Show I AftON CALLER GAINES A LIAR Gentleman From Tennessee At Attempted Attempted tempted to Chastise Member From i FIST FIGHT PREVENTED a SCENE E 1 IN I N THE HOUSE a I 1 ton Jan this after aCter noon f Gaines of oC Tennessee and Mr Mahon ot of wore only onh pre prevented pre prevented vented from In a meeting o personal en encounter encounter counter by the Intervention or of members on the floor of the house Mr Gaines was making a speech on his bill to dock pa pay for tor absence from the house and was being twItted by both sides of the tho chamber to nis evident em nt During his speech ho he charged Mr Mahon with being absent from the hous 95 per cent or the time I to this sweeping assertion Mr Gaines had road read excerpts from the record in relation to the the withholding of pay in congress and the part Mi Mahon had played at that time Mr MD on remained silent throughout Mr Gaines S speech wIth the tho exception of Interjecting a remark or two at the beginning When Mr Gaines had con eluded Mr rose He explained how In the and h congresses lie he had 1000 due him and that Speaker Crisp had given him an order on the for the amount which was paid laid Then rhen coming coining to tIl the crux of Mr Gaines charges Mr Mahon thundered The Lie Passed Any men who charges with away from this house j or he time tells teUs an untruth Mr Gaines started down the aisle from his seat No man can enn tell me I lie He II he exclaimed Mr Mann lIann Illinois who was In the chair ordered both men to theIr seats scats Mr Mahon Mahion obeying while Mr Gaines stood two seats scats away from the center of the chamber shaking both fists and head at the Pennsylvanian When order had llad been blen restored Mr Ma Ia hon agaIn rose Having been cautioned by the chair that It was against the rules to address a member In the second pEr son lie he measured his words saying he would speak in the tho fourth person He Uw the The liThe charge of the g from Tennessee that I am awa away this I house 95 per cent of f my time Is a i ate falsehood I I Gaines Rushed for Him With a rush tri Mi Gaines reached the center ot of th the chamber making dIrectly t the e gentleman from rUa iila Insisting a as J lie lle tent ent that man could calI him a Har l 1 The house was In m an uproar r b by this time timo the chair adding to the boise Olse if mit to the contusion cOnfuSion by p pounding the tue desk with his gavel His efforts finally caused the thc head of the gavel to fly Off and It bounded Into the body of the hOuse almost strIkIng one or of the mem bers bels The Tho rush of Mr Gaines upon hi adver adversary adversary sary brought a dozen members before the speakers desk M Ollie James or of K Kentucky r Taylor of mu Bell ot of Georgia Williams of Mississippi the ml leader and Stafford of Wisconsin grabbed GuInes Gal nes who resisting vigorously Was forced buck bock to his scat I Explanation of Mahon Mr Mahon seemed med to wait for th tile Im Impart impact part pact which never r came cam With Mr Gaines back In his sent seat the tho Penns Pennsylvanian made hIs speech of explanation as to he became connected with the of an old statute compelling members to forfeit pay for the time absent from the house He said the charge that he was Away from the house 95 per Jer cent or of tue tho time was a lie on its face and that he was there 95 D per jer cent of the time as e er cry member who cared to Inquire could ascertain Mr Dace Dacey or of Towa lIed for the read lag ing of the statute relating to the of members pay and he was followed b by Mr Ir Grosvenor ot of Ohio who ex cx explained the reason for the statute Mr Ir ot of Missouri asked that thO minority views of the judiciary commit committee tee on the statute be printed Reconciliation Effected this was In progress the or of Gaines and Malion were In nn an effort to bring about a reconciliation in which they thoy wez suc successful and at its conclusion Mr Mahon rose roso to a question o personal privilege Ho He stat l that he not desire to Im Impugn impugn the tho motives which prompted Mr Gaines to utter what was an untruth about his absence from the house hut but buthe he be desired to say any t at his Informant was incorrect He had no desire to offend the gentleman from Tennessee He classed hIm among his friends but want wanted wanted ed l him m to understand the person from whom lie he obtained his information mis the filet facts Mr rr Gaines Immediately arose and showing deep feeling said that the gen from Penns Pennsylvania had always be been n his friend but that he han hall been goaded beyond endurance He regretted extremely the turn affairs had taken Mr M hon rushed l across the chamber Th The two men clasped hands amid loud ap applause The J ho committee arose and at 44 p m in inthe I the tho house adjourned |