The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.
IN the Midst Of a Speech Senator Petit.
grew Loses His Voice.
COMPLETE LOSS OF The VOCAL POWER
His Health Otherwise Seemingly ohat>
feeted-The Trag ic Incident Brought
toa sudden tlo,e Consideration
ofthe Tariff Bill.

| and startling halt in the tarin DEBATE oc-
Cured in the Senate at 2.S0 o'clock to-
| day when, in the midst OF 4 passionate
speech. Senator Pettigrew tSilver he-
nubllcan). of South Dakota. was stricken
| with paralysis of the vocal cora "i''0"
| brought his vehement speech to close
| with a sentence half uttered. Inc Sen'-
tor was not wholly incapacitated except
I'm tho mower OF speech. lie left the
| chamber soon afterward and was taken
borne bv his friends. The debate proceea-
od but no further progress on the tarin
bill was made, and the awe-hKe ice'nS
accustomed by this incident LED 10 an "u
iournment at 3 o'clock. a., ..,o,d
The Senate started to-day on It's se0V"N
| passage through the blu. tho Pr,,..e,f,, ~, ,roae
| ing to dispose or all ''oil' p,,s,cered
nassed over. The paragraphs cohsiueleu
wera in the chemical and sarthenWale
| scheduIe and failed to elicit more thdh
| tecbntcaI debate except in the uhioItu-
| na+a instance terminating with MI Ae'
! tigrews afiiiction. .,,r,
| Wrbor the Senate convened quorum
| no, not nresent and II was necessary 10
| vait fifteen minutes before one cou'u 'o
secured. .,,po,p
| Union IAIlIl't INshiAfAN
~, ,forts fof Kansas presented the
,,tar,s 81 himself and Senators Morgan
ard Rawlins from the Committee on
pacific Railroads, favorable 10 the ieso-
| lution EXPRESSING the sense or tne sen
! ato onnosing the foreclosure or the gov
| ernment liens on the Union faclHc ia"-
| road. - oo,
Mr.. Morgan (of Alabama), who CON
Cured I'm the report, said the sllua.ion
demanded immediate action py 'he '0n-
ate as the agreement made by the iAcu-
live branch relative to the sale OF the
road on foreclosure AZ minimum price
Nc about to be cOnsummated. ne
therefore announced that on Monday
next he would ask the Senate 70 consider
the subject Mr.. Morgan also severey
criticised the course Of the Government
authorities. .,.o
tariff bill said he hoped the Altnai.a .a
senator would take no action tendlns 10
delav the pending bill. as II was most
desirable 10 get the tariff bill into con-
ference. He would. therefore, feel COM
pelie5 70 resist taking UP any other busl-
ness until the tariff bin was disposed or.
Tho resolution then went 10 the calendar
The tariff bin was then taken up MI
Allison expressed readiness 10 go on VII.
tho leather paragraphs. but. I'm view or
The absence Of Mr. Smith (of New Jersey.
who had a speech on the SUBJECT lea'n''
went oyer.
DATE NOT FIXED.
The first clause fixing the date "hr"
the bin rs 90 90 into effect. went over
SIR Allison stating that IL was Impossible
NJ present 20 ineor. the dave. y cohle.e
arose over paragraph / facidsl. MT. Al
lleon asked TO restore salicychc a.lu TO
the dutiable list Mr. Vest resisted TINS
at considerable length. The Amendment
was agreed tO-30 10 20
At this point an incidental reference TO
the sugar schedule occurred.
In paragraph A. coal. tar and dyes or
color not specially provided tor tne "n
valorem was increased from - 10 ~ per
cent, and on all other products OF coai
tar not medicinal the al valorem was
increased nom - to 20 per cent.
4 substitute for paragraph l5 was IN
serted making the rates on collodlon ana
compounds OF pyroXylin 80 cents, 1' ana
G5 cents according 10 grade. the last
grade carrying p per cent. ad Nalorem
In paragraph %. gelatne glue. isin-
glass. and fish glue the House rate ot
PIP cents per pound was restored ON the
grade valued not above 10 cents per
pound: the other rates remaining as re-
ported.
In paragraph IS. olive OIL etc. the COM
mittee rate was increased from 80 10 40
cents with a new prOvisO on olive OH IN
bottles cans. etc, 30 cents per gallon y
number OF changes Were made to differ
ent paragraphs when Mr.. flatt tConh)
of the Finance Committee. moved that
fullers earth. wrought or manufactured,
be added 10 paragraph So at 50 ton.
This precipitated a lively controversy
between Mr.. Plat and Mr. Iettigrew.
(Silver Republican,, which came 90 an
impressive climax when Mr.. Pettigrow
was overcome in the midst Of Il yehc-
ment speech.
SENATOR PETrIGREW EXCITED
The South Dakota Senator had proposed
an amendment adding lulior's earth, un-
wrought or manufactured. s. per ton,
lie referred TO the amendment secured By
Platt and to the advantage of being Oh
the Finance Committee 1853 means OF
aiding little mill in Connecticut while
the producers Of fuler's earth We're lclt
ont in the cold.
II wonder" he exclaimed p4ssionately.
whether there is an instance Of any
CROSSROADS institution In Connecticut that
is not thoroughly taken care of i'm this
bill. II there be any il is an oversight
And I suppose Pennsylvania gets So a ton
on China clay because the Senator from
PennsyiS ania QUAY has four bushels
Of manuscript and has told the committee
he will bring it here unless he gets what
he wants"
The Senator then severely arraisncd
the New England Senator VINO acted, he
said. on the principle Of enlightened self
interest.
Mr. Platt replied intlmating that Mr..
; | Pettlgrew was for protection IN some
things and not in others. and was IN
spired by the fact that a bed Of fuller 8
, | earth had been discovered in south Dd-
, k0ta.
This appeared to anger Mr. Pe'igrew
and with intense feeling and rapldity ne
. responded.
! "The Senator saws I am prOtectonlst
only ia spots. If. 20 bo a protectonist
2 means to vote a duty of ZOO per cent.
: on silk then [ am proteciionist only
I'm spots. II 70 be a protectlonist man
. | must vote for a duty on sugar purely and
! | absolutely for the benefit OF a gigantic
ana corrupt trust. al the dictation OF a
caucus then l am prOtectionists only
| ia spots. ...
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS,
The vehemence of Mr.. Peitlgrew' ut
terance drew every eye upon him. lie
began another sentence, then he hesl-
tated and made "A vain effort TO artlcu-
2 late his words. II was thought TO be a
: momentary indisposition. Senator'S wait
ed for him in proceed. Then II was OBJ
| served that he could not speak. Senators
Mantle and Carter were quickly by his
| 80 ana u,ater vas brought 10 him. lie