The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-15
Representative Wheeler Gre.
ates a Sensation.
HAY is HIS BETE NolR
Has Made Us Laughing Stock Of.
Every Court in Europe.
| OUR TRADITIONS FORGOTTEN
Republican Party Has Led Country lats
Flunke,I Ism and Away From Simplicity
Bosr War and British Came ID for
Share Of the Speakers Ire.
Democrats Applaud
the PhilIpple-
OUR TRADITIONS FORGOTTEN
(By Associated Press.)

{By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
monotony OF a private pension day in tia
House was enlivened to-day by a very
sensational speech from Mr.. Wheeler. OF,
Kentucky, in denunciatfon OF what he
denominated ''dunkeyism'' to forei&r
countries He took the recent statements
emanating from continental cabinets re-
garding the attitude of Great Britain dur-
ing the Spanish war as text for whoie-
sale attack upon the trend of our recent
diplomacy. in the course of his remarks
he severely scored Secretary Hay. and de-
clared that if Lord Paurcefote had sought.
as alleged, TO circumvent us dur
ing the war Of 1898 the sooner he was
shipped across the seas the better. ds
also took occasion to crittcise the Presi-
dent for his reported intention to send hi.
daughter to the coronation of King Ed
ward and to protest against the official
reception Of Prince Henry. His speech
aroused the House to high pitch of ex-
citement and elected from Mr. Bouteii.
of Illinois, a spirited defense OF Secre-
tary Hhy, whom he eulogized in high
terms Several other members of the Re-
publican side took a hand, and later In the
afternoon Mr.. Grosvenor. of Ohio. IN a
twenty-minute speech took Mr.. Wheeler
to task for mis- "inopporture protests.
and rehearsed the history OF the visit OF
the Prince of Wales to this country in
1860 and his reception Ey President
Buchanan.
SACRED TRADITIONS
Mr.. Wheeler said:
Until the Inauguration of the President
! in 1887 there never was any division OF
/ sentiment upon one great question. and
| that was the splendid isolation OF the re-
I public and IT'S fixed determine ton to hold
!, aloof from ali entangling alliances with
foreign powers. Less than five years q go
the most sacred traditions of the republic
were diSregarded. For the first time we
| witnessed a President OF the United
| States. aided and egged on by pitiable
| f1unkey in the State Department. stretch
| ing his arms across the water to embrace
| the historic enemies of the American
| people. From that good hour until now.
| we have made ourselves laughing stock
at every court In Europe because or osR
| funkevisn our truculency and the dhb
| graceful sycophancy of thu n Irsenta-
tives of the republic at the "a q 81 Great
| Britain, and now when 1t serves the pur-
| pose of some other great nation. the pitt
! able spectacle is presented not only to the
| lberty-loving people Of the republic. but
| to the world that we have been hugglnS
| TO our Eosom during the last five years.
| nation that has Systematically and per-
| sistently attempted to destroy the hoer-
| ties Of the American people since the
| battle of Yorktown.
PLOTTING AGAINST US.
'It is being heralded abvoad that in 1898
| when we were seeking to strike the
| shackIes of seldom from of the heeis
| of Cuba that nation was then secretly IN
| our own capital attempting to form
| coalition Of the great powers of the world
| to prevent that interposition. nave
| respect for the present occupant OF the
| White House. I frankly avow; think hs
| is too honest to be paiatable to the aver
| age Republican partisan. A little 91ii~ttio
! II is true hasty tempered. fufl-blooded
| and not exactly desirable to many OF our
| citizens, and indulge the hope that tbs
| lingering element of Americanism VIII m
! duce him at the first opportunity TO pooI
| out that man in the State Department.
. who in my Judgment. has troLsht US 10
| this humiliating condition.
..F,neIand a friend Of the United States.
/ would to God she were, but what
| srectacle we have presented in order to
| b., able to boast that we have the TREND
| shir Of Great Britain and have becom5
a world power. Never before IN the MIS-
! tory OF the republic has there been
struggle for freedom on the part OF any
:
/ her did not hasten to declare that we re-
/ garded with solicitude the endeavors and
| efforts Of a people to obtain their own
| liberty. For more than four years We
have witnessed Great Britain maintain
/ ing military stations inside the borders
of the republic. We have seen her agents
going up and down this country enltstins
men and buying materials of war
DELICATE sENSIBILITJES.
"Afr,;3 ~ chocLino the deJicafe oensk
biIitses Of Great Britain. wanting to be
world power. wanting to inausurate
this new system OF diplomacy IN our
| country. T 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 att
i titude. not only OF this administra ton,
] but Of previous administrations In its
/ conduct 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
natter Of course that would have tested
the patriotism and shocked the intelli-
A sence OF our foreIathers beyond endure
8! arce. all growing out Of this striving to
= Icck arms with the great European pow
ers and become world power. to fos-
n ter this new idea Of diplomacy. sitting
! 5oueitIy by and allowing a representa-
4 tive of one great power to assemble In
8 his residence In the capital OF the repub-
lie the representatives OF every other
i rreat nation and make the cold -blooded
and deliberate demand. or request. that
4 thev Join with him In a determine ton, arr
& bitrariIy and with force. to prevent ths
4 American people from accomplishing what
s. they had determined to accomplish. It