The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-03
PUGNAClOUS STATESMEN,
Some Inc dents Recalled 10y Chandler
aud GaIiingcr's Wrangic.

aud Gallingcr's Wrangie.
yVraur.-s ike that between New
yr.,,nsrt-..s segat0rs- Chandler and Gal
liurcr recently were commouei once
among American statesmen than they
have been iu the past MN of century
Ofen they were even more di-'ft dl'aO.e
than the recent alteration. more Una"
once they resulted in the death OF one
OF the parties Every one. OF course
knows abol, Che duel iu which hofI' ID
l>0l killed Hamilton. Burr was vice.
president I'D the Umr hut Hamilton was
in private Hfe Whom JACKSON, in Io.''
killed Dickinson iu duel both were ih
private station AL the slime. in lsjs that
CLAW and Humphrey Marshall had their
tue both We're ia tAe Kentucky Leglsla-
ture. though each was prominent in Coh-
Grc-s shortly before that time.
Whom Matthew Lyon. of Vermont a
radical Democrat and sort of entant
terrible iu amy party society, OF sect TO
which Doe belonged spat in the face oil
Roger GrisW0ld. of Connecticut am eX-
trome FeteIaHst n ita>. in the ldI oil
the House off Repre- entaures, OF when
both were members, and when. a 'cW Gay
later Griswo.d also iu tlo hall OF the
House struck Lyon with heavy cane
and chased him behind the Speakers
chair. Che earliest of the fights which
took place among members of Congress
IN or near the chambers OF legislation oc-
CURED. AN attempt was made to eNuel
both members. hut 30 failed.
Randolph. theu the leader of the domi-
nlnt pariy tine Democracy ln Tie House
oi REPRESENTATIVES. referred 90 what ne
called "l deal" between President John
Quincy Adams and CLAY, then Secretary
of State as "a combination Of the 'Purl-
tan and tine hhck-ieg.' the latter charac-
to~izsu0u being intended for clay RAM
Co'in was challenged 10 "a duel. but i'm
the neht neither was hurt This Wa in
1885, in 1A', duel bro B'adonsburg. near
Washington occurred between Jonathan
C-Icv. % Maine Democrat and William J.
Graves. "a Kentucky Whig both members
OF Che House of Representatives. I'm
which CiUov was killed. David O.. Brod-
crick d. Democratic Senator from Cali
fornia. who took the Douglas side in the
Kansas admission contest. and thus arr
raycd thc Buchanan administration and
the majority of Dis party against him.
WAS killed in q duel in 1870 with David $.
Terry chief Justice of the Supreme
Court OF California
More excitement throughout the couu-
try than amy 0f those conflicts excited
was aroused bv Tho assault in the Senate
chamber bv Preston S Brooks. "a mcm-
her NJ the House from South Carolina.
ou Charles sumner the Massachusetts
Senator. i1 1850 on account Of Summers
vigorous anti-e'avcrv speech. entitled the
"Crimo Against Kansas" in which Sum
nor made uucompiimontary references 10
Senator Andrew p. Butler "a relative Of
Brooks. summer never recovered from
The effects of Brooks blows. though ne
lived eighteen years longer An attempt
to eNpel Brooks failed. but he resigned
his scat in the House was Immediately
arcrward reelected by "a practically
unanimous vote. but died within wear
of the assault BEFORE Brooks death be
challenged Arson Bur.ugame. "a Eopuh.
ucan member of the House from Massa-
chusctts. for den0uuciug the assault ON
sumner. bat when Niagara Falls was
selected as The place for the duel Brooks
refused to neht. the pretext being that
he was afraid Of bodily harm IN going
through tne Northern States
Two years later boo 1s5s. "a melee ON
the Kansas question occurred I'm the
House of Representative. participated I'm
hV several members. among them being
kcitt South Carolina "drc-eater." and
Grow. OF pennsylvania. who ifs now "a
member nj me same chamber in which
Grow knocked ke.tt down. and another
northern congressman knocked the wig
of The head of Barksdale OF Mississippi
IN $50 PRYOR. OF Virginia. challenged
Potter. of Wisconsin. but when Potter
named bowie-knivcs as the weapons.
Pryor second refused to allow his prin-
c'pal 20 hght on the ground that such
weapons were "barharOus and vulgar
Potter died "a few weeks ago. while Pryor
s. ? prominent New York iurist. The
Elaine-Coukiuc alteration FOO the House
OF Representative in 1876. and those be-
tween Blaine and Hill of Georgia in the
Senate afterward. and between CoukIire
and Lamar and others i'm the same cham
Der are well remembered
Happily in recent years such fracasos
have been rare among American states
men.-LesNes Weekly