The age-herald., 1898-07-02
Mr. PettuS' Reply Was Vigorous and Re-
 Sentful, and Full of Anger.
CAFFERY'SARGUMENT RECOVERING
If It Is Unconstitutional to Annex Hawaii .by Joint Resolution, Louisiana is Not a Member of the Sister,
 hood of States.

Washington, July Flor nearly six hours the senate had under discussion the Ha- waiian annexation resolutions. The first formal speech in favor of the resolutions was delivered by MT. Pettus (dem., or Ala.) His address was strong and patriotic. As a democrat he maintained that the question was in no sense party issue, but the prop osition was one which ought to call, in the circumstances, the support of all parties. He had heated colloquy with MT. Caffery, of Louisiana in the course of which the latter intimated that the Alabama senator was afflicted with senity. MT. Pettus' retort was vigorous and resentful of what he termed an insult. MT. Caffery subse- quenty discaimed any intention of insult ing MT. Pettus
 MT. Mallory (dem. of Fla.) presented constitutional argument against the acqui- sition of territory by joint resolution of congress.
 In opening his argument bearing directly upon Hawaiian annexation, Mr. Pettus said it was not party question and could not be made so by one man or a few men. Even if it were party question: said he, we were all Americans, and 1 hope patriots, before we joined any party
 MT. Pettus spoke in favor of the resolu- tlOnS, taxing III the course Ot his remarks sharp issue with MT. Bacon, who had an- tagonized the resolutions on constitutional grounds. lie maintained that no lawyer no court could construe correctly a pro- vision of the constitution without consid- erng all its phases.
 The Tabled Pos sum Hunter
 MT. Pettus took issue with MT. Caffery, who interrupted him with a question. He related the anecdote of the possum hun-
 
 which a possum had taken refuge thus letting the 'possum fall to the ground, but himself falling with it. He applied the an- ecdote to MT. Caffery who, he said, had sawed himself off, for if there was force / in Mr. Caffery's argument, Louisiana was not legally in the union, and he had come to the senate bringing with him the con- tentions that he had no right to a Seat
 1t will be strange news to the people of Louisiana he sad that their senator is denied his right to represent them here." MT. Pettus ridiculed MT. Caffery's argu- ment that the question ought to be sub- mitted to the people of Hawaii He said sss;R aG argqTsnt saq @.SEnal' .SSEn F ogt msR3 pG be fiji presentation to children in the nurs- ery it would have no force with senator's MT. Gallery replied tartly that as between the adolescent expressions of sympathy and the senilities of age, he would prefer the former.
 MT. Pettus, stung by MT. Caffery's re- port, said:
 Canery's Deeeitful Method
 "The senator from Louisiana has made use of @ custom of the senate for ingross- ly improper purpose. He rose to ask me a question and under the fraud of asking me the question he sought to denounce me personally. Senators ought not to do such small things. No interruption is proper ex- cept for the purpose of question or or obtaining information And the man who does interrupt another for the purpose of offering an i-s ult--well, MT. President, l was brought up Presbyterian and can not properly characterize such conduct.
 MT. Caffery-Will the senator permit me to interrupt him?
 "No. I will not" declared MT. Pettus. 'I will not again be interrupted. I am an old man. MT. President, but this is the first time I was ever insulted in the United States senate by such language and do not intend to tolerate it.
 MT Caffery absolutely d.Sclaimed that he had intended his remark as an insult. It was he said, merely a set-off to MT. Pettus' statement regarding adolescence.
 MT. Pettus had begun discussion of the present war, when he was interrupted by his colleague, MT. Morgan, who read an Associated Press dispatch from Playa del Este announcing that the battle of Sat tiago had begun and fighting was proceed ing along the entire line.
 ''There MT. President" said MT. Pettus "the fight is going on along the entire line and it behooves every man to support the government to support the army and navy of the United States in all her actions. We ought to support the president of the United States How many died in the fight today, nobody can say. But pray God that those brave men of ours, if they must, may die with shouts of victory in their ears"
 Hope of Large Navy
 MT. Pettus said one of the objections urged against Hawaiian annexation was