Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-28

with: "You are nearly always absent:
Your name ought to have been in the list.
THE gUFrIAs's "LIEn AND BLOW.
Wilson said this in a very insulting and
uncalled-tor manner; and the Jerseyinan
was so provoked that he jumped up and
with an angry look on his face replied To
Wilson: "You are liar"
"You are a. lar," reioined Wilson.
meanwhile rising.
And you are - lying - OF
-" said Beckwith.
Then each man struck at the other. but
Mason and Others caught sheir arms, and
hence there was no bloodshed. Williams
OF Ohio, who tried to part the fighters. as
he claimed, is really said TO have tried to
strike Beckwith. and the latter made lick
at Williams because he thought the Ohio
man was trying to help Wilson.
SOME EXCITEMENT.
The affair created a great deal of excite
ment on the floor, although II was over IN
few moments. When the Democrats dis
covered that the Republicans had had
fist-fight on their side there was some ap-
plause. but of kind that gave emphasis
TO the glee that the Democrats enjoyed over
the big diviaions among the Republicans.
ANOTHER PERSONAL DIFFICULTY,
Late yesterday evening Congressman
Mason and Walker of Massachusetts, had a
personal difficulty on the floor, but II was
not generally known until to-day. Mason
is said TO have told the Massachusetts
man that he was liar. and If he was not
such an old man he would smack his head
of.
NORTHERN BLAcKGUARDIsM.
These northern Radicals have had good
| deal TO say this session about the "planta-
1 r q Il. tt...st mn Nm faaE
| but the southern men have not induigedln
any disgraceful proceedings such as have
been noted for the past two days. Ihest
northern men call each other liars with the
greatest impunity, and such insults do not
seem to call for any settlement.
There was another pretty bad exhibition
of northern manners" to-day. Mr. Law
Ter asked his colleague, MIR. Cannon, If h,
again proposed Ito discuss the hog" ane
| the latter replied: II do not propose to 81
lude to my colleague at all"
Lawler looked somewhat knocked out
as the Republicans nearly all laughed at
the remark, but he did not attempt to al.
swer.
| DTsGUsTRD BUTTERwoRTH.
CONGRESSMAN Butterworth IS much dis
gusted. He SAYS his anti-option bill Is
doomed TO defeat, and he thinks the lard
| bill will also go the same way, ana ne
charges IL all to Boss Reed. IF this were
a Federal election bill" said the Ohio man
to-day, Reed would put an end to the
flibustering in short order, but as these
measures are IN the interest OF the farmers
! Reed doesn't care what becomes OF the
bills"
1t is a notable fact that since this CON-
pound-lard bill has been before the House
| Ross Reed has allowed almost any sort OF q
motion to be made. For instance, he has
refused dozens of times to put an appeal
from the Speakers decisions when the ap-
peal was taken by Democrat, but he has
allowed it TO be taken when ,Repub;
licans opposed to this lard bill asked
il. He has also entertained other
motions that he has repeatedly declared To
be dilatory when made by Democrats.
Reed pretends that he has not been un-
fair. and denies that he is aiding the oppo:
nents of the lard bill, but Butterworth and
Others who have very poor regard for
him personally or politically seem 10 think
that he is secretly dong all he can to help
Mason kill the lard BILL
THE REASON WHY.
Mason is fine campaign speaker. anc
| has promised to make some speeches nex'
| week in Boss Reeds district in Maine. II
is expected that Reed will be re
elected. but there is danger OF
his, majority being e greatly :, reduced red Se,d
and il is TO prevent q falling on IN ms vote
cans 10 60 there and explain away. If they
can, his terrible blunders and his tyranni-
cal acts as presiding officer OF the House.
MADoo's cENsuRE.
Mr.. McAdoo rose to a question OF per
sonal privilege. and was very severe on Mr..
Cannon for the language used by the
I n h. 1atr
Mr.. Cannon replied and said ID was not
the first time such language had been used
in the House and that it could be found II
polite literature Then he got on the old
quotation, Evil TO him. &c"
Well. il was a red-hot day, taken alto
pether, in the House. and furnished lots
OF excitement TO the members and the
visitors in the gallery.
THE ToBAcco-TAx.
The tobacco schedule in the tariff bill
was reached in the Senate to-day, but the
opening discussion was nearly ell In regard
to the duties on the foreign tobacco I'M
ported into the United States. The sec
tlons in which leaf tobacco suitable
the duties on Sumatra tobacco shall bt
doubled and the committee have so re
commended in the bill. As is well known
they have refused to make any reduc
ton in the internal-reyenue tax OF
tobacco in spite of the promises that they
made last year and the year before. Sena
tor Daniel has returned from Lynchbur,
to battle for the interests OF his State snd
section as regards tobacco. Senator Bar
bour is also here and so are the Nortf
Carolina senators.
WILL THEY DO II?
The only way to force the Republicans
to reduce the tobacco-tax il tor ten OF tn
southern Republican members OF tn
House to band together and say. to tn
bosses when the tariff bill gets back to tn
House: "We will vote with the Demo
crats against the passage OF the bill unies
you make big reduction in this tax"
II is not believed that they will have tn
nerve to do this. IL takes . good deal 0
sand TO make such bold stand, and tn
southern Republicans have been playing
SO heavily for political favors this ssssiol
! and voting for paupsr-pension bills unde
orders that any chance for reducing tn
tobacco-tax that may have existed fve o
six months ago has gone glimmering.
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