| Show SENATORS POSE AS SCRAPPERS Disgraceful Occurrence in the Nebraska State Senate A FREEFORALL FIGHT Senatorial Courtesy is Thrown to the Winds A Scene Such as Might Be Expected in n Frontier Police Court But Which Scarcely Beats Even Wild and Woolly Xehraslca Populists Scented to Enjoy the Occurrence Omaha March 2SA special to the Bee from Lincoln says The senate was the scene of great confusipn this afternoon by a personal encounter between Senator Stewart and SergeantatArms Stewart who precipitated a free fight between a number of senators and bystanders Senator Stewart was called to order while speaking on the ta bill and i upon his ignoring the chair the ser geantatarms was called He refused to sit down and the two men scuffled for a moment Then the sergeantat arms grasped the senators long chin whiskers with his right hand In the meantime the senators and the spectators specta-tors had gathered In a circle around the struggling men I Senator Jeffries a Populist excitedly elbowed his way through the crowd to the center and undertook to assault the sergeantatarms Senators McKeeby and Hitchcock at once forced him back to his seat Dale another Populist senator sprang into the melee and grasped the ser geantatarms Senator Sloan threw himself upon Dale and with the assistance of Senator Sena-tor Hitchcock forced him back to his chair No other senator undertook to Interfere and the fight ended |
