St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-31
POPS THEIR ALLIES.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SEN
ATE COMMITTEES WITH
THEIR AID.
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER
THEY ARE WILLING TO &C
CEPT 1T.
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY
POPS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE.
Their Position and Intend to
Benefit Accordingly

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The COM
mittees of the senate today passed into
the control of the Republicans. The
changes in the complexion of the COM
mittees was effected by the adoption
of a resolution organizing the commit
tees as agreed to by the Republican
/ and Democratic steering committees.
The Populists, with the exception OF
Mr.. Kyle, of South Dakota, declined
to vote, and the Republicans, having a
plurality of the senate, were thus en-
ahled to adopt the resolution by vote
of 80 to 2S. Mr.. Kyle voted with the
Democrats against the reorganization.
A two hours debate followed the adop-
ton of the resolution, the purpose of
which was mainly political. The DEM
ocrats, under the leadership of Sena-
tor German, ably seconded by Senator
Harris, attempted to show that the re-
organization was effected by an al
lance between the Populists and Re-
publicans. contending that the silence
of the latter by making possible the re-
organization indicated acquiesence. He
also insisted that the Republican as
responsibility for legislation. The Pop
ulists, led by Senator Allen, Of Nebras-
ka, and Senator Butler of North Caro-
lima, denied that they were in any fash
ion responsible for the result. The Re-
publicans under the leadership of Sem
ator Mitchell, and assisted by Senators
Hoar, Allison and Chandler, combatted
the argument of the Democrats by say
ing most emphatically that the POpu-
lists had ever refused to make any sug-
gestions as to their committee assign
ments, ard had, as a matter of fact,
been left by the reorganization in the
positions to which they had been as
signed under the Democratic control
of the senate. The Republicans strong
ly protested also against being held re-
sponsible for legislation. Before the
reorganization Henry Cabot Lodge, the
senator from Massachusetts, who has
made brilliant reputation as his
torical biographer, delivered an address
on the Monroe doctrine.
OPENING RESOLUTIONS.
The session opened with Mr.. Peffer
Pop. ,Kas.) presenting resolutions from
several G.. A. r. posts in Kansas, offer
ing their services to the United States
in the event of war with Great Britain.
The clerk of the house announced the
passage of the bond bill by that body.
Mr.. Chandler Rep., N. H.), who has
been waging war against the Interstate
commerce commission for not putting
stop to pooling arrangements, in
troduced a bill to enlarge the inter-
state commission and increase the
scope of it's powers. -'- %
Nh. Brice offered resolutions instruct
ing the secretary of war to make an
examination of the physics and hy
draulics of the great lakes and to re-
port on the feasibility and cost of rails
ing the level of the lakes by series
CT dams.
MI Chandler offered a resolution
calling on the committee On naval af-
fairs to inquire into the prices paid by
the United States for armor plate; as
to whether they were reasonable; as
to whether they were in excess of the
prices charged foreign governments; as
to whether the price had been increas
ed by reason Of the new patent proc
esses, and whether the navy depart
ment could expedite the granting of
those patents and whether any officer
of the United States were interested in
those patent processes.
Mr. Lodge CRep., Mass), then took
the floor to deliver an address on the
Monroe doctrine. Before he began, Mr..
Mitchell Rep. Or, y chairman of the
Republican caucus committee, gave no
tice that at the completion of Mr..
Lodges remarks he should ask the SEN
ate to take up the question of reor-
ganizing the committees of the senate.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Quay (Rep.,
tho
tary of the navy to inform the senate
whether. in his opinion, it would be ad
vantageous to the naval service to now
contract for six battleshipS, instead of
for the two at present authorized on
the basis of bids now before the naval
department, modified as might be to
the public interest.
LODGE ON THE M. D.
Mr.. Lodges address was listened to
with attention by the senate. He gave
very interesting sketch of the history
OF the Monroe doctrine, and told how it
was vitally involved in the Venezuelan
boundary line in controversy. He fol-
lowed this with brief relation of the
pending dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela, which he said had now
reached a crisis affecting most gravely
the honor, the interests, the rights and
the we'll settled policy of the United
States. If England, with no authority
but disputed claim, seized territory
and declined arbitration upon it, her
action, he declared, did not differ from
seizing and holding new territory in the
Americas by right of conquest. If she
could seize territory under a claim
which had grown larger with each sue
ceeding year, there was nothing to pre-
vent her taking indefinite regions in
South America. The senator referred
to the claim made on Venezuela by
Great Britain for reparation on account
of the arrest by the authorities of the
former country of British subjects on
the disputed territory. But the ques-
ton of reparation, he declared, must
not be fixed up with the acquisition of
territory. If Venezuela paid the in
demnity fixed and demanded by Great
Britain, she acknowledged in so doing
that the disputed country is British ter
ritory, and made the whole case void.
We had, he continued, neglected too
long our foreign policy, and the great
interests of the United States, which
lay beyond her borders. We wanted
the matter of the boundary dispute set
tied by arbitration, because if it is set
tied otherwise it was a blow to a vital
principle, to the welfare and dignity of
the United States.- He did not believe
the people of England had the least de-
sire to engage in hostilitiesz with the
United States, any more than@we sought
or desired hostilities with them.
1--WE have" said Senator Lodge, "seen