The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-18
STORMY,
A Fight Narrowly Ayerte.i IN tile
National House.
GAINES AN ID nj H( ON
Come Very Near Mixing on The Floor.
No rim Can Tell Mel Lie, shStits,
ID the Tennesseaa As lie
Rusted For die Penlis
syIyania Member.
syIvania Member.

Rushed For tlIe Penlliis
syIvania Member.
The National House OF Representa-.
tives an Washington took on th0 .ap:
pearance late TEarsdsy ab the closing
days of Fifty.ffth congress-, commonly
known as the war congress-, g when
alterations betWoen members were
frequent. IS q
Mr.. Gaines. Of Tennaasee, and Mr..
Mahon, of Pennsylvania, were only
prevented from meeting in q personal
enoo inter by the sintervention OF oSher
members. Mr.. Gaines WAS l1aKing a
speech on his bill to Hdockn rnenbers'
pay for absence from the house and
was being twitted by both Sides OF Che
chamber, to his evident ennbarrass,
mont, when he charged Mr.. Mahon
with being aLaent from the houso 95
per cent. Of the time. Is s1sys
| Previous to this sweeping asaertfon,
Mr.. Gaines has read excerpts from
The Record in relation to the with.
hol1inR Of pay in the Fifty third con.
gress and the part Mr.. Mahon had
played at that time. s.
When Mr.. Gaines had concluded
Mr.. Mahon rose. He explained how
In tho Flfty.third and Fifty. fifth CON.
gresses he had had e7 900 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 crux of
Mr.. Gaines charge Mr.. Mehon thun.
dered:
Amy man who charges me with be.
Ing away from this house 96 per cent.
Of the time tells an unbruth.' =
Mr.. Gaines started down the aisle
from his seat. No man can tell me
lie, exclaimed the Tennesaeean.
Then Mr.. Mann, of. Illinois, who
was In the chair, took a hand In the
altercation,
Both men were ordered ta their
seats, Mr.. Mahon obeyed the corn,
mand, while Mr.. Gaines atood two
seats away fYorn the center Of the
ohSmber shaking both Astand head
at tho PAnnsy yay,iap q Il
When order had been restored Mr..
Mahon again rose. Having been eau.
toned by the chair that IL was against
tho rules to address 3 member In the
second person he measured his words;
saying he would speak In the fourth
person.' He then aaid
Tho charge Of the gentlemen from
Tennessee that [ ara away from this
house 95 per cont. Of my tlme Is . de.
liberate falSehood."
With rush Mr.. Gaines reached the
center Of the chamber, making direct
lY toward the gentleman from Penn.
sylvania, insisting as he went that no
man could CALL him liar without
personal ohastisement.
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
osusod the head Of the g&vel to fly ana
1t bounded into the body of the house,
almost striking one Of the membors.
The rush Of Mr.. Gaines upon his ad.
verBary brought q dozen members be-
fore the speakers desk. Mes3rs Ollie
James of Kentucky, Taylor OF Ala
bama, Bell Of Georgia, Williams OF
Mississippi, the minority leader. and
Stafford OF Wisconsin grabbed Mr..
Gaines, who, resisting vigorously, was
borne back to his seat. Mr.. Mahor
standing Ia the first aisle on the Re
publican side, seemed to wait for the
impact which never came. With Mr.
Gaines back In his seat the Pennsyl-
vanian continued his speech Of ex-
. planation as TO how he came to bl
connected with the invoking of an ole
statute compelling members to forfeit
, pay for timo absent from tho house
, He said that he was away from tn,
house 95 per cont. Of the time was ,
lie on It's face, and that he was ther,
05 pef cent, OF the time as every Nom
ber who cared to inquire could asoer.
, tain.
. Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, had read tn
statute relating to the docking o
members pay and he was followed b,
Mr.. Grosvenor. OF Ohio, Wh0 explain
q cd the reasonR for the statute. Mr.
, DeArmond, Of Missouri asked the
I the minority views Of the judiolar,
' committee on the statute be printed
4 While this oolloquy was In progress
the friends Of M0ssrs. Gaines and Ma
a hon were engaged In an effort TO brlnI
: about reconciliation, In Whioh the
q were suCceasful. Mr.. Mahon arose t.
t q question OF personal privilege. III
8tated thaG he did not desire to lm
I puRn the motive which prompted Mr.
q Gsin0S to utter what WAS an unbrutl
about his absence from tho house, bu
/. he desired to say that the informan
was incorrect. He had no desire t
offend the gentleman from Tennesse
i. whom he olassed among his friends
r But he wanted Mr.. Gaiaeg TO under
!. stand that the porsoa from whom h
4 obtained his information miar0pre
q sented the facts.
v Not to be outdone In ehivqlry. MI
Gaines Immediately arose and show
ing dGep feeling said that the gen tie
i. man from Pennsylvania had Away
n been h.s friend but that he had bee
O goaded beyond end rance, not onl
"a today but on former LoccAslon. III
regretted extremely the turn affair
had taken.
Are you satisfied with thatph Ii
!, asked. pointing TO Mr.. Mahoh.
), For answer, Mr.. Mahon rushe
10 across the chamber. The two me
y clasped hands amid loud applause. M
+. Smith OF Iowa faoetiously remarke
ly that as war had baen the subject {
,y the whole days proceedings Yesultin
lg In almost personal encounter /