St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-29
congressman Devote a Day
to Relieving Their Pent-
Up Emotions.
Debate on the New Rules
Turned Into a War of
WitticiSmS.
Allen, Of Mississippi, Gets the
House Into a Gigantic
Giggle.
PonderOuS T. Reed Lets Out a
Reef and Has 1t Taken
Up in Jig Time.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. The pro-
eeedimgS of the house of representa-
tiveS we're marked by two significant
events today. One was the receipt Of
the presidents message announcing
that the war cloud had lost its sombre
hue and that the administration ROW
felt able TO cope with Chilli without
special powers from congress; and the
other was an ebullitiOn of that Amer
lean humor which irreSiStibly bursts
forth as the aftermath of all periods of
national crisis. The former was all in
dieatiOn that the administration felt
the hour Of danger passed. the latter
was an evidence that the house shared
I'm that feeling of assurance enter
tanned by the chief executive, and the
TWO incidents combined have created a
feeling of easy confidence in pubic and
official circles that has not prevailed at
tile national capitol for months.
The reading of the presidents mes
sage and accompanying dispatches was
frequently interrupted by applause
winch was by no means confined to the
Republican side of the house, and when
that portion of the message was reached
where the president alluded to the gen
eral support which had been given the
administration as an Illustration of the
sanity and patriotism" Of tie people,
the sentiment received enthusiastic
applause from the Democratic side.
Alien Catches tlae House.
The discussion of the report of the
committee on rules occupied the re-
mainder Of the day, and it was during
the afternoon that an adroit motion of
Mr.. Alien. of Mississippi, once more
drew the attention of the house TO the
Gillian controversy. The Mississippi
Democrat moved to amend the rules
by increasing the membership of the
committee on foreign affairs from thir-
teen TO seventy-tive, and said:
he great struggle TO which thirteen
men. the members of the foreign affairs
committee. have been subjected for the
last few days has prompted Inc TO offer
this amendment to increase their mem
bership from thirteen to seventy-five
Laughter We have no right, sir, in
my humble judgment, to impose as
iuuch responsibility upon thirteen men.
Laughter. Thirteen, you will remem-
Der, too. Is an unlucky number ire
newed laughter, and do not want any
unlucky things to happen when we
=
Laughter and applause Now, | sup
pose that in ordinary times of peace /
should never have thought of making
this proposition; but l have been
prompted 10 it by the
Tremendous Excitement
to which we have been subjected for
the last few days. Laughter.l do not
Know but that it would be proper for
me to state the reasons why my views
upon the question of our foreign rela-
tons with Chill have not appeared in
the public print and why | have lot,
like the others, given voice to my war
Hike feelings. Great laughter. Sir,
some thirty years ago l went to war
rather hastily. [Tumultuous laughter
snd applause My experience in the
Sar has never dauuted by courage
.laughterl but it has made me decid-
adiy more cautious. Renewed laugh
Ter
Il do net want now to reflect on any
Of my Confederate brethren who have
rushed into this war with a zeal that |
think Is somewhat PERCEPTIONS laughter
but 1t strikes me there are some OF them
who seem to feel that their reputation
tor patriotic devotion to the country is
little impaired and they want to re-
pair it. Laughter. But. sir, my repu-
iatI0n for patriotic devotion 10 the coun-
try and my courage in time of battle is
80 well established that l do not need to
euSh into the newspapers to give ad-
Fice. Renewed laughter
Wight BE flushed.
81. for one, do not blame the foreign
sffairs cOmmlt,ee ~ith any haste. ana |
am not going TO censure them; but YOU
know how easily thirteen men might be
taken UnawareS and rushed into war
with some sort of precipitation. Great
laughter | am not as familiar with
diplomatic correspondence between ua-
tons. perhaps. as the present secretary
Of state, but do know, Mr.. Speaker, the
code OF honor that governs gentlemen in
affairs Of this kind, having spent the
most of my life in living under that
code and in lighting duelS. IGreat
laughter.
I'm Mississippi, when one gentlemen
institutes a correspondence with another
and brings him down 10 the point of diff
ference and finally sends him his ulti-
natum daughter, If that man. after
sending that ultimatUm, were to rush
into print and publish the correspond
ence before he had time to hear from his
uitimatum he would be persona non
sTata IN that state. Great laughter and
applause.
The Accident and the Hat
Just to illustrate how this thing
strikes ne, will read a sentence from
an interview with distinguished gem
tieman who once sat where younoW sit.
BIZ. Speaker mean ex-SDeaker Keif-
@r. read from the newspaper Mr..
keifer thinks The sentiment in the Re-
publican party is drifting rapidly to-
wards Harrison. lIaUChterl His mes.
sage OH the Gillian embroglio was is
sued just in time, [Great laugh
ter and applause on the Demo
cratic side. This drifting senti-
nent in the Republican party towards
that DISTINGUISHED gentleman, the presi-
dent OF the United States, might have
been stopped. if he had not got in here
with that CHILEAN message Just in
time" laughter.
why. sir. l remember that not
great while ago ii was stated in the pub
lie prints that on one occasion when the
president was to go to New York the
train that was to have left the depot at
1850 was detained until 1910, lest the
president should travel on Sunday
lgreat laughterl; and yet am Informed
that the president had a number of
printers working all day last Sunday in
order to get that message in here rust
in time Great laughter and Demo
cratic applausel.
The Great ssPan.o
II saw another thing in the newspa-
2eTs. too, that distresses me somewhat.
Periodically inclined as L am, anxious
as am to uphold the American fac
and often as lave been willing TO shed
my blood and the blood of my first
wlfe's relations in defense of that flag
laughter, l confess l felt a little
bad when L read this Statement
made by the distinguished chair
man of the foreign affairs
committee. Mr.. Blount, bit 1 have no
idea that they are going to force it fur
Their. No one can read that entire cor
reSDOndence. gentlemen without feel