, 1892-01-27
House..

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-ln the con-
sideration of the Breckenridge resolution
Herbert spoke in opposition to it. No
one could say with absolute certainty that
the Santiago cable, which appeared this
morning as an Associated Press dispatch.
was true. Suppose it is untrue and the
house pass the Breckenridge resolution.
| don't say the gentleman himself intends
to cast any such imputation. but in my
opinion the country will look at the reso
luton like that as ImputinR the chief ex-
ecutive with bad faith to the country and
bad faith to the house. 1t also carries
with it some imputation upon the com
mittee OF foreign affairs.
BE thought that the committee could
be trusted. and said let US not now engage
in a discussion in which there will be on
the part of certain gentlemen an attack
upon the president, and upon the part OF
others a defense. McCreary of Ken
lucky. a member of foreign affairs com
mittee. said he saw no reason tor unreas,
enable haste in the management of the
question so important as this, and sa id
the committee would give it immediate
and prompt consideration. Hit also
spoke in favor of reference. Breckenridge
said he was surprised at the opposition.
The resolution didn't c~ritlcise anybody, il
simply asked for light. Burrows of Mich
igan inquired whether the gentlemen
thought the president, when he received
a dispatch would decline to communicate
it to congress.
Breckenridge thought when the presi.
dent receives this communication from the
house he would not decline. Demo.
cratic applause.
On motion of Blount the resolution was
then referred to the committee on foreign
affairs.
CatchinRs Of Mississippi called up The
new code of rules and made a brief ex.
PLANTATION.
Reed of Maine criticised the rules and
extolled those of the fifty first congress.
Lanham of Texas took occasion to make
an earnest speech for the free coinage OF
silver. and Rayner of Maryland replied tc
him.
Bowers of California criticised the new
rules. His people wanted some appro.
priations tor then harbors. If he under
stood the report of the committee rightly,
unless he could get a phil on the commit.
tee on rivers and harbors he was mot in
it"
Burrows of Michigan made a critical
analysis OF the new rules, and Mills re-
Piled to him.
McKenna of California criticised them.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Will Respect Texas Law Hereafter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The pleading
with the Texas authorities by the repre-.
sentatives of the tobacco trust seems to
have been effective. A North Carolina
congressman who has some of the tobacco
trust people in his district received a tele,
gram Yesterday. The sender stated thai
the Texas authorities had agreed to accepI
a plea of guilty from the indicted agent.
OF the trust and to impose only a fine by
way of punishment. A condition il
attached to the agreement 1t is tina
the officers OF the trust shall promise t.
respect the Texas law hereafter. The
agents got into trouble because of theil
efforts to keep Texas tobacco dealer.
from handling goods manufactured by
firms outside of the trust. Texas has 9
very strong antitrust law aud such actor
was a violation of it. The agents who
were indicted represented Missouri, Mary
land and North Carolina manufacturers
The officers of the trust have been work
ing through their senators and representa-
tiyes for nearly a month to get the
influence of the Texas delegation with the
authorities of that state for leniency.