Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-20

s,onces which prevented their rescl
,ng IN, ir destination, after they Ina
ha.n communicated through III
- roner channels TO the German go,
Curtin Immediately demanded III
previous question.
Reagan hoped the previous ques
,inn would not be ordered The hous
Ind made apologies enough for hay
ing been insulted.
Tax of New York moved Ito lay tn
" hole matter on the table, and sal,
that was the way to treat the German
chancellor. The motion was lost by
50 20 l25.
The previous question having beer
ordered. Ochiltrte rose to debate III,
r, solutions. He yielded TO no gentle
mnn in his esteem for any confidenc,
In The distinguished members of III,
foreign affairs committee, and ordi
narijy was disposed to rely ON theii
Judgment, but this affair had gone be-
yond the domain of red tape and Cir
| cumlocution. 1t had assumed phase
which called on eaci, and every repre-
sentative to look to IL 1s IL his individ.
nal honor and dignity were to be pre-
served. and in doing so to defend the
dignity of the people. 1t was not be-
coming the dignity of this body to
enter into any explanations of the
meaning of the original resolutions.
They spoke for themselves, and the
apologetic tone of the pending resolu-
tjyes of this great nation. Ochiltree
~. Ill N tnt,
qualities and noble character of
Lasker, and said the compliment to
Lasker was rehuke to the German
chancellor, because they were an
titheses to each other. The present
incident itself showed of what base
metal the latter was nodded. He
to royalty. who had never upheld the
opportunity to denounce popular SOW
man Of blood and iron was that he had
served the royal family of Prussia for
nulf a century. We'll might this
despotism seek to put out American
man people. The principles of ALSO
the moral power of American tree
dom. Ochiltree then, amid some
laughter, read an extract from letter
written by Lasker some days before
his death, in which he refers to
Ocbiltree as having introduced
him to the president, the members of
The cabinet and foreign ministers.
Belfyrd inquired ironically whether
h.A TN Iar ia h.t tn
offtr resolution presenting the apol-
ogies of the house to the German chan
cell,r for having troubled him.
The speaker replied that it would.
Phelns said this matter. Mt first Of
very little consequence, had become
of great consequence. AS The clm.
mitlee had unanimously agreed
zen ,[Eits ESrepo It, 1t woald
seem Ia, H. ought 10 be an explanation.
When on the oh of January the mem
beIs were closing their de- SKIS prepara-
tory to adjournment, the gentleman
clerks desk series OF resolutions,
and asked unanimous consent for their
adoption. After waiting until the res
olutions were read, unanimous con-
sent was given, and the house ADJOURN
ed. After ten days the house was
startled bv The information that the
chancellor had refused to accept them,
and next morning members hunted
the record to see what they had done.
They read that they had expressed re-
gretat the death OF Lasker, and sym
pathy with the German people at his
loss. This was true. They read also
that they had expressed belief that
the free and liberal sentiments of the
deceased had advanced the material
and social interests of his country.
This was true, hut between two truths
there was this difierence--one was truth
which the house could export; the
other was truth which it could not ex-
port. The house could say 1t regret
ted the death Of Laskerand send the
message anywhere; it could believe
ana know his political sentiments
were for the interests Of the German
empire, but it had no right to send
that opinion to n friendly power,
which entertains different opinion,
and thought that the political sentl-
ments of Lasker had not material adj
vanced but had materially re-
tarded the progress of the govern
ment. Here was the dilemma, and
where was refuge. There seemed to be
none. The house could resent the
fact that its friendly sentiments had
been rejec cd, but it could not resent
the feet that its political sentiments
had been rejected, because ii had no
business to put them on the same pa,
per, The gel tleman from New York
| (Hiscock) hau expressed sentiments
borne in the hearts of every member
of this body, that, unexplained, IL was
sn insulting act Of the German
chancellor. In the resolutions offered
by that gentleman, the house was
offered some satisfaction in censuring
this servant of the German empire and
people, who had proved to be SO bad
postman that the house had concluded
that it ought to wait while, and the
gentleman from New York was will
ing it should. Parenthetically, for the
benefit Of newspapers, he wished &c
say that this house, SO
much maligned was everything
slow when IL meant business, even
though il might be everything rapid
and rash when it meant buncombe.
Curtin briefly reviewed and de
Tended the features of The report and
resolutions which were adopted with
out division, although an unsuccess
full effort Was made to have the yeas
and nays ordered.
Curtin then submitted the following
further report relative TO the memo