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


~ was thanking the people of this mai
ucuiar organization for thanking If
anu was complicating matters In sncl
away as 10 lose all dignity, all plucl;
all Americinism that belong ia hi,
congress. Here was the house die.
cussing how 1t might best mt H.
month In the dust below the blood and
iron chancellor. Iasker was the ,vna
OF great class OF men: he was iho
friend OF the laborer Ia the largest sense
oil the term He (Cox) had favored ihe
resolution of his colleague fHiscork
IL WAS digniiled, honorable and CON.
s'stent, and was referred 20 tho cn,n.
mittee on foreign affairs for consider.
atlon. The result was that the house
preferred TO bow before the chancellor
aud made Repubicanism and Dpmoc'
racy combined toy, thera farce. If moi
undigniiied buffooncry. The peonle
OF Germany were In accord with The
people OF this country, and but for a
Siea' s'anulng army tntfe would have
pseh, ana perhaps at some future time
would be an uprising Of tie Teutonic
element, aid liberty would be rs re-
spiehdent in Germany MS II was here.
lie hoped lhe house would take no
steps backward, an for IN, he woull
not lower one stripe Of the flag or blot
out one star,
Brunm said the house was trying to
carry water on both shoulders. Talk
about dignity Dignity, in his iudg.
meDt, was 10 he honorable, heroic and
brave, and not play the part of a COW.
ard simply because n clan cellor might,
forsooth, say the rules of etiquette Ii ad
not been strictly followed.
Deus'er regretted the hasty action
of the German chancellor. He knew
that 10 place before the reichstay the
resolutions OF the American house of
representatives did not in auywise
imply that he Endorsed the sentiments
therein expressed. His assumption OF
the role OF Il master was unfortunate
only for himself The parliament
and people of Germany are
in possession of the letter and spirit If
the resolution in spi of the action o
the laI ce lor. Deuster commented
on the setiou Of the department. He
said Lasker had expressed himself rs
holding the highest regard for Bis
marck, and differed from him only Oh
the tariff question.
Phelps took the floor to close the de-
bate. The two problems presented to
the committee had been how TO OBJ
tain an apology fem the chancellor
and how totscape the necessity of re-
ceiving back the resolutions.
Roth of these had been solved. The
chancello; Of the German empire had
instructed his minister to express his
ordial regard for his people aud his
grateful Willingness 10 transmit the
resolutions, so far as they referred TO
per onal sympathy, il it had not been
prevented by the expression of a poiii-
cal opinion. THIS apology solved one
ofthe problems. The second was how
tn escape the necessity of receiving
bick the resolutions which had
been sent. Here cme to the
rescue the skillful enoine of the de-
partment of state. The resolutions
were ms courteous'y rtjec ed rs they
had been sent by the secretary. This
let the conn t,e out of the dilemma.
Its task became simple. Could any
thing be more honorable. satisfactory
.nl digniled? While the formal
authorities of the two countries We're
building path by which they
could wade cut of the
slough of dcsponf, tie l.ber.l
members of the Il, rman parliament
expressed their appreciation Of its
kindness, and their hearty good
wishes for this country. The pending
resolutions were reciprCcAting these
good wishes. Thanks 10 Bismarck,
thanks to Frelinghuysen and his skill,
thanks to the committee on foreign
affairs, the dignity of the house had
been saved. The German chancellor for
the first time in eighteen months, had
entered the reichstag in order to play
his new role of the complainant ana
apologize gentleman. The gentle
man from Texas had seen the dimeR-
sions of his fame grow from the con-
fines of his state 10 the circumference
of the world. The American minister
had been invited to II state dinner,
possibly to eat American pork, and
the only thing that could give the
house moment of sorrow was that
the fiery knight from Colorado had
been so shackled that he could
not tell the house that the white
dove of peace, which it had sent out,
had returned with the olive branch.
Had not the members the right, In
mutual felicitation, to ring down the
curtain on this international episode ?
[Applause.
The res, lutions were then adopted
without division.
The following committee reports
were submitted: Cox of New York,
from the committee on militia-For
special and uniform instruction OF
state militia. Referred to committee
OF the whole.
Bland, from the committee on coin
age. weights and measures-Llmiting
coinage OF double eagles. and discon,,
tinuing coinage Of certain United