The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-06-29

my soul 1 repudiate IL; I will have
none Of 1t; 1 will not be a party to any mis-
cradle political trick and intrigue like that.
The Alabama Senator thus exposed
and denounced the schemes of the OBJ
structionists:
Nov, sir, the personal convenience OF
Senators is spoken Of. The weather Is hot,
and Senators are fatigued. Do you suppose
that General Shafter and his troops this
afternoon, who expect to fight a battle to-
morrow, are saying to their commanding
oficers-do you think the troops are saying.
1T Is personally i~nconvenient for me to
move tomorrow, or to move this evening.
I prefer to consult my ease. L do not want
to go into the fight tonight Mr.. President,
who are we representing here9 Men who
are shedding their blood for us upon the
field of battle; and we are talking about
personal inconvenience. II this Senate had
to march out and shoulder arms for the de-
fence of this capital and stand guard to-
night and for the next week, it would do us
good. We would learn what 1t was to stand
by our country, not to sleep at our posts,
and carry on our little political intrigues for
next November's election n talk about
personal inconvenience. This resolution,
when it has been debated to the full extent
of the wishes of the gentlemen who are OPP
posed to it, ought to be allowed to be voted
upon. There ought not to be an interposi-
ton here Of tactics of the sort that has been
exhibited here this evening for the purpose
~ AIrANu,r. b.r1Ana ,,NoA NIn
President of the United States. Why, sir,
II these men force the President OF the
United States to raise our flag in Hawaii,
and to take care Of it in order to shelter our
wounded and sick people who are coming
back from Manila, and get the coal that is
necessary, and the supplies that are neces-
sary, the water that is necessary for
ships, these very men who force him
into that category will be found here
rising on their feet and moving to i'm.
peach him because he violated some posi-
BILE shadow Of their Interpretation OF the
Constitution of the United States. / an
glad that / have got the opportunity just al
this moment to anticipate that miserable
~ q " pot W IL ObO 3OA
will not be heard, gentlemen, hereafter tC
accuse the President of the United States O
violating the constitutional rights anC
powers of the Chief Executive when he AM
his friends and his countrymen, whether O
his political party or not, turn to you ant
say you forced him to that situation by
conduct on your part that made it abso
lutely indispensable, in the name of Chris
tianity and humanity, that he should d,
such a thing"
The venerable Senator continued TO,
some time in a similar strain of impas
stoned eloquence and singing rebuke
The objects of his ~denunciation WINGED
under his arraignmept and revelation
of their real motives. When White o
California recovered his assurance
sufficiently to accuse the Alabama Sen
ator of being actuated either by corrup
ton or imbecility, the old var hors'
turned upon him with the warning tina
if personalities of that kind were to b,
INDUCED in he would meet the Califor
MIA Senator elsewhere. Legitimate
speeches will soon be exhausted. How
long the opposition can fight is uncer
tain, but the conditions in and out o
the Senate are such that the chance
are that they will 500 be forced t.
yield to an overwhelming majority.