Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21
p1.CEE JN3S f CONGRESS-
SOME OF ITS IMPORTANT NEW MEASURES

SOME OF ITS IMPORTANT NEW MEASURE!
TheHouse Favors the Pop liar Election OF U
s. Senators representative Wheeler in {
Sensational I'd vig,r,l Speech Denounce'
tho "Funkeyism' Of Our Diplomat'sts tt
Foreign Countries a I'd Scores the Tendency
il Som, Q iarters to Worship R,yalty-Call,
Prince Hsnry Little Dutch ma a" and Sec
rotary Hay "ritiable Flunkey'-The Wal
Tax Repeal Bill Passes the House.
THO House Thurs Law pa-se reso-
luton proposing an amen lment to the
cons tuition provi ling for the election
of United States senators by popular
vote. The Senate Friday consi 1ere
private pension bills, clearing the cal
en- lar in 81 minutes III being passe /.
In the House, the m ,notony of a pri-
vate pens ion day was broken by very
sensational speech by Representative
Charles K. Wheeler of Kentucky. lie
took the recent statements emanating
from continental cabinets regnr ling
the attitude of Great Britain during
the Spanish war as text for whole
sale attack upon the trend of our re-
cent diplom ICY an a denunciation OF
what he called our "flunkey ism" to
foreign countries. His most pointed
lemlrks were as follows:
Until the Inauguration of the pres
dent in 1897 there never was any di-
vision of sentiment upon one great
question, and that was the splendid
isolation of the republic. Then for
- t,,,,., wit 1 ,,raSt Iap
of the Unite States. aide an egeel
on by pitiable hunkey in the state
department., stretching his arms across
the water to embrace the historic enc
mics of the American people. From
that goo1 hour until now we have
mi lie ourselves a laughing stock at
every court in Europe because of our
hunkeyism. We fin1 now, despite the
the fact that the present administra-
ton is afraid, even in the face of its
great majority, to ask an appropriation
of $4,000 or Sl00,0)D to paw some
5houl Ter strapped, gold-lace turnkey
to cross the water AMI bow the knee to
IN | kiss the han of SOM English
king, it is being heral1ei abroad that
in 1898. when we We're seeking to
strike the shackles of serfdom from off
the heels of Cuba. that nation was
then secretly in our own capital at
tempting to form a coalition of the
great powers of the worll to prevent
that interposition.
81 have IA reSpe 1t for the present oc-
cupant of the White House, an | | in
lulge the hoEe that that lingering ele-
ment of Americanism will in luce him
at the first opportunity to boot out that
nun in the state department, who, in.
my iu igment, has brought us to this
humiliating con iition. And another
thing | regard as a most unfortunate
Incl lent. [ allu lie to the opportunity
seize by the chief citizen of the re-
public to send a member of his family
across the water for the purpose of par
ticipatlng in the coronation of a king.
1t is unprece lente in our history, an 4
is to lay deeply lamentei on the part
of every country loving man in the re-
public. La the next few days we are
to have a brother of ruler come over
to this country and take charge of a
little vessel built by some people up in
New York We are appropriating thous-
an Is of dollars. an the Anglomanics
and the European maniacs are falling
over each other to get to see little
Dutchman come over and take charge
of little ship. What difference does
it make to US, whether he is brother
Of the emperor? This man represents
that kingism that seeks to enslave the
labor of every people under the sun. |
protest in the name of Democracy and
Republicanism to the republic playing
the ilunkey at the feet of little Ger
man prince and | object to the Unit
ed States sending emissaries abroad to
whistle their fingers and dance attend
ance at the chamber of some Brit
Usher because he is going to wear the
Gen Grosvenor and other Re-
publicans took issue against the Ken
tuckian and for half an hour the wordy
war ragged with great virulence. the
cases of President Buchanan's recep-
tinn of the Prince of Wales and George
reception of Lafayette
being brought forward by Wheeler's
Prominent Republicans
took care that no chance was given
Wheeler to revise his speech for the
Congressional record. 1t will be cir
'ulated in every Congressional district
where there there are any Germans in
the expectation of making votes for
the Republicans. The Senate discussed |
the census bill Saturday, threshing
over practically the whole civil service
reform system
The House Monday by unanimous
vote and without debate passed the bill |
to repeal the remaining war taxes i'm
posed topay the expenses of the Spanish .
war. This reduces the government |
'evenue by $1,000, 600. The Senate
ratified the treaty for the acquisition
If the Danish West Indies and passed .
he permanent census office bill
Notes.
The president Monday sent mes
sage to the Senate recommending the .
of Naval Constructor Rich h
nond p. Hobson's request for retire.
nent, on account of intirmities con-