Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-02-22

Washington, Feb. 20.-Again yester
day the general debate on he lndianap.
preparation bin was devoted almost en-
tircly to cXtrancouS topics. AS ON
Tuesday. the issue raised by Mr.
Wheeler few days ago came in for
considerable attention and was tho
feature of til" session. MIR. Bromwril,
an Ohio Republican, Mr. Kern, IN
Illinois Democrat. and Mr.. Fleming. Il
Georgia Democrat. added their views to
the subject but il was Mr.. Routrll IN
Illinois Republican. who entertained
the house most
Mr. Boutrll proceeded. with drlicat"
luinor. TO trace the ori gin of what Mr.
Wheeler caIlc ''truculent Sycophancy"
First he read Il letter written by Thomas
Jefferson in I'LL. in W hi,h he utloriZcd
the purchase Of Il coat of arms for hinI-
self. 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
VI illN sui J'ilII w VI ~. Il'S.
which earned for him the >obrauct of
"I'rincc John" by which he was known
afterward. Mr.. Boutell said he felt
sure that when the daughter of til"
president returned from the coronation
of Edward VII she would not be known
rs '''rincrSS Alicc.' Mr.. Buutell di
lated upon the coronation of The car Of
there of the Democratic American au-
baSsador. Mr.. breckenridge, in full
court costume. knee brcechrS and all
Mr.. Routcll here referred to the fact
that Mr. breckenridge was Il native of
Lexington. ny. This was greeted with
laughter.
Mr.. Boutell produced the cablegrnms
and correspondence which PASSED be
tween Mr.. breckenridge and the state
department relative to the costume the
ambassador should wear ut the corona
ton.
Mr.. Sims rrenE.) interrupted him to
ask where this correspondence had been
obtained.
"Ihcy are the originals from the state.
department" replied Mr. Boutel.
"Conld not the diligence of the stat"
department he better employed in help
ing the suffering Beers than in ulleHrth-
ing this correspondence inquired Mr.
Richardson, the minority leader, amid
Democratic applause.
II leave that to the experts on 'trucu-
lent sycophnncy.' replied Mr. BOutrll.
AL. Il - 1,, or
Queen of Hawaii to Washington and
The honor shown her by President Cleve-
land. He read Il graphic account Of the
dinner given at the White House, where
the queen occupied the seat of honor on
the right of the president.
''rhus we sce.' he added, when he
had finished the reading. "we have
traced the origin of 'truculcnt syco-
phnncy from the day when the first Dem
ocratic president purchased Il bogus cCat'
nf arms to the entertainment of Il queen
at the White House by the last Demo-
cratic president" Qtepnblcan ap-
plausr and lnuglter).
Mr.. Boutcl lc caused great amusement
by reading Il published account of the
tour of the United States by Grand
Duke Alexis in 1871. dwelling upon the
details of his visit to Kentucky. where
he was received "otficially" and with
great state. With extraordinary good
temper he concluded his remarks by
expressing the hope that what had oc.
Cured in the house within the last week
would be accepted abroad simply as an
other evidence of 'erritic and sporadic
form which American humor sometimes
took in the American house of repre-
scntativcs."
The senate continued the cOnsitlera-
ton of the Philippine tariff bill yeStcr
day. the main speeches being made by
Mr.. Burrows for the bill. and Mr.
Money against it, although MeSsrs