The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-29

After being read they were referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. The dis
cusSlOn on the rules was then resumed.
Reed spoke in opposition TO the commit
tees report He favored the rules of the
FIfty-first Congress, and proclaimed his ad-
herence TO the majority rule. He criticized
the Holman amendment, cOntendlng that
TINS body ought to be as free rs it could for
the purpose Of legislation. He said the ma
Jorlty was responsible not only for what
happened. but for what did not happen.
lApplause on the Republican side.
Allen of Mississippi drew the attention of
the House to the Chilean controversy again
by moving to amend the rules by increasing
the mem bership of the Committee on For
eign Affairs from thirteen to seventy-hVe,
and delivered humorous speech in support
thereof 1.-The great struggle to which the
members of the committee had been sub
jected in the last two days." he said,
prompted him to offer this amendment.
The House had no right to impose so much
responsibility on thirteen men; further
more, that was an unluckly number, and he
didn't want any unlucky happenings in for
eign affairs. He did not blame the Foreign
Affairs Committee with any haste, but you
know how easily thirteen men might be
taken unawares and rushed into war with
some sort of precipitation"
Allen went on 70 say lie was not familiar
with diplomatic correspondence between
nations, but he did know the code Of honor
that governs gentlemen. In Mississippi
when one gentleman institutes correspond
ence with another and brings him down to
the point Of difference and finally sends him
an utimatum-if THAI man after sending
that uItimatum were 20 rush into print and
publish the CORES spOndence before he had
time to hear from the ultimatum, he would
be persona non grata In that State. 1t is
not the proper thing when you have sent
the ultimatum TO rush into print and give
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you have reply"
Allen then read from newspaper inter-
view remark by eX-SpeakeT Keifer to the
effect that the sentiment in the Republican
party is drifting rapidly toward Harrison.
His message on the Chilean imbrOglO was
issued Just In time. Now" said Allen,
this drifting Of sentiment toward the
President might have stopped if he hadn't
got III here with that Chilean message Just
in time / remember that not a great
while ago, when the President was to go to
New York, the train that was to leave at
ten minutes t. y o'clock was detained until
ten minutes after r. lest the President
should travel on Sunday, and yet l am in
formed that the President had a number of
printers working all day last Sunday to get
the message here just in time . [Great
laughter and Democratic applause
Allen continued at some length to make
raps at the Pan-American Congress and the
reciprocity scheme, much to the delight OF
his Democratic brethren. He wanted to
know why should we proceed with haste to
bring the Government OF ChIe-anOther re-
public, our sister republic, a part of the
great ''pan"-intO a state of humiliation.
or course Aliens motion was defeated, but
1t had served its purpose ID giving him
chance to deliver his speech on the subject.
McMillin of Tennessee and Catchings Of
Mississippi defended the proposed rules
and animadVerted on the code adopted by
the Ffty-frst Congress and Speaker Reeds
rulings
The rules were then read by paragraphs
for amendment.
The membership of the Committee on In
teTstate and Foreign Commerce was in
creased from Is to H.
Hemphill offered an amendment giving
the Committee on the District of Columbia
jurisdiction over the appropriations for the
support of the district.
Pending further action, Cochran Of New
York announced the death of ex-RepreseUt-
atiye Spinola and the House, as a mark Of
pect, adjourned.