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

| peHco CO suppress aOQ t0en to write
another taking exactly the opposite
stand. This last opinion has been
made the foundation for the whole
republican imperiallstic 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 resolution calling for copies
of all Of the opinions written By Mr.
Msgoon
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, q would be De
mosthenes. up to ridicule. for his
speech declaring his opposition to
the Porto Rico bill and bis intention
to vote for it The senate aud gal.
leries were in Q continuous roar of
laughter from the beginning to the
end of the remarks Uf Senator Pet
tus After rubbing it in on Beve.
ridge for charging all those who
didn't agree with him, with enmity
towards the government, Mr. Pettus
said "The government in my mind
ls:
Me and my wife.
My son John and bis wife,
Us four
And no more"
| Mr. Pettus told this Biblical story
at the close of his speech "The
Master once bad to select q man to
lead the children of Israel out Of
Egypt and through the wilderness to
Censsn He did not select au ora
tor No, He selected one of those
wise men, and bis name was Moses.
Aad be was . suffering man, too
But Moses told bis Master to His
face that he could not do it, because
be could not speak to the people.
and what was the reply 4? There is
Aaron he speaks we'll 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 q
golden calf framed and be put all the
people to worshipping the golden
calf More people worship the gold
en- calf now than did in those days
But while Aaron and his people were
all down worshippipg the golden
calf. the man of God appeared, and
he pulled out bis sword and demand
ed to know who is on the Lords
side p Then the orato, jumped up
from bis knees, drew bis sword and
got on Moses side and went to
killing the IsraeItes along with
Moses All these orators will do the
same thing-the last one of them"
Representative Rhes. of K kentucky
made a rafting good speech at u
mass meeting of Washington demo
Gratis, in which be referred to Chair
man Payne, the republican house
leader, as 1.-The statemsn with the
one night stand state of mind" and
TO Representative Grosvenor az the
"garrulous gabbler, from Ohio, who
acts as a .nouth piece for the White
House Sphinx " After picturing
various phases of administration
wabbling, which he Iikened to the
track of q snake, Mr. Rhea said :
ooh, manhood, where is thy shame
Oh. Mckinley. where is thy blush
Oh. Mckinley you are the saddest
spectacle that ever ratified helplessly
around IN the seat filed by Washing
ton, Jefferson and jackson, and
which will be filled by Bryan. You
are the pitiful creature of the truets,
the combines and the monopolies,
which have made you, maitained you
aud still feed you"
The democrats Of the house will
antagonize the navai appropriation
bill, as reported. on three grounds
armor p'ate, construction of ships in
government yards and the general
extravagance of the bill, which car
ries SCI 100000. against $35 ,0OO,-
for the current fiscal year. The min