The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-31
A DAsHING VICTORY BY A MIS-
SOURIAN.

Representative DeArmond. of Missou-
ri. is a new member Of the federal house
and a man of much force. He made a
speech recently that gave him reputa-
ton and was very pleasing to his demo-
cratic associates. A state who sends
to the lower house two such men as
Champ Clark and DeArmond shows 1t
has brains to represent it in a time OF
low mediocrity and in an arena that
is destitute of talents of a commanding
character. Mr.. DeArmond took the
great all conquering G~rosvenor, of the
beard Inc gave him a fine pummelling,
figuratively SO to speak. He wooded
him up generally and left him dazed
and COMPOUNDED so much that he could
not tell whether he was the king Of the
republican party or a mere hanger-on.
The topic was the deficiency bill, and
the raid upon the peoples treasury, and
the point which drew DeArmond forth
was whether there should be an eXpen-
ditUre of half a million in building mill
tary barracks at Manila. A Washing
ton account in the Atlanta Journal says
that all the ''morn'ng the battle had
wcged across the aisle. Eloquence roll
ed forth and echoA1 even through the
ratunda- Nearly every seat en- the
floor held it's congressman, as one men,
Der. after another arose and made an
attack or a defense of the item" The
old war horse from Illinois, named Cam
n had fired his long tom," and had
even had a pass with Champ Clark,
without gathering any feathers. At
last DeArmond stalked into the arena,
Then the lightning played and the goose
feathers flew around the chamber. The
account before us is highly interesting
and picturesque. We would like to re-
produce much of it for it is so animated
and impressive it would entertain our
readers. He thus referred to Cannon:
This appearance is an event of some
Importance. There had not been any
suspicion abroad in the land, and GER
tainly lone in the house, that the gen.
tleman was going to declare n re-
friendship for the constitu-
ton, for up to this date, as far Us We
lI OCCAI - ~ ooSSA W. IN 49, ~
eVinced any. An unexpected
appearance-an u~nheralded appearance
remarkable appearance. I refer, Of
course, to h appearance in this garb
guise of the distinguished gentle
from Illinois (Cannon.)
1.-THE gentleman from Illinois is fur
Their ready. he tells us, to provide liber-
ally for a commission to go abroad to-
the coronation of the king of England.
tells us how he adoreS the Anglo
Saxon language; how sweet to senses
and how soothing to his ears are Anglo
Saxon words. How he loves those
words, He tells us how England is the
country and how its civilization
is the same as ours. What is the civili-
which England is furnishing to
the world, in example, today? What is
it? Upon the fields of South Africa
behold as gallant a people as ever a
existence in the history Of the world,
and dying man after man,
and not only men. but women n chill
in the defense of home, in h de- |
Tense of country, in the defense Of liber-
in the defense Of a republic-against
what? Against that civilization that is
striving with might and main, in over
whelming force, by all the arms and
agencies that a mighty nation can bring
against a weak nation. by all the force
aggressive wrong can hurl upon
defenseless right, not only to crush out
the life of the South African republic, |
but to destroy utterly, root n branch,
great or small, old or young.