Show FIGHT IN SENATE CHAMBER BAILEY OF TEXAS ATTACKS beveridge OF INDIANA ie the of between the two statesmen Stat enmen the Bei enting ermark made by the senator from senator bailey of texas assaulted senator beveridge of indiana just after the senate bad adjourned from executive session the texas senator was bragged away and separated from his opponent by some of those about the senate was very angry and threatened severe harm to the indiana senator the episode was a result of a heated controversy which the two senators had during the afternoon when sena tor beveridge had said that senator bailey had made an unwarranted at tack on solicitor penfield of the state department while the senate was in executive session senator bailey walked over to senator beveridge and asked him to withdraw his words benator bever i idge replied that be had not intended to insult mr bailey the senator from texas then said I 1 don t allow anyone to say that I 1 libel a man and that is what you do in making the charge now it you won t withdraw the words when I 1 ask you I 1 m going to make you withdraw them the latter replied to benator bailey s last remarks still remaining in hi seat saying I 1 repeat that I 1 did not intend to insult you and that I 1 have nothing to withdraw As the words were uttered senator bailey threw himself upon senator beveridge who is a man hardly up to the in physique and seized him by the throat with both hands the rush was so sudden and fierce that the chair in wh ch mr beveridge was sitting was pushed back against a desk and the desk toppled over before the assault could go any fur ther senators sena tois who had been sitting near had moved up between the desks senator hansborough of north dakota se zed senator bailey by one arm and senator spooner seized the other the texas senator is a powerful man and it was with great difficulty that the two senators were able to drag him away f om begalor beveridge and when they succeeded a part of the indiana senators neckwear was ripped away in the vigorous grasp of senator bailey senator bacon of georgia and barney layton assistant doorkeeper came qu akly forward and in pulling the texas senator futher away senator bailey meanwhile struggling to get free and lunging toward senator beveridge As he was removed a li tie distance he was heard to utter something that sounded like a threat about killing him without effort however he walked away when senator bacon urged him to be qu et and led him to vard the damoc rat s de mr beveridge denied that he had been chocka by mr bailey accord ing to his vers on the lexas senator made a lunge at him but his arm was caught by benator ts before the threatened b ow landed |