Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
Delivers Vocabulary Keener Than
Senator Carmacks.
RESULT WAS LATTER LOST TEMPER
Said Thinss,That Very Poorly Become
a senator-Makes Apology Next Day
Spectacle Truly Pitiful-Tennes.
seean Lost Ground.
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Ten years hence the man who works
up the feature stories in the newspa-
pers will recount the story of the ia
nous tilt in the United States senate,
between Senators Dolliver of Iowa and
Carmack, of Tennessee.
1t was famous ARRAY from the fact
that two very bright men were the
chief actors and further that the OBJ
servations were entirely extemporane-
GUS and the blows delivered were upon
the spur of the moment.
The honors were entirely with SEN
ator Dolliver. He not only dealt the
most telling blows, but his language
was at all times that of gentleman
and throughout the controversy he
never for a single instant lost his self
composure nor his good nature. On
the other hand Senator Carmack en-
ployed language heard only in the
"Bowery" or on lower Pennsylvania
avenue; resorted to methods and per-
sonalities beneath contempt and final
ly lost his head and got roaring mad,
AS result Mr.. Carmack made state
ments, which, as soon as he had cool
ed off and returned to a normal condi-
ton, he regretted. In proof of this he
made a most abject apology in open
senate the day following, expressing
sincere regret that he had employed
the language he did toward Senator
Dolliver and the officers of the United
States armies in the Philippines, and
expressed the hope that Senator Dol
liver would forget and forgive. The
humiliation of a United States senator
standing in his place and going on
record with such an apology will be
apparent to every reader.
AS stated Mr.. Carmack is very
bright man and hard man in a rough
and tumble conversational sparring
match to deal with, but upon this oc-
casion he encountered an intellect and
a vocabulary keener than his own and
the result was inevitable.
1t is not only freely admitted in
Washington that Senator Carmack has
undone himself, at least for the re-
mainder Of this session, but that the
opponents of the Philippine bill lost a
vast amount of ground as result OF
the episode. They are now upon the
defensive.
Senator Dolliver read an editorial
from a prominent democratic paper in
Senator Carmacks home town, sand
wiching in the most sarcastic and cut
ting observations, convulsing the SEN
ators and galleries and maddening
Carmack until he was practically beside
himself. There was not an ungentle-
manly sentence in the running com
ment, yet it cut to the quick.
Immediately following this Mr.. Car
mack jumped to his feet, INDUCED in
the bar-room trade for which he apol-
ogized the next day.
I do not think anything has occur
red in the senate since the Tillman-
McLaurin episode that has caused the
comment that the battle of words be-
tween Senators Dolliver and Carmack
did. Senator Delivers right arm has
been well-night twisted off by Senators
and Congressman who have congratu-
lated him upon the honors won. A
man of less good common sense than
he would have swelled head by rea-
son of the enconiums showered upon
him. but Senator Dolliver takes it as
matter of course, an incident in sen
atorial life; one of the ups" which
tends to compensate for some Of the
downs in the strenuous career of q
United States senator. He is the same
genial, approachable, thoroughly "oi
the people" man that he was twelve
wears ago when he first took his seat
in congress. He has grown immeasur
ably in prestige, fame, brilliance and
wisdom, but not hairs breadth in
feeling.
In his running fight with Carmack
Senator Dolliver made long advance
upward in the senate. He has fairly
won his spurs. From this time for
ward he will be heard from.