Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25
BITTER ATTACK
ON PRES. M'KINLEY
congressman Johnson Of Indiana
kssails the Administration.
ALGER Is NOT FORGOTTEN.


Washington. Feb. 2L-DutinE the
general debate upon the army apprn-
priation bill In the House today. MI
Johnson ulcp.. lndJ, who. fortnight
ago made several notable speeches. Vi
olcntly attacking the policy Of the ad-
ministratlon during tho consideration
OF the army reorganization bill. re-
turned to the assault and delivered
against the President and some Of hts
advisers the most scathing PHILIPPE
heard In the House Tor months.
He anccrod nt the President and the
influence which be alleged controlled
him. impugncd his motives. questioned
his sincerity and liiuncd him tu DICK
.ns'H most contemplate character,
charged his secretary 90 war with M
competency. and predicted that the
President would In the end be- cngulfcd
by adverse public sentiment. Although
his uttcranccs were FAR nnrc senHh-
tlonui than those In his former
speeches and dazcd some 90 his audi
tors By the impctuoslty with which
they were delivered. the speech did not
rats. about him the storm OF his Tor
mcr speeches.
colleagues from Indiana. briefly stated
iu the Houre that Mr. lohnHpns col.
leagues had fupudiatsd him, and the
two members had wordy duel.
Later H. the day Mr. MarHh u;cp,
1ttJ tHfiird to some OF Mr. JohuHuu'H
STRUCTURES. but the Republican iehccru
had evidently decided 10 ignore tho
attacks ~ the lndianan and no general
iurly WIS made TO his speech today.
The amy approximation h'll today
was lost sight NJ IN the general Discus
sion ~ the policy 81 the government
relative to the Philippines. ana several
notable speeches were made, especial
~ that OF Mr. Settle tDem.. Kyl. Gem
crui debate On the bill closed today,
ana tomorrow the bill viii be taken ~
fIr amendment under the nNc.mlnutc
rule.
DOES NOT MINcE MATTERS.
when Ar. Johnson arose for his 80
marks. h. at cncc attracted tht after
item OF the House. - few evenings
ngt." h. tgrnu. tile u "a Market
club 81 BOSTON gave "A banquet. at
Wlhsh the President was tie principal
gtsat. From the ~ Ntig,Ict accounts
81 the n~g'r. " WAS an exceedingly
elaborate one.
'srhc secretary of war was In at
tendance. he whom the llnntpn Iopu-
lace had hifsed upon the street few
with Tapturous applause the chief who
had bestowed upon him nlA official
character. We can hardly blame them,
though. fog this MIR. chair'1an. for
thcy were only following the rr,crdent
set then, by some ~ the leading re
publican n,wrpapgfH OF the country,
which fuf months past have been
nrrcrly attacking the secretary. and
hive lacked the courage To lay their AK
20 the root of the evil and ccnsurc the
gentleman who, 10 reward him for us
political services ana disbursements In
the campaign Of 1856, appointed MN 10
HE present position and has MAIN
tulncd him there ever since, nptWith-
standing hiH lncompetcncy, aud against
the righteous complaints that have
been made against him
STALE CHARGE.
The secretary ~ the navy also
grated the occasion with his presence
and ~ FAR furgut his usual courtesy,
~ Ear belicd his New England train
Ing and associates as 10 repeat tho
stale and untruthful charge that those
who opposed the ratification Of the
Infamous treaty OF peace Win SPAN
were responsible for the bloodshvd ihAt
occurred IN the Philippines
when the chief magistrate had
ceased apenking, another gentleman
~ his oiiiciai family. the gentleman
who prcfider over the pnstuilcc nc
uartmont. arose In his place ana pro-
oredcd 20 load his chief down with an
eulogy "a fulHomo and cNtraNhgnni'
go absolutely given over % hyperbole
that no Individual not wholly eaton NJ
with vanity could possibly have cn-
dured II without nausea and disgust
The newspapers further inform US
that among the other decorations there
were suspended over thc entrance 10
the banquet han three portraits, one
~ Washington. one OF Lincoln. and
one 0f the President himself. and that
beneath this the word 'Iiberators.'
Now, Georgc Washington fought
with his sword for eight long ana
bloody years to establish the right of
"a people 10 govern themselves. and In
hlH farewell address he c0unHoltd MS
cnuntrymen tn live On terms of anity
with an nations aud 10 enter Into en-
tangling alliances with none,
Abraham LincolnH whole pollllcil
Nfe was a contention FOR the rights of
man. and IL was his kindly hand which
prnued the Immortal emancipation
reclamation that struck the Hhncklea
from the limbs OF millions of bonds
mon.
BATTING MCKINLEY.
"one would think. sir. that the gen-
tlernan who was just then engaged IN
the prosecution OF bloody war
Agalnst "a poor and dofensclcsa people
Do the Orient. engaged In the unsavory
in4s VI Chflstianizing them with the
sword and civilizlng them nj The
inputhn o. cannon, would naturally
have felt some little embarrassment
as he gaEet upon these portraits ana
read the significant inscription below
Possibly, ms cNccliency did not SEQ
ihcm. lie may have turned his back
upon them just rs he has turned his
haok upon the Declaration OF lnde'
nendence.
BE this an Il may. sir, the President
does not appear 10 have been at all
ahashed by this incnngruous ciroum-
Stance, but hG arose from his scat and
uere, within the shadow Of the monu'
ingnt u Bunker Hin. whore Warren
tell, igntlng for liberty, and Within a
stones throw OF Faneuil hail, where
Vine and again the true sons ~ the
old Ray state have set forth To tho
country their messages Of freedom, h
u,ivered perhaps the most remark
uhle certainly the most disingenuous
address that ever fell from the lips OF
an American President
MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC,
This address, Invested OF its Verdi
age considered apart from its platI'