Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-31

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BLOOD LETTING.
We levy this tribute upon people
who are Ill the dlrest poverty and dis
tress. resulting in large part from our
very action i'll taking possession of
their lands and destroying the existing
markets for their products and opening
no other. ana To this is added, by the
hand of the Almighty. the terrible de-
struction OF the tornado II this bill
becomes Il law. it will stand greatly in
the way of the DEVELOPMENT OF that
| little island. | t leaves the future In
uncertainty: for il we levy a tax of IL
per cent. the next Congress may levy
tax of 30 per cent IL we ADOPT free
trade ii will be accepted lby everybody
as u definite policy towards Porto Rico.
capital and enterprise will 20 there
freely. but uncertainty Will paralyze in
dustry.
MIR. PETTUS' SPEECH
Mr.. Pettus then spoke, first discuss
ing the constitutional features of the
measure.
we are governed" he said. sin our
relations with these territories by the
law of nations so far as they are an
plicablc. Tho idea is that when terri
tory Is coded to q nation that nation
cannot necessarily exercise the powers
OF It's former owners. 1t must exer-
else sway in accordance with its own
limitations. When we took these ISL
ands we took them with the limita-
| Tons, of exercising only such power
! over them as was possible in the con-
dilions of the United States"
From this time forward Mr.. Pettus'
| speech was personal in its applica-
ton. II was very much entertained
bE the Senator from New Hampshire
tMr. Gailinger) yesterday" he said.
when lie Informed us tina, he was not
lawyer, and he proved it to us. not
only by asserting ii. but by his argu-.
ment. Lawyers know that when you
! come 10 read y decision Of u Judge
You must take all lie says OH n sub
iect: hat il WI, not do to take n
sentence hero ana another there, but
that is exactly what the Senator did
in quoting Justice Bradley In the Nor
mon church case
AN ILLUSTRATION.
He then Went on to relate an anccdote
illustrative of his point, in which Il
preacher of the old time--when the
Senator was a boy-had figured in Ala
bama. The minister" he said. was
as learned in the BIBLE as my friend
from New Hampshire is in the law.
(Laughtop0 He said: Brethren, my
text to-day viii be the following:
Seven Sons Did Micah Rear Unto
Seven sons did Micah bear unto
Enon." Now, expect BRETHREN the
preacher Went on. III YOU would look
TO the commentaries you would find
various meanings TO this text: but
taking common sense view of ii
will say this: L expect that Enon was
sick. and the doctor told his seven
sons great, strong fellows, that 1t was
absolutely necessary that he should
have milk for his nutriment and there
upon the seven sons went out to look
up the COW. The COW had not come
up the night before, and so the sons
could not find her: but they came across
Il bear and they MIXED her and carried
the milk to Enon; and So. brethren. 1t
1t writ: Seven sons did MIX n bear
unto Enon'"
''rhnt preacher" concluded Mr.. Pet
tus. amid an outburst OF hearty laugh
ter. han as accurate IL conception of
the scriptures as some of our Senators
have of the law OF the land"
\ MARVELLOUS SPEECH.
Alr. Pettus then referred to Mr.. Bev-
ciidgcs speech yesterday as marvellous.
| and said:
when you get Il genuine orator he
is absolutely absolved from all rules OF
| logic or common sense. daughter
| When it is necessary in the fervor of
! oraiorical hourishes TO prove any prop
osition true or false. rules of common
sense and decent observance of what
IL due to others must not stand in the
! way OF maintaining my reputation as
an orator. II ii is necessary 1 must
! draw on my imagination for facts and
on my memory for flights of fancy as
| ovid Bolus did. When an orator speaks
| he has a right in the fervor OF his ora
tory here in the United States Senate.
in reference to the Republicans and
Democrats and Populists, and any
other men who may choose TO take a
seat here to speak OF them as enemies
in his mind, is me and my wife. my
son John and his wife. us four and no
more" U.aughter)
THE MASTERS SELECTION.
"Mr. President. the Master once had
TO select q man to lead the children of
Israel out of Egypt and through the
Wilderness OF Canaan. He did not Sc
lcct an orator. G.aughter) No he Sc
lcctcd one Of these men from Iowa or
Maine, and his name was Moses. And
he was a stubborn man, too. (Laugh-
ter) But Moses told his Master to His
face that he could not do IT, because
he could not speak to the people. And
what was the reply? There is Aaron:
he speaks we'll, and they took Aaron
along, not In communicated was not
allowed: but they took him along as a
kind of deupty. And when Moses. on
! his Masters order went up into the
mountain for the tables the orator left
in charge had q golden calf framed
laughter) and nc put all the people
down to worshipping the golden calf
G.aughter) More people worship the
golden calf now than in those days But
While Aaron and his people were all