The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-23
PENROSE RILED BY
HEROES IN SENATE
Calls Offers of Volunteer Bodies
for Service "Cheap
Demagogy."
L. I'm CONTEMPT. HE SAYS
Asserts Mexican Affair Bunglcd
by Bryan and
Wilson.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The only de.
hate on the Mexican situation in the SEN
ate to-day turned upon "a flood of offers
from volunteers to go to war. Several
Senator's announced offers from citizens
in their respective States to enlist. raise
regiments or serve in other ways In Mex.
leo.
Senator Shepard Of Texas offered thirty
or forty companies made up of uniform
rank from fraternal organization. Ono
of the Texas regiments requested that 4.
have the privilege OF crossing the Rio
Grande first of all volunteer organiza-
tons
Senator Shafroth of Colorado submitted
the tender Of a troop of cavalry that served
in the Spanish American war the head
quarters of The organization being in Den
YER Senator Reed of Missouri also made
"a contribution TO the offers % volunteers
Senator Boles Penrosc. who came bdcl,
TO Washington yesterday from his cam
paigp In Pennsylvania. sat impauently
during the presentation Of these offers.
and finally took the floor after senator
Shafroth had caused telegram 10 be
read from the Denver organization.
'I have listened with n sense Of phil
osophical complaceucy to the mock hcroics
and cheap demagogy which we have Just
heard in this body" said Senator PEN
rose.
TINS was directed AZ senator Reed of
Missouri. who had upbraided Mr.. Penrose
for commenting on the practice of Sem
ators laying these volunteer offers before
the Senate. Senator Reed declared that
Mr.. Penrose was "sneering at the uni
form" This remark rrtated Mr.. Pen
rose and after his opening gun at the
Senator from Missouri he continued to
the evident amusement of the Senators
81 can understand extraordinary Draw
cry which exhibits itself after year and
a half OF patient watchful waiting. during
which some have been assaulted. American
citizens have been murdered American
property despoiled. without the slightest
evidence OF sympathy from our Secretary
OF State or from the national Admins
tration. or so far as know of the senator
from Missouri. or any other Senator on
the Democratic side.
Now that some fifteen battleships have
concentrated upon a defenceless port ani
their enormous artillery has been trained
upon naked and distressed people II is
fitting that the kind OF bravery that
seems TO I'LL the breast OF the Senator
from Missouri should suddenly find
voice"
Senator Penrose said that he had de-
tected in the matter submitted by the
Senator from Colorado ian effort of the
Democracy to make paltry capital out OF
a weak. wicked and unnecessary war and
intention would call the attention OF the
country TO It,"
Mr.. Pcnrose expressed the opinion that
all such volunteer offers from picnic
colonels' ought TO be referred 10 the War
Department and have the acid test applied
to them.
Senator Penrose declared that the war
with Mexico was the elimination o: more
incompetent and ignorant muuaReiucnt Of
diplomatic affairs than had ever before
been witnessed
We have sunk TO depth which has
invited the contempt Of every civilized
nation in the world a coutemp; fog the
management of our state Department and
for even the management and conduct OF
the great executive office Of tn. Presi-
dency. 7 suggest that the Senator from
Mssouri drop his mock heroics and care
fully consider the condition into which
his party has fallen"
Senator Reed. replying. declared that
there were Tories in America dur,us
the first war with Mexico and tAtt tn"
Senator from Pennsylvania was "retrAcing
history"