The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
TWO SENATORS SCRAP
Gallinger and Chandler Dance
Wildly Around Each Other.
WITH CLENCHED FISTS
Before Either Is Able to Knock the Other
Out. However, Friends Interfere and
Break Up What Promised to
Be Hot Fight.

!
ing in connection with the charges of
violation of civil service rules against
| Senator Gallinger preferred by former
| Governor Busiel continued to-day. Only
| two witnesses responded to the inyi-
tation of the commissioners to be pres
| ent at to-days session. They were
| Postmasters Henry Robinson Of Con-
cord and H. A. Spaulding of Nashua.
Their testimony was in regard to CAM
paign circulars asking for assessments
for campaign purposes, as alleged In
the charges. During the afternoon the
proceedings were interrupted by an ex-
citing episode between Senators Gal
linger and Chandler. Chandler accused
Gallinger Of being responsible for the
absence from the hearing of Treasurer
Thayer of the state committee. Gal
lenger dared Chandler to repeat the
statement outside of the room. Hot
words followed and the senators adj
yanced toward each other with clenched
fists, when interference prevented blows.
Commissioner Brewer threatened to
have Senator Chandler forcibly remov-
ed, but quiet was restored and the
hearing proceeded
The afternoon session brought out
warm colloquy between the two sena-
tors. Before the adjournment was ia
ken Senators Chandler and Gallinger
| had passed the lie, and Senator Chand-
Ter and Commissioner Brewer had be-
come involved in a dispute which the
senator says will lead him to ask Pres
| ident Mckinley for the removal of Mr..
Brewer from the civil service commits
sion. No early witnesses were on hand
when the afternoon session was called
to order, and, by direction of Mr.. Brew
| er, Special Agent Wales read corre-
spondence between the commission and
ThaVPr treasurer
publican state committee in 1893, whose
| name was signed to the assessment Cir
| cular. The commission, it appeared,
had asked Mr.. Thayer whether Senator
| Gallinger, as chairman of the state
| committee, had directed or requested
| the treasurer to send out the assess
ment circular.
Mr.. Thayer said that neither Senator
| Gallinger nor the state committee made
any suggestions about the circular, but
| knew about it's being sent to federal Of
| ficers. The letter from Louis " Hoye,
| secretary of the republican state COM
| mittee, contained statement of MIR.
| Thayer and letter from Senator Gal
| linger in reply to the same statement
| that the matter of assessing was never
| discussed and only acted upon by the
| committee.
| commission that the charges against
| him were concocted by evil-minded, ma
| licious persons and that the complaints
| were not made in good faith, but for
| the purpose of revenge, and were not
| worthy the attention which the COM
mission seemed to be giving them. A
/ further letter from Senator Gallinger
| stated that he personally did not at
| any time discuss with Mr.. Thayer or
| suggest to him the names OF those TO
whom the assessment circular should
| be sent
After an exchange of opinion as to
| the opening and closing of the case and
the admission of evidence after the
| close OF the hearing, arguments ana
| briefs, Senator Chandler remarked:
| THE commission seems to have found
| out everything connected with this IN
| yestigaton except who penned the as
sessment to the office holders, who fixed
| the sums to be assessed, who directed
| the inventories and who sent them out.
| The essential things have not been as
| certained 1t is for the commission to
do this and find these men" Here
he was interrupted by Mr.. Brewer:
II object to these things being taken
| down.
Senator Chandler-''Very we'll will
say it without having it taken down..
Mr.. Brewer: mot in this room; this
| is my room and l pay for 1t.
Senate Chandler: 81 am not to be
muzzled in this room. l have my
| rights.
| Mr.. Brewer: you have no rights ex-
cept those of gentleman"
After a further colloquy in which, by
| implication, each said the other was not
| a gentleman, Senator Chandler proceed
| ed to say that the man most wanted
| in connection with the investigation
| did not happen to be present.
| Mr. Thayer is in this city to-day ano
I believe he has been kept away by
| Senator Gallinger," said Mr.. Chandler.
Senator Gailinger and his counsel Al
torney General Eastman, at once
shouted: THAT is absolutely false; il
| is not true"
| Mr. Eastman continued, calling
| Chandler a. liar, and said: 90 not
| care If Won are a United States sena-
| tor
Senator Chandler retorted: And
do not care If you are the attorney gen
| eraI and are defending criminals When
YOU should be prosecuting them.
! Sonator (yallinPer appealed to the