New-York tribune., 1895-12-18
WITH CHEERS IN THE HOUSE.
HEARTY ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESI-
DENTS MESSAGE.

p.rrY LINES ENTIRELY oBLITERATED IN THE
UNIVERSAL oUTBURsT OF APPRovAL-TALKs
WITH REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENATOR'S
reY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
Washington Dec. 17.-Hearty and unstinted
vas the applause with which the reading OF the
message was received in the House OF Representa-
.ives late this afternoon, and the attache OF 'he
British Embassy who had so patiently waited LOT
4, IN the gallery reserved for diplomats-of which
no was the sole occupant-probably real
;zed the fact that for once at least party
,,ras were completely obliterated 1t was
significant, but perhaps natural, that mem
hers on the Republican side should re-
spond more quickly to the patriotic sentiments
expressed by Democratic President than did the
members Of his own party, but in all fairneSs "
should be said that the latter did not lag far be-
hind About 300 members were in their seats
r,ba, the reading began and they listened atten-
,,vaiv and In silence until the clerk read this
sentence:
Having labored faithfully for many years to in
6nce Great Britain 10 submit this dispute TO npa:
tial arbitration ana haGlns ToIbinp remains but
10 accept the situation. 10 recoglHe, i's P'a'" -
ouirenents and deal with II accordingly!
Then there was an outburst Of applause such as
is seldom heard In the House OF Representatives.
tho lines Of party division. This was an occasion
ON which the President Of the United states had
sel, called upon to speak int that capacity and not
as the organ of party, and the peoples repre-
sentatives responded as one man The scene Of
.or.d q striking contrast to that which was Wit
messed when the message on Hawai- was feceiVeu
and read two years ago At that time party allie
glance and Administration influence were power
fuI enough TO constrain many Representatives 10
apologize for and few to defend an uh--Aineii-
can message. To-day no such constraiht WAS
necessary and every man who belongs to the over
whelming majority which Is opposed 10 the Au-
ministration on party questions respohueo a'
spontaneously and heartily to an American mes
sage from the same President as did MS most SUI
serv,ent marty lower in the II use OF Represehl-
atves
COMMENTS OF CONGRESSMEN
II may be that some Of the enthusiasm Will
wear of as members read the message careluHS
and study the subject critically, but II Is GER
tain that the comments heard Immediately aller
II had been read were all heartily in favor OF the
stand taken by the President. Some OF the COM
ments were as follows:
Representative Henderson, Of Iowa. am am, III,
favor of sustaining the Presidents hand ana elNliis
him the commission asked for. The mes;sage - -
sound the Monroe Doctrine Ins Govern
ment 10 guard against encroachments OF toredgh Ign
DT@Ssn IN to @sRs SaTa ~ he
before committing our Governmen II, 10 S
Ing by him.
w A. Stone Of Pennsylvania-The Presdert $
recommendation for a commission 70 determine me
premlses is a proper suggestion and one that in
my judgment, should be indorsed by every Amer
sn b,sd hs sraes to resist by in its
power as a wfu aggression upon Its rights ana
he a
land the exercise Of governmental jurisdiction
sF Ssye aE deiermIned Of right 10 belong to Vnezuea
is in my Judgment. suggestion mat VIII pe EN- EN-,
Republican who holds the interests of country to be
higher and dearer than the interests OF panty n
will lend my aid to carry out his suggestions
Mr. Hooker. Of New-York-The message is All
right s strong % an and Mdmg~s shOws that that the
and to u2s9a it, o ap W9 Y6TRonere
will be ready at ali times to defend the Monroe Doc
trne believe that Venezuela is right in this
! do not approve OF introducing politics into our
foreign policy. The Presidents message has good
election
Mr.. Hit, OF Illinois. who is to be chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs very prop
erly preferred 10 reserve his opinion until he
had found time to study the message in the
light Of the correspondence which accompanied
It. Governor Sayers Of Texas one Of the Demo-
cratic leaders. said.
You may quote me earnestly and enthusas-
tically ndorsing the message approve Of 1t for
IT'S frmness. l approve OF the position taken and
adhered 10; 4 approve OF the conservative and yet
unyieldng attifude, and OF the proposition send
the commission to determine exactly what the
rights and justice OF the before going fur
ther You cannot make too strong my expression
OF approval. L think the commission should be au-
thori.ed al once and nd amply provided for to ascer-
that the American Government should stand firmly
in the position which Mr.. Cleveland has taken.
Mr.. Bailey, Of Texas-1 shall suppor; the Presi-
dents recommendations OF course, upon a fuller
examination might think It advisable to modify
my opinion. but from the information at hand now
! think l would support the stand taken by the
President in. his message to-day.