New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-27

say that the gentleman himself intends t. cast any
T WIZ do %pa =, Resolution P hke y that To npans 10 the
Chief Executive In manner as q t, Ir the country
as MS s message s t i,op p"u nr We ready now
An attempt 10 pres this resolution to an immediate
consideration als0 carries with it some impuiauoil
upon the Committee N Foreign Affairs. to WhIh
not the committee competent 70 consider TIL whole
questions | think we can trust the committee ana
think. to- If there be anything in this resolution
hat il win keep for few day. At time when The
issue OF peace or war are trembling In the haan'e,
discussion in which there viii he on the part of certain
gentlemen attack upon the President and uGon inc
Part b Of 'f me for df thee oG G 'e ensne IN
cusson on that line Has the gentleman from n, h'n,
ishy or a on SE kind ly pcpe 1 any m o
to he precipitatcd now' ] tm,t the House VIII ot
asa o Which ' mns T. under the TcS make report
within fifteen days
Mr. McCreary, Of Kentucky member Of the For
eign Affairs Committee. said:
This House is confronted now with grave and i'm
portant questions. The questions We're Of sum
Client importance for the President TO send 70
with documents and diplomatic correspondence. This
morning the Committee on Foreign Affairs had i, !,
meeting. Therefore have right to assume tNni nii
proper dispatch has been made RESPECT my iLiehd
from Kentucky who has Offered this resolution but
mana cement OF a question so important as TINS.
II this resolution is refer I'd to one SOmri'es 1
receive immediate and prompt consideration. We have
not In the last few weeks been acting in THIS House
waited Sir until the Executive sent 10 this House
statement OF the situation In Cmi, accompanies N
should Undertake, when there Is Committee on For
eign Affairs appointed 10 look mo thes masHis,
take charge OF this matter and call for the andohhi
cOrr~ pndence? II uelc is other correspondence IL
will come in due time but 1t seems 10 me tlst the
deberson. that care. which viii show that not
now acting as parsans but actng a. ps, ~, tho CAM
mi Foreign AnarN. An early report VIII ~
made. No one can be injured BY delay. me country
cannot be injured and this important question will not
be injured by a reasonable decay in order tina; com
mlttee Of this House shall consider IT, applause
MIR HIT. Of Illinois, also member Of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, said:
II has been the usage of this House through different
Administrations to conde questions that concern oar
relations with other countries TO Committee on For
is represented and to have that committee, which mas
always been substantially non pa',an and truly PAIL
this House in such re a,ons with the Executive that. II
the Information Of the kind desired by the gentleman
from Kentucky In his resolution was 20 be obtained IL
was accessible to your committee. And that commit
tee represents most truly the sentiments and the diSpo
IT, (ApplauseL
Mr.. Blount moved the previous question on his
motion to refer the resolution TO the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, but finally yielded five minutes 10 Mr.
Breckenridge, the author OF the resolution.
Mr. Breckenridge surprised that a resolution
which sought for nothing but Information should have
touch the merits OF any controversy between Chill ard
the United States. 1t did not crticisc anybody, ex
ecutive officer Minister. any connected with
this ta nsactOn. 1t simply asked for light
Mr.. Burrows OF Michigan inquired whether the
gentleman thought that The President when he received
the dispatch would decline 10 communicate it 10 Con
gresS. ,
Mr. breckenridge: 81 think that when the President
OF the United States receives this communication from
the House he will not decline. (Applause OIL t'c
Democratic sde) That Is precisely the object OF tms
resolution" Continuing. Mr.. BreckinridGc said that the
gentlemen who had spoken had sense OF the gravity
OF the crisis upon tho country. deeper than he
had himself. IL was because he feared that war m GIT
be forced when il not necessary for the honor oi
tho American Republic that he had offered the reSou-
ton
Mr. Bount OF Georgia thought that there was no way
for the House guard against itself except by referring
the resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The power lay in Congrcss-not in the President TO
saw whether or not should be declared. The
Executive could not compel this body 10 do anything
but what it wiled and therefore he trusted that the
House woud proceed with dcliberation and courage
from the beginning 10 the end Of this matter.
on motion OF Mr. BOunt the resolution wa re
ferred 70 the Committee on Foreign Affairs.