Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1902 — PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIGHT IN THE SENATE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIGHT IN THE SENATE.

In the altercation in the Senate between the Senators from South Carolina, McLaurin accused Tillman of lying and was struck in the faee by the latter. The Senate immediately went into executive session, and voted both the Senators from South Carolina in cotitempt, barring them from speaking or voting until the contempt should be removed by action of the Senate.