The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-28
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-
HARRIsON's ANXI0UsLY AWAITED
CHILEAN MESSAGE DELIVERED.
He Insists That Congress Maintain the Dig
nifty Of the Country and afford Protection
TO Our Citizens in Foreign Lands.
Senator Chilton's Case.


WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 25.---I
was evident at the senate end of tn
: capitol today that large number c
American citizens had come to tn
conclusion that they could sniff tn
battle from afar. So they crowded
into the galleries some time before tn
senate assembled. The regular. bust
ness was attended to with the samr
calmness which is ordinarily in circu
lation at the northern end of the bis
building.
Senator Hoar made a report in tht
case of Senator Chiffon of Texas, con
Guiding with resolution that Senate
Chiffon was entitled to retain his seat
At 1910 Private Secretary Halford
entered the chamber closely followed
by Secretary Pruden. And then the
regular order was interrupted by
Vice President Morton's announce.
ment that the senate would receive a
message from the president of the Unit
ed States. The message was formally
laid before the senate and a minute
later, Chief Clerk Johnson started to
read the interesting document. Or
dinarily u presidential commu-
nicatiOn attracts prac tically
no attention. Things were
different today. twenty-five Demo-
cratic and forty-siX Republican sena-
tors were in their seats when the read
ing commenced and but one of them
moved, and he that he might hear
more distinctly. There was no break
in the general attention paid by the
senators at any time.
The reading of the message was
concluded at 1870, when Senator Sher-
man, the chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, rose and moved
that the message and accompanying
documents be printed and referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
Motion agreed to.
Vice President Morton laid before
the Senate a communication from the
chief justice announcing the death of
Justice Bradley, and in token of re-
spect for his memory, the Senate adj
burned till tomorrow.
THE MESSAGE.
WAsHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The presi-
dent today sent the following message
to congress relating to the Chilean
imbrOglio:
Senate and House of Representa-
lives: In my annual message deliv-
cred to congress at the beginning OF
the present session, after brief state
ment of the facts then in the posses
sion of this government touching an
assault in the streets of Valparaiso,
Chile, upon the sailors of the United
States steamship Baltimore upon the
evening Of Oct. 16 last, l said:
This government is now awaiting
the result of an investigation which is
being conducted by the criminal court
of Valparaiso. 1t is reported unoiiici-
ally that the investigation is about
and it is expected that the
result will soon be communicated to
this government, with some adequate
and satisfactory response to the note
by which the attention of Chile was
called to the incident. II these just
expectations be disappointed or there
be further needless. delay there will
be a special message, bringing this
matter again to the attention Of con-
gross for such action as may be neces-
sary.
In my opinion, the timo has now
come when / should lay before con-
gress and the community the CORES
pondence between this government
and the government of Chile, from the
time of the breaking out of the revo-
luton against Balmaceda, together
with all other facts in the possession
of the executive department, relating
to this matter The diplomatic cor
respondence is herewith transmitted,
together with some correspondence
between the naval officers, for the
time in command in Chilean waters,
and the secretary of the navy and
also the evidence taken at the Mare
Island Navy yard since the arrival of
the Baltimore at San Francisco. 1t
may be we'll at the outset to say what
ever may have been said in this coun-
try or in Chile, in criticism of Egan,
our minister to Santiago, the
true history of this exciting period in
Chilean affairs from the outbreak of
the revolution until this time discloses
no act on The part of Egan unworthy
of his position or that could justly be
the occasion of serious administration
or criticism. He has, | think, on the
whole, borne himself in even trying
with dignity, discretion
and courage and conducted his CORE
spondence with ability, courtesy and
firmness.N
Referring next to the policy of es
pionage of the legation at Santiago
and supporting Egan's position in
Stro,, o- farms the nreSident UOeS on.