The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-20
AMERICANISM.
That's What Teller Calls the Monroe
Doctrine.
BUT THE SENATE WILL NOT BE
HURRIED.

1t Will Consider the Venezuela Bill in Con
mittee and Report-Teller Pleads Elo
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, December 19.-In th
Senate today the House bill appropiatins
500, 900 for the expenses of the proposed
commission to Venezuela came up ant
Mr.. Morgan, chairman OF the committee
on foreign relation, favored the reference
OF the bill to. the committee on foreign
relations. But he should object to any
such reference unless the Senate agreed
| that it would take no recess until the
COMMITTEES should. make its report. For,
while he would hasten in the matter he
would still make all necessary speed.
Senator Sherman in speech following
Mr.. Morgan, did not disagree with him.
He applauded the President for his mes
sage, but the Senate should proceed eau
tiously in the mstter. Tho bill as passed
by the House should be amended, defined
and limited. He endorsed the Monroe
doctrine, but it's application by this ooun-
try to a specific case was matter of the
grayest Importance to the whole civilized
world. The controversy is a serious one.
but Mr.. Sherman said he believed it
would end peacably. The English people
would not halt when they perceived that
the doctrine of Munore was also asserted
by Canning, when prime minister. MIR.
Sherman did not think the question
should be postponed or delayed, but the
bill should be referred to proper COM
mittee.
Mr.. Morgan said he for one would en-
ter protest against any attempt to ad
journ till this matter was disposed of.
q Mr.. Lodge thought Congress ought
bill was disposed of. The interests of
the United States as we'll as that of a
South American state were involved, and
the subject was of SO grave a character
that 1t might bring about hostilities be-
tween the two great English speaking
nations of. the world. What is of vital
Importance is that we should show the
world we are not divided on thisqusstion,
but deal with it as Americans. Daniel
Webster said that our politics stop at the
waters edge. The English press and uh at
small edition of it printed in New
York, profess to see this as an electioneer-
ing dodge. Nothing can be further from
the truth than this. We are pulling
together as one man without regard to
politics.
Mr.. Lodge had no desire to limit the ex-
ecutive. The House had by an over
whelming majority held up his hand.
The Senate would do the same, but it
might desire to strengthen it. ssThe
world should know we are able to main
tain the Monroe doctrine not as princi-
pie of international law, but as an &C
| RI. m nj shpd fact He would cr1oooct nd
urge an amendment requiring the COM
mission to report on OF before April l,
1896. This would give notice to the
world that we were proceeding deliberate
ly, that we mean what we say and are
able to maintain our position.
Mr.. Voorhees, uregd that the bill be
passed as it came from the House and
that the President appoint the commits
sion.
"I am willing" said he, "to join issue
with Great Britain on this subject and
as prelim mary step let us look into the
claim. England has always been the
oppressor OF the weaker nations and she
la without any right or show of right
until she has taken hold of more terri
tory that one OF the great states of this
republic. l look upon war as horror
but there will be no war. England don't
dare to fight, the commerce of the world
is In English waters and she dOeSn' dare
to subject it to peril. 1t might as we'll
be known now on both 81 des of the ocean
that England's colonization career has
got to have some limit, and that this
country and it alone shall dominate the
continent on which it has been erected"
Mr.. Allen, Populist, said that Con
!! gress ought to name the commission be-
fore Congress was the only power that
could declare war. AT least the names of
| that commission should be sent to the
Senate for its approval.
Mr.. ssHawley said it was not wise to as
sumo that great people will not fight, and
| he regetted the exceedingly warlike tone
of the speech of the Senator from Indi-
ana. What the Senate OF the United
States wanted were the facts and they
could only be had through commission,
The bill should go to the committee for
careful consideration.
| The debate on the bill was continued
until 2. 10 when on an OBJ jection to its
second reading today made by Mr.. Allen
| the bill went over until tomorrow. 1t
will then receive its second reading and a
motion to refer to the committee on for
eign relations will be in order.
Mr.. Hale Of Maine, has introduced in
the Senate, bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to have constructed by contract to
the lowest responsible bidder, six sea go
ing coast line steel battleships of about
II. 90 tons displacement designed to carry