Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-08
In YE OLDEN TIME
This Little Incident Would Call
for Crimson Gore.
EXCHANGE OF A DEADLY INSULT

Between the Governor Of Arkansas and .
Legislator-Each Splits in the Others
Face at the Close Of an Angry Dispute
Governor Pulls Gun, but L. Prevented
from Using It-Sensational Charges OF
Bribery-statement Of One Of the BelIi.
gerents.
LITTLE ROCK, April s-The spectacle Of
an honorable member of the Arkansas
Legislature, livid with rage. splitting in
the face of the governor of this common
wealth, as the instant reply to a violent
emission Of executive saliva upon the an
gered features of the lawmaker, and a
flourish Of firearms in the hands of the
governor, was witnessed in the lobby Of
GleasOn's hotel here yesterday afternoon,
and was the result of the sensational
charges Of bribery in connection with
the railroad commission bill sprung in
the house of representatives by Yancey, Of
Phillips county. Jones, of Union county,
one Of the principals in the alteration Of
yesterday afternoon, had in the course Of
a speech on point of personal privilege
Saturday, denounced Governor Clark as
being at the bottom of the charges. He
said that Governor Clark was a dema-
gogue, and was going around like the as
sassin in the night with knife stabbing
in the back men who were his peers.
Governor Is Quick on the Draw
Yesterday afternoon Governor Clark
met Jones in the lobby at Gleasons and
requested a private interview with him.
Jones replied that he would accompany
chief executive had anything to say to
him to make it known there. Hot words
followed and in fit Of anger the governor
spat in Jones face. Jones trembling
with anger, returned the insult and
rs quick as n flash Clark had drawn
his revolver, and the difficulty might
have resulted in bloOdshed but for the
quick action Of bystanders, who disarmed
Governor Clark. The governor was later
arrested by n constable and released on
his own rccognizance. He will, he says,
plead guilty To the charge of assault.
Further trouble may ensue-
The Scene in the Legislsture.
The bribery charges i'm the legislature
which led up to this scene were made
solely by Yancey, although he said he had
taken Wagner into his confidence. The
brlber was alleged To DE l. L. Cox- Kan
cey read typewriter document to the
effect that he had been paid slOp to vote
against the railway commission bill. He
produced the money, furnishing it above
his head in n dramatic manner. He
charged that the money had becn~paid
him by Cox. and that other members
whom he named had also been bribed.
Nanccy set "A trap and caught them all, he
said. y scene of confusion followed.
Yancey said: "Cox told me to pay my
bill where l was boarding, move to the
Gleason hotel, and he would pay my
board and furnish me money To drink
with the boys Representative Jones. of
Madison county, told me he had a room
ut Gleasons and was living like king"
What the Alleged Bribcr Says.
L. l. Cox, the man who was reported
tn have bribcd Sanccy, says that he paid
Yancey out of money which had been
gwen him in defeating the Monroe
Phillips county bill, in which Yancey was
also interested. He claims that he is not
and never ha sheen n railroad lobbyist.
The investigation committee met behind
closed doors and examined two witnesses
The members of the committee refuse to
iIvulgc any part of the proceedings. The
excitement created by the incident is in
tense and it freely predicted that serious
trouble will ensuc.