The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-02

On December Thaddeus Stevens of Pcnns,lvo
nia. and Martin J. Crawford of Georgia becanf
engaged In heated collo1uy The din of conlic,
was audible over the Capitol The Clerk unable T.,
preserve even the semblancc of order stood hcplc,.
in his place Members rushed madly down thr lr,.,
In front Of the Speakers desk and cooler head.
alone prevented physical collision ~ few more
such scenes declared Morris. OF Illinois. and We
shall hear the crack Of the revolver and seq il,,
CLEAN OF the brnndiShed blade"
Three days later Kellogg OF Illinois made q bitter
attack on Stephen A Douglas. John A. Logan fhrl,
member OF the House from the same State rose Ia
defend Douglas and compared Kellogg to a "spanie
coward" Kellogg made a rush for Logan and the,
were kept apart With great difficulty by other mem
berS amid the utmost confusion and dIsorder II,
tenslhed from the galleries
On December % occurred bitter personal arp.
ment between Lawrence Brnnch OF North Carolina
and Gnlusha a. Grow of Pennsylvania in which Grow
accused his colleague Of conduct unbecorhlng gen.
ueman' Branch challenged Grow to a duel which
he declined iu a dgni6ed manner Both were sui,
Jected TO arrest and put under bonds preserve
peace
The climax came when John B. Haskln OF New
York was engaged In an angry colloquy with Hor-
ace Clark. colleague from the same State In re-
sponse to query from Haskn Clark replied at is
none or your business Haskin launched into a
bitter and threatening dcnunciation of Clark Other
members crowded about the debaters.
Suddenly revolver fell from the pocket OF HaskIn
and struck the floor With tragic resonance. Many
members believing that he had purposely drawn the
weapon from his pocket to do murder IN the halls Of
Congress were liyid with rage The widest con-
fusion prevailed Several members rushed forward
TO be In at the killing" The more reckless crowded
about the principals, while the tmorous cried out
for the sergeant at arms and many were Jostled In
their efforts to escape from the impending catas-
trophc, The appearance OF the mace at length re-
stored some measure OF order
When order had been restored Davidson rose TO
declare. II desire TO say that if these things
continue In the future l must bring q double bar
relied shotgun into the House with me" 1.-THE men,
bers on both sides mostly armed with deadly
weapons wrote Senator Grimes of Iowa, "and It
is said that the friends of each armed In the
galleries II believe" declared Senator Hammond
every man In both houses Is armed with a re-
volver-some with two and bowie knife" IT was
felt that any tragedy in Washington would be the
signal for graver disasters throughout the country
All Battle Mad.
This battle mad, storm swept session. One
of the most famous fights in Congress occurred In
the House April 10. 1860 and nearly led TO duel
with bowie knives between Roger ~ Pryor.
Der from Virginia and John r. Potter, from Wscon
sin The alteration resulted from a heated argu.
ment following q speech In the House by Owen
Lovejoy concerning the assassination OF bis brother
ELIJAH i. LoVetoy, az Alton, Ill. for denouncinG
slavery In his newspaper.
LoveJoy's speech n remarkable eXcorlatIon OF
slavery and led to of excitement and tumult
In which Representatives Pryor and Potter became In
volved. After defiant threat Potter struck Pryor
and ar challenged TO a duel. Learning that
bis antagonist was an expert shot Potter chose bowie
knives aS the weapons. Lander, husband of Mrs
Lander, the actress. expert duellis and thorough
sympathl2cr with Fotter offered TO him upon
OF the weapon which had been chosen for The con-
6Ict He advised Potter to drop upon his right knee
when he closed with his opponent defend himself
with his left and thrust his bowie knife into his
opponents bowels He may cripple YOU for life. ="
declared Lander 'bnt you VIII XIII him. Potter ac-
ceptcd the advice and prepared to upon IT.
But before the crucial moment when the two men
would face each other on the field Of honor Pryor