The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-19
JUMPED ON WHEELER
1CHoEs OF HIS REGENT BITTER
 SPEECH.
Robinson of Indiana and Thayer of Massachusetts, Both Democrats, Disclaim Sympathy With It
 Kentuckian Fights Back.

Washington. Feb. 1s.-The speech of MT Wheeler of Kentucky in the House las' Friday in which he bitterly assailed Sec. retary Hay and Lord Pauncefote and m criticized the official preparations for the reception of Prince Henry. had seque in the House today during the debate on the Indian appropriation bill.
 MT. Gillett (Mass0 in a half hour Mf. Wheeler's language carried Its own condemnation. Nevertheless he (Gillet) grievously deplored an affront to a for eign country.
 Democrats-Robinson Qnd) and Thayer (Mass.) disclaimed any sympathy with MT. Wheeler's utterances. Those disclaim- CTS drew from MT. Talbot IS co the etasemens S;,, that he desired to share sslR in word of which he said he endorsed.
 Mir. Wheeler himself subsequently, re- piled to Mir. Gillet, reaffirming what he had said and declaring that he would stand by his words whether they, were letters, ,telegrams and one cablegram from London commenting his utterances. The incident was the feature of the day. Early in the session MT. Iiill Conn ? and MT. shafroth (Colo.) discussed thu formers bill to redeem silver In gold. MT. Burleson of Texas criticized the President for changing his position on Hrk suthsr,sa lRsp wets Utas, Padset Dem.. Tenn). Pou (Dem, s. @, ana ana Robinson Dem. Ind.) The Indian bill itself was not boucher in the speech ans king
 The House today went into committed of the whole and took up the considera. ton of the Indian appropriation bill. It was agreed that general debate shoulo continue today and tomorrow. aftel which the bill should be open to debate under the five-minute rule.
 Mir. Sherman of New York. who was in charge of the bill, announced that in view of the fact that many members In jects not germane to the bill he would reserve his opening address.
 MT. Burleson of Texas then made a speech on the subject of trusts. He spoke ceeded to the Presidency last fall ant contrasted his Minneapolis speech last summer with the utterances in his mes- sage on the trust question. Before his ac- cession to the Presidency he had spoken terward of captains of industry" all of which. he declared, indicated that the President was controlled by the forces in the Republican Party which had in the past protected. trusts.
 What is the Democratic Governor of Montana doing to prevent the big ral. road merger in the Northwest?" asked MT. Tawney of Minnesota.
 'If he Is not in line with the Governor
 
 ''then I repudiate him."
 He is not" retorted MT. Tawney, land he repudates you"
 Mir Hill of Connecticut followed with an hours speech in support of his bill to make silver dollars redeemable in gold He said that if the treasury refused to exchange gold for silver, the people would lose confidence and disaster would follow when the pinch came.
 MT. Shafroth also discussed MT. Hilrs bill.
 MT. Gillet (Mass) replied to the re- cent sensational speech delivered by Mr. Wheeler (ky.) He accused MT. Wheeler of seeking notoriety.
 The more disgraceful such utterances were the more notoriety he achieved, he said Such remarks addressed to. for abroad. People there knew nothing of the man who gave utterapce to them. They only knew of his official position as member of the American House of Rep resentatives. On that account, he said the stigma of the gentleman's speech attached to all members here. If any o1 the gentlemen told him what he thought ef him, MT. Gillet said, there perhaps would be some strained friendships.
 At this point two Democrats arose and disclaimed sympathy with MT. Wheeler's remarks. Mir. Robinson tDem.. Ind.) amid Republican applause. declared that the Democratic Party could not be held re- sponsible for his statements.
 "I have made no such charge ob- served MT. Gillet, but If any gentlemen on the other side do not agree with MT. Wheeler, they should say so."
 This brought MT. Thayer (Mass) to his feet with another statement that MT. Wheeler spoke for himself. It was un- just and unfair. he declared, to charge the Democracy with being in sympathy with his utterances.
 "One after anotber," observed MT. Gil- let, with an amused smile. while his col leagues were convulsed with laughter. ~ up. "I want to say he cried. that I desire to take my share of the respons- bility for that speech. I endorse every word he said and am sorry he did not go further. I think those who believe as he does should say so and not be internal towards about it."
 MT. Gllet said the good will of every nation was valuable to the United States and that 1t was exceedingly unwlse to fling taunts in the face of the great peo- ple. Possibly, he said. ne was not in sympathy with the worship of royalty. There were only two classes in the coun- try who regarded birth. One was the aris- tocratic class of the great cities and the other the class which refused to recognize refinement. culture or education If il was tainted with color But 1he-i1ad be- lieved that the visit of Prince Henry was a proper occasion for a suitable demon- stration of good will.
 MT. Wheeler replied to Mir Gillet dis claiming any idea that on last Friday he had spoken for any one except himself. though he believed that .manv people be- lieved as he did. He said he had innu- merable letters and telegrams from diff ferent parts of the country containing un- stinted praise of his speech.
 Adverting to the statements made by Mr. Grosvenor and MT. Gillett last Fri day in regard to the visit of the Prince of Wales during Buchanan's admiuistra- tion. Mir. Wheeler declared that those statements were absolutely incorrect He