The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-07-04
PETTUS AND CAFFERY WRAEGLE

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PETTUS AND CAFFERY WRAEGLE
Washington, July 1.-The heat of the day
| was apparent in the Hawaiian debate in
| the senate, when Mr.. Pettus said he had no
respect Cor Legislative 1ibustcring, and
Just as little respect for majority that
would attempt to prevent full and free
debate.
in opening his argument bearing direct
! ~ upon Hawaiian annexation, he said II
was not party question, and could not be
! made so by one man or few men. Even
! If 1t We're a party question: said he, 'we
were all Americans, and l hope, patriots.
| before we joined any party"
Mr.. PettuS then entered upon legal and
| constitutional argument in support of the
| resolutions taken In the course of a sharp
ISSUE with Mr.. Bacon, of Georgia. who
had antagonized the resolutions con
/ stitutional grounds. he maintained that no
| lawyer no court could construe correctly
| q provision of the constitution without
| considering all Of It's parts.
Took Issue with Caffery.
MI Pettus took issue with Mr. Gallery.
| who had argued that the acquisition of
Louisiana territory. by act OF congress,
was unconstitutional. He related the an
ecdOte of the possum hunter who sawed
off the limb of a tree on which a 'possum
| had taken refuge, thus letting the pos
sum fail to the ground, but himself falling
| with It,
He applied the anecdote to Mr. Gallery,
who, he said. had sawed himself Off, for
! If there was force in Mr.. Caffery's areu-
ment, Louisiana was not legally In the
! union, and he had come to the senate bring
ing with him the contention that he had
no right to q seat.
ut will be strange news TO the people
| of louisiana no said. that their sena-
|
| here"
! Mr. Pettus ridiculed Mr.. Caffery's argu-
ment that the question ought TO he sub
mitted to the people of Hawaii. lie SAID
| such an argument had u moral, but no con-
! stitutional bearing, and while it might
be a fit presentation to children in the
| nursery it would have no force with sena-
! tors. 1t was too adolcscent.
Mr. Caffcry replied tartly that IS between
| the adolescent expressions of sympathy and
| the senilitics of age, he would prefer the
! former.
Mr.. Pettus, stung by Mr. Caffery's rctort.
said: The senator from Louisiana has
! made usc of a custom of the senate for
rrosslv improper purpose. He rose to ask
me = question: and under the fraud OF ASK
inc me the question, he sought 10 dehoullce
me personally. Senators ought not 10 90
such small things. No interruption IS prop
or except for the purpose of a question or
obtaining llllbtI2NIOll. -A'i'' NV
who does interrupt another for the purpose
Of offerfnr an insult-well, Mr.. President,
was brought UP a Presbyterian, ana can
not properly characterize such conduct
A Sharp Report.
Mr. Caffcry-Win the senator permit me
to interrupt him . %,
mo, will not" declared Mr.. Pettus'
will not again he interrupted. am an GA
Kan Mr. PRESIDENT but this was the IlrSt
ina
states senate by such language. and
don't intend to tolerate it.
Mr. Caflory absolutely disclaimed that
he had intended his remark as an insult
II was. he said merely sct-oH TO MY
Pettus's statement regarding adolescence.
Mr.. Pcttus had begun a discussion OIL
tha present war when he was interrupted
Nv, his COLLEAGUE Mr. Morgan, who read
IN Associated Press dispatch from Playa
del Este announcing that the battle OF
Santiago had begun and fighting was pro
ceeding along the entire line
There, Nj. PRESIDENT said MI. PettuS'
''tbe tight is going on along the entire line,
and if bnhooyes every man to support the
government to support the army and the
navy of the United StdtoE in all hCl &C
lions. Wa ought 10 support the president
of tho United S,,tes. How many died in
the fight today nobody can say. But
u~av God that those bravo men OF ours,
| ii die they must, may Dis with shouts OF
| victory in then cars.
Mr.. Pettus sGid one of the objections
! URGED against Hawaiian annexation was
| that tho anuuisiti IN Of th&t territory would
! compel the Knitted States to construct and
| maintain at enormous expense powerful
! navy and perhaps maintain large stand
| .It may lead the United States to build
! great navy said he.
II hope to God it will. I viii welcome
/ the day when our navy will be so power
| ful that no nat5On on earth Will ever dare