Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-04
FIGHT IN SENATE (El
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Assault Resulted From a Heated Con.
$ /, troxersyr During the Afternoon ses.
! sion-Texan Demanded a Retrae-
:t*tsoa Of Certain Statements BY the
/ lndianan and the Latter Maintained
!. He Had Said Nothing to Withdraw.
] Washington, July 1.-Senator Bailey
Of Texas assaulted Senator Beveridge
Of Indiana just after the senate had
adjourned from executive session. The
Texas senator was dragged away and
separated from his opponent by some
Of those about the senate. He was
very angry and threatened severe
harm to the Indiana senator. =
J The episode was the result Of a heat
ed controversy which the two senator's
had during the afternoon when Sena-
tor Beverage had said that Senator
Bailey had made IAN unwarranted at
tack" on Solicitor Penrose of the state
department. In executive session
Senator Beverage, like other senators
who smoke, lighted cigar and took a
seat on the Republican side. He was
still sitting there when the senate adj
.journed. Senator Bailey crossed the
aisle and walked through the seats
until he was facing Senator Beverage.
> "Beveridge," he said, II don't want
to have any trouble with you, but
want you to withdraw those words
which charge me with making an I'M
warranted attack upon Penfeld.' -
Il did not intend to insult you,' re-
piled Senator Beveridge, land there is
nothing in my language that you could
consider offensive"
Il don't allow anyone to say that
libel man, and that is what you do
in making the charge. Now, if you
won't withdraw the words when l ask
you, I'm going to make you withdraw
them
Senator Bailey had been getting
more and more angry and excited as
he talked. He had been sitting down
part of the time, leaning against the
desk INN diatsly in front of Senator
Beveridge. The latter, in reply to
Senator Bailey's last remark, still re-
manning IN his chair, said:
u Il repeat that did not intend to in
suit you and that have nothing to re-
tract
= AS the words were uttered Senator
Bailey threw himself upon Senator
Beverage, who is a man hardly up to
the average in physique, and
. Seized Him by the Throat
l~
sudden and fierce that the chair in
which Mr.. Beverage was sitting was
pushed back against the desk and the
desk was toprled over. Before the as
s.: lit could go any further, senators
:: 20 had been sitting near had moved
>.p between the desks. Senator Hans
hTough Of North Dakota seized sena-
tor Bailey by one arm and Senator
s. coner seized the other. The Texas
sz~stor is a powerful man and it was
with great difficulty that the two sena-
tors were able. to drag him away from
Senator Beverage, and when they sue
ceeGe<l part of the Indiana senator
neckwear was ripped and torn away
i, the vigorous grasp OF Senator Bal.
ley. Senator Bacon OF Georgia and
Barney Layton, assistant doorkeeper,
came quickly forward and assisted in
pulling the Texas senator farther
away. Senator Bailey meanwhile
struggled to get free and again lunged
toward Senator Beverage. AS he WAS
second time dragged away he W8s
heard to utter something that sounded
like threat about killing. ~;
Without further interference, how:
ever, he walked away when Senator
Bacon urged him to be quiet and led
him toward the Democratic side Sen.
ator Bacon engaged Senator Bailey in
conversation for some time urging him
to cool down. j.:
Senator Spooner also went across
the aisle and discussed the matter
with the Texas senator, urging him to
apologize and if possible mend matters
at once, but Senator Bailey refused all
such proffers, declaring that Senator
6everidge had insulted him in the sen
ate and that he had taken the only
| course, as the Indiana senator had. re
fused to withdraw his remarks.
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