Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-27


ever washing his hands with invisible
soap in impercible water" Under the
title, the senator from Alaska, no
the senate, as the Joseph Surfaceof American
politics, a sniveling political Pecksniff who
had belonged To every political party in his
lifetime and mono which he did not betray."
AT the close of his speech he said he was will
ing 70 have the senator from Georgia take
his remarks in any sense in which he saw fit
TO take them, and that he did not shrink be-
hind the privilege of the chamber.
Both Have Plenty of Grit.
Cowardice cannot be imputed to either of
these men as an explanation why duel did
not follow. Brown once came within an ace
OF fighting Bob Toombs of Georgia. They
had quarrel during reconstruction times,
and Toombs, 10 excuse his failure to chal-
lange Brown, said il was no use,
as IL he challenged Brown the
latter would dodge behind his church
membership, etc. The celebrated fire
eater was doomed, however, to little
surprise Brown went about arranging his
affairs and, that completed he went TO his
church, and got certificate stating that he
had left it. He sent the certificate to Toombs
and told him that he would be glad to ac-
commodate him, and that he would accept
any challenge he might make Toomhs
dropped the subject.
A story of Ingalls, Nerve.
Not long after Ingalls, had gone to Kansas
and after he had demonstrated his effective
ness on the stump, he was sitting at dinner
in restaurant at Atchison, when a drunken
western terror entered with pistol in hand
ready for any deviltry. Seeing Ingalls, he
walked up to him and said: See here,
young man, they say you're a BANKED good
peaker. Now | want you to get up and
make me speech or | will shoot - out of
you He then pointed his revolver at In
gals. ingalls, looked him in the eye and the
revolver in the mouth and replied that he
did not intend TO make a speech for any
drunkard. The man continued to swear and
flourish his cooked revolver. He jumped up
and down he did so and by accident his
boot struck his pistol and he shot himself in
the leg. His boot was soon full of blood
This sobered him and he left the dining
room Ingalls, went upstairs, brought down
his pistol, laid it beside his plate and went
ON with his eating. The man went out into
the street, got into II shooting affray, and
was killed that afternoon.
sherman Resents AN Insult.
No one observing Sherman's apparent
lack Of fire and hot blood would suppose that
he would resent an insult as he did at the be-
ginning OF the war He was insuted by
member of the house, and rs quick as a flash
threw box of waters into his traducers face
shooting affray was expected, and Sher-
man carried pistol for some time after the
occurrence. He never had To use IT, for al
though the men met at close quarters on the
street and elsewhere the Ohio statesmans
enemy made no attack A story Is told of
the time of the Kansas Nebraska trouble
which illustrates Sherman's nerve He was
sent west ON committee to investigate the
troubles and one day a rutiian came 10 Sher-
mans room and denounced hi n in the rndest
and most threatening language Few people
out west were acquainted at that time with
the characters of shorthand, SO Sherman
had his stenographer take down the abuse as
II was uttered Then telling his visitor that
he should be careful how he assaulted
member of congress, h. had the mans words
read to him. The fellow looked at the notes
and their peculiar appearance seemed to
brighten him with the idea that he had de-
lirium tremens and left the room at double
quick
Other Men Who Don't Speak.
Morgan of Alabama and Mitchell of Ore
gon will never sleep in the same bed, and it
Is hardly possible that their relations will
ever become friendly. The trouble occurred
not very long ago when Morgan charges
Mitchell with being representative of rail-
road corporations, and when Mitchell re-
torted 10y saying that whatever he might do.
and that he would not discuss, he had never
disgraced himself in the senate by Keeling
into the chamber in a state of beastly intoxi-
cation the senator from Alabama had
lone. Harris and Hiscock have not been on
good terms since their fuss at the latter part
OF last session regarding the bureau of en-
craving and printing. Sherman and Payne
don't flock together much, although there is
no open quarrel; Chandler and Blair are not
ON Damon and Pythias terms, and OF course
since the noted ear-pulling affair in commit
tee, Chandler and Blackburn of Kentucky
are 'pizen' To each other. Sherman and
Wade Hampton dc not lime drives either.
Always Happy in a Row.
Senator Ingalls, was severely denounced by
Joe Blackburn about year ago, and In
gals and Blackburn might be- called the two
fighters of the senate. Neither seems to be
happy unless he is in a quarrel, and both
deal IN oratorical pyrotechnics, delighting in
the invective. They 60 ebout the senate
with chips on their shoulders defying any
one 20 knock them off, and ready to fight at
q moments notice. At the last quarrel be-
tween the two each washed for the other
such dirty linen he could find connected
With his war record, and the soap of the
cleansing got into the eyes of both to such
IN extent that they do not smile as they pass
by, and their souls are filled with hatred. 1t
much the same with ingalls, and Voorhees,.
Men who VIII he Heard From.
There are a number of men among the
lew additions 10 the chamber who will not
oe afraid to resist II they are attacked this
session. Turpie of Indiana has not had a
chance to show his invective yet He is con-
sdered one of the strongest speakers in this
line In the whole state of Indiana, and the
Republicans will probably hear something
irop before the winter is over. He has a
yall-bag at the root of his tongue as big as
that Of ingalls,, and his command of Ian
guage is about as great Moody of Dakota will
certainly resist If attacked, and there are
many stories of his bravery in the Indiana
legislature which have not gotten into print.
sharp Tongue and Much "sand.'
Another possible fighter is the Republican
senatorelect, Sanders, of Montana II he
should get his seat be will display to the sen
ate a tongue much the same as that of In
gals, and he has shown himself To possess q
courage equal to that OF any man in public
life While a meiHber of the vigilantes of
Montana some years ago &c, made speech