Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-10
McLAURIN IN ANOTHER ROW.

Senator McLsurin figured in another
fsticuf engagement in Washington
yesterday, the row, it is supposed, hav-
log its oriain 10 the political situstion
in South Carolina. His ant 'gonist on
this occasion wSs Mr.. A. W. Gates,
proprietor Of the Mansion House at
Greeuville, s. G. Toe Senator and Mr..
Gates accompanied by Mr.. Loomis
Biayloc2, o promineLt politician OF
taat Site, strolled into the buffet of
the Raleigh Hotel, Washington, about
s. 30 O'Clock last night, apparently on
tho best OF terms. Ae they reached
point opposite the news stand near the
Pennsylvania Avenue entrance to the
nost slfy the air OF good-iellowship IN
some unexplained msnDer Was chang
cd ard fishes Of anger suddenly eman-
ated from both. With go angry word,
eyldert t'y prompted by remark rass.
%, M. Ga.es, six feet 2 iuches tell,
powerfully buiif, t0reW of his cost and
ru-hru wildly toward Senst)r McLaur.
10 10 attempt to land blows 90 his fsce.
tae two men clluoned and the superior
| weight Il tle hOteikeeper from South
Carolina placed Senator MoLaurin at a
| 1issdvaUt,ge. but be managed 10 break
| away. Mr.. Blsy lock, who had stood
amtz5d at the unexpected struggle,
rUsued between them. Senttor Nc
Laurin, bow recovered from the ss'
| tonlshmeDt OF t1e onslaught, was start
inR 70 rush st his sssailant, and Gates
was endeaV0Iing to get past Blay ylocB,
| BarteDdeTs from the buffet rushed 10 ta
learn TIE cause OF The ttouble, and the
stream of pedestriau5 outside began 10
| A0W through - hotel doors. The
manRger of tho Raleigh came dashing
through dvor, and graspins Sena'
tor Mel unu by the arm, hurried him
4 .s. - barrow stairway into the raths
Aer. The Senator was evidently an
lefed TO tue blood-bOiling point but be
gss anxious 20 avoid trouble, and i'm.
uediately lett the hotel. Gates 10 the
meaptime was OF white heat aud YVES
struggling msnfully to be released 10
order to follow the Senator but
be was prevented from doing go by
Mr. BlsyioCK. No one around the
no,el knew Just what precipitated the
rouble. Tee DessOns in the hotel who
Knew either Senator McLaurin or Mr.
Gates, the latter of whom has been
| staying there since Monday, were dis
! inclined to talk about the affair, but it
Is generally understood that it was the
| outgrowth OF old trouble which involves
10 oertsin extent the political situa-
;ion 10 South Carolina. None Of the
olows struck landed on the face OF
either Senator McLaurin or Mr.. Gates.
| Senator McLsnrin carried cane
Nd h,s maud, but did Lot use it 10 the
dsh.. After leaving the hotel be
walked rtpdlY away, but evidently
| did not IetuIa to his home on East
! Capitol street a. he could not be found
tlers at late bouc. Mr.. Gstss sbso-
lutely refused TO tell lhe origin OF the
trouble and later took troia for bis
home. Senstor McLsurin itited that
The man with whom be had trouble hoe
become offensive 10 him while he wae
10 the Raleigh dining room. That
when ne be Senator) lett the table
Aud went 10 the news stand 10 The
| lobby to purchase q cigar the man fol
lowed h.m. He studiously avoided
calling his antagonists name snC
would cot say who the man was.