Show HUMOR IN I N J THE HOUSE Washington Feb Ieh 19 Again Again today the general debate on the the Indian appropriation appropriation appropriation bill was was devoted almost entirely entirely entirely en en- to extraneous topics As on yesterday yesterday yes yes- the issue raised by Mr Wheeler of Kentucky ky a few days ago came In for considerable attention and was the fea- fea tuie tui of the of-the the session session- Mr 1 Bromwell an Ohio Republican Mr Kern KI an Illinois Democrat t and Mr Fleming a a. Georgia Democrat added their views to the 1 literature on the subject but it was I Mr 11 Boutell An n Illinois Republican who entertained the House most He was well fortified with material and with exceedingly good temper and a trenchant trenchant trenchant tren tren- trenI I chant display of wit he proceeded with delicate humor to trace the origin of what Mr 11 Wheeler had called truculent truculent truculent I lent sycophancy SEVERAL LETTERS READ First he read a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1771 in which he authorized the purchase of a of coat-of- arms for him and from another written written written writ writ- ten four years years later in which he said that he would rather be dependent on Great Britain than thai any any other country or than none Then he he passed down down to to the days of Martin Van Buren and and told of the tile visit of his son John John- to the court of sf St James which earned for him the the soubriquet of Prince J John hn by which he was known afterward Mr 11 Boutell said that he felt sure sur that hat when tria the the- daughter of the President returned from the coronation of Edward VII she would not be known as a. Princess Alice Mr Boutell then told the story story I of the coronation of the Czar o of oft Russia in 1896 and nd of the appearance appearance on that occasion of the Democratic American Clifton R. R Breckenridge of Arkansas in full fun court costume knee bree breeches hes and all all Mr Breckenridge Breckenridge Breckenridge Brecken Brecken- ridge was he said amid laughter a 1 native of Lexington ICHe Ky IC He has been politically dead ever since interjected Mr 11 Fitzgerald of New York Mr 11 Boutell Boute produced the cablegrams and correspondence that passed between between between be be- tween Mr Breckenridge and the State department relative to the tile costume the should wear vear at t the te e coro coro- nation Mr 11 Sims of Tenessee interrupted to ask where this correspondence had been obtained They are the originals from the State department replied Mr 11 Boutell Could not the diligence of the State department be better employed in helping help hep- ing the suffering Boers Beers tIan in Unearthing unearthing unearthing un un- this correspondence 2 1 Inquired in inquired In- In n Mr 11 Richardson amid Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic c applause LEFT TO EXPERTS I le leave ve that to the experts on truculent sycophancy replied Mr Boutell who then described the reception recaption reception recep recap tion of the Queen of Hawaii to Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and nd th h honor shown h her r by President Cleveland Thus we see he added when he had finished the thO reading we have traced The rhe ie origin of truculent sycophancy from the the- day when the first Democratic President purchased a bogus coat of arms to the entertainment of a Queen at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House by the last t Democratic dent TOUR OF GRAND DUKE ALEXIS Mr 11 Boutell Boute caused great amusement by then reading a published account of the tour of the United States by the Grand Duke Alexis in 1871 dwelling upon the details of his visit to Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky where he was was received officially daIly and with great state With exceedingly good temper he concluded by expressing the hope that what had occurred in the House within the past week would be accepted abroad simply as another evidence of the erratic and sporadic form which American humor sometimes took in the American n House of Representatives SPEECH ON TRUSTS Mr Hamilton a Michigan Republican Republican lican jean enlivened the proceedings with an entertaining speech on trusts The Theother Theother other sp speakers K rs were v re Mr II Little of Arkansas Ar Arkansas Ar- Ar kansas who discussed conditions in th Indian Territory Mr 2 Corliss of Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan who spoke on the Pacific cable Mr Stephens of of- Texas on Statehood for Oklahoma Mr 1 Sulzer of New York on increased pay for letter carriers Mr Fitzgerald of New York Yc-rk on th the education of the the- Indians Mr Jackson Jacson of Ka Kansas sas on the election of Senators by the people rind and Mr Newlands of Nevada on the J bill iU to redeem dollars donars in gold At p p. p m. m the House adjourned |