Evening journal., 1892-01-26
BEFORE THE SURREND DER
President Harrison Sends a Message to
Congress and 1t Is Received with Cheers
In the House.


Congress and 1t Is Received with Cheers
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. e6.--The Presidents
message on the Chilian affair, together
with the diplomatic correspondence and
other documents was laid before congress.
The message Is characterized by extreme
irmness. The presidents conclusions az to
The Valparaiso affair are these;
First-That the assault upon American
seamen Is not relieved Of the aspect which
The early information Of the event give it,
viz, that Of an attack upon the uniform of
lhe United States navy, having its origin
and motive in q feeling Of hostility 70 this
government and not in any net Of the sailor
/ 1r any Of them.
Second That the public authorities at
Valparaiso hagrantly failed in their duty TO
protect our men, and that some Of the police
and Of this Chihan soldiers and sailors were
themselves guilty Of unprovoked assaults
lpon our sailors before and after arrest,
The president recommends that congress
ustain and enforce the demand which the
government has already made for a suitable
/ ipology, and for some adequate reparation
'or the injury done to this government
As for the insulting note Of Mr. Matta
lhilian minister of foreign affairs, dated
Dec II, the president informs congress: II
have notified the Chiiau government that
/ lnless this note is at once withdrawn and
m apology as public as the offense made /
/ will terminate diplomatic relations
In relation to the Chilian request for the
/ 'ecall Of Egan, he says il was unaccompa-
/ lied by any suggestion that could properly
be used in support Of it. He adds: But,
/ however that may be, | could not consent
! % consider such question until it had first
been settled whether our correspondence
with Chilli could be continued upon q basis
If mutual respect. It is plainly intimated
n the message that the time for patience
md waiting is over"
The Message Cheered In the House.
| The scene in both house and senate dur
| ng the reading Of the message was striking
md suggestive Long before the hour fixed
/ ior the assembling Of congress the galleries
we're filed, and on the floor the expected
message and situation Of affairs We're dis
| ussed in an animated way.
/ Speaker Crisp entered the hall and was
/ greeted with applause from both sides Of
/ he house He showed the effects of biz re-
/ 'ent illness, but his voice was Gear and dis
/ met As he called the house 70 order
! When Mr.. Pruden, the executive clerk,
/ appeared in the house with the momentous
/ lundlein his hand nearly every seat on the
| iooI Of the house was occupied, and the gal
| cry entrances were filed with throngs Of
)eople anxious to obtain a view Of the
/ Gene and DESTROYS Of hearing the message
cad Nothing could more eloquently por-
| ray the deep and widespread interest in
he affair felt by the people.
Rarely or never, except on occasions Of
he inauguration Of a president, are the
ialls Of congress more thronged During
he reading Of the message the greatest at
ention was paid to it, both on the floor and
the galleries, the auditors apparently
nxious to miss not a single word.
Mr. Blount, chairman Of the committee
IN foreign affairs, sat easily in his chair,
While just TO his right exsSpeaker Reed sat
,olt upright, his elbows on the desk in front
# him, all attention. There was none Of
he usual newspaper reading and letter
writing which the members engage in when
he opportunity affords. They all felt the
/ Tavity and Importance Of the situation and
ave it their earnest attention and con-
J liberation At the close Of the reading
umultuous cheer arose, aud when it sub
ided the message was referred to the CONF
nittee on foreign affairs,
The scene in the Senate.
In the senate the scene was similar in all
espects The crowded condition Of the
,allery, the degree Of attention to the read
as alike were the same. When the vice
,resident invoked quiet on the part Of the
| enate and laid before it the presidents mes
age on Chilean affairs the senate intently
| elapsed into absolute silence, and through
,ut the reading Of the document by Clerk
Johnston, who occupied quite long time,
lead silence prevailed, and every senator
ave 70 the message his earnest and undi-
| rided attention; so much so that not even
hose employees Of the senate whose time oe
rrvice reaches back to the most exciting
pochs Of our own civil war can recall any
occasion when a presidential message was
ieard in such impressive silence.
Immediately on the conclusion Of the
eading Of the message, which was heard to
he end in decorous silence without any
demonstrations of applause, MIR sherman,
ihai1man Of the committee on foreign rela-
IONS, rose and said;
Mr.. President, / move that the mes
age and accompanying documents DO