The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-29
UNA9lEE1cAN AMERICANS.

Tie Examiners Washington correspond
euee If January 9Th represents Mr. Bl0unt,
CLs..uau Of The II Use Committee on For
e.ru Relations, rs saving that lie believes
the Chilean answer u the Presidents ulti-
uarum was In the possession OF our Govern
meut by Il o'clock Monday morning. TIE
Calls correspondence Of the 25th credits
Mr. B.unt as saying: " As / understand it,
lie dispatch from Chile was received by the
Admin trati01 early Tuesday morning"
Mr. Gun, adds: "At11.3) 0'ClCCk I had III
formation from the President by a conf
dentia. message that a dispatch had been
received from Chile al the state Depart
meut, but was not yet translated" 1t will
be remembered that the Presidents mes
sage. read in tie House Monday. ended with
the distinct statement that be had as yet
received no reply to the note Of the 21st,
which had become known as The ultimatum.
In the face Of this unqualified statement by
the President and the cOTTObOratiYe testi-
mony Of Mr. Blount that at 1920 O'clock
Tuesday morning he was informed that
dispatch from Chile bad been received, bus
had not then been translated, one would
suppose that even q Democratic journal
would refrain from making public declara-
ton # belief that the dispatch from Chile
was in the ? esidents hands when he sent
the message TO Congress. a precedent for
such dupHc.ty as tie Examiner charges
President Harrison with may be found in
English history, but moi in American. The
Er0niner seems to have taken its cue from
the New York World. which assumes, with
cut making a positive assertion TO that
effect, that the president sent his mes
sage to Congress while in possession
Of information Of the action the Chill
can Government would take. The at
tltude Of the Democratic House has
been very creditable throughout the con-
tTOversy. The House holds the purse
strings Of the nation, and the leaders have
assured the President that his administra-
ton would be sustained in all reasonable
measures to maintain the national honor.
We very much regret that a discordant note
has been uttered on the Pacific Coast
There is no warrant in known facts for the
conclusion Of our contemporary. That
journal has in fact to di5credit the Demo-
cratic Chairman Of the Committee on
Foreign Relations to reach such conclusion.
The general public verdict is that the
Administration mas conducted the Chilean
correspondence with a degree Of fOTbear-
ance that, IN view CT a successful termina-
ton, is highly creditable. Il might have
found numerous presidents for sending an
ultimatum several weeks ago. It might
have closed the correspondence and sent
ships Of war to Valparaiso when Senior
Malta intimated that the President had de-
liberately misrepresented known facts con-
corning the Baltimore incident But il
pursued forbearing policy. and In the end
has conquered a peace without firing a gun.
We are confident that the majority Of the
Democratic party will rejoice in this salts
factory termination Of the controversy, even
II the Administration gains some political
capital by it. Most men Of both parties are
Americans before being either Democrats
or Republicans, and would prefer to see an
opposition administration come out Of A
controversy with a foreign power with
credit than otherwise