The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Stricken in the Midst
of an Impassioned
OutburSt.
Was Arraigning Republican
Senators for SubserVienCy
to Trusts.
His Condition at First Alarming, but
He Finally Regains His
Voice.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June. 26.-The
proceedings of the Senate to-day were
marked by a very dramatic incident. The
silverite Senator of South Dakota, Petit
grew, was arraigning the Republican Sem
ators in most energetic and impassioned
style for their subservisncy to trusts and
caucus orders, when, in the middle OF
sentence, he suddenly stopped. He made
a few feeble efforts to continue, but was
unable to articulste another word, and
was finally led out of the hall and taken
home.
The Senate had been acting on para
graphs that had been passed over in the
discussion and sections of several sched-
ules already adopted. In paragraph 78 the
duty on china clay or kaolin was made
So a ton. PIatt of Connecticut moved to
add to the paragraph a provision for a
similar duty on 'fuller's earth,' wrought
or manufactured. He spoke in support of
the motion and referred to little refining
mill running in Connecticut being repre-
sented on the Finance Committee and
getting all it wanted, while the producers
of fuller's earth were left out in the cold.
"I wonder" Pettigrew exclaimed, pa s.
sionately. whether there is any cross
roads institution in Connecticut that is so
thoroughly taken care of by this bill? If
there be any it is an oversight. And so
Pennsylvania gets So a ton on china clay
l suppose IL is because the Senator from
that State has four bushels of manuscript
ana has told the committee be will bring
it here unless he gets what he wants"
Pettigrew then turned upon the New
England Senators, who acted, he said, on
the principle OF enlightened self-interest.
He understood very well the arrangement
about fuller's earth and kaolin. He knew
that an increased duty would be given to
the manufacturers of the clay of Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey and to the Connec-
ticut mill that ground fuIler's earth, while
those who produced it would be left out.
Piatt of Connecticut replied, intimating
that Pettigrew's i'm petuosity was due to
the fact that bed of fuIler's earth had
recently been found in Dakota.
This angered the South Dakota Sen ator
still more, and he said with great rapidIty
and passion: "Ths Senator from Connecti-
cut speaks of protectionists in spots. Well,
if in order TO be a protectionist all over
one must vote duty of 700 per cent on a
cheaper article and 10 per cent on a
higher-priced one. then I am a protection
= ist oalx in spots. If 1 am to vote for
duty on sugar purely and absolutely in the
interest of the most corrupt and democrat
iZing trust ever organized, and do it at the
behest and dietation of a political caucus
in order to be protectionist all over, then
l am only protectionist in spots. When
New England made a trade with the cot
ton Senators from the South for the pur-
pose of putting a duty on raw cotton and
breaking up the solid South, she aban-
doned the only issue that gave the Re-
publican party character. All that the
Republican party stands for to-day is"
The sentence was never completed. The
Senator stopped. He made an effort to
articulate, but failed TO do so, and for
some seconds stood wavering, while all
eyes were turned upon him in sympathy.
Quickly, but without excitement, Carter
of Montana approached him and induced
him to take seat, and after q minute or
SO accompanied him out of the chamber.
The passionate energy which he had
thrown into his speech had overpowered
him.
Pettigrew was assisted to the CLOAK
room, where he rested in a chair. As he
did not recover the use of his voice a
physician was sent for. In the meantime
hasty examination was made by some
of the Senators who have practiced medi-
cine, and they expressed the opinion that
the South Dakota Senator had ruptured q
small bloodvessel in the brain, prod ucing
paralysis.
DR.. Bayne came finally and examined
Pettigrew. He pronounced the Senator's
ailment facial paralysis, and did not con-
slider it serious. After an hours rest in
the cloakroom Pettigrew was able to walk
to his com mmittee-room, and was finally
driven home.
Dr. Bayne said tonight that the stroke
from which Senator Pettgrew suffered
was probably caused by the rupture of a
small blood vessel, followed by the forma-
ton of blood clot. The Senator's man.
ner of speech favored this result. He car
ried his head forward at an angle with the
body, ompressing the vessels in the neck.
He spoke with tremendous energy under
the pressure of great excitement. His
visage was fiery red and his voice pene-
trated to she corridors of the surrounding
chamber, so that pssssrs-by stopped to in
quire who was talking.
While the Senator was in the cloak
room he was able to mutter few words,
speech was utterly lost. The ability of his
system to absorb the clot, DR.. Bayne said,
would determine the issue of the attack.
1t might disappear in short time, en-
abIing the Senator to appear on Monday,
but it might resist all efforts of the sys-
tenn to remove it.
When the doctor lett the patient to-
night Senator Pettigrew's condition was
slightly improved, aud he believed the
prospects for his recovery were good.
In the course of the evening Senator
Pettigrew rapidly improved and fully re-
covered the use of his vocal organs. A
number of Senators called and were graft
fed to learn of his improved condition
from his own lips. No further trouble is
apprehended.
1ARIFF BILLS PROGRESS.
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