The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1892-02-09

| Mr.. Keller thinks the sentiment in the Re-
publican party is drifting rapidly towards
Harrison. [Laughter.l His message on the
Chilean embrogio was issued
just in time Great Laughter)
"Just in time" is a good phrase.
Now, Mr.. Speaker, just suppose
he had waited a little while longer
think what might have happened!
This drifting of sentiment in the
Republican party towards that dis
tinguished gentleman, the President
of the United States, might have
been stopped if he had not gotten
in here with that Chilean message
'.just in time" Laughter.
Why, sir, | remember that not a
great while ago it was stated in The
public prints that on one occasion
when the President was to 60 to
New York n train that was to carry
him was due to have left the depe.
at ten minutes of II O'Clock at
night. but it had to be detained I'M
til ten minutes after u, lest the
President should travel on Sunday.
This regard for the sabbath was
highly commendable, yet | am infOr-
med that same President had a num-
Der ofprinters working hard all cay
last Sunday in order to get that
message in here '.just in time"
| Renewed laughter.
see also by the papers, Mr..
Speaker, that the chairman of the
committee on Foreign Affairs was
interviewed by another member of
that committee, the gentleman fro m
Michigan Mr.. Chipman]. Mr.. Chip
man said to the chairman, "YOu
must be glad that the committee is
relieved from the great weight of re.
sponsibility," and the chairman
seemed greatly relieved that the
strain was over. Now. that shows
how this committee was impressed
with its responsibility; and | repeat
that it is not right to fix SO much
responsibility upon few men.
Laughter But just think of how
much of this strain on the commit
tee might have been avoided; how
much feverish patriotism might
have been reserved to conquer some
other ration if the President had
only allowed those poor printers
to have gone to church on Sunday
and have taken time to hear the re-
spouse to his ultimatum. tits true
this would not have gotten his
war message in '.just in time" to
have started the Republican party
to drifting his way. But | saw anoth-
er thing in the papers that distress
ed me somewhat. Periodically in
clined as | am, anxious as | am to
uphold the honor and dignity of our
country and American flag, and Of
ten as | have been willing to shed
the blood of all my constituents
who oppose my election in defense
of that flag, I confess / felt little
bad when | read this further from
the chairman of the committee on
Foreign Affairs:
But have no idea that they are going to
force it further. No one can read that entire
correspondence, gentlemen, without feeling
the utmost sympathy at the almost humili-
ating attitude OF the Chilean Government.
Now Mr.. Speaker, why should
we proceed with haste to bring the
Government of Chile into a state of
humiliation; young republic, our
sister republic, a part of the great
"Pan." Laughter. For long time,
Mr.. Speaker, our distinguished See
rotary of State and our friend MIR.
Curtis have been sending us dOcu-
ments about the Pan American af-
fairs and we have been making APP
preparations for them. Now, here
we are humiliating Chile by our
hasty actions, although she is
part of the "Pan." Laughter. We
want Chile to do right, but we do
not wish TO humiliate her. Here
the hammer fell, but by unanimous
consent Mr.. Allen continued his
remarks.
Nh. Allen. I am sorry, Mr.. Speak
er, that | have not time to air my
war views further; but if the House
will give me just one more minute.
| wish to reprove a gentleman who
has been circulating story on this
side OF the House. He seems to
think it applicable to some of the
hasty proceedings in reference to
the war message. He has been
tellinga story all around the House.
He says out in Iowa on a certain
occasion while a number of men
were engaged in a harvest field the
clouds began to gather, and the
began to flash, and finally
a few drops of rain began to fall.
Now, if you gentlemen do not know
from experience / can tell you, that
when man is working for wages
out in the hot harvest field there
is nothing more delightful to him
than q little fall of rain which
drive him in. Laughter. SO
these harvesters broke for the barn.
When the great body of them ar
rived they found that one fellow
had got there in advance and was
so entirely out Of breath that he
had fallen PROSTATE. The foreman
asked him: HWhat in the world |