St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-26

ought 10 De Careful as 10 now ne as
saulted member of congress of the
United States when he was carrying
out the orders of the government, and
told him that he had record of every
word he had said. The man sneerpd
and swore and practically called Mr..
Sherman a liar. Mr.. Sherman then
asked his StenOgrapher to read to him
what he had said, and the man listened
dumbfounded as he heard his remarks
recited verbatim. 1t seemed miracle
and he was frightened at the possible
results. He asked to see page of the
notes. 1t was handed him. He looked
at it and, clutchlng his hair, yelled out:
Snakes. by G--dp'
Whether he thought he had the de-
lirium tremens or not, Senator Sherman
Says he does not know, but he left the
committee room scared man, and car
ried his pistol and his profanity Off with
him.
ingalls, Blackburn-V
Senator Ingalls, was severely de-
nOunced by Senator Joe Blackburn
about two years ago, and ingalls, and
Blackburn might be called the two
fighters o. the senate. Neither seems
to be happy unless he is in quarrel,
and both deal in oratorical pyrotechnics,
delighting in the invective, They go
about the senate with chips on their
shoulders, defying any one to knock
them off. and ready to fight at a mo-
ment's notice. At the last quarrel be-
tween the two each washed for the other
such dirty linen as he could find con-
nected with his war record, and the
soap of the cleansing got into the eyes
of both to such an extent that they do
not smile as they pass by, and their
souls are filled with hatred. 1t is
mu h the same with ingalls, and Voor-
hees, and if the senator from Kansas
dispenses as much vitriOl during the
present session in proportion to the po-
litical excitement as he has done during
those of the past he will hardly have a
speaking acquaintance with more than
half dozen Democratic senators. In
his trouble with Voorhees, the latter
called him liar, and the senator from
Kansas retorted that 'if the senate
of the United States was po-
lice court, the senator from Indiana
would be sentenced to the rock pile and
hard labor. He paid his compliments
to Senator Voorhees, war record,
aud described the exciting trouble
as we'll as the South in terms
by no means complimentary. The
power of ingalls,, added to his wonder
full brain and terrible tongue, lies in
his knowledge of the personal records
of his brother senators. He seems to
have printed documents in his study de-
failing every act of their lives, from
their births to the present moment. He
has all such information at his tongues
end, and his perceptions are so keen
that he knows just where to strike
hardest and hurt the most. He feels
hard knocks, however, and the Demo-
cratic senators occasionally cut deep
into his sensitive anatomy. Joe Brown
succeeded in doing this. perhaps, as
much asany of his opponents, and both
Blackburn and Voorhees, caused him
considerably more than an unpleasant
| quarter of an nOur.
senators Who Will Fight.
There are number of men among
the new additions to the chamber who
will not be afraid to resist if they are
attacked this session. Senator Turpie,
of Indiana, has not had a chance to
show his power of invective as yet. He
is considered one Of the strongest speak
erS in this line in the whole state of In
diana. and the Republicans will proba-
bly, hear something drop before the
winter is over. He is little and inSig-
nificant-looking, but he has gall-bag
at the root of his tongue as biz as that
of ingalls,. and his command of language
is almost as great. Moody. of
Dakota. will certainly resist if
attacked, and there are many
stories of his bravery in the Indiana leg
islature which have not gotten into
print. don't believe he would fight a
duel now, but he has accepted chal-
lenge in his day, and he comes from the
fighter is the Republican Senator-elect
Sanders. of Montana. If he should get
his seat he will display to the senate a
tongue much the same as that of ingalls,,
and he has shown himself to possess a
| courage equal to that of any man in
public life. He was one of the chief or
| gaDiZerS of the Montana vigilantrs, who
cleaned the road agents from the terri
tory, and who hung over twenty men.
The first of these was George Ives, and
Sanders made the speech against
| ingparound with their hands on their
pistols. This speech convicted Ives,
and l heard story tonight which oc-
| CURED that same evening in Virginia
| City. Col. Sanders was quietly reading
| in one of the stores of the town when a
desperate named Harvey Meade came
| into the room with his revolver stuck
| into the band of pantaloons in front.
| He came up to Sanders and commenced
abusing him and called him all sorts of
names. Sanders went on with his read
| ing without noticing for moment and
then dropping his hand into his over
coat pocket he cooked the derringer
| which lay there and raised his eyes to
| the bully and murderer, as he quietly
said: "Harvey, should feel hurt if
some men used such language to me,
but from such dog as you it is not
worth noticing" The men who were
in the store upon this caught hold of
Meade and dragged him out. He after
wards admitted to Sanders that he had
| intended to kill him.
Damons and Pythiases.
The friendships of the senate are,
however, more numerous than the en-
| mites. The eighty-two men In the
chamber are, as whole, much like a
big club. and they associate more like
Republicans. Many of the states have
senators who are friendly to each other,
and SpOOner and Sawyer work together.
Beck and Blackburn are often seen arm
in arm, ami Beck has friends on both
sides of the chamber. One of the most
! popular senators is Senator Stanford,
and his popularity, it may be, comes
somewhat from his generous purse.
He never lunches alone, and he gives
many good dinner at the capt.
tai and at his residence. 1t was
the same with Palmer, of Michigan,
who possessed more elements of good
fellowship than any man in the senate,
and the friendship of Palmer and Man
derson was one of the noticeable things
of the chamber. The two were always
together, and one winI er Henderson and
his wife lived with Senator Palmer in
his big house on Macpherson square
Vest, of Missouri, and Pugh, of Ala
bama are great friends, though they
hold different views on the tariff ques
ton, and you may often see those two
rough diamonds known as George and
Cockrell hob-nobbing together.
1t is funny how men of the most diff
ferent temperaments become attached
to one another. Philetus Sawyer, the
millionaire Wisconsin senator, is as
broad as he is long, and his fat round
belly shakes like bowl of jelly over
every good story he hears. He is a man