Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-26
ANGRY TALK IN THE SENATE.
The Chsndler-Csn Dispute Makes Mat
tiers Lively for a Time.

tiers Livery TOT lime
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb % The Chandler
resolution censuring Call for remarks inter
polated in his speech as printed in The Rec
ord was sent by the senate yesterday to the
privileges and elections committee, after
Call had intimated that Chandler was a liar
and q coward. These epithets were severely
rebuksd by sherman, and Call withdrew
them in difference to the senate The bill
granting pension Of 500 per month to the
widow Of Gen. Fitzpatrick was passed. after
q motion 70 make it $685. 5 had been re-
1ectsd. Coke spoke against the educational
bill and Stanford in favor OF IT, The bill to
permit the bridging OF the Mississippi river
AZ Clinton, Ia, was passed The finance
committees silver bill the substitute for the
Window bin was reported, Authorizing the
purchase Of gold and silver bullion. and the
issue therefor 81 treasury notes to the extent
Of "a, JOO.OOD per month Of silver and no
limit to gold, and after brief executive
session tbs senate adjourned.
Cars Onslaught on Chandler.
The debate on the Chandler resolution
was short but bristling with salty person
shties. Call, in his remarks, stiSmatized as
q falsehood the head lines in The Washing
ton Post, in which II was asserted that Call
bad slipped" paragraph into The Congress
Gonal Record he declared again that there
was nothing in the language put in The Rec
ord that had not been uttered in his speech,
and asserted that Chandler heard the same
and had neither the courage nor manhood
to resent that language, for which lack Of
courage and for untruly stating that be bad
not heard the remarks comp aimed OF be
senate for making an accusation that was
untrue
A Rebuke from sherman.
Sherman characterized the above remarks
as a gross violation Of the rules Of the SEN
ate, In that they contained charges Of false
hood and cowardice against senator, and a
grave assault on tie dignity of the senate
Call then said that IL he had violated any
rule Of the senate In any OF MS remarks he
withdrew them, and aPoiogizei 70 the SEN
ate
Chandler and HawIey.
Chandler said he would not reply to Cal
In supplementary language. He reiterated
his charge that Call had inserted in his
speech in The Record language which he
Chandler had not heard, and addei that
now the senator charged him with being a
coward for not rescnting the same He Chan
der would reply 20 what Call had said
when the senate had decided what is pariia-
meniary language.
Hawlsy said that he, together with most
OF the Republican senator's, would have re-
sponded in as indignant language as If it had
been directed against themselves 10 that
gross violation OF parliamentary law which
he says be committed the other day. and
which | say he did not
Transactions in the House.
In the house Rogers Of Arkansas objected
70 unanimous consent TO pass the senate res
olution requesting the president TO invite the
king Of the Sandwich Islands 20 send dele
gates to the Pan-American congress, and it
went over. Bills were passed 10 discontinue
coinage OF 81 and s. gold and scent nickel
pieces; 10 permit the director of the mint to
make changes in the designs on coins, Pay
son Of Illinois saying that the eagle ON Dads"
dollar was too much Ike buzzard; making
Minneapolis a SUPPORT Of entry In COM
mittee OF the whole the house then consid-
cred the Oklahoma bill without action, and
then adjourned.