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Show m .FIST FIGHT STIRS SENATE I 'obi GEORGIAN AND I COLORADO MAN EXCITE GROUP I Senator Watson Said He Threatened to Knock Phipps Down CROWD LOOKS ON 1 Dispute Results From Debate De-bate Over Postmaster Nominations WASHINGTON. May 22. Post-master Post-master appointments in Georgia started a hot exchange in the sen H I today by Senator Watson, Democrat J of Georgia, and Senator Phipps of J Colorado, a Renubln-.-i n member of 1 I " IUI . I the postofflce committee, with the result that business was disrupted for several minutes after which the two senators took their controversy Into k the corridor, with the Georgia senator offering persons! combat. Ti 1 R EATEN UD KNOCKDOWN. "If you say a word out of the way I'll knock you "down " Senator Wat-son Wat-son Kald h told the Colorado senator after thy left the nenate chamber. inator Phipps declined to -, news-paper news-paper men to disru?s the Incident. Senator Watson, talking of the die-puts, die-puts, which began v die the sen:,;.0 was discussing an arr bll. said Sen-ator Sen-ator Phipps declined no challenge tn personal combat, mentioned calling s senat scrge.int-at-arm, and then walked away. The Georgia .senator explained that the dispute involved three, postmaster nominations Jack Curran to he post-master post-master at Savannah. Ga., J. B. Crano at Dixie. Ga. and Ln-mson Prit. hard, at Tonnil)e. Ga. All are "personally objectionable" to him. Senator Wat-son Wat-son said, and he so notified Senator Phipps RECEIVES LETTERS. Mr. Watson stated that Chairman Townsend of the postofflce committee commit-tee had allowed him to nom a subcommittee sub-committee to consider the thre nominations nom-inations and that he. Mr. Watson, hid chosen I'hlpps on the subcommltt.- I Senator Phipps sine has been In correspondence cor-respondence with tho nominees, although al-though Senator Wawon Raid he himself him-self had rocelvod no letters from them Last Saturday. Snstor Watson t-ald, Mr Phipps giwe hJm ftomo of vor, .vnwjionaCTCfl ana asKeo him to look oxer the pape.ru. Today Senator Sen-ator Watnon aald ho went to Senator Phipps and told hlra that he would not examine tho papers and demanded demand-ed to know whether his opposition to the three nominee who were "personally "per-sonally objectionable" was to be recognized, rec-ognized, as Is the senatorial custom MAXT SKE CLASH. A number of persons in tho senate corridors wltneBe3 the clash betwewrn the senate re. being attracted ap-pa'n ently by the loud dlecuaslon wl u0h broke lato a speech on the' floor h. Senator Wadrworth. Repabllcan, NK Tork. boforo the senators went ouS eld-x BsnafJOtl Watson eaM he propoeefl to prevent oonflrmation of tho three nominees, all of whom, ho said hod made derogatory statements about him. 00 1 |
