New-York tribune., 1902-02-20
THE HOUSE ENTERTAINED.
Mr. BOTTELLS WITTY REJOINDER TO
MIR. WHEELER.
CALLED "TRUCULENT sYCO-
PHANCY" TRACED.

Washington Feb. 19-Again to-day the general
debate in the House the Indian Appropriation
bill devoted almost entirely 10 extraneous
topics. AS on yesterday, the issue raised by Mr'
Wheeler of Kentucky a few days ago came IN lot
considerable attention, and was the rea'ure ol inc
session Mr.. Bromwell, Ohio RepuoIcan' MI
Kern, Illinois Democrat. and MT fleHlns'
Georgia Democrat, added their views to the htera-
ture the subject, but it was MT bou'eIt' an
Illinois ReDubcan who entertained the House
most He was well fortified with material anu
with exceedingly good temper and trenchdht u,s
play Of wit he traced the history OF "hd' VI
Wheeler had called "truculent sycophancy, as ne
said from the day when the first Democratic Fresl-
dent purchased a bogus coat of arms to the enter
tainment Of Queen Lluokalani by the last Deh'U-
cratic President He finally dismissed the "LloIe
subject by saying it should be accepted ABROAD as
one of the "erratic and sporadic phases OF Amer-
humor."
Mr. Boutel first read letter written by Thomas
Jefferson in III. in which he authorized the pur-
chase of a coat OF arms for him, and from announcer
written four years later In which he said that ne
would rather be dependent on Great Britain 'than
any other country than none" Then he passed
to the DAYS of Martin Van Buren,. and told of the
visit of his John to the Court of St James
which earned foT him the sobrtquet OF prince
John" hv which he known atterward MT
Bouteu said he felt sure that when the daughter OF
the President returned from the coronation OF Ed
ward VII she would not be known as princess
Alice. Mr. BouteIl then told the story of the coro
nation Of the Gar of Russia in 1896 and of the ap
pearance on that occasion of the Democratic Amer
lean Ambassador Clifton r. Breckenridge, OF
Arkansas in full court costume-knee breeches and
all. Mr. Breckenridge was, he said, amid laughter
a native of Lexington, Ky.
He has been dead politically ever since" inter
jected Mr.. Fitzgerald of New-York.
Mr. Bouten produced the cable dispatches and
correspondence that passed between Mr.. Breckin-
ridge and the State Department relative to the cos
tune the Ambassador should at the corona
ton.
Mr Sims. of Tennessee interrupted to ask where
this correspondence had been obtained.
They the originals from the State Depart
ment," replied Mr.. Boutell.
Gould not the diligence Of the State Department
be better employed In helping the suffering Beers
than in unearthing this correspondence" inquired
Mr.. Richardson. the minority leader. amid Demo
cratic applause.
Il leave that to the experts 'truculent syco-
phancy," replied Mr. Boutell who then described
the reception Of the Queen OF Hawaii in WaehiuS
ton and the honors shown to her by President
Cleveland. He read account OF the dinner given
at the White House. where the Queen occupied the
seat of honor the right of the President
Thus we see he added. when he had finished
the reading. we have traced the origin of trucu
Democratic President purchased bogus coat OF
arms to the entertainment of queen at the White
House by the last Democratic President" (Repub-
ican applause and Iaughter)
an Of the tour of the United States by the
Grand Duke Alexis in 1871, dwelling upon the de-
tails of his visit to Kentucky, where he re-
ceived officially and with great state.
he closed by expressing the hope that what had |
occurred in the House within the last week would |
be accepted abroad simply another evidence OF |
the erratic and sporadic form which American |
humor sometimes took in the American House Of |
Mr. Bromwen got the floor to comment on the |
speech Of Mr. Wheeler: In the course Of his re,
marks he paid high tribute to the Germans and |
elected from Mr. Wheeler the remark that ne had |
no objection to Mr.. Bromwell making himself solid |
with his German constituents. Mr.. Bromwell read |
Mr.. Wheeler would regret his speech when the |
Germans of Kentucky went to the polls in the fall
Mr.. Kern, who announced that he represented a |
large German constituency. and was himseI son |
to make political capital out OF the speech OF M
Wheeler, which he characterized "insgnii- |
cant incident" He followed his protest with an |
attack on the majority for their failure to show |
sympathy for the Beers, struggling in South Africa.
he said, for the liberties for which forefath
fought
Mr.. Boutell congratulated Mr.. Kern on his acces-
sion to tn" band of American humorists in which !
Mr. Wheeler ranked high.
Mr.. Fleming closed the incident with few re- |
marks. explaining wherein he took issue with Mr.. |
Wheeler.
Mr.. Hamilton a Michigan Republican enlivened |
the proceedings with entertaining speech |
trusts. The other speakers were Mr.. Little. Of |
Territory; Mr.. Corss. of Mic hiRan who urged the |
of Pacific cable by the government; !
Mr.. Stephens. of Texas. Statehood for Okla |
Iona; Mr. SulZer, Of New-York on increased pay !
the education of Indians; Mr.. Jackson Of Kansas |
on the election of Senators by the people, and Mr. |
Newlands, of Nevada, the bill TO redeem silver |
dollars in gold