The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-06
SENATOR SCOTT
CONGRATULATED
ON HIS SPEECH
In the Senate Yesterday on the Phil
ippiue Question From Standpoint
Of Business and Patriotism.
HANNA SCORES PETTIGREV'
A SANDER on Congressman Dayton
which Appeared in the Register.
The Last Hours Of Congress.

Special Dispatch to the IntellIEencer.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator
Scott was the recipient this afternoon
of numerous compliments upon his
speech on the Philippine question. Such
able and influential senators as VOL
colt ,shoup and spweII. gave 1t close at
tenuon from the beginning to the close.
and these and others congratulated him
afterwards, the comment being that 1t
was one OF the best SO far delivered on
the question, one of his colleagues re-
ferrIng to 1t as n careful review from
the standpoint OF business and patriot
ism, devoid Of politics. For this reason.
especially. the speech was favorably
commented upon. Senators personally
expressed themselves most cordially
concerning 1t upon the floor, and later
others of them called at Mr.. Scott's
committee room to tender Fluctuations.
The Senator received liberal applause
from both the floor and the gallery un-
I'll the presiding officer checked 1t by
enforcing the rules of the senate which
prohibit such demonstrations.
There had been some interest in the
speech excited in advance OF It's delivery
by many who wanted to know how
business man not a lawyer would re-
gard the situation, and 1t so happened
that Senator Scott was the second busi-
ness man to-day to hold his own, Sen
ator Hunnn being the first.
Hanna Dresses Up Pettigrew.
And speaking of Senator Hanna, 1t Is
appropos to say that both yesterday
and to-day he surprised his political
friends most agreeably by the ease, flu
ency and brilllancy with which on two
occasions, with no possible chance for
preparation, he met and overwhelmed
the enemies who have been nagging at
his reputation. II Pettigrew is sensible
of his misery, he must remain an un-
happy man after the dressing he got
from Senators Hanna and Carter.
It was In advance Of one of the
scenes" to-day that Senator Scott was
AFFORDED the floor. The debate had been
very bitter, and the senator In large
measure restored good humor, after hav-
Ing temporarily yielded the floor, by
arising to question OF parliamentary
Inquiry Being asked to state his In
quiry, the senator facetously, In the
silence produced by his interruption,
demanded to know where he came in.
Senator Pettus, the lone committee
man who opposed the seating Of Ssna-
tor Scott, remained in his scat through
out the delivery OF the speech, and gave
close attention.
The probability at the hour OF writing
this, is that both houses Of Congress
will remain in session all night. The
weary statesmen are this moment
wrestling with the concluding business,
and It looks as though there will be
final adjournment tomorrow at 81
o'clock.
A Palpable SANDER.
Representative Dayton said tonight,
referring to communication published
in the Wheeling Register and purport-
Ing to be from citizen Of Grafton,
touching the recent Decoration Day ex-
ercises there: II do not regard 1t as nee
essary to reply to anything so absurd,
but 1 will say this: Every member Of
the Decoration Day committee knows,
or ought to know. that Captain Spies,
and Senator Gramm wrote requesting
me to got Mr.. Dolliver, or some other
good speaker to deliver the address.
Mr.. Dolllver could not come, owing to a
previous engagement Of n similar char
acter. then saw Captain Mckee, him
self soldier, who promised to go to
Grafton, II he could. notified the
Memorial Day committee Of what had
done, and subsequent negotiations, If
any, with Captain Mckee were con-
Quoted by the committee. That is all
the connection I had with the matter
though I was as much interested US n
man could be in having the annual OBJ
scrvation ut the cemetery successfully
carried out.
Through the personal attention given
by Mr.. Dayton to-day. favorable reports
were made upon two measures of i'm
portance to West VIrglnInns. These
were the act authorizing the censtric-
ton of n bridge across the Monongaheln
river, and the bill to establish a fish
Matching station in the state and ap-
propriatIng $4,000 therefor, Duplicates
OF these bills introduced by Senator Ell
kIns have already passed the senate.
Mr.. Dayton also secured n favorable
report upon the resolution granting nf.
teen days annual leave to employees OF
navy yards, gun factories anil naval
stations