Show 1 I 1 patriotism RAMPANT venezuelan question fires the national blood house passes a resolution gutho the president to appoint adint abo ado andary commission I 1 washington dec is 18 rep ill reported in the douse house this mo morning aning if as boon soon aa as it had been wen called to order and called for unanimous consent content for consideration ol 01 a bill to empower the president to appoint a commission to im i the tile venezuelan boundary question and an art appropriation ot of for the e ex x bentie tere thereof of the text of the bill la lie follows follo wt A bill making aa am astion for or the expense of A at commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line between the he republic of venezuela find and british guiana be it enacted by the senate and house ol 01 representatives of the united states of america in congress Con erese assembled that the eum built of or e eo 0 thereof as way be necessary be and the same is hereby ampro appropriated for the expense of a commission to be appointed I 1 hinted by the tile president to investigate and sud report upon the true divisional line between the ablio of venezuela anil ana british guiana A scene feene of considerable ot excitement followed the request tor for unanimous consent to consider con sidor 1 the bill which had bad been loudly applauded when read by the clork boutelle rep maine blaine elated stated that he disliked to oba ct to the consideration of such a bill but said he it seems bubli that ali i I 1 j c ie is one of such serious hu importance that the house of depre enta tives should proceed in a decorous dece roue manner to consider neider co it the tile presidents president s iii dage was read but yesterday and it saime to me the gentlemen may not be ready to pass aloon a bill of this without deliberation cries of ready ready from froin the reau republican side interrupted boutelle he ile P proceeded eded urging that the matter was one which affected the relations of the two great english speaking nations of the world orld he ile said 1 I have been accused seemed of being a jino jingo whatever that I 1 may way mean I 1 hope that no one in that part of the country where I 1 am known would believe that I 1 would hesitate if I 1 I 1 that honor dien dign ty or safety of the country required to take up arms against any or all the of the I 1 world orld but the prees press eh sh we the country to be in a state ol 01 teve rieu excitement it seems that we ought tj give this matter as much consideration aa as we would give to the appropriation ot of a lew few thousand dollars I 1 I 1 boutelle referred to the presidents rae as an extraordinary one and a went on it seems that we I 1 send to a committee to be calmly considered si aid cred dered ibis this great question and message which the exe executive autive himself for the first time in he the history of euch such correspondence spon dence has outlined the possibilities c I 1 war between the two great anglo saxon nations of the world t speaker does the gentlemen object I 1 boutelle eaid fald he had merely sug 4 jested a hope that the bill would go to a fo committee alitt announced that lie only def I 1 f tired sired to eay ray a word concerning the bill and its purpose he ile would do eo so he lie aid said without mentioning this side bide or I 1 that eide side for he be hoped that there would be no two eidee sides when a ben it came to a question like ulia this there was a re 4 quest made by the president for help from the house to enable him to exercise bia his executive functions the first thing for ua us to remember as patriots said hitt is that the success of our r country depend depends upon our main maintaining OU to n I 1 ng a un united lt ed front that our govern ment hould ezeak for all the people of the united slates states the tile suggestion of th the e pr president pre eident waa was for a judicial in O 0 e t IV atlon lie ire was sure it was made in a proper roper spirit and land the occasion required that the country should act as one ono man marl in anch a time t the he executive is hampered 1 by every criticism that comes from our own country it would be urged by the british press that the tile president was not backed up by hie his country 1 but only by hie hig own party we have i had lad a long time to consider the monroe doctrine we may not cree agree with all the details outlined ont lined by the president and detary olney but any discussion here will prove a help to those across tle e lies i I 1 hope the bill will pace pass alitt moved the previous question but bit crisp dem georgia secured per listion to eay a word he began 1 I speak for all thie this side of 0 tile house where there is in no division as to the propriety of 0 passing the tile bill this house hou be has has respectfully invited the government govern ni ent of great britain w arbitrate the bou boundary nd question between venezuela venezvela Venez yela and alq british guiana great britain hoe has declined now what are we to do if libbe the american people have a fixed opinion on any question they have the decisive opinion that no european country can acquire territory on the american coni continent by force elitt entreated criep crisp in view of 0 the magnitude 0 of the tile interests involved not to krisp precipitate I 1 a hasty discussion oft of them h pm crisp replied that the republican republicans had introduced a bill he lie attempted to bring in yesterday and continued saying abing aying that if it the boundary could not be ascertained by arbitration with the participation of great britain Bri taing the united states should ascertain it alone and when we have ascertained where itis it is he concluded we L should ha have va the courage and manhood to main maintain tain it mccreary dem kentucky and boutelle D were shouting for recognition but hitt refused to yield the floor and anu the previous question was carried with a shout of ayes I 1 and no opposing voice A revolution reeo lution was adopted that holiday adjournment be from friday december 20 to friday january 3 the house at 1240 adjourned until friday |