Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — LIE FREELY PASSED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIE FREELY PASSED.

United Btates Senators Galiinger and Chandler Have Hot Tilt. At Concord, N. H., the investigation of charges against United States Senator Galiinger by the civil service commission

came near resulting in a fight. When several witnesses were called and failed to respond, Senator Chandler made the statement that the defendant, had influenced witnesses to stay away from the investigation. Senator Galiinger, pale with rage, challenged his accuser to

make the charge outside the room. The challenge was accepted at once, and both men started for the door, but were prevented from leaving the room by newspaper men and the commissioners. Several contradictory statements followed, when Attorney General Eastman, believing he had been accused, rose to his feet, and, shaking his fist at Senator Chandler, said: “You are a liar if you are a United States Senator.” Quiet was finally restored and the investigation proceeded, but the episode set the political pot of New Hampshire to boiling.

J. H. GALLINGER