, 1890-03-27

TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

atcd in FREQ fight. All day th
business OF tho house was alternate,
with confusion and interruption.
Tho body met ut o'clock, in obe
diencc to Mr.. Stovcnson's motion of las
night. There wcro fOrty-tiye present
and they were determined to teach I'll,
deIinquonts a lesson, and Immediately
after the approval of yesterdays journn
"a call of the house was ordered, and tn,
sergeant alarms was instructed to arrcst
proscntatives Allen, Brown, OF spo
kane, llerren and Dean.
Shortly aftcrward commotion was
heard at the entrance, and Mr.. Brown
of Spokane, aud Assistant Sergeant
Ehman came through the door with q
rush.
MIR. Brown demanded to bo admitted
but the doorkccpor refused to pass him
and ho forced his way in, Mr. Ehmon
meanwhile Juggling on him and conf
manding him to leave tho hall.
"Lot 30 Of me, and 30 and mind YOU
business, snid MIR. Brown angrily as he
broke away from the officer, ...
Mr.. Ehman expostulated with Mr..
Brown, but failed.
VIZ l1lhNlA tAAlllN'A AAAH NV WI NlNN lAN y
and started for his seat, with Mr.. Eh-
man at his heels,
Both are large powerful men and trou-
bic was expected. Mr.. Ehm0n, however,
used no force, ana Mr.. Brown took his
scat.
Efforts TO suspend the cah of the house
failed aud at the end Of nn hour and q
fiali the sergeant made his return and
the call was suspended.
hloanw lille Representative Allen had
Islippqd oih BY tho rear entrance and
ltalSAn his scat. lie was in the telegraph
! tgoom, npd being giyep q Tip that he
could enter the hail without molestaiiou,
he improved the opportunity.
Mr. Ehman Immediately fled charge
of contempt against Mr. Brown, where
upon MIR. tutter moved that the Spo-
kane man be- fined S2j and lie
suspended until he paid 1t. ANcI
considerable. debate. the prcpon-
derancu of which was unfayorablo
to MIR. Brown, and in favor OF maintain
ing the dignity OF the house, the whole
matter was referred to n special commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Evans, Shaw,
Grant, Minis and Stevenson. The com.
AUANf' lllllAlNNANA'Al hfAl - stNHANH anu
took evidence. In the afternoon IL re
ported ;hnt Mr.. Browns conduct dad
been rcprrhcnsiblc in the cNtrcne and
that he should be brought before the bar
and reprimandcd, and that the other ab-
seutccs should not be punished for
cont ptnpt,
alr Brown, being granted permission
70 make a statement, said that four
members of the committee had SPOKEN
on tiic ease in the house and that three
OF them spoke against him. lie said
that there had not been fair play. Ilo
I went on To say that hc had violated no
rule and disOhcycd no orders but had
simply defended himself against tho at
tack Of an officer oi tho house, who, no
said. had not acted In u gentlemlnly
manner lie also suid that the sergeant
ut-arms had mnde no service upon him,
uut had simply passed him on the street
and said; u arrest you in the name OF
/ Washington"
The motion to indefinitely postpone
the whole proceeding WAS voted down,
ayes u, HOcs8.
| Nlr, tleTcn made n strong plea that
MIR. HruWn he spared the ignOminy Of u
reptimand. II crmg with good rfaCc
nom Mr. Iieucn. who liua had several
llTpopal, allere,Hippsr yiih &r. brown,
undit has been sad ihat the two wcru
n0tbn iriendly tttfns.
" .AiitI flhlltlA llbNlOti 10 lIN inc
rapert un the taiIle Until tomorrow hrd
been voted down, V!e committees report
WAS adopted, ihid Mc,srs Brown. lier.
ron, Dean and Allen wero brought be-.
fore the har.
Aleysrs. lIerren and Allen gave salts.
factory excuses, and were excused.
Mr.. Dean said he had no excuse to
give. but the house excused him amid
applause.
! Mir. Brown escaped with woris OK
/ ircsslYu oil the SPEAKERS regret of the
occasion.
MIR. Brown thanked the chalr for his
mildnuss, and gddCd: "But for tho ac-
tiOn of the house have no regret"
a Fiohr rs TiiE NALL
shortly after this Mr., Brown stepped
into the hall and fight ensucd. Ills
and Mr.. "hman's accounts of tho row
cIliler In sCne respects. The most trust.
worthy report is that Mr. Ehman was
guilty OF brutal and unprovokcd AS.
sault. One OF the pages of the house
saw the encounter. and ho says that
when Mr.. Brown stepped into tho hall
Mr.. Ehman cLided him by saying.
We'll, you were roprimanded, wercn't (
you?'
Mr Brown Ia naturally hot tempered
and this remark did not help matters.
Ilc turned to Mr.. Ehman aud said
'Ehman, pay nc that s. you owe me,
and we Will call IL square,
81 Will pay you when | get ready"
rctor,ed Mr. Ehman hotly.
Mr. Brown replied; you are Just
what thought you were, damned
bnn, who goes around swindling peo-
pie"
MIR. Ehman then struck Mr.. Brown
three times on the face and side OF tho
hend. The last time he deliberately
turned large ring which lac wore so
that the setting was against tho knucklo
and struck Mr.. Brown on tho nose,
breaking the bridge OF that organ.
Word soon reached the house that a
fight was going on and about two-thirds
OF the members left their seats and
clowded around the bleeding represent
nivo from SPOKANE. When the truth
became known they were very anGry
with Mr.. Ehman who cscaped theirfllry
by returning TO his room anu locking
himself IN.
Mr.. Ehmun has written his rcsigna-
zion and will present 1t 10 tho house to-
morrow, but II will probably not be ac-
cepted. lie viii be discharged.
Ihu assault was cowarJly IN the OK
trelnc When he committed II Mr..
Brown was stumbling with his hands In
his pockets and had no iden of lighting.
no was Aiel ofcr thc Way tlc mouse
lud tr- ated him and stepped outside to
cool oil.
Representative Eddy, who was with
him, had just complimented him upon
the philosophical way In which he had
taken his medicine. lie says that ho
did not hear Ehman chidc MIR.
brown, but Is not certain that MIR.
Ehman did not speak first. as he and
Mr. Brown were engaged In conversa-
ton.
Mr.. Brown said tonight that hu would