West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-02-15
BOOT Mr.. HAY OUT,
Wheeler Hopes Roosevelt Will
Have Nerve to Do.
Hot Attack.
TOADYISM TO ENGLAND CHARGED
l,entuckan Deplores the Reported
Permitting of Alice Roosevelt to
Attend ronaticn-condemns the
Official Receipt ,ns to Prince Henry.

Official Receipt ons to Prince Henry.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The monot-
ony Of private pension day of the
house was enlived yesterday by 4
very sensational speech from Mr..
Wheeler, of Kentucky, in denuncia-
ton of what he denominated turnkey
ism" to foreign countries. He took
the recent statements emanating
from continental cabinets regarding
the attitude of Great Britain during
the Spanish war as a text for
wholesale attack upon the trend If
our recent diplomacy. He severely
scored Secretary Hay, and declared
that if Lord Pauncefote had sought,
as was alleged, to circumvent us dur
ing the war of 1898, the sooner he
was shipped across the seas the bet
ter. He also criticised the president
for his reported intention to send his
daughter to the coronation of KIM
Edward, and protested against the
official reception of Prince Henry.
His speech aroused the house to i
high pitch of excitement, and elected
from Mr.. Boutell, of Illinois, a spirit
ed defense of Secretary Hay, whom
he eulogiZed in high terms. Several
other members on the Republican
side took a hand, and later in the at
ternoon Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, took
Mr.. Wheeler to task for his "inoppor-
tune protest" and rehearsed the his
tory Of the visit of the Prince of
Wales to this country in 1860 and his
reception by President Buchanan.
During the day 125 private pension
bills were passed in 81 minutes.
Hct Attack by Wheeler.
Mr.. Wheeler said in part:
Mr.. Chairman, l have read with
lively interest the recent exposure
and criticism in the press of the at
titude OF Great Britain and the other
European powers toward the repu3-
tic during tho war of 1898. Divisions
of public sentiment among the people
Of the United States are to be de-
sired. But until the Inauguration Of
the president in 1897 there never was
any division Of sentiment upon one
great question, and that was the
splendid isolation of the republic and
lts fixed determination to hold aloof
from all entangling alliances with
foreign powers. Then the belief and
liked Judgment of we'll nigh every pa
triodc citizen was overturned, and for
the hrst time we witnessed a presi-
dent Of the United States, aided and
egged on by a pitiable turnkey in the
state department, stretching his arms
across the water to embrace the his
toric enemies of the American peo-
pie. From that good hour until now
we have made ourselves a laughing
stock at every court in Europe be-
cause OF our flunkeyism, our trucu-
iency and the disgraceful sycophancy
OF the representatives of the repub
lie at the feet of Great Britain: and
now, when it serves the purpose of
some other great nation. the pitiabla
spectacle is presented that we have
been hugging to our bosom during
the last i've years a nation that has
Systematically and persistently a.
tempted to destroy the liberties of
the American people since the battle
or Yorktown. We find now. despite
the fact that the present administra.
uon is afraid, even in the face CT its.
great majority, to ask an appropria.
zion OF 100000 or 100000 to nav
some shoulder-strapped, gold-laced
nunkey to cross the water and boy
TO the knee and kiss the hand of some
nnslsh King, that while this very
plaaIie spectacle is being presented
10 Us 1t IS being heralded abroad thu.
IN 1883. when we were seeking m
Strike the shackles OF serfdom from
on the heels Of Cuba, that nation wa
then secsetly in our own capital ar.
'ehhp1ihg 10 form a coalition OF the
great powers CT the world TO preyenr
mat ln,erpositicn. And il has m,
caused ripple il diplomatic Circles
lt has been the boast of Ame~ic,
diplomacy to the contrary. notwit,.
standing, that when our state denar-.
ment said No. We meant No. ana
"hen We said Yes, We meant We
Praise Fer the President.
II remained fer the present and u,
lusC closed Republican administration
- .A1uSnfate system of European
hpiomacy. with a king-loved. velvet
'ongned gentleman. who had to travel
0lL d MS way TO find response TO