The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
A STRENUOUS SESSION.

The Bailey-Beveridge incident in the
Senate chamber the other day. which
by the way has been variouslye de-
scribed by principals and witnesses,
was the eliminating incident of a ses-
sion of Congress during which mem
bers did much towards enlivening life
at the capital. Leaving out of con-
sideration all Of the verbal combats
that were INDUCED in, and some of
them were quite warm. it may be said
that the session that ended on Tues
day was pretty nearly if not
quite a record breaker for the per-
sonal combats and strenuous deport-
ment of it's members.
The first scrap that attracted at
tention was that between the senators
from South Carolina, on the floor of
the Senate and during a session of
that body. Both causes and effects Of
that incident are very we'll known Nc
Laurin called Tillman liar, and TILL
man attempted to thrash him for it,
with his fists. Not many days later
Senator McLaurin, who was dining at
a hotel, engaged in a fisticuff encounter
with a man from South Carolina who
made remarks that were not altogether
complimentary to the junior senator
from the Palmetto State Following
this Senator Money of Mississippi got
into fight with a street car conduc-
tor, upon whom he used his pocket
knife. This case, unlike the others.
got into court. but after several days
1T was settled without anybody get
ting hurt except the conductor SEN
ator Money withdrew his charge of
assault against the street railway man,
and the latter was prevailed upon to
drop his side of the quarrel where it
was. After this, in so far as actual
fighting was concerned, things went
along smoothly almost up to the day
of adjournment: then Senator Bailey
jumped for Senator Beveridge's throat,
to make him take back" something he
had said which Mr.. Bailey regarded
as reflection upon his motives.
These, however. We're not the only
incidents in which the law makers at
the capital were law breakers. Early
in the session Representative Belmont
was arrested by the police for driving
his automobile too fast through the
streets. Not long thereafter Senator
Clark of Montana was carried to the
police station upon a similar charge.
These matters. however, were trivial,
as compared with the conduct of a
certain senator who, some six or eight
weeks ago, with a number of his con-
freres of the Senate. dined with Col.
Nathan Mckay. The senator in Dues
ton got gloriously drunk and wan
dered into a house near by, under the
impression that it was his own domi-
cile. 1t CHANGED to be the residence Of
Gen. Crozier. the lately appointed
chief of ordnance. When Gen. Crozier
tried gentle means to get rid of his
unwelcome visitor the senator became
indignant and insisted upon breaking
all the furniture in the place. Then
it was Crozier's turn to get mad, and
he summarily kicked the honorable
gentleman into the street, where e
policeman gathered him up and gave
him ride to the station. An incident
of somewhat similar details occurred
on the evening of Thursday, June rs,
except that a representative and not a
senator was the hero of it, and the
scene was a hotel and not a private
residence. The representative halls
from the great state of Illinois. After
numerous libations he concluded that
the hotels crockery and glass were of
bad pattern, and would look much bet
ter if smashed into small pieces. He
had started in to make trade for the
storekeepers when the police arrived
and forcibly removed him from the
scene