St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-21

URGED TO ACTION.
THE PRESIDENT TRANSMITS AN
OTHER MESSAGE TO CON-
GRESS.
THE HOUR OF NECESSITY.
APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE FIN
ANCIAL LEGISLA-
TTON.
THE HOUR OF NECESSITY.
The Care and DeliberatiOn With
Which the Venezuelan Mes
sage Was Prepared.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. - This
has been a day Of excitement and
surprises in Washington. Events
moved rapidly, and when the sun
went down public men in all branches
of the service were nervous and
worn out from the tension. Re
ports came of panic in securities
in Washington affairs moved at the
rapid pace of a kaleidoscope. The
house Venezuelan commission bill
was amended in material respects
by the senate foreign relations COM
mittee, and then, by a sudden
change in sentiment in the senate,
was passed unanimously just as it
came from the house. Then an ad-
| journment resolution from tomorrow
over the holidays was passed by the
senate, only to be followed by an
urgent message from the president
strongly advising prompt action for
the reform of the currency system
and the maintenance of public credit.
! At the other end of the avenue the
| president and his cabinet received
/ prompt advices Of the course of
events here and on the public eX-
changes. The cabinet sat two ses-
sions, something without precedent
in recent years. Secretary Herbert,
who returned from New York after
noon, attended the second meeting
for brief time. All the remaining
members of the cabinet were pres
ent except Secretaries Lamont and
Smith, who are out Of town. The
financial situation was the principal
topic of consideration, and the re-
suit of the meeting was revealed in
the message sent to the senate late
in the afternoon, the body being
kept in session by request of the
White house for it's reception. The
message was not favorably received
in the senate. The summary ad-
journment, upon the motion Of Sen
ator Cockrell, one of the Democratic
leaders, Immediately after the con-
clusion of the reading of the mes
sage, was taken on the Republican
side as disposition not to con-
slider the message seriously. Mr..
Cockrell declined to define his mo-
ton or to discuss the question of
the propriety of the suggestion.
COMMENTS OF SENATORS.
Senator German, replying to a
question, said he did not want to
criticise to the president.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, when in
terviewed, simply remarked that he
thought the senate would sit tomor-
row.
Senator Allison thought there
would be a recess Notwithstanding
the message, as the senate had al
ready passed a resolution to that ef-
feet before the message was received.
Senator Hawley said it appeared to
him as If the president was in a Bull
Run panic, and Senators Teller and
Cullom when seen by a reporter
agreed that it looked as if the presi-
dent was trying to offset the effect of
his Venezuelan message and that it
was beginning to look as if the presi-
dent had concluded, from the favor
able manner in which the Venezuelan
message had been received, that con-
gress would follow any suggestion he
might make.
| That the administration was not
! moved perceptibly in the Venezuelan
affair is evidenced by the fact, which
has now become known, that Secre-
| tary Olney's famous letter defining
| the Monroe doctrine was considered
| for fully two months before being
| dispatched to Ambassador Bayard
! for delivery to Lord Salisbury.
Moreover, it is fact that the presi-
dents message, while perhaps hastily
| reduced to exact form, really was the
| subject for deliberation for almost
| six months, for there is good reason
| to believe that the adverse response
| Of Lord Salisbury to Secretary Oh
ney's note was expected by the pres
| ident. 1t is noted that the presi-
dents message is a distinct advance
in our attitude upon the letter of the
secretary, for whereas the latter was
confined to a declaration of a doc
trine, the former proposed action
that went far beyond that point. 1t
was this reason without doubt that
caused the message to be most care
fully considered for many months.
DIPLOMATS MISTAKEN.
The diplomatic corps here appears to
have fallen under a misapprehension
as to the purpose Of the message,
which may account for the attitude of
some Of the European newspapers, who
hox inc f0, Lo;,
torial articles from their foreign offices,
for 1t is learned that diplomats in
Washington have, in many cases, and,
certainly, in the cases of the represen-
tatives of European powers, informed
their governments that President
Clevelands action was dictated purely
by motives of political expediency, and
was not intended to have any perma-
nent result. 1t may be that the
unanimity of support accorded the
president by congress, irrespective of
party affiliations, has induced some of
these observers of American institu-
tions to qualify their first advices to
their home governments.
Although Secretary Herbert returned
to Washington from New York this
afternoon, as yet he has taken no ac-
ton respecting the orders to the North
Atlantic squadron, and so it will not
sail tomorrow, as was intended, for
the West Indies. The secretary will
communicate his intention to Admiral
Bunce, who comes to Washington for
the purpose Sunday, but the impress
sion prevails that the fleet will not
leave American waters Immediately,
and that the itinerary heretofore ar
fore it's departure.
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