The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-25
Wellington and McComas Ex-
change Insulting Words.

IIT ASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Mr. Wei
w lington, evidently laboring under
some excitement. replied to some
statements made during today's debate
by his colleague, Mr. McComas. Those
statements. ne said. had cast doubt
upon Wellington's truth and veracity,
but he insisted that Mr.. McComas' rec
objection did not serve him well.
He is. said Mr.. yelling ton, =
= so ignorant upon this question =
= that he ought not to speak upon =
= it. or his statements were untrue" =
He explained that while Mr.. Nc
Comas accompanied him in his call
upon the late president, he was not
within hearing of all of the converse
! ton and did not know what had been
said. He asserted that the president
Mckinley did make the promises to
him which he had stated previously lie
had made.
L believe" said he, that the presi-
dent meant at that time to carry out
| those promises, but because Of sinister
and malign influences he was forced to
! abandon them, and to drift-to drift.
| Il do not stand alone in this matter
and my colleague in so assailing my
veracity. assails that of another SEN
ator. The same promises were made to
! him as were made to me. He is on the
| floor now" declared Mr. Wellington,
pounding his desk emphatically, "or
was few minutes ago. l was not mis-
taken"
He demanded of his colleague that
there should be no equivocatiOn upon
/ his part. and declared that Mr. Nc
! COmas, refraining from making the
/ charge against hirl in the last cam
! paign, had waited until he could hide
/ behind the rules Of the senate before
casting the imputation of such a
| charge upon him.
After referring TO a visit to Presi-
dent Mckinley by General Agnus of
/ Baltimore and himself. Mr.. Wellington.
| speaking with elaboration and empha-
sis. said:
= Il desire to be within the rules =
y Of the senate / will say this. If =
4 my colleague at any time will re- =
y iterate outside of this chamber :
4 what he has said in this chamber, y
y then I Will tell him that he is not ,
= correct, and tell him what l Will =
y not say in this chamber because =
= of senatorial dignity, because Of >
= parliamentary rules-that he ut =
p tiers a cowardly and malicious =
= falsehOod."
] Mr.. Frye. the president pro TEN. or
dered Mr. Wellington to take his seat
The Maryland senator complied.
Mr.. Hoar made the point of order
that Mr. Wellington was out of order
in using the language he had used.
Mr.. Frye sustained the point of or
der. and the incident seemed to close
at that point.
Mr.. Allison and Mr.. Clay spoke on
the pending bill. Mr.. Hanna said that
with the personal differences of the
two senators from Maryland he had
nothing to- do. but when statements
were made involvinp the action Of q
president whose lips now were closed
in death. he felt it was time for him tc
speak.
The statement made, said he, that
a promise was given by our dead presi-
dent with respect to the disposition OF
the Philippine islands, promise that
was not kept-I resent that statement
in the name of the American people.
(ATplause.)
He was willing TO admit there might
nave been a misunderstanding but il
any refUtation OF the charge were
needed, the character of President Nc
KiEley ought to afford a sufficient
refutatiOn OF it. II was not possible
to entertain such a charge, and in tbs
name of the American people he en-
tered his protest against it.
The debate was closed by Mr. Fair
banks with an eloquent speech in sup
port of the pending measure. FOul
/ c clock having arrived. Mr.. Lodge Of
feIed the amendments of which he had
given notice an hour before. and botF
were adopted. The amendments were
To provide for the right of appealing
TO the board of general appraisers .anC
10 fix July l. 1908, as the time wher
the navigation laws of the United
? States should be extended absoluteI,
to the PhiNpniues