at
my right. said that
he did not dare to do what he had
threatened. AS he came around
towards me, Mr.. Faulkner interposed,
and Mr.. Cullom rose and moved towards
him and placed his hands on Mr..
Blackburn, who at once stopped and
shortly resumed his seat and Mr.. Faux
ner asked me to go on reading the re-
port. I said that before do
ing so it must be deeid-
ed whether the business was to
be again interrupted in the same way.
Mr.. Blackburn, after some talk, said
that he would not say one word more
during the session on the committee,
and he would apologize to Messrs. Gull
lom. Plat and Faulkner, but not to
me. The reading of the report by me
then proceeded. The whole affair oc-
cupied hardly mole than a minute. 1
remained seated in my chair. / eX-
pected no personal violence and was
subjected to none, and to no apprecia-
BILE indignity save threatening words
and gestures. do not think that 1
was in the slightest degree excited,
disturbed or apprehenSiVe. Accounts
which represent Blackburn as pulling
my ear or dragging me from my chair,
or hauling me unreSisting about the
room, or represent me as begging pro-
lection of the committee, or in any way
deprecating Mr.. Blackburn's wrath,
are untrue. The ebullition was more
ludicrous than dangerous. OF course
understand very well that some dem
Ocrats wish to intimidate me, and fail
ing in that, to degrade me. To do
this it Will be necessary for them to
adopt some more effectiue plan than
that developed in the committee room
on the 22nd day of February, or next
day and thereafter in the democratic
newspapers, which gave fictitious &C
counts of what had taken place.
NOT CORRECT.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June Ex-senator
Blackburn when shown Senator Chand-
ler's card this morning, stated to a
Times reporter that Mr.. Chandeliers
version was not correct. He declined
to say anything further and remarked
he would leave it to the three others
who witnessed the difficulty to make a
statement if thew chose.