The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-20
THE LASKER INCIDENT.
Debate in the House Over tho
Report of the Foreign
Affairs Committee.
Arguments and Resolutions Calculated
to Still Further Reduce the Flesh
of the German Hog
The Resolution, While Intended as a
Compliment to Lasker, Was
Rebuke to Bismarck.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10, l p m
Especial. The House has just taken
up the report of the Committee on For
eign Affairs, respecting the Lasker reso-
lutions,
WASHINGTON, D. c., March l9,-Mr,
Curtin (of Pa from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, submitted report on
the Presidents message and accompany
ing papers in relation to the death of DR..
Lasker, in which the committee approved
the resolutions of January 9th, and regret
that they were not received in the spirit
in which they were adopted The report
also compliments the State Department
for it's course in the matter, and submit
ted the following as a substitute for His
cocks resolution:
Res0lred, That the resolutions referring
to the death of DR.. Lasker, adopted by
this House January 9th last, were intend
cd as a tribute of respect to the memory
of an eminent foreign statesman who died
within the United States, and as an eX-
preston of sympathy with the German
people, of whom he has been an honored
representative.
ResOlrcd, That a House having no Off
cial concern with the relations between
the Executive and Legislative branches
Of the German Government, does not
deem it requisite to its dignity to criticise
the manner of reception of the resou-
tions or the circumstances preventing
them reaching their destination after they
had been communicated through Il
proper channel to the German Govern
ment.
Mr.. Reagan protested against any apol-
Ogy by the House for its action
Mr.. Cox asked if it would be in order
to move to lay the whole matter on the
table. He thought that the proper way
to treat the German Chancellor. The
motion was put and lost.
Mr.. Curtin demanded the previous
question, which was ordered,
Mr.. Ochiltree took the floor for the
fifteen minutes allowed to the opponents
of the resolution, and said that no man
on the floor had more confidence in or
esteem for the Committee on Foreign
Affairs than himself; but this matter had
assumed phase which called upon every
member to see his own dignity and the
dignity of the House maintained. 1t was
not becoming in the House to explain the
meaning The resolution spoke for itself.
An apology was unworthy the body. He
then went into an eulogy of Lasker, say
ing the resolution was a compliment to
Lasker but rebuke to Bismarck.
Mr.. Deuster, of Wisconsin, followed in
q set speech. He said: 81 sincerely re-
greet the hasty action of the German Chan
cellor in refusing to transmit the resolu-
lon of coincidence of this House ON the
death of Lasker merely, as it appears, on
account of antipathy for departed pollt-
ical adversary. He knows, as does every
sane person, that to place before the
Rechstag resolution of the American
House of Representatives didn't in
any way imply the Endorsement
of sentiments therein expressed
his office, so far as the resolution was
concerned, was that of medium rather
than a master. His assumption of the
latter was unfortunate only for himself
We can afford to cover the act with
the charity of forgctfulness. "To err is
human to forgive divine" we may say
with Pericles. We are liberal in our pub
lie administration. With regard to mu-
tual jealousy of our daily pursuits,
we are not angry with our
neighbor, if he does anything to
please himself nor wear on
our countenance, offensive looks which
though harmless are unpleasant The
Parliament and people of Germany are in
possession of the letter and spirit of the
resolution, even though the parchment
upon which it was engroSsed becomes
moulded in the Chancellor's waste
basket. The action of our State Depart
ment cannot be too highly commended
1t was not only dignitied, but did not
oversteg the bounds of international
courtesy, while at the same time admin
istering rebuke to what is Justly con
sidered an unwarranted usurpation o.
the rights and privileges of the German
Parliament and people.
"Mr. Speaker, | was, may say witt
some degree Of pride, intimately acquaint
ed with him whose death has given rise
to this controversy. l was among The
last persons with whom he conversed, ano
in justice to his memory, / deem il
my duty to make another statement.
nave III. LdShcI NOTulOf IL, lllt ne nau
the highest regard for the German Chan.
cellor both as a manand statesman They
differed only on one question, "a question,
sir, upon which not only two political
parties upon this floor differ, but upor
which the members of each are not united
Lasker was Free Trader. This was hi;
only offense. People uninitiated in German
politics have stigmatized him with Mill
ism, Socialism and nearly all other "isms'
in the vocabulary, simply because he wa
q Liberal and believed in opening tn,
marts Of Germany to the competition o
the world. 1t is not my purpose nor is thl!
the place to eulogize my friend, but il
my heart mourn his loss as a man o
broad views, grand Inspirations and a no
bic heart, who, as an American citizen
would have achieved distinction as the
advocate and guardian of institutions
broad enough for his broad mind, As q
German he claimed the right to expand
beyond the boundaries of arbitrary pow
ers, and the result is seen to-day.