The Saint Paul globe., 1902-07-10
From The Globe Washington Bureau
Post BuiIdlnu.

From The Globe Washington Bureau,
Post Building.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 9. = If
Senator Bailey, Of Texas, had carried
out his original intention, his assaults
on Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, might
nave been attended by more serious
consequences. He declares that it was
his first idea to go to Mr.. Beveridge's
committee room on the ground floor of
the capitol and to have a punching
match with him there. But he was so
heated with temper that he could not
wait for BeVeridge osIeaVe the senate
chamber. So he did his act in a more
spectacular but less effective fashion.
!. Now that it is all over and there is
tlme to dig down and find the real mo-
-tIYes for the assault on Senator Bev-
er1dge, it is found that there was more
IN the affair than appeared on the sur
face. 1t has been observed by friends
of both that the youngest members of
! the senate were not getting on well to-
gether. Several times lately they have
Jared. These occasions displayed ill
VIII, particularly on the part of the
Texas gentleman, who seemed to resent
the greater prominence of his young
Republican rival.
Beveridse Has Best of 1t.
One incident took place just a day or
two before the assault which is sig
nlficant of the relations between the
two. 1t was during the fight which
? Quay was making for the territorial
bill, and the discussion on the floor of
the senate turned on what had been
done in the committee on territories,
of which Beveridge is chairman. Bal
ley cut in with some remark, and Bev-
er1dge replied to him that he, Bailey,
had been present at only two meetings
OF the committee, and therefore was
himself not well posted
That is not true" thundered Bailey.
BeVeridge answered good-naturedly
that he spoke by recollection, and did
not intend to do the Texas senator an
injustice. He said if he were mistaken
he would withdraw the remark, and
that he intended no offenSe
After the close of the senates ses-
sion that day Beveridge sent a note to
Bailey repeating what he had said on
the floor, and expressing the hope that
he had given no offense.
To this note Bailey made no reply.
But the secretary of the committee on
territories looked UP the official rec
ords of the committee and found that
1T was true, as BeVeridge had stated,
that Bailey was not present at more
than two meetings of the committee.
Bailey Is Dumfounded.
What reused Mr.. Bailey to the
fighting point was not the word "un-
warranted used by Mr.. Beveridge in
defending Judge Penfield, of Indiana
Any observant listener would have no
doubt as to that. The moment when
the iron entered Bailey's heart was
earlier; it was at that point in the de-
bate where Bailey =resorted to sar-
casfll, and came at Beveridge with the
statement that he could fathom the in
telligence of every other member of
the senate, but not mat of the senator
from Indiana, to which Beveridge
flashed back:
II am glad to hear the senator admit
that he is beyond his depth.''
The laugh was on Bailey. He stood
dumb His colleagues roared. The
galleries rippled with mirtl. In the
ladies' gallery there was unrestrained
hilarity. And there were friends of
Bailey in that gallery. There was the
rub. He cast a siding glance toward
that quarter and turned a yellowish
gray
The "disorderly'' chapter of this con-
gress has had Two additions of late.
One was the arrest of Representative
Fred J. Kern, of Belleville, H., on
drunk and disorderly charge, he and
his secretary having made a ruction in
front of the Raleigh hotel to the scan
dal of Pennsylvania avenue, and later
Bailey, of Texas, qualified for the Till
man. Mel ,aurin class