The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-16
LOOKED STORMY.
A Fight Narrowly Averted ia the
National House.
GAINES AND MAH0N

Come Very Near Mixing On the Floor
No Man Can Tell Me- Lie," Shout.
ed the Teunessean as He
Rushed For The Penn.
sylyania Member.
The National House Of Representa-
tiyes az Washington took on tine ap
pearsnce late Thursday st the closing
days OF Ftfty.ffth congress, commonly
known as the war congress-, wher
alterations between members were
frequent.
Mr. Gaines. Of Tennessee, and Mr.
Mahon, Of Pennsylvania, we're only
prevented from meeting in q persona
anco inter by the intervention OF other
members. Mr.. Gaines was making a
speech on his bill to "dock' members
pay for absence from the house and
was being twitted by both sides Of the
chamber, to his evident enbarrass
ment, when be charged Mr. Mshon
with being absent from the house e5
per cent. Of the time.
Previous to this sweeping assertion,
MI. Gaines bss read excerpts from
The Record In relation to the with
hol7ing Of pay in the Fifty third con.
gress and the psrt Mr.. Mahon had
! played at that time.
When Mr.. Gaines had concluded
Nh. Mahon rose. He explained how
in the Fifty-third and Fifty. fifth con.
crosses be had had $1,000 due him
and that the then speaker, Crisp, had
given him an order on the sergeant.
at. arms for the amount, which was
paid. Then coming to the cruz CT
Mr.. Gaines charge MIR. Mahon thur
dered:
Amy man who charges me with be-
ing away from this house 95 per cent.
OF the time tells an untruth.'
Mr.. Gaines Started down the aisls
from his seat. No man can tell me
I lie," exclaimed the Tsnnesseean.
Then Mr.. Mann, OF Illinois, who
was in the chair, took hand In the
altercstion.
Both men were ordered to their
seats, MIR. Mahon obeyed the COM
msnd, while Mr.. Gaines stood two
seats away fren the center OF the
chamber shaking both fist and head
at the Pennsylvania
When order had been restored Mr..
Mahon again rose. Havirg been csu
toned by the chair that 1t was against
aha rules to address member In the
second person he measured his words;
saying he would speak In the fourth
person.'s he then said:
THE charge OF the gentlemen from
Tennessee that am away from this
house 95 per cant. OF my time Is de-
hbesste fslsehood."
With a rush Mr.. Gaiaes reached the
center of the chamber making direct
ly toward the gentleman from Penn.
sylvania, insisting IS he went that no
man could call him liar without
personal chastisement.
The house was IN an uproar by this
time, the chair adding to the noise If
not to the confusion by pounding OF
desk with his gavel. His efforts finally
csussd the head OF the gaVel to fly ano
1t bounded into the body OF the house,
almost striking one Of the members.
The rush Of Mr.. Gaines upon his ad.
versary brought dozen members bs-
fore the speakers desk. Messrs. Ollie
James Of Kentucky, Taylor OF Ala
oama, Bell Of Georgia, Williams OF
Mississippi, the minority leader. and
Stafford Of Wisconsin grabbed Nh.
Gaines, who, resisting vigorously, Was
borre back to his seat. Mr.. Mahon
stan ding In the first aisle on the Rs
publican side, seemed to wait for the
impact which never came. With MI.
Gaines back in bis seat the Pennsyl-
vanian continued his speech OF e1-
PLANTATION as to how he came to bs
conr ected with the invoking Of sn old
statute compelling members to forfeit
pap for time absent from the house.
BE said that he was away from the
house 95 per cent. OF the time was
lie on it's face, srd that he vas there
e5 per cent. OF the time as every mem.
ber who cared to inquire could sscsr-
tain.
Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, had read the
statute relating to the docking OF
members pay and he was followed BY
Mr.. Grosvsnor. OF Ohio, Who explain
ed tne reasons tor the statute. Mr..
| DeArmond, Of Missouri. asked that
the minority views Of the Judiciary
com nittee on the statute be printed.
While this colloquy was in progress
the friends Of Msssrs. Gaines and Ms
hon we're engaged In an effort to bring
about q reconciliation, In which they
were successful. Mr.. Mahcn arose to
question OF personal privilege. BE
stated thsG he did not desire to i'm
pugn the motive shieh prompted Mr..
Gaines to utter what was an untru6h
about bis absence from the house, but
he desired to say that the informant
vas incorrect. He had no desire to
offend the gentleman from Tennessee
whom be classed among his friends.
But he wanted Mr.. Gsiaes to under
stand that the psrso from whom be
obtained his information nisrepre-
sented the facts.
Not to be outdone in chiV'lry. Mr..
Gaines Immediately arose and show
ing deep feeling said that the gentle
man from Pennsylvania had always
been his friend but that he had been
goaded bsyond end lance, not only
today but on q former :occasion. He
regretted extremely the turn affairs
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