The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-31

was effected to-day by the adoption OF
a resolution offered by Mitchell (RepD
of Oregon. the vote on which was: Yeas
30, nays %. The Populist Senators
withheld their votes, with the eXcep-
ton of Kyle IS. ID, who voted with
the Democrats The vote was followed
by debate, in which German Oem) of
Maryland gave expression to the sore
ness felt by the Senators of his party at
losing the control of the Senate, and in
which some plain talking was done on
both sides on the subject of giving to
the free silver men a majority on the
Committee of Finance.
Earlier in the day an historical re-
view of the Venezuelan boundary ques-
ton was delivered by Lodge (Rep.) Of
Massachusetts, who insisted on the i'm
portance and necessity to the United
States Of the maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine. In summing up his speech,
Lodge said that he did not believe that
the people of England had the least de-
sire to engage in hostilities with the
United States any more than the United
States desired hostiIities with England.
Nor did he believe that the English peo-
pie took any very serious interest in the
QlSDlIeu i Ae PCOPiC u NAiN
United States, he asserted, had no de-
sire to interfere with any rightful pos
session of Great Britain in Venezuela,
but they could not allow Great Britain to
set up claims to American territory,
and then seize and hold the territory by
force If Great Britain could do that
successfully in VenZuela, she could do
it in Mexico and Cuba, and if she could
do it other nations could do the same
Among the papers presented and re-
ferred were resolut of the Lincoln
Post of the G.. A. Of Topeka, kan
sas, rendering their services, as PEI
fer Pop) of Kansas phrased it, in
case we should have any trouble with
our neighbors on the other side OF the
Atlantic" They We're referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Chandler Rep) of New Hampshire
introduced a bill to enlarge the Inter
state Commerce Commission, by making
il consist of one member from each
State, these members to select an exec
utive committee of five. Referred.
Chandler also offered a resolution,
which went over until tomorrow, call
ing on the Secretary Of the Navy for
information as to whether the prices
paid. or agreed to be paid, for armor
for vessels for the navy are as low as
the prices charged by the same manu-
facturers to foreign Governments;
whether these prices have been in
creased on account of patents, and, II
SO, whether the increase in price has
been fair and reasonable; also, whether
any Government officers are interested
in such patents.
The House bill IS to the bonds was
laid before the Senate, read twice and
referred to the Finance Committee.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Quay CRep) Of Pennsylvania, calling
on the Secretary of the Navy for in
formation as to whether it would be
advantageous to the naval service to
contract now for six battleships in
stead of two. was taken up and agreed
to.
Lodge (Rep) of Massachusetts then
addressed the Senate on the subject Of
the Monroe doctrine. He said he had
intended not to address the Senate un-
til the joint resolution introduced by
him giving the declaration made by
Mr. Monroe in his message of December,
1923, the formal sanction OF Congress
had received the consideration of the
Committee on Foreign Relations. But
since then the President had sent in his
message on the Venezuelan difficulty and
Congress, without a dissenting vote,
had authorized the commission which
he requested. The action had led to
much wild talk and cries more vocal
and numerous from those who believe
we should never do anything to clash
with England s interests. This country,
coupled with London's attempt to
frighten Congress by producing a stock
panic had tended to confuse the issue.
He therefore thought a little cool eX
PLANTATION would not be out of place.
Two cardinal principles, he said, had
always governed the United States in
their relations with foreign nations.
The first was Washington's neutrality
doctrine, as laid down in the farewell
address. The second was the Monroe
doctrine the history of which he traced
in detail The only attempt hereto
fore made by outside powers to break
through that doctrine was the joint in
tervention of England and France and
Spain in Mexico in 1861. \ second case
has now arisen. and the maintenance of
the Monroe doctrine is again threatened
as it was by the French in 1862 This
second attack upon the principle of the
Monroe doctrine comes from Great Bri-
tain, and is made under cover of a
boundary dispute with Venezuela.
In order TO show the Importance Of
this controversy, which had now
reached a crisis affecting most gravely
the honor, the interests. the rights and
the well-settled policy Of the United
States, he sketched briefly" as he said
but with elaborate details. the history
of the dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela, and Of the negotiations
between the two countries.
He continued as follows: TT will be
observed from this brief outline of the
dispute that no new rights have come to
England or to Venezuela since 1914. l.
e, since the declaration OF President
Monroe They have the rights of Spain
and Holland, respectively. nothing more
and nothing less. and are entitled TO ex-
actly what those inherited rights give
them In 1876 a British Minister ac-
knowledged that Point Barima be-
lCnged to Venezuela by asking the Ven
ezuelan Government 10 erect light
house there IN 1910 a British court in
Demerra declared the territory of the
Morocco. far to the east of the Orinoco.
to be Venezuelan territory. In 1871 an
English engineer laid out a perfectly