The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-07-16
STRENUOUS BODY
WAS LATE CONGRESS-.
..,sos DID MUCH TO eNLwEN LIFE
At THE CAPITAL.
Breaker for Personal 'Combats
-. strenuous Department OF the
National Law Makers.

,nd Strenuous
National Law Makers
h.. Bailey,Begeridge incident IN
.a chamber the other day,
Nv the way has been mariousiy
l'I ihoa bv the witnesses and ,prlncr
ras the eliminating incident OF a
''or Of congress during which mem
''G 5id much towards enlivening life
10 capital. Leaving out OF eonsld-
i vim INN all of the verbal comoats that
indrlged in, and some OF ohem
T. ouise warm, it may be said that
.9ssioo that ended last week was
~ NEARLY if not quite a record
on Ter the personal combatF and
annous department of its members.
rba frst Scrap that attracted at
. inn was,hat between the senators
r. South Carolina on the floor OF the
ate and during a session OF that
Roth causes and effects of that
Tident are very well known. Me
,.in called Tillman liar, and Till
IN attempted to thrash him for 1t
his fists. Not many days later
o,or MeLaarin, who was dining at
HOTEL engaged in fisticuff encOunt-
nth a man from South Carolina,
u made remarks that were lot alto
.her complimentary to the junior
l., the Palme5to state. Following
i Senator Money of Mississippi got
fight with a street car
sparctOr. upon whom he used
knife. This case, unlike the
kers. got into court, but af-
several days it was settled without
Woody getting hurt except the con-
ctor Senator Money withdrew his
arge of assault agaiGst the street
lway man, and the latter was pre-
Siled upon to drop his side of the
stter where it was. After this, in so
as actual fighting was concerned,
ngs went along smoothly almost up
tl the day of adjournment. Then
nstOr Bailey jumped for Senator
yeridge's throat to make him take
*" something he had said which
Bailey regarded as a reflection up
bis motives.
These, however, were not the emily
eidents in which the law max ers at
capital were law breakers. Early
The session Representative Belmont
i arrested by the police for driving
automobile too fast through the
eets Not long thereafter Senator
ark of Montana was carried to The
Ice station upon a similar charge.
ese matters, however, were trivial
compared with the conduct of GER
10 senator. who some six or eight
eks ago. with a number of his con-
res of the senate, dlned with Col.
+ than Mckay. The senator ia aues-
b got glOriously drunk and waLder-
into house near by, under the i'm
esGiOn that il was his own domicile.
chanced to be the residence of Cen
CFozier, the lately appointed chief
ordnance. When General CrOZier
led gentle means to get rid of his un-
come visitor the senator became
isnant and insisted upon breaking
the furniture in the place. Then
vas Crozier's turn TO get mad, and
summarily kicked the honorable
ntleman into the street, where a
ceman gathered him up and gave
r a ride to the station.
IN Incident of somewhat similar de"
Is occurred on the evening of Thurs
June 26, except that representa-
and not senator was the hero of
and the scene was a hotel and not a
Vste residence. The representative
& Us from the great state of Illinois.
yer numerous libations he concluded
The hotels crockery and glass
8 re OF bad pattern and would look
90 better if smashed into small
ces' He had started in to make
ne for the storekeepers when the
ice arrived and forcibly removed
~ from the scepe.-Sayauna News.