Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-02-11
ALLEN OF MISSISSIPPI
Paraiyzes the House OF Congress With
A Humorous But Pointed
Speech.

\ Washington correspondent,
referring to famous speech made
by Congressman Allen, of Miss
issippi, says:
When Rule 10 was reached, Mr..
Allen, of Mississippi, sent this
amendment to one of the sections to
the desk:
That the Committee on Foreign
Affairs shall be composed of seventy
five members, instead of thirteen.
The House smiled when this
was read, and when Mr.. Allen be-
gan to speak the old members
moved up close to the Tupelo men,
ber's desk.
ALLEN RIDICULEs THE PRESIDENT.
He spoke solemnly and without
gesture. "Mr. Speaker" said he,
"the grave responsibility which has
rested on the shoulders of these
thirteen members during the past
three days has convinced me of the
injustice of imposing such a heavy
obligation upon so few men. This
war scare has somewhat unnerved
me, and it must have had an ener-
waiting effect on the members OF
that committee. | went to war my
self somewhat hastily thirty years
ago. General laughter.) That
lesson has taught me to exercise
more caution the next time. We
have been to precipitate in this
Chilian matter and the war scare
could have been avoided.
II think l can explain it all. |
will read little interview with ex-
Speaker Keifer, in which he is
Iquoted as saying: Republicans
are now drifting towards Harrison.
His message was sent in Just in
time (Laughter.) Supposing
that message had been delayed a
day, SO as to give Chill time to an
swer the ultimatum, what would
Ihave been the result? Why, that
message would not have been Just
in time and there would have
been no drifting of Republicans to-
wards Harrison cloud laughter,
in which not a few Republicans
ijoined.)
| at is told of the President" con-
tinued the black-bearded Miss.
Iissippian, "that a train that was tc
start at II 80 on Sunday night was
Idelayed ten minutes so that he
might not travel on that day. But
| do you know that the poor com
| positors in the employ of the Gov.
Iernment had to work all day Sun
| day to get the Chilian message il
TYPE? Why? Just to get the i'm
portant document in Just in time.
: | (Laughter.)
AFRAID THE WAR WOULD CEASE
/ THE President puts me in mint
of a story told me by Kansas
farmer. No, it wasn't Simpson
Every farmer in harvest time breads
rain storm. 1t interferes seriously
with his work and it is likely to in
jure the crops. A storm came "
while some Kansas farmers were
working in the field. They i'm
mediately broke for the barn ant
one man ran faster than the rest
When his comrades reached shelte
they found him lying exhausted OF
the floor. The foreman asked hin
why he had hastened so, and the
thoroughly fatigued individual
feebly remarked. II wanted to ge
to the barn before the rain stopped. -
| Loud laughter drowned the speak
er's words and it was several min
utes before he could be heard.
$50 it was with the President, ,
he continued. ''If that message
hadn't got in just in time there
wonldn't have been any occasion
for it. This affair hasn't been con
Quoted as two gentlemen would con
duct it. Down in my State we rec
ognize the code of honor, and ont
| who sends an ultimatum to anothe
usually waits reasonable periot
for a reply before he attempts t.
make any correspondence public
| If he didn't he would be known a
a persona in grata.