Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-17
KEN TUCKIA n
FLAYS THE
ENGLISH
WHEELER, OF KENTUCKY, SAYS
PAUNcEFoTE is A TRAITOR TO
NATIONWIDE STRONGLY DE-
NoUNcEs ENGLAND.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-During the de-
bate upon pension bill, Mr.. Wheeler, Of
Kentucky. created a sensation by a
speech denouncing the attitude of the ad-
ministration and the state department in
connection with what he termed the re-
cent exposure of the attitude of Great
Britain toward the United States.
Mr.. Wheeler excoriated what he termed
the modern disposition toward European
flunkeyisn. &c..
Until 1896 he said. all Americans had
glorified In the splendid isolation of the re-
public and it's determination to hold aloof
from foreign entangling alliances. Less
than five years ago, he declared, presi-
dent legged on by the pitiable turnkey in
the state department" had stretched his
arms across the seas in adulation to the
people Of Great Britain and today the
government was hugging to its bosom a
nation that since the battle of Yorktown
had Systematically and persistently plot
ted our downfall.
He sneered at the shoulder strapped
gold lace hunkeys" who were to be dis
patched across the Atlantic to bend the
knee to and kiss the hand of the English
king whose government, he declared, had
attempted to form coalition of European
governments to thwart US while we were
seeking to strike the shackles from Cuba.
Honest straightforward American dip
lomacy he declared, had given way to
European diplomacy, He said he respect
ed the present occupant of the white
house. He was, he said too straight
forward for many of his party colleagues.
slightly quixotic perhaps. and hasty tenn
pered, but honest and brave enough, he
thought to boot out that man in the
state department who had brought us to
the humiliating position
Turning to England 8 war in South At
RIGA he denounced her tyranny and the
part we had in 1t in allowing war mate
rial to be shipped from our shores. If
half that was said of this man Paunee-
fote" was true, he declared, he ought to
be shipped across the water and ''the
sooner the better"
Referring to the report that a member Of
the presidents family was to attend the
coronation Mr.. Wheeler said 1t was per-
haps unbecoming to allude to 1t. Never
theless, he said, he considered it most
unfortunate and unprecedented and to be
lamented by every liberty-loving Ameri-'
can"
1t was but one more link in the chain.
Mr.. Wheeler then turned to the pros
pective visit of Prince Henry. With a
gesture Of contempt he declared that 'Eu-
ropean maniacs were falling over each
other to see the little Dutchman."
lowing the pillow. he said, who are as hon
est and as noble as he. Why he asked,
should the American people give heed to
this f1unkeyism of the present admins
tration. We should treat our visitors po-
htely but why--.'fall down and worship
them" .-.,-~ s. ~ ~e..
The whole house was aroused by Mr.
Wheeler's philippe Several times the
Democratic side burst into applause.
AS he was concluding Mr.. Grosvenor. of
Ohio. asked If Mr. Wheeler had been liv-
ing at the time of the visit of Lafayette.
as the representative of the king of
France, whether he would have opposed
the reception accorded the Frenchman by.
Washington.
Il should have been proud to receive the
Marquis de Lafayette" replied Mr.
Wheeler. HE helped to fight for our lib
critics" f-t 4}-st +
Mr. Gillet of Massachusetts,. called at
tention to the fact that President Buchan-
an, a Democrat had received the Prince
of Wales.
That was a different thing" retorted
Mt Wheeler, amid Republican jeers
He came in an official capacity as the
heir to the British throne"
This statement, Mr.. Grosvenor denied,
declaring that the prince came incognito
and was received and entertained at the
white house by Democratic president.
If the gentleman is correct, answered
Mr.. Wheeler, ''then 1 condemn the ac-
ton of President Buchanan"
Mr. Boutelle of Illinois. vigorously de-
Tended the head of the state department.
No man in recent years had reflected such
credit upon our department affairs as he.
He referred especially to the Chinese cri-
sis and said his acts throughout that time
had won the commentator of the world.
Mr.. Boutelle said he could not sit silent
while such an attack was made upon a
man who had shed lustre upon our diplo-
macy.
The excitement then subsidized and con-
sideration of the pension bill was resumed.
Later in the day Mr.. Grosvenor replied
at some length to the speech made by Mr..
Wheeler earlier i'm the day, severely crit
icising the Kentucky member for what he
termed the latter's Pinopportune speech"
He said that the speech would be read at
Kiel tomorrow morning on the eve of
Prince Henry's departure as the message
of the American people. ..r-t .
Mr. Wheeler, at the conclusion of Mr..
Grosvenor's remarks, made an impassion-
ed response, protesting against the official
reception of Prince Henry.