The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-04-04
Senator Pettus' Striking
Speech Against Republican
Policy.
Senator
POLITICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP
In WASHINGTON.
Policy

Washington, April 2.-Are legal
opinions made to order by United
States officials ? 1t is charged that
Charles E Magoon, law officer of
the division on insular affairs of the
war department., fret wrote an opin
ion that the United States constitu-
ton was. by force of the Paris
treaty, extended over Porto Rico and
the Philippines, which he was com
PEELED to suppress and then to write
another taking exactly the opposite
stand. This last opinion has been
made the foundation for the whole
republican !mperia!lstic programme
and the senate has just ordered three
thousand additional copies of it to be
printed Representative Richardson,
the democratic leader of the house,
desiring to get at the truth, has
offered a resolution calling for copies
of all of the opinions written by Mr.
Magoon
The administration programme is
to jam the Porto Rican bill, tariff and
all. through both senate and house
this week. 1t is certain that the
senate will pass it tomorrow, and it is
probable that the house will do like
wise later, Notwithstanding the talk
of republican members that they
would vote for free trade if given
another opportunity
The senate and ali Washington are
still laughing and are likely to be for
days to come at the humorous speech
of Senator Pettus, in which he held
Senator Beveridge, would be De
moslhenes, up to ridicule, for his
speech declaring his opposition to
the Porto Rico bill and his intention
to vote for it The senate and gal
leries were in a continuous roar of
laughter from the beginning to the
end Of the remarks of Senator Pet
,us After rubbing it in on Beve.
ridge for charging all those who
didn't agree with him, with enmity
towards the government, Mr. Pettus
seid 1.-The government in my mind
ls:
'Me and my wife,
My SOD John and his wife,
Ia four
And no more +"
Mr. Pettus told this Biblical story
at the close of his speech "The
Master once had to select man to
lead the children of Israel out of
Egypt and through the wilderness to
Canaan He did not select an ora
tor No, He selected one of those
wise men, and bis name was Moses.
And be was suffering man, too
But Moses told bis Master to His
face that be could not do it, because
be could not speak to the people.
and what was the reply !? There is
Aaron he speaks well , And they
took Aaron along not in command,
that was not allowed but they took
him along as kind of deputy. And
when Moses, on his Masters order,
when up into the mountains for the
tables. the orator left in charge bad a
golden calf framed and be put all the
people to worshippipg the golden
calf More people worship the gold
en- calf now than did in those days
But while Aaron and his people were
all dowo worsbippiDg the golden
calf, the man Of COD appeared, and
he pulled on: his sword and demand
| ed to know who is on the Lords
side p Then the orato, jumped up
from his knees, drew his sword and
got on Moses side and went to
killing the Israelites along with
Moses All these orators will do the
same tbing-the last one of them "
Representative Rhea, of Kentucky,
made rafting good speech at .
mass meeting of Washington demo
Gratis, in which he referred to Chair
man Payne, the republican house
leader, as 1.-The stateman with the
one night stand state of mind" and
to Representative Grosvenor es the
"garruious gabbler, from Ohio, who
acts ae mouth piece for the White
House Sphinx - After picturing
various phases of administration
wabblipg, which he likened to the
track of snake, Mr. Rhea said (:
"Oh, manhood, where is thy shame ?
On, Mckinley, where is thy blush !
| Oh McKinlaV vnu are the sadGeat