Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-08
GOVERNOR IN A BRAWL.
Clarke of Arkansas Draws a Re
 volver on a Representative.
LIVELY SCENE IN A HOTEL LOBBY.

The Chief Executive of the State Spat In
 tho Face Of Mir. Jones The Insult Was
 Returned, and Murder Was Only Pre-
 vented by the Interference of Friends.
 LITTLE RoCK, April S-Tho spectacle of an honorable member of tho ArkanSas legislature livid with raGo splitting in tho facc uf the governor of this common wealth, quickly returned by violent omission of executive saliva upon the an gCrCd features of tho lawmaker and n flour ish of firearms inthc hands of the govern OF, was witnessed in the lobby of Glua- sons hotel horo sunday afternoon, and was the result Uf the sensational charges of bribery in connection with tho railroad commission hill sprung in the house of rep rCscntativos by Mr. Yanccy of Phillips county.
 Mir Jones of Marion county, one of the principals i'll the al;Crcation of Saturday, arose to q point of personal privilege and denounced Governor Clarke as being at the bottom uf the charges. Ho said that Governor Clarke was n lrmagugue and was going around like an assassin in the night with a knife StabbinS in the back men who wore his peers.
 sunday afternoon Clarke met Jones in bIIC lbbt'y Hl NilN(lSOIl anu a IlTl- vate interview with him. Jones replied that he would accompany tho governor no- where, and that if the chief executive had anything 10 say tu him hc must mako it known. Hot words followed, and in fit of anger Jones Spat in the governors face
 Governor Clarke trembling with anger, returned tho insult, and as quick as a flash had drawn his revolver, and the diff Cuity might haNo resulted in blOOdshCd but for the quick action of bystandcrs, who diSarmCd Governor Clarke The gov Crnor was later arrested hy constable and released on his own recognizancc. He will however, plead guilty to tho charge of assault this morning. Further trouble may cnSuc.
 Representative Jones Story.
 In a statement of tho occurrence Repro sentative Jones says:
 II had just left the dining room at the Gleason hotel and taken scat in the otlicc on the east side. quietly smoking a cigar and not expecting any trouble what over. Suddenly 1 heard tho front donl open very abruptly. and on looking around l saw Governor Clarke enter the office SAW from his culmtcnanco that he meant trouble l vacated my chair about the time Inc reached me. The governor ill a very abrupt maunCr said:
 Come hack here with mo, at the same time muiiuuing toward tho rrar.
 'I Was totally unarmcd and felt that Int intended tu kill mo said;
 N" l will not do it. If you have anything tO say to me. you can say it here
 He then caught me by tho right arm with his left hand and repeated tho com mand [" s,u tu the rear of the office, at the inn, then stopped and again declined his inNi tati"n i'll ln.'&ungr exactly ns rrTontcd above He then deliberately Spat in my facU returned the insult by splitting in his face MhVn l did this. he lu,SunCd my arm and made for his pistol.
 "l then saw that my only chancr was tn knock him down. and struck with all my might Ht his face with my left hand He Sprang toward tho door, and my blow failed tn reach hm. He Was still reach ing for his pistol. l Sprang forward, grab blrd hjm and caught him around tho waist. pr, S~ing both arms la his side. but leaving his arms frye to act from the ul huw down. By this time he lad his Dis tul drawn.
 Just then Representative RuhrriS alsc got hold of Ihr pistol He struggled tc irc,' the gun. while the go>, rnor said:
 Turn ;hat pistol lo"sc.
 Roberts declined. when the governor said:
 ID d >on. Ko'yrrs, turn that pi>tul luu~t
 G">"r""r Tr","i~,I N"t [" shoot.
 "Aluut thI~ tlur some on" graItcd m, around Ih" waist. r,NlurStCd that tn, pistol ln' taken from Clarke. and then would rrl,Is,' him. RuhurlS and PuI,r de vlntd.
 Il then said, Give mo pistol and turn him loose with his weapon
 When the governor saw that he was ovcrrowcrcd, he requested Popo to turn the pistol loose and said:
 l will not kill him, promise posi- tivcly that will not kill him.
 'SCnator Ward then rrqucstcd mo tc release my hold on the governor and asked that l 2" |" my room. saying that he would take care Of Governor Clarke Fi nally did go to my room and remained thero ten seconds and returned to the office, lut the governor was gone. v
 Governor Clarke said he did not care tC dis, uSS tho trouble through the public press further than to say that he did not go to the hotel with the view of making truu ble but only to tell Mir. Jones that ht must drSist from Juggling his name into controversies existing between members of the house The trouble which followed was not of his making.