The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-11
PICKWICKIAN QUARRELS.
SENATOR'S WHOSE ANGER is ONLY
FOR POLITICAL USE.


Washington. June 10-The novice who
gazes from the galleries upon Congress
ional debates is apt to wonder that the
famous Yancey-Toombs episode with its
flying inkstands, is not more often re
peated We have had one such during re
cent years. but that was in a committee
room. Several times during the present
session have members of the House Com
mttee on Military Affairs reached the
stage when a fight seemed imminent, but
it happened thai each time there was
somebody on hand to keep the would-be
comba tants apart; on the floor Of the Sen
ate and of the House there is no dearth
of exciting debates in which personalities
figure. but these are always wars of words
alone.
The mention Of armor plate in the Sen
ate during the past two weeks and more
has acted like lot Of fresh meat thrown
into a cage where were gathered together
variety of wild animals. What some
senators have said of other senators would
in the good old days about which the his
toriaus of the national capital write, have
called forth the traditional pistols and cof-
fee for two But it is not so now. Per-
haps it is because the standard is differ
emit; or perhaps because many OF these
speeches are made solely for public ton-
sumption. At any rate, the fact remains
that men VINO talk to each other most
bitterly in the progress of debate are the
best of friends and often even before the
ardor of debate could have cooled, they
are seen hobnobbing together
TiIIman and Hanna.
Take Senator Tillman and Senator Han
ia for instance. Neither ever spares The
other in the course of political debate;
nothing ie too severe for Tillman 20 say
of Hanna or Hanna to say of Tiliman
They got at it good and hard on this arm
or plate question. but afterwards they
went off and had good laugh together
for Hanna had carried his point and was
happy while Tllman had saved a naval
station for South Carolina, and thereby
secured unanimous support or practically
that for reelection to the Senate.
Senator Penrose got down to the level
of Philadelphia ward politics in some Of
his references to the speech OF the courtly
Daniel of Virginia. and Daniel took oc-
casion to call him down with that prompt
ness which is one of his characteristics
1t was short but lively passage of arms,
but after it was over Penrose was most
friendly in the support he gave to a pr
vate bill which the Virginia senator want
ed to put through, and the two men were
friends.
Senator Daniel had also taken occasion
in his speech to jump on Senator Ekins
as representing the armor plate people,
but afterwards Elkins and Daniel got into
the same carriage and drove off to their
respective homes.
Senator Teller had said some very Sc
we're things of Senator Elkius and Senator
Ekins had retorted in kind, but after the
little breeze had blown over the two went
off arm in arm to lunch together. No two
men could. apparently. have less in com
mon than Senator Lodge and Senator Pet
tigrew. They frequently clash in debates
and say things of each other which their
best friends would hardly claim 10 be
complimentary; yet their seats adioin and
they are on the most friendly terms.
New Hampshire and Georgia
Senator Chandler and Senator Bacon
take a great deal Of pleasure in jumping
on each other in debate. They represent
ed, in a sense, the two sides in the Clark
case and they are often t1ashng just as
Senator Bacon and Senator Plat of Con-
necticut crossed swords-sometimes in
not altogether diplomatic wagon the sub
ject of the Cuban scandals; and yet these
three are quite chummy.
Big Senator Allen of Nebraska finds
frequent occasion 10 say uncomplimentary
things of Senator Gailinger of New Hamp-
shire, but these two seem to have much in
common, and it is not an infrequent sight
10 see them sitting together and enjoying
new stories or new jokes
All of the active Republican debotors
seem to take pleasure in aiming their
shafts of rdcule at Senator Tilman, and
yet there is no man on the Democratic
side with whom they are so chummy. Sen
ator Tilman is irrepressible No matter
how hard the others may try TO get mad
with him over the biting sarcastic things
he is fond of saying, the Senator from
South Carolina win not allow 1t.
Old Senator Pettus, whose quaint hui
NOR at the expense of young Senator
Beverage made the entire country laugh
takes quite fatherly interest in the
youngster; and while he does not take
back anything he said about orators in
general he nevertheless goes out Of his
way 20 say that this particular young
orator has much in him and will come to
the front
senate Picture.
Senate pictures are sometimes worthy
reproduction Take. for instance, the
one during this same armor plate discus
sion, when somebody was making a
speech not particularly interesting Sen
ator Jones Of Arkansas, the chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
walked across the aisle and joined Sena-
= tors Allison and Aldrich. Senator Till
man came up and Joined the conversa-
ton and Senator Butler of North Caro-
lima, the Populst leader. sat down by
Senator Aldrich's side. Then, as If any
thing were needed TO make the group
picturesque Senator Hanna s,rolled over,
and putting his arm lovingly around Sen
ator Jones, who was sitting next the
aisle, made good his coming by telling
some story that set everybody i'm the
crowd laughing.
The picture Of Senator Jones with Sen
ator Hanua's arm lovingly over his shout
der. was one which. il reproduced In the
wilds Of Arkansas, Is calculated to create
a political sensation.
And yet these friendships between po-
ltical enemies are genuine. Men who
have not had political experience NAV re
gard II funny that the acrmony Of de-
bate does not leave deeper sings but al
the time a man has had suiiic.crs eX
perience to secure a seat in the tuiteC
States Senate he is likely 10 regard the
political differences which exist between
men most philosophically and to realize
that radical differences are necessary
even sometimes among friends.
CAPT. JENKINS FOUND DEAD.