Connecticut western news., 1892-01-28

this proposition is not acceptable to the United States government the Chilian gov ernment suggests that the matter be sub of the United States"
 THE PRESIDENTS FIRM MESSAGE. It Is Received with Cheers in the House of
 Representatives
 WASHINGTON, Jan. &.-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 frmness The presidents conclusions as to the Valparaiso affair are these:
 Frst-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 the United States navy, having its origin and motive in feeling of hostility to this government and not in any act of the sailor or any of them.
 Seoond-That the public authorities at Valparaiso hagrantly failed in their duty to protect our men, and that some of the police and of the Chilian soldiers and aSilors were themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults upon our sailors before and after srrest
 The president recommends that congress sustain and enforce the demand which the government has already made for & suitable apology, and for some adequate reparation for the injury done to this government.
 As for the insulting note of MT. Matta, Chilian minister of foreign affairs, dated Dec. II, the president informs congress: "I have notified the Chilian government that unless this note is at once withdrawn and h. Aa will terminate diplomatic relations"
 In relation to the Gillian request for the recall Of Egan, be says it was unaocomps- nied by any suggestion that could properly be used in support of it He adds: But, however that may be, could not consent to consider such a question until 1t had first been settled whether our correspondence with Chih could be continued upon a basis of mutual respect. It is plainly intimated in the message that the time for patience and waiting is over.r
 The Me,saee Cheered in the House
 The scene in both house and senate dur ing the reading of the message was striking and suggestive. Long before the hour fixed for the assembling of congress the galleries were filled, and on the floor the expected message and situation of affairs were dis cussed in an animated way.
 Speaker Crisp entered the hall and was greeted with applause from both sides of the house He showed the effects of his re- cent illness, but his voice was clear and dis tinct as he called the house to order. When MT. Pruden, the executive clerk. appeared in the house with the momentous bundle in bis hand nearly every seat on the floor of the house was occupied, and the gal lery entrances were filled with throngs of people anxious to obtain a view of the scene and desirous of hearing the message read Nothing could more eloquently DOT tray the deep and widespread interest in the affair felt by the people.
 Rarely or never, except on occasions of the inauguration of a president, are the halls of congress more thronged- During the reading of the message the greatest ss- tention was paid to it, both on the floor and in the galleries, the auditors apparently anxious to miss not single word. MT. Blount, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, sat easily in his chair, while just to his right ex-Speaker Reed sat bolt upright, his elbows on the desk in front of him, all attention. There was none ot the usual newspaper reading and letter writing which the members engage in when the opportunity affords They all felt the gravity and importance of the situation and gave 1t their earnest attention and con sideration. At the close of the reading . tumultuous cheer arose, and when it sub sided the message was referred to the com mittee on foreign affairs
 The Scene in the Senate In the senate the scene was similar in a1 respects The crowded condition Of the gallery, the degree of attention to the read ing alike were the same. When the vice president invoked quiet on the part of the senate and laid before it the presidents mes sage on Chilean affaiys the senate intently relapsed into absolute silence, and through out the reading of the document by Clerk Johnston, who occupied quite long time, a dead silence prevailed. and every senator gave to the message his earnest and undi 1 yided attention; so much so that not even those employees of the senate whose time of service reaches back to the most exciting epochs of our own civil war can recall any | occasion when 6 presidential message wac | heard in such impressive silence. Immediately on the conclusion of the reading of the message, which was heard to | the end in decorous silence without any 1 demonstrations of applause, MT. Sherman, chairman of the committee on foreign relar | tons rose and said:
 MT. President, l move that the mes sage and accompanying documents bs printed and referred to the committee on f foreign relations. In view of the gravity of the report and of the subject matter, do not deem it proper at this time 10 make any | further remarks."
 MT. Sherman's motion was unanimously assented to, and this closed the Chilian in- | cident in the senate for the day. Crasn-u Inso = s.reet Car. NEW YORK, Jan 25.-A fire engine on it's way to fire ran into and wrecked a street car. Three passengers were seriously and five slightly injured.