The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-20

embarrassed by the finding or sucn
body and IL might be such as would De
calculated to uproot the Monroe doctrine
or indefinitely. delay its proper promuiga.
tion. should prefer" he said. TO isave
who has shown no disposition to shirk his
responsibility so far. His attitude mas been
courageous. Arm and decisive. HE. for one.
TO adopt the Presidents suggestion ano
pass the resolution. Nevertheless, as there
were those who desired TO sugses. iS amena. he
referred and acted on by committee. win
the reference made he would be OF the
anV aosd sdornment wIulo for the holidays until
the question should be disposed or.
SHERMAN URGES .DELLBERAT1ON.
Mr.. Sherman followed Senator Morgan.
saying that he heartily applauded what had
been said by Mr.. Morgan. The Monroe doc
trine he considered of the highest impor-
tance to the civilized world. but the i'm
portance OF the question only emphasized
the necessity for deliberation In its consid-
Grafton. He thought the resolution should
be amended and that it should go TO COM
mittee for this purpose. There Is no hur-
ry," he said. "The controversy will not be
settled In a day or month. and do not
believe that war between Great Britain
and the United States viii form feature
Of the settlement. / do not contemplate or
wish to contemplate a hostile result.
have seen enough OF war TO dread its con-
sequences, and believe that Great Britain
will soon realize that she has too much
at stake to invite a hostile encounter with
this country" But while he held this view
he believed the President to be right in
taking the position that the United States,
as the strongest nation on this hemis-
phere. should not permit weaker nations on
this side OF the Atlantic to be trampled
on by European powers. This 1t was right
and proper TO say. Nor did he believe that
the English people would support their, off,
cials in refusing to submit the question 10
arbitration. The Monroe doctrine. he said.
origin; as a matter of fact, 1t had been
more the doctrine OF Mr.. Canning than
Mr.. Monroe. Mr.. Sherman concluded with
manner. "Let u.s." he said, "show no
haste and no anxiety, but simply pursue
the path of duty as laid out before us"
Mr.. Lodge followed in q vigorous speech.
He said he was not in haste, but he
| thought that the time for the commission
| to report should be limited and gave no.
| tice Of an amendment providing that the
commission should report by April /. He
did not think that the Monroe doctrine
could be upheld proposition OF inter-
national law, but he believed that 1t should
| be supported as we supported the Declara-
tion OF Independence. because it was our
| doctrine.
When Mr.. Lodge concluded Mr.. Voorhees,
why action should not be taken on the bill
now. There was. he declared, no reason
for further investigation He was not con-
templating war, but what was right. We
! all. he said, have faith in the Monroe doc
| trine. but If any mans faith had been
shaken he invited him to read Secretary
| Olney's dispatch and be reassured by that
document. which was. he declared, the
| equal of any state paper which ever en-
anated from the department over which
| Mr.. Olney presides. Mr.. Voorhees, said that
ne was not in haste in this matter and
| called attention to the deliberate proceed
ings OF the British authorities on the aues-
the disputed territory should be investigat-
cd, but the Senator from Ohio (Sherman)
was more magnanimous toward Great Brit
ain than he Woorhees). Mr.. Sherman
thought that great government like Great
britain would not set claim unless IL was
just. Every parallel Of latitude and longi-
tude ON the maps of the world, said Mr.
voorhees,, vehemently negatived that state
ment They showed everywhere Great Brit
ANS Unsuitable nav. The very map of the
disputed territory now under discussion,
| which Mr.. Sherman had displayed. demon
strated the truth of what he maintained
| 1t showed that Great Britain had gradually
pushed forward her boundary until her ter
| square miles. By silent encroachment
Great Britain had laid claim 10 territory
Sn sarger tnan the State represented by the
1 senator tNr. Sherman).
VOORHEES, DOES NOT FEAR WAR.
| Mr.. Voorhees, secuted the idea that there
might be war. There is no fear of war.
| said he. He had Christian horror of war
as others had. But he pointed to Canada
| as hostage we held from Great Britain
| as guarantee of peace. With Canada at
| our mercy, Great Britain would not care
| to fight. With Great Britain's commerce
| on the high seas at stake there would be no
| war. He adverted to the war of 1872 as
conclusive evidence that England would
| not again jeopardize her commerce. No,
said Mr.. Voorhees,. there would be an ad-
Justment, but it should be known and un-
derstood on both sides of the ocean that
| the coloniZing schemes OF Great Britain
have reached their limit on this continent
III England can take the territory of Ven
ezuela she can take the Mexican state OF
Chihuahua and push her cannons across
| our borders. We were not asking what
! was unjust. We had simply asked Great
| Britain to submit q dispute to impartial
| arbitration. Great Britain had taken six
months to reject that wise proposal, said
| Mr.. voorhees, in conclusion, now let US
| go forward as justification OF our posi-
| ton and examine the controversy. Let
Great Britain have what belongs to her
and not an inch more.
| Mr.. Allen objected to a second reading
1 Of the bill, which would carry ii over un-
ne did not expect there would be any war.
| He thought the amendment proposed by
Mr.. Lodge meant that this would be more
| Of a political war than anything else.
Mr.. Hawley said 1T was not so much a
| case of war as information. No one knew
what were the facts. Great Britain her.
| self did not know. He wanted the bill re-
| ferred because 1t was the dignified and
| proper way. Amendments could then be
4 considered.
| Mr.. Chandler then sent to the desk and
had read a petition dated Feb. 19, 1895, TO
| the President and the Congress OF the
| United States. signed by several hundred
| members OF the British House of Commons
| praying that the United States would enter
into treat treaty for the arbitration Of all in
| no comment on the petition.
| Mr.. Teller followed with vigorous
| speech, in which he took the ground that
| although ii was in the power OF the exc
| cutive to obtain the information he desired
| without the aid of Congress, having asked
| Congress 20 sanction his course, IL was the
| duty of Congress to give II. He heartily
| pected it. He had never believed that the
| government could reach a point of de-
cadence where II would turn its back on q
| doctrine of seventy years standing. This
| traditional policy should not be called the
| Monroe doctrine. 1t was founded the
| right Of self-defense. He did not believe
this controversy yyould eventuate in war. II
| there was war, however, II would not only
| be the greatest war Of modern times but OF
| war. Should we go to war, he said, we
| would not be without allies abroad He
| sketched the conflicting interests of the
| European powers. They would not stand
| idly by and see England create a domfna-
| ton over America. They were all guided
| by self-interest. 1t was to the interest oi
some to see the prestige Of England de-
| stroyed on land and sea- Russia was
| crowding down toward India, and she had
extensive schemes In the Orient. This was
| a trifing matter, comparatively speaking
| II he WOuld give his