Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-12
SENATE DECORUM.
The Chandler-CalI Episode De-
bated at Length.
A LESSON FROM SENATOR EDMUNDs

Report in the House on the Hennepin
Canal Project-Kincaid's Bullet Kills
Ex-Reprcsentative Tauibee-Baby Mo-
Kee Calls Out the Fire Department.
New scheme for Basis of Bank Circu-
1ation - Salaries for United States
Judges-Onicial Notes
WASHINGTON Cry. March 12-The reso-
luton OF the privileges and elections COM
mittee ordering the striking out from The
Record of words interpolated by Call but
not spoken in his debate with Chandler
some time ago, brought on a long debate
in the senate yesterday. George and Daniels
bearing the burden OF defense of CALI and
arguing that there was nothing in The
Record report that had not been said on the
door, except that different language had
been substituted Both gentlemen, however
disavowod Endorsement of Calls language
They Don't Fight Now.
George said there had been n tina when
personalities i'm the senate had led to per-
sonal conflict. But now there was no safer
place In Gods creation for man who de-
sired 20 insult another with impuuity. II
was no evidence of want of courage that a
senator nbout whom insulting language had
been used on the floor did not cali the
speaker 20 n personal account How, then,
was the senator from New Hampshire in
juredi Why in the fact that he had not the
tisherwoman'- opportunity 70 hlAckCuard
back
Edmunds illustrates the Point.
Eustis having said that there was not a
single eXaggeration in what Call inserted in
The Record as to the accusation, though the
language was little more "howery," Ed.
munds said: Il might say on the floor of
the enate that | believed that the senator
IEustisl misrepresented the state Of Louis
lana, and that if there had been an honest
vote and an honest count in that state the
senate would not have the pleasure Of the
senator's presence" Here Eustis interrupt
ed 10 inquire: But do you make that state
mentlr
Puts In the ''Flowery" Portion.
Edmunds-l make IL because belisve it
Eustis-O. not because it is true
Edmunds-Also because it is true, as be-
lieve. Now, IL make that statement in
the senate and il tomorrow there appears
In The Record an additional statement that
this was accomplished in some way by the
senator himself, and that, with bloody hands
fraud and violence to construct a legisla-
ture of that character, suppose my friend
from Louisiana would say that all that had
been said yesterday, and that it was very
proper for me, behind his back, 10 have it in
serted in The Record.
Daniels Gets Sort of Mixed.
Edmunds was continuing when he was
stopped by a point of order from Daniels,
who asked that Edmunds words be taken
down. Daniels said he understood the sena-
Cor from Vermont TO impute distinctly to
the senator from Louisiana the defence of
murder AMI il was TO that language that he
took execution. on the ground that no sena-
tor had a right TO impute wrong to another.
A sentence written out by the official re-
porter having bean read Daniels said that
those were not the words 10 which he took
exception. Later on Daniels said that as it
was difficult 70 find the Questionable SEN
tence he would not press the matter. Ed
munds then concluded by saying that Call
had in a moment of heat transgressed the
right of correction and even that of "em-
broderyn and should stand up like a man
and take his punishment.
An Imputstion the Chairman.
Daniels declared that il ought to be i'm
possible for a senator of the United States to
be insulted in the senate The COMMITTEES
should go TO the root of the matter It was
the duty of the presiding officer, as soon as
he noticed the drift into personalities, to
call the offending senator To order It ought
never to be safe for any senator to say any
thing that would break, with insulting i'm
port, on the ears of another
The Democratic members of the commit
tee all indorsed the report without, however.
implying censure on Call, and after the lat
ter had said a few words in his own behalf,
the debate closed