Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-20
57TH CONGRESS,
Boutwell, RidicuIes the Recent
Speech Of Wheeler.
Zone Of Erratic and Sporadic Phases
of American Humor."
Senate Continues Discussion Ct Philip
pine Tariff Bill.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Again. today,
the general debate on the Indian ap-
preparation bill was devoted almost en-
tire}y to extraneous topics.
AS on yesterday, the issue raised by
Wheeler. KY, few days ago, came
i in for considerable attention and was
the feature of the session.
Cromwell. an Ohio Republican, Kern,
an Illinois Democrat and Fleming, a
Georgia Democrat, added their views to
the subject. but it was Boutek an Hi
nois Republican, who entertained the
House most.
He was well fortified with material
and with exceedingly good temper and
a trenchant display of wit, he traced
the history of what Wheeler had called
"truculent sycophancy," as he said,
| from the day when the first Democratic
President purchased bogus coat of
| arms to the entertainment of Queen
| Liliuokalani by the last Democratic
| President.
| He finally dismissed the whole sub
iect by saying it shoull be accepted
| abroad as one of the "erratic and spo-
radio phases of American humor''
| Hamilton. a Michigan Republican,
enlivened the proceedings with an en-
| pertaining speech on trusts. The other
| speakers We're Little, Ark. who dis
| cussed conditions in the Indian Terri
tory; CorliSS. Mich, who spoke on the
| Pacific cable: Stephens. Texas, on
statehood for Oklahoma; SulZer, N. Y,
on increased pay for letter carriers:
| Fitzgerald, N. Y, on the education of
| the Indians; Jackson, Kas., on the
election of senators by the people and
Newland New, on the bill to redeem
silver dollars in gold.
When the consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill was resumed in the
House, today, Little, Ark, the ranking
minority member of the Indian COM
mittee. addressed himself to the condi-
tons in the Indian territory. The
| anomalous situation there where 319, 900
white men had no voice in the govern
ment. he said, demanded action by Con-
| gress. He cOntended that territorial
form of government should be set up
| there.
| He reviewed the recent great devel-
| opment in various branches of industry
| in the territory. With $50 towns and
cities and wealth amounting to 100000
600. he said there were $4,000 white chill
dren Of school age, but no schools. Such
condition of affairs, he declared, was
an outrage. He believed the territory
was ready for statehood, but that Con-
gress should grant at least, some liber-
! al form of territorial government.
| COrliss gave the second installment
of his speech favoring a government
cable to the Philippines. He denounced
the Commercial Cable Company as an
ally of the Eastern Extension Cable
Co.. whose purpose. he said. was to en-
circle the world and extend the advant-
ages of it's present monopoly in the Pa
cific and the Far East.
| Hamilton. Mich, in a general speech
| discussed the question Of trusts. He
argued that combinations were inevita-
BILE: that they existed everywhere in
Europe and that only combinations
here could meet them. Commerce had
! resolved itself into race of giants.
Hamilton's speech, which consumed
| about an hour. was picturesque and at
| tracted much attention. When he fin
ished the proceedings were interrupted
| for sevral minutes by members who
crowded up the aisles to shake his
hand.
Van Diver. Mo-, who followed Hamil-
| ton, remarked that it was strange that
the author of the first speech on the
floor in defense Of trusts and combina-
lions should be so heartily congratu-
| lated by his colleagues. He then pro-
ceeded to answer some of HamiltOn's
statements.
Kern, Ills, who announced that he
represented a large German constitu-
ency and was himself the son Of Ger
man parents, protested against the at
tempt to make political capital out of
the recent speech of Wheeler, KY.
(which he characterized as an "insig-
nificant incident"
Routell. Ills, congratulated Kern on
his accession to the band of American
humorists in which Wheeler ranked so
high.
Bouter then proceeded, with delicate
humor, to trace the origin of what
Wheeler called "truculent sycophancy."
First he read letter written by Thorn
as Jefferson in It'll in which he author
himself and from another written four
years later in which he said he would
rather be dependent on Great Britain
than any other country or than none"
Then he passed down to the days Of
Martin Van Buren, and told of the visit
OF his son John to the court of st.
James. which earned for him the sob
riquet of prince John" by which he
was known afterward.
Boutell said hetfelt sure that when
the daughter of the President returned
from the coronation of Edward VII she
would not be known as Princess
Alice" Boutell dilated upon the coro-
nation Of the Car of Russia in 1896
and of the appearance there of the
Democratic American ambassador,
Clifton r. Breckenridge of Arkansas.
in full court costume, knee brooches
and all. Boutell here referred to the
fact that Breckenridge was a native Of
Lexington, KY. This was greeted with
laughter.
HE has been dead politically ever
SINCE" interjected Fitzgerald, N. Y.
Boutell produced the cablegrams and
correspondence which passed between