Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-12-27
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 90, 1895


WASHINGTON, Dec. 90, 1895.
Such wave of enthusiastic patriot.
ism as has greeted President Cleve
lands message notifying great Britain
that the Monroe doctrine is not a his
torical myth, but a tangible policy
that the United States is prepared to
maintain by force of arms, has not
been seen by the present generation
The White House has been flooded
with messages by wire and mail from
all sections of the country. containing
not only congratulations, but offers OF
volunteers by thousands from organ.
izations OF veterans, both Union and
Confederate. Congress forgot its
past antagonism towards the Presi-
dent and gave him the authority to
appoint a commission to investigate
and report the true boundary between
Venezuela and British Guiana and
appropriated the money to pay its ex-
penses, and to show Great Britain
that no bluff was being made a bill
has been introduced in both branches
of Congress appropriating 100000
600, to be Immediately available, for
strengthening the military armament
on our sea coast and the Canadian
frontier. Congress, like the President,
fully recognizes the tendency of Eur
opean governments to make light of
the Monroe doctrine, and is deter
mined to let them learn differently, if
it takes war to learn them the les
son.
Whatever may be the opinion OF
people as to President Cleveland's past
acts il is universally believed that his
Monroe doctrine message will be known
in history as the second Declaration of
Independence.
Secretary Olney is also getting high
commentator from all quarters. His
mastery communication to Lord
Salisbury is justly regarded as the best
Interpretation of the Monroe doctrine
ever printed. one which should be
used as a text book in every school in
the United States. 1t has placed him
at one bound in the front rank of
American Statesmen, and was never
excelled by anything written by his
great predecessor in the office of Sec
rotary OF State, Daniel Webster. 1t
has also caused his name to be very
frequently mentioned as the Demo
cratic candidate for President next year.
Rumors have already reached Wash
ington OF the intention of English
financiers to frighten the administra-
ton by attempting to bring on a
money panic by unloading American
securities held by them. Those rumors
cause no uneasiness here; such ac-
ton would be more costly to the
British than q war would be. The
silver men in Congress would welcome
such move ON the part of the British,
as they believe it would result in the
United States setting up an in
dependent financial policy OF its own.
This country has too many resources
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at the disposal OF the government to
be frightened by such rumors,
Senator Hill has introduced bill in
the Senate to repeal the law which
prohibits those who served in the
Confederate army and navy from hold
ing commissions in the U. S. army or
navy, and he will push it when Con
gress reassembles, January Sd, after
the holiday recess.
On the Republican side of the
House there are some new clowns, but
Boutelle, of Maine. easily holds his
own at the clown business. He at.
tempted to rescue Cannon, of ILL.,.
from the drubbing he was getting at
the hands of Ex-Speaker Crisp, in con-
nection with the Republican plan OF
having three election committees, SO
as TO railroad the contested election
cases, and not only failed to help Can
non any but got himself jeered at by