The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-20
sULzER SJIRs UP A CIRCUS.
GIBSON REsENTs A STORY ABOUT
HIS USE OF HIS FRANK.

THE New Yorker Holds Up 10 Ridi-
ruIe Statements Made in n Circular
From the Tennesseean 10 His POIft-
icaI Constituents-He Finds the
Tennesseean Hot stun Before the
Inctdent Is CIosed-The ResOIu-
lions of Censure still Pending.
washington. March ls.-The debate on
the Bayard resolutions was continued in
she House to-day, and toward the close
~ the session descended into an exchange
Of personalities between Messrs. Sulzer
IF New York and Gibson of Tennessee.
The display of a circular letter by Mr..
Gibson TO his constituents by Mr.. Sulzer
and the charge that it was being cireu-
Lated under a frank. elected an angry
outburst from the Tennesseean, who de-
MED that he was using frank upon
the document, and that the person who
ssid so was the author of vile SANDER.
later. Mr. Sulzer withdrew the asser-
lion and also apologized to the gentle
man for anything he had said which
NIGHT have given him offense, but that
did not wholly satisfy Mr. Gibson, who
i'm the course of a personal explanation,
said the circular had been stolen, being
stuL so far as he knew. in the hands
of the printer, and asserted that If there
z,,are no receivers there would be no
thieves The episode was quickly over
and AT its close the House adjourned.
The speakers to-day were Messrs. Tuck
or and Cooper, dem, of Florida, against
the resolution of censure, and Messrs
taft and Wilson of Ohio, Pearson of
North Carolina. Mccall and Barrett Of
Massachusetts, in favor of them.
NJ defended
,-enutation of Gen. Schenck from the in
ference arising from the statements mace
yesterday by Mr.. McSIeatiy, 1 ',ith' nc a
Emma mine and the publication of his
rules of poker, while he was minister 10
Inst before adjournment an agreement
was reached to take vote on the reso-
buttons al .. o'clock tomorrow.
Mr. TAYLOR. rep, of Ohio reported the
resoIutions of committee on elections No:
- declaring the seat vacant now occupied
nv MIR Boatner of Louisiana and gave no.
tice that it would be called up tomorrow
after the pending resolutions have been
disposed Of, and be voted on without III
vision. e - 49,.
discussion was when Mr.. Sulzer of New
York following Mr.. Gibson OF Iennes,,
see exhibited a campaign circular issued
by Mr.. Gibson, and humorously commeht-
ed on the statements in II relating 10 ms
NIr Gibson's) speeches in behalf of pen
sion claimants and to me chsrgS oy c ustl.-
stated that the circular had been circulat-
. ed under a congressional frank, Ito whlch
Mr. Gibson took exception, - ~ 1o,ter
under any frank?" shouted the excitable
TenneSseean. -
Mr. Sulzer was on the opposite side of
the hall and speaking himself to the &C
commitment of a vigorous rapplng by
the speaker, did not comprehend the re-
mark SAYING: THE next time the gem
fleman had better use trumpet"
81 Mr. Gibson was trying to get recoghl,
2 tion, but MIR. Sulzer declined 10 yield, ana
b Speaker Reed directed Mr., Gibson TO take
his seat He did so, shaking his hands
and shouting that man who made a
charge of that kind and then refused 10
give an opportunity for response was
coward"
: The tenor of Mr.. Gibson's assertion. hav-
ing been conveyed to Mr. Sulzer by those
about him, he said he had been INFORMED
that the letter was being circulated under
the congressional frank; II 1t we're not
so he would withdraw that statemena ~ D.,
81 want to know who your informant Is
said Mr.. Gibson. -,
whereupon Mr. Gibson cried angrily: 1T
is a false statement, and your informantt
is the author of vile SANDER, and II
you refuse to give his name you are as
In a minute or two Mr.. Sulzer said that
if he had said anything. which o1ended
Mr. Gibson he felt that in an honorable;
manly way, he should withdraw II and
apologize for it, and he did so:
The resolutions were then discussed for
a few minutes by Mr.. Sulzer ana recur-
ring to Mr.. Gibson, said That When ne goI
back to Tennessee and the people asked
him what the republicans had done, ne
could answer: I'VE have censured Bay
When he had concluded, Mr.. Gibson got
the floor for a personal explanation. i
have but two or three things 10 say.
First, the circular which the gentleman
has paraded, so far as L know, is still
in the printing office. If there We're no
receivers, Mr.. Speaker. there would be
h nd fC q
law chat the receiver is as bad as the thief.
If am to be measured by the gentleman
own standard of morality l should doubt
less have franked the letter, but have
higher sense of honor than he wears under
Mr. Gibson said his picture had been
exhibited to the House by the gentleman
from New York (the circular containing
wood cut likeness of the author) and he
would present a picture of the gentleman
as protrayed with the pen. He read from
a Washington letter describing Mr.. Sulzer
as pluming himself upon his resemblance
TO Henry Clay, and having come to Wash
ington ito teach Speaker Reed a few
things" When he got back home, said
Mr. Gibson and the people asked asked . .Mnat
have YOU done?f he would reply: w nat,
met oh, / abused Mr.. Gibson" Great
4 brief response was made by Mr. Sui
ger, in which he said that what Mr.. Gibson
had read about him he.was not responsi-
BILE for; but what he {SulzeT) had read TO
the House about Gibson, he had hlmseIf
written and signed. He believed that the
debate on the Bayard resolution had de-
scended into circus, and according to
ms invariable rule he. had determined to
take part in the performance. He had
done so, not as a clown, he believed, but
as rlngmaster, and he had made certain
republicans dance to the lash who as,
sumed to be superior in intellect and
morals 10 those about them. 3.
With this. the incident ended, and the
Illinois, at 5:15 O'Clock adjourned until to-
morrow.