The San Francisco call., 1899-01-26

hemisphere we could not with propriety
resist aggression in this. Johnson said
that the cup of our national humiliation
was filled to overfiowing, and in closing
said:
I'VE have witnessed the splendid
achievements of our soldiers and sailors
and sIH1,u have inspired in IT,, the Old World a
beacogg Is light of berty this odksd shs th
intrenched continent. this proud and
erect nation. which never in its history
was obliged to ask favor of any other
country on earth. now depends upon the
Intervention of England to keep other
powers off its back. We have become a
miserable mendicant.. dependent upon the
abandon the cardinal principal of protec-
tion and submit to the open door
policy
At this point the gavel fell, and john
son said he would not trespass further
upon the time of the other side though
he was urged to go on.
Il thank the other side he said, ''for
the opportunity to be heard, which | could
not obtain from this side
There was a whirlwind OF applause
when Johnson took his seat, and many
Democrats crowded up the. aisle to con-
gratulate him.
When Dolliver of Iowa rose to reply
there was an outburst of applause from
the Republican side. Almost every seat
on the floor by this time was occupied
dn6rs dnd the beS wv were packed to the
had no intention of making an elaborate
speech on this bill and he resented John
sons statement that he had been ma
neuvering for an opportunity to reply.
He had never heard the epithet Span
lard" applied to the gentleman from In
diana or any other member on the floor,
and If the gentleman deserved the title
he must get it from some other tongue
than his.
II am not here to speak for the. ad-
mfnistration." he continued "I belong IN
he nf RI md
not been in the White House since the
war with Spain began. But 1 might re-
sent the statement that our President so
accessible, is intrenched' in the White
House He is intrenched in the White
House in the higher and better sense and
as surely as the gentleman from Indiana
is intrenched in private life Qaughter)
brought there, as / believe, by his attacks
and criticisms of the Republican party. .
He would not make an extended reply.
he said, but he did desire to say some
thing of the large responsibilities which
had come to us as a result of the war
proach this question in the larger. broader
spirit in which the war had been entered
upon. The war had brought all sections
and parties together in q common cause
signed and ready for ratification 1t would
seem that the same spirit should be pre-
served. But, on the contrary. the Con-
gressional Record and the magazines were
filled with views more numerous and
varied than the islands we had captured
from the enemy. 1t had been so in the
war of 1872. A faction had sought to en-
barrass the Government. In the Mexican
War our armies never got beyond the
reach of those who criticized the conduct
OF the war. and during the Civil War a
restless and insistent minority in both
houses never ceased it's hostility In the
Spanish war. for the first time In our his
tory. what was done was done In the
spirit of common people, in the spirit Of
Judgment. the greatest day in our
history was when every member of Con-
gress, without regard to party, voted con-
fidence IN the President and authorized