The evening world., 1890-07-18
HIS GUN IN CONGRESS.
MR. GRAIN, MEMBER, OF TEXAS, ON
THE WAR-PATH IN THE HOUSE.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO KILL CoRREsPoN.
DENT oBRIrN MOORE.
The Latter HAS Criticised the Texn n
Representative in his Dispatches to
the est. Louis Rrpublic," aud Wonld
Probably Have been " iiIed Had Tic
Been Found-IIe Wa. In New York.
ESPECIAL TO THr worLp. !

WAsHtNuruN. July IL. Another shooting
affair at the Capitol was narrowly averted
to-day. The circumstances OF the case re-
call the episode which happened at the Cap
ltol some mouths ago, when W. y. Taulboe,
an ex.member of Congress from Kentucky,
was shot by Charles kincaid. the corrcspou-
dent of the Louisville TGmsS. The affair to.
day was between Representative Grain, of
Texas. and MIR. OBrien Moore. the Wa hing
ton correspondent OF the st. Louis RspWRh.
The actual shooting did not occur to-day.
but that was only because Mr. Moore was
not present when Mr.. Grain was ready TO
shoot. The trouble arose ont Of ilr. Moores
criticism of Mr.. Grains Congressional
career, as published in the Washington cor
respondence of the St. Louis RepWb'iG Mr.
Moore is a very outspoken and vigorous
critic OF public men and public affairs, and,
although Democrat himself in politics and
the representative IN Washington OF a
Democratic newspaper. he does not
abstain from freely criticiainE the ac-
tions of Democrats. 1t happened that
MIR. Grain was one of the few Democratic
members of the House of Representatives
who were absent On the occasion when MIR.
LehlbAch of New jersey. offered his cele.
brated amendment to the Federal Elections
bill. which was then under consideration in
the House.
The adoption OF the amendment would
have altered the bill very materially. and
AZ it was lost by n very narrow majority
the Democrats who were absent on the oc-
casion naturally came in tor good deal OF
criticism. In commenting on the matter in
his dispatches to the st. Louis ReDubitc.
Mr.. OBrlen Moore not only gave promi-
nence to the fact that Mr.. Grain was
abs ent from his place Of duty OH
that occasion. but also took that
opportunity to characterize in a very ur-
fal orable way Mr.. Grams general Co;igrcs-
sional career. He declared tnet the Con-
greEsman didn't attend to his lutte at all,
that he WAS nearly always drunk that lie
was unit to be n member Of the House,
that lie was disgrace to tue Texas dele
CATION AMI to the Democratic party.
MIR. Moore's comments attracted good
rap deai % 1fn" Fl" e Sr9y nnr' M f5r
several days hai been nursing his wrath
and threatening 70 alenge himself upon the
COZ respondent, To-day the two men met IN
the Capitol aud Mr.. Grain proceeded III his
he had made. The Congres, man applied
offensive opthets. and used extremely
abusive language to the corre-pOnuent with
the hope evidently OF provoking tight
but Mr. Moore kept control OF hiS temper
and did not respond to sir. Grains abusive
language further than say that be would
zee Mr.. Cram about 1t in some
other, place aud at some other time
shortly afterwards Mr. Cram created n
scene and made spectacle OF himself at the
Ho ,se end of the capitol. Abont j O'Clock
in the afternoon, after having worked hlm- |
self into passion by swaggerlng aud wear
ing around the floor of the House and the
corr idors. he came up TO the IreBs Gallery
for the purpose, as he himself declared, o.
shooting the CORES pondent of the St Louis
ReyuJiic.
Grain in big fellow, over six feet high.
and weighing probably two hundred pounds.
He has the air and look OF 4 fighter ana
quite a reputation for Texan courage and
valor. Moore il short man, hardly five
a man WHO il pretty well abe To take care 0f
himself in any kind OF contest. They are
both young men, between thirty-tiye aud
forty.
Press Gallery h" pulled a pistol out of his
trousers pocket and declared that he lrA1 il
there for the purpose of shooting Moore.
Moore was the man he wan: ed and lie wanted
TO zee him right away lthappened that Al
that parteular time Mr.. Moore was
time previously, aud as, Mr.. Moore
was not, there the shooting was
postpone '. Mr.. Grain, however was care
full to make il known to all whom 1t might
aud pretty quickly. Mr.. Cram then made Z
show OF himself in paradlng all around the |
Capitol showing his pisto! to everybody he |
met. and EXPLAINING the purpose Tor which |
Mr.. Moore, to, New York this evering, but
he will be back III day or Two, aud there |
il strong probability that there will |
he trouble. Mr.. Moore did not 90 to- New |
losk by any means to escape the wrath OF
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