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Show BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Senato Decides Both Senators to Be In Contempt. The proceedings after the doors were closed covered almost two hours of time, nnd resulted In the ndnptlon of u resolution reso-lution lu the form of an order, ns follows: ' Ordered, that the two Senators from the State of South Carolina lie declare I In contempt of tho Senate on account of the nllercation and personal encnuntei between them this di) In open session, and that the matter bo referred to the Committee on 1'llrlleges mil Llectlons, with Instructions lo report whnt a.llnn shall bo taken by the Senito In regard thereto " DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION. Tho discussion which occurred In the seriet session was bnsed I irgel) uron the foregoing resolution, the first suggestion of which was made hv Mr Foiaker In pnsenllng Ihe icsolutlon Immediate!) af ter the doors of the chamber were closed Mr. Foiaker took occasion lo remark that the oeciirn lice had been an outrage upon the dignity nf ihe Senato of which tho Benito should Inlio cognizance, HOAR'S MENDMENT Mr. Hoir Indorsed Ihe irsolulion of Mr Fornker. hut fall ho thought the action of iho Senite should be more exj licit thin contemplated hi the resol itlon He Iherefoie moved to amend it by ordering that the two Semtora flom South Caro. Una be declared In contempt b) tho Senate for dlaorderl) eonCuct and speech In its presence, and tint both should be tnken Into custod) In support of this amendment, he slid that any court or nn) other parliamentary bodv woull commit men foi so giuve an offense against Ita dlknlt), to nwalt Its Juilg-meni Juilg-meni WILLING TO APOLOGIZE. Mr Illackhur d other members then stated that the i Biuth Carolina Senators Sena-tors were wlllln to apologize and thus purge Ihemselveiv of contempt and In view of this statement Mr Hoar with, drew Ihe portion nf hla nmeiulmeit pro. vldlng for their commitment OFFENSE A OIIAVE ONE Mr. Korakcr then accepted the amendment amend-ment of Mr. Hoar and It was embodied In the resolution JJeforo the voto was tnken, a. number of Senators spoke, an I while thure were msny kind utterances regarding both Senitnrs, there was no exception In the opinions expressed as to the gravity and seriousness of Ihe of. fense Among the Senators who thus do. rlurcd themselves were Messrs. .Teller, Fairbanks, Hanni, Rlackburn and Spooner. Spoon-er. CHARGE AGAINST M LAUIHN Mr llanna suggested that, serious as bid been the encounter In the Sennit, It was not so grave as the charge ot misconduct mis-conduct made ogalrst Mr McLajrln nnd he thought that any Investigation under, taken should extend to that matter. NOT UNPRECEDENTED. Mr. Teller, while uniting with other Senators lu deprecntlng the occurrence sild tint It was not unprecedented lint there bid lieen other similar affairs on the floor of the Semite, nnd Instanced among ollieis, the encounter between beuators Hi nton and Finite, TELLER'S OPINION. He also suggested that Mr Spooner wns not entirely blimeless for todvv s occui rence. because his Interrogatories hnd i revoked Mr Tillman to mike explicit ex-plicit the clnrge whhh had been but vaguelv made before hts Inteiferenco in Ihe deoite, WANTED ACTION ON RESOLUTION A motion was nnde b) Mr Teller looking look-ing to the opening of Ihe ilwi This was voted down-is to i; the Itepibllian Senitois generallv expressing themselves ns willing lo hear the apologies promtsid hut gencrall) Insisting tint there should first be action on the resolution SKNATOR1 IN CONTEMPT On the suggestion of Mr Paeon there wns a division of Ihe two branches ot the question The first vote wns liken on tho question whether the two Senators Sena-tors were In contempt, and It previllid bv a uninltnotiB vote The remainder of the resolution referring the mutter to the Committee on Privileges nnd Elections Elec-tions wns adopted without a rollcill Hoth the South Cirollnn Srnntors re-milned re-milned In their sens during the entire session. |