Evening star., 1902-02-14
SENSATIONAL ATTACK
Representative Wheeler Criti-
cises State Department.
THE HOUSE STIRRED UP
GOVERNMENTS DIPLOMATIC
POLICY BITTERLY CRITICISED.
Recent Controversy Over Attitude CT
Powers in 1898-Prince
Henry's Visit.
THE HOUSE STIRRED UP

/ The most sensational colloquy of the ses-
| sion occurred in the House OF Represen-
tatives today when Mr.. Wheeler ky OBJ
tanned the floor to talk apropos Of nothing.
| in parliamentary language, but who I" at
| tack in bitter terms the foreign and dlirl"-
| matte policy of the administration. Mr..
| Grosvenor (Ohio) was quick TO come back
at Mr. Wheeler. and for a time the atmos-
| phere of the House was blue with inyec:ive
and animated with gesture.
After calling attention to the present
! newspaper notoriety regarding royalty, Air.
| Wheeler declared that foreign policy
| changed in 1856 into a different channel
| than ii had ever pursued before. We had
| always kept aloof from cntanging All!
| ances.
AT that time declared Mr.. Wheeler.
| the belief and fixed judgment Of Vel
| nigh every patriotic citizen was overturned.
| and for the first time We witnessed PrrSi-
dent of the United States aided and egged
| on by pitiable flunky in the State Depart
| ment. stretching his arms across the w.t:rr
| to embrace the historic enemies of tn
| American people.
| Mr.. Wheeler was now being listened II
| breathlessly by every man in the House.
A Laughing Stock.
| From that good hour until now. h"
| continued. I'VE have made ourselves
laughing stock at every court in Europe
| because of our fiunkyism, our trucuiency
and dissracefrl sycophancy of the repre-,
sentatives of the republic at the fec; of
| Great Britain, and now when it serves the
| purpose of some other great nation the p!;-
| liable spectacle is presented, not only To the
| liberty-loving people of the republic. b&t
to the world, that have neen huSging
| to our bosom during the last five years a
1 nation that has systematically and persist
entity attempted to destroy the Liberties of
| the American people since the battle OF
| Yorktown.
I'VE find now that despite the fact that
| the present administration is afraid. even
| in the face of its great majority, to ask
| appropriation of $6u,HD or $lo0.sau 10
| pay some shoulder-strapped. gold-laced
| fiunky to cross the water, and bow the
knee and kiss the hand of some English
king. that whila this very ptiablc Specta-
Gle is being presented TO us in every news
paper of the republic it is being hera!ded
abroad that in 1S9S. when We were seeking
to strike the shackles of serfdom from or
| the heels Of Cuba. that nation was then Sc
| cTetly In our own capital attempting TO
| form coalition of the grelt powers of the
world to prevent that interposition.
| And it has not caused ripple in dipo-
matte circles. 1t has been the boast of
America that diplomacy to the contrary,
Notwithstanding, when our State Depart
ment said no we meant no, and when we
| said yes meant yes 1t remained for the
present and the just closed republican ad-
| minstration To inaugurate a system Of Eli-
| r0pean diplomacy, with a hlu-SloNeu. Vel
| vet-tongued gentleman, who had 10 travel
| out of his way to find a response 10 plain
categorical question, and We have naugu-
rated European diplomacy.
I'VE destroying the integrity and the
| pride and the Intelligence and the honesty
of that great department of the government.
| l have respect for the present occupant
| of the White House. l frankly avow; |
/ think he is too honest to be palatable TO the
! average republican partisan. A little uuiX-
otic, it is true hasty tempered. full blooded
| and not exactly desirable 10 many OF that
| character of citizens: and L INDUCED
the hope that the lingering element OF
| Americanism would induce him at the first
| opportunity TO boot out that man IN the
| State Department who, in my humble judS-
| ment has brought US to this Illuminating
condition.
England a friend Of the United States!
| l would to God she were. but what a spec
tacle have we presented in order TO be able
! to boast that we have the friendship OF
| Great Britain and have become a world
power!
England's Course Denounced.
Never before in the history of the republic
| has there been a struggle for freedom on
| the part of any people that representatives
| in this chamber did not hasten to declare
that we regard with solctude the endeav-
ors and efforts of a people to obtain their
own liberty. For many years we have wit
messed Great Britain maintaining military
stations inside the borders of the republic.
We have seen her agents going up and
down this country enliSting men and buy
ing materials of war. And believe l Will
not travel outside the record when l as
sert that any member upon TINS moor VINO
| has served here much as four years has
received letters from his constituents pro-
| testing against the enforced enlistment OF
| American boys by the English government
| to do battle in South Africa. l know L
have received a number Of them Less than
| 80 days ago transmitted pitiful appeal TO
| the American consul in South AFRICA, ask
| ing him to do something TO secure the re-
| lease of an American boy who had Deen
forced to enlist in the English army to
| fight the Beers in South Africa. Whether
is be true or false, know NOT out .ne
letter came from the parents of this boy,
asking me to transmit 1t, telling me that
they had in vain appealed to the State De-
partment to intervene in their behalf.
Sanctioned by Republicans.
Afraid of shocking the delicate sensibil-
ties of Great Britain, wanting to be
world power, wanting to inaugurate this
new system of diplomacy In our country!
1 want the people of the United States to
understand distinctly who is responsible for
the deep humiliation and disgrace that have
been brought to the American people The
republican party has sanctioned and does
sanction the attitude not only of this, but
of the previous administration, in it's con-
| duct of our foreign affairs. We have swung
| further away from democratic traditions,
| from republican ideas and from republican
principles in the last five years than in the
previous hundred years. Things are now
| accepted as matter OF course that would
| have tested the patriotism and shocked the
| intelligence of our forefathers beyond en-
| durance all growing out of this striving to
| lock arms with the great European powers
| and become a world power, to foster tnts
| new idea of diplomacy, sitting quietiy Dy
/ and allowing representative OF one sIsas
| power to assemble in his residence IN ane
\ xho REPRESENTATIVE
| of every other great nation, ana make tne
| cold-hlooded and deliberate demand OF re-
quest that they join with MIN In oeteI-
rninati1n arbitrarily and with force to pre-
vent the American people from accomplish
| ing what they had determined to accom-
olish.