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G.#. Especial Washington Letter.l
w N his Fourth Of July speech Mt
Be- Pittsburg President Roosevelt 4
exclaimed in burst Of exubep-
.A ont confidence that .reuef fos
Cnba Is as certain Us fateF It
was dead easy to say thing like that,
but It will be interesting to know what
Hon Stephen Benton Elkins OF West
Virginia and the rest of tho senatorial
Boxers" who put Cuban reciprocity to
sleep in the senate at tho session just
closed think of that declaration, They
bold the balance Of power, and they
know their advantage, Can any saSe
man believe they will not uso 1t TO the
utmost? The president might Just as
well have announced that the Missis-
sippl would Just as certain MS fato be
running into Lake Itasca before Christ
mas. Ho put up great bluff: that's
all He can't bulge tho Boxers
They know that the Cuban reciprocity
bill, u enacted into law, would be the
drst hole In the tariff dixie which
would finally cause tho whole dixie to
toppae over, und they % not propose
that that hole shall DO made, not u
they can prevent It by fair means %
foul There Is not q pound of beet
sugar produced in West Virginia but
Elkins knows that while the sugar
tariff is aimed nj In the Cuban reel
procity bill If that passes other sched-
| ules will Ike attacked. So lie is fight
i 1pcr hn cso1,oyna n, f,,i$to
Littlefleld Nereus schleN ~
In tho last letter told how DIR. LIT
tlcfield of Maine. leading Republic
Nh, In replying to me in q running de-
bate imputed cowardice to that great
naval hero Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley: also how no was. Kissed by
| Democrats on the floor and by tie
patriotic people In the gallery. also
stated that Judge De Almond OF Mis-
souri, blistered Mr.. Littlefeld in his
reply, but did not then give De Ar
monds caust:c speech for want OF
space. That portion of It devoted TO
tho Maine congressman's attack on
Scnley will he found below. Personal
| ~ I regret for Littlefeld's sake that
he made such q bad break, for like
him as u man and admire his talents
Tho Chicago Record-Herald gives this
account OF how Littlefeh got. into the
scrape:
/ Loud Kisses on tho Democratic side fol-
lowed an assertion by Representative Lit
tlefield Of Maine in the house that Adj
| miral Schley was cowardly during the
/ rba 1nJ In
| gress during the final consideration OF
the Philippine bill was cnlivrned by
Champ Clark OF Missouri In a humorous
| speech IN reply to Mr.. Lands of Indiana.
His wit and satire quickly filled most OF
the seats upon the floor, and the members
thoroughly enjoyed his remarks. He grew
serious in refuting the charges that tho
i Democrats had turned their backs and
run away from the Philippine question
and reviewed briefly the record Of his
/ party In refutation.
1 Mr.. Ltttlefield replied. Mr. Clark had
mentioned DeWu Schley, General Joe
Wheeler. Hobson and several other l,s-
roes of the Spanish war to enphasize his
statement that the Democrats had got
as much glory out of 1t as tho Republic
ans. had fought as braYely and had
brought as much glory to their country's
1 flag. When DIR. Little1ield reached that
| part of -Mr. Clarlfs speech, he referred
disparagingly OF Schley. and tho risses
| followed.
Replying Judge Do Armond said
Tho gentleman from Maine seems 10 be
in the business of making suggestions In
\ regard to running away" and ho seems
to suggest that 6chley made "tbe loop
In order to escape danger. The gentleman
| must havo said that without thought,
He did not mean, I think. to make an at
tack upon Admiral Schley He did not
/ mean that the man who commanded the
4 American fight. the man who won for
1 Americas arins the great victory down at
4 Santiago, was q coward
6chley and ''tlle loopl" Lot us dwell q
| moment on that. Let us dwell for q mo-
ment on tho man who stands in the naval
history of this country with reference to
| these recent events second only to the
hero of the battle Of Manila Bay. Making
| n loop to get out Of danger! Taking the
| towards partl Surely the gentleman from
Maine could not have meant that. What
| he said must have been said in the wild
exuberance Of his enthusiasm, In the ex-
| tlltatton with which he was exploiting
something through the feeling upon him
Of the necessity OF 1nagnifying ana ex-
banding. because he has too good IN In
tellect to mislead him into the be,Ie2 tt,4f
he was really intending to talk 50. His
intsilsct Is altogether too good for him 10
have intended to cay anything about It.
The gentleman really. think. made his
, Femark about Schley without thought ana
without meaning. He did not think. but
| he talked. and unfortunately he slandeued
! an American hero when he did it.
Mr.. Chairman. If all Of us could be as
| e6fe in history and as prominent in his
tory ns Admiral schley; If there could be
| attributed TO us i,a shortcomings and no
| evidence Of cowardice which may Est be
attributed to him; If we might be credited
with the sarnG candor and the same man
| Illness that he displayed. end IL by any
| possibility our services TO our country
could DO as valuable and as glorious %
all our fellow eiti2ens as his. and II q
page of the worlds history could be n
tumiHed by anything which we might do
to a thousandth part of the extent TO
which 1t has beep slefi9ugly illumined by
what he did, fortunate indeed would VIC
be. ami satisfied that the gentleman
from Maine would DO well-not Justice to
Schley and Schleys record. because 6chley
aRd Schley'R record and Schley's achieve
ments are far above the reach of fiippant
words or evil designs-but will de Justice
to himself, so that he viii not pose as the
slaHderer of Schley.
Judge Ds Almonds irony to tlfe eff
feet that Mr.. Littlefield had spoken an
adyisedly and the fact that the LATTER
did not seize that opportunity to ro-
cant prove that his assault ON the
fame of Schley was made deliberately
and that to assail schley is part Of the
Republican programme. VIII 1t why
Can it win? Not SO long as Americans
love honor, admire courage and l0-
naDd fair treatment for the men who