The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-20

EI.e 70 rhc house for having been su. tApplauscD
 A copy 8f the Washington pos' vas also received. and i'~ story ut he affair fellows
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i. - Dcl.- gate Wickcrsham. ot Alaska. shout ing. "Nou are liar if 1.u say that, rushed upon Representative, Noutol, of Wyoming. seated a.-u.H the aisle. and clutchod him hy inc 'hroa'. dur ing the waning hours ol yesterday session of ,he house. The members who closed in uprn tn struggling men declared that no blows were struck. Firm the galleries how. cv,r. it was plain that this was mo- due to any disincliuation on the par of either of the belliGerCnts.
 Mir WiCkersham. his fingers around Nr. NondelIs neck. w.s seized in similar fashion by Rcproscu'a'iy. Foster. of Vermont And all inc lime the Wyoming representative was vigEIiug 10 get himself free and making futile efforts to Use the chair from which ho had risen tl use f as weapon against his asSailant.
 The crowd around tho two men grew. RcprcS, ,u-1tive I0ugworth of Ohio. and other members. who had been sitting close tO Nr. Mon. dell. attempted to pull him from the tenacious grasp of the infuria'eI delegate. Mir. Wickersham. in spite of the grip which Mir Fste- had secured on his throat. was sill ahlo to cypress his sentiments in yieor ous. if not parliamentarv lauenaeo Nr. Foster. as neaccmakcr, seemed 70 he the target for his cnarac'eri- zations. rather than fhz man le had started after. Mir. Moniell
 Mr. Dwight to the Rescue.
 Finally. rhe Republican whip. Rep rcecuta'ivc Dwight of New York. who w-uld weigh in ar the ringsida at abolt 21n pounds. intcrunscd his bulk between Mr. Wickor~ham and Mir Monden. and fhe dc'ceatc was forced 70 release his hold on his opponents throat
 The rough-and-tumhla fight oc- cured during a dehafe on the ad- minisrra'ion bill. providing fer the leasing of Alaskan coal lands on royalties The Alaska dClcgato wa vigorously opposing the measure In inc course of his areumcnt he rad q letter from Secretary RaHingor describing the operations of final certificates in land cases He de c1ared that the final receipt is i-- sued in every case. and that ie equivalent. under the decision Cf rhe Supreme Court, 10 a patent for title"
 At this juncture Mr. Mon7e'I turn ed 10 Representative Burke- of South Dakota and remarked, in q tone which carried easily across Inc aisle to the desk before which Ny Wfckersham was standing: He l. a liar That is all there is to r."
 This was the signal for MT Wickersham's Cuelaueht He hurl q himself down the aisle and was upon Mr. Mondell before tho mem hcrs knew what was happcnine
 Representative Olms'cd. of P-un. svlyania. who Was in thc sneafer'~ chair. was making about az much disturbance with his eavel as the contestants on the floor. A his or der. the sergcau'-at-armS took down fr~u it's resting place tho mace rf the House. surmo1nfed with ifs sil yer eagle. and @ingorlv holding i' at arms leneth bore dswn on tha contested crowd of hos'ilitios an1 mediatore. But. whether he wake T as fast as he could, or whether hi- nroeress was dolavel by his sense
 l. he reached the combatants and their friends the actual trouble was over.
 BeIiqerents Resume Seats.
 Mir. Wickersham, still panring and feeling his collar. which had been pulled somewhat aWry by the en- thusiastic efforts of the pacific Nr. Foster. was back in his place. and Mr. Mondell. his throat relieved from the Alaskan's grip was again seated and drawing in grateful breaths
 Mir. Wickersham was the first 10 take advantage of the calm which had been restored by such strenuous methods MT Olmeted quickly ac- corded him recogni'ion.
 T want the Record to show that l apologize 10 the house" he cried, but also want it to show that I was called a liar"
 The official stonographer was then Questi~ned by Repreeenta'ive Taw- nev. The stenogranhcr said that he had heard Mir MondeIl say, while seated. He is a liar" He then read the retort which Mr. Wickereham had uttered as he was rushing across to Mir Mondelrs seat
 Our over the ice eggs. oranges and lemons will only last a few days