Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-10
VENERABLE SENATOR WHITE
TO LEAD THE OPPOSITION.
REMINISCENT STATESMAN
Once the Victim of Roscoe Conk-
Iino's Biting sarcasm-Hot Debate
Expected over the sro"nssl''e
Episode and Foraker Resolution
Likely to Carry.
Special Correspondence.

Special correspondence.
washington, Dec. 1910 those
who served through the Civil war or
who lived during that period at home
there is something OF the serio-
comic in the effects produced by
Secretary Roots Capitalization propo-
ganda in his recent speech. That he
was set on" to make it is universally
,dmitted. AS to the propriety OF IL,
in its bearing upon the political
thought of the country, in these
troublous times, there is a wide di-
yersity of opinion. But as to this
phase of 1t we are not at present
concerned. 1t, at least, furthered
the immediate purpose OF its real
promulgator, our restive president,
who Senator Carmack says always
reminds him of Culpepper's horse
whose natural gait seemeu to be run
ming away. At all events 1t got a
rise" from that venerable and re-
spected contingent of the democratic
party who is still voting for General
Jackson, betimes, to avoid possible
mistakes. The vigor and spontane-
ity of these democratic responses 10
the challenge thrown down by MIR.
Root came as a startling surprise to
those who latterly have been chant
ing dirges over the moribund party
of state rights and strict construc-
ton.
Hts. ttaar nd xfsll hn ri
Gus aspect of this latest political cpl
sode was apparent in the senate
where there are still found many able
and fluid" defenders of the ancient
dogma. Conspicuous In this class is
William Pinckney Whyte the cru
dite and venerable senator from
Maryland, now in the SD year of his
age. Following close upon the pup.
lication of the Root manifesto, the
Maryland statesman sent to the desk
and had read these resolutions, with
the request that the same lie upon
the table. subject to his call, which
means that an elaborate speech Is
forthcoming at an early date.
Resolved, that the people OF the
several states, acting In their highest
sovereign capacity as free and indie
pendent states, adopted the fedora
constitution and established form
OF government in tie nature of a con
Federated republic and for the pur
pose of carrying into effect the OBJ
Jects for which AZ was formed. dele
gated to that government certain
rights enumerated In said constitu
ton, but reserved to the states. re
spectiyely. or TO the people thereof
all the residuary powers not dele
gated TO the United States by tn,
constitution nor prohibited by IL /,
the states. Resolved, further. tina
the extension of the federal power
beyond those enumerated In the con
sti,ution can only be rightfully &C
complished In the manner provides
by that instrument ard no, by
strained construction of .ie const
tuition which shall obliterate al
state rights and vest the coveted
but not granted, power where Il vii
be exercised by ,ne general govern
ment."
The foregoing resolutions are n
picM OF many others that have bee
offered The Whyte pronunciamer
To marks back to the period "bef
the ali" and could as well have bee,
written by Calhoun himself. or b,
Davis, Toombs or Howell Cobb. |,
their authorship. too, tn are anus
ingly, IL not pathetically. reminis
cent. For several years followin,
the civil war Mr.. Whyte was n sena
tor from his native Maryland. Some
time In the late seventies. in conclud
ing a speech he was then delivering
he lapsed into retrospection. animal
verung upon the fact that he wa,
then the last representative of ,
long line of democrats OF the ciyi
war and reconstruction periods. "A,
was left standing alone, so to speak
Az this iuncture Roscoe Conklag
with hauteur altogether character
istic of the great New Yorker pu
with feigned gravity and impress
siveness, rose to reply.--"Mr. Presi
dent he said, mot as me last ros,
OF summer but as the rose OF las
summer, as the last leaf upon IN,
tree, beg TO offer 70 the distinguish
ed senator from Maryland-and
trust that he viii receive them m,
sincere condolences. AS was sair
OF Napoleon at ST. Helena he is wrap
ped In the solitude of his own origin
ality, He is the last OF the barons
the last Of the Mohleans. the last q,
that long list of statesmen who once
telonged to the late democraue
party and beg to uncover in the
presence of the pale memory OF sucr
thing"
All viii agree that more witherinf
sarcasm has rarely ever Jeen cram
med into so few words, and II Is