The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-22
GHANDLHR'S STATEMENT,
He Tells His Story Of the Trouble
with Col, Blackburn,
HIS EARS WERE NOT PULLED,
Neither was He Dragged Over the
FIoor-The Fight was Simply Ono
ofWords, aud blackburn was
to Blame for the AnaiF,

CONCORD, n. H., June Ex-senator
William E, Chandler yesterday issued To
the Republicans Of New Hampshire,
over his own signature, the following
statement regarding his quarrel with
Senator Blackburn in February last;
"Mr, sulloway, during his character
istic speech at the caucus, saw 1T to re-
fer to the affairs between Senator Black
burn and myself, which happened in the
room OF the Committee on Indian Affairs
OF the United States Senate on the 22d
of February last, So long as misrepre'
sentatlons concerning this affair only
served as material for assaults upon me
by Democratic newspapers, have not
cared to notice them, but since they
have been reproduced in the Republican
legislative caucus which has nominated
me for Senator, l take occasion to dis.
pose OF them. The Republicans have
never given to the press any statement
OF what actually took place.
"The committee was In session, no
person being present except the FIVE
aud the clerk. AS Chairman l
was reading the draft Of report. Sen.
ator Faulkner remarked that he thought
| undertook, in certain paragraph, to
assert something which 1t had been
mutually agreed should not be claimed,
| said that | did not think so, and that /
would read the clause again. Mr.. Black.
burn vehemently intervened and said
that l was certainly violating the under.
standing, and that 1t would so appear II
| would read the paragraph again and
read 1t exactly as did before. asked
him what reason no had for intimating
that would falsely read tho paragraph.
He replied that he thought 50 because
II would be like my whole action In the
case, and that he considered me capable
Of doing anything to serve u partisan
STIRRED UP A ROW.
"Then onsued an angry colloQuy,
which cannot undertake to produce
with accuracy. l said that resented
bis imputatioa and he replied deilantly,
At some point he made q charge Of my
official integrity, and made most bitter
upon him. do not remem.
Der the order OF sequence. Then he,
some threat Of personal violence,
I do not recall the words), started
lround Senator Faulkner, who was be-
side him, towards the end OF the table
where | sat with Senator Cullom at my
right. | said that he did not dare to
10 what he had threatened. AS he
came around towards me, Mr.. Faulkner
nterposed and Mr., Cullom rose and
moved towards and placed his hands on
Mr.. Blackburn, who at once stopped and
shortly resumed his seat, and Mr.. Faulk'
ner asked me to go on reading the re.
port. said,thRt before doing so 1t must
DO decided whether the business was to
DO again interrupted in the same way,
Mr.. Blackburn, after some talk, said that
he would not say one word more during
.he session OF the committee, and that
he would apologize to Messrs. Cullom
and Plat and to Mr.. Faulkner, but not 10
me. The reading OF the report then pro-
,eeded.
MORE LuDIcRous THAN DANGEROUS.
"The whole affair occupied hardly
moro than a minute. remained seated
IN my chair. expected no personal
violence and was subjected to none, and
no appreciable indignity save threaten
Ing words and gestures, do not think
That l was in the slightest degree excited,
orapprehensi 70. Allaccounts
which represent Mr.. Blackburn as pull
Ing my ear, or dragging me from my
chair, or hauling me unresisting about
The room, or represent me Us begging
Of the committee, or as in
any way deprecating Mr.. Blackburn's
wrath, are untrue. The ebullitipn was
more ludiCrous than dangerous. OF
course, understand very well that
some Democrats wish to intimidate me,
and failing in that TO degrade mo. To
do this It will be necessary for them TO
adopt some more effective plan than that
developed In the committee room on the
22ud OF February, or the next day, and
the Democratic newspapers,
which gave fictitious accounts OF what
had taken place."