The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21

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presented by Mr.. Hale (Rep.) of Maine.
to increase the navy, and Mr.. Davis.
(Rep) of Minnesota, inquiring as to
British aggression in Alaska. The Mon
roe doctrine was put forward by the
president as though it had never been
heard of before. In the judgment OF
Mr. Allen, the president recognized
that, having lost the confidence of the
American people, it was desirable 20
adopt this means to restore to some
extent the respect and confidence OF
the people. He urged. as a measure
of financial safety, that the free coin
age of gold and silver on equal terms
be considered by the finance commit
Gee.
Mr.. Platt moved the reference Of the
resolution to the committee.
The motion was defeated, the detail
ed vote being as follows: Yeas-Al-
len, Brice, Burrows, Caffrey, Cameron.
Chandler, Gallinger, German, Haze
Hawley. Lodge, Mcmillan, Martin,
Mills, Mitchell, CWis); Morrill,, Pat
Proctor, Quay, seweli' >, Sherman onli'n'
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Baker. Bate
Berry, Blackburn. Butler, Call, Garter
Chiffon, Clark, Cockrell; Dubois. GID
son. Harris. Jones, (Ark.); Jones.
New: Kyle, Mantle, Mitchell, COTe.)'
Morgan. Nelson, Pascoe, PETER, FER
kins Pettigrew, Pritcham, R Uaor
Stewart, Teller, Tillman, HesI ss
hees. Walthall. Warren; Wllsunu oS 70
The resolution was then agreed u
without division.
Mr.. PlaItt sought to nave ST. ueh o0'
the War-like preamble. ~.
Mr.. Allen consented to have TINS
struck out.
As Agreed To.
rruo ,,aeo1u+;on as finally agreed to
is as follows: ,o
."rhat the Committee on Finance De
and they are hereby directed ana III
structed to inquire and report, py oIil
or otherwise. whether it would not be
expedient and proper Tor the goNe!n
ment of the United States OF Ailel iGa
at this time to open Its mlhtS 10 lLs
free and unlimited coinage OIL guy
and silver at the ratio of 10 to l, ana
in addition to issue an adequate
volume of full legal tender OF treas
,11y notes in the same manner as sucn
notes have heretofore been issued ana.
in the interest of national safety,
Withdraw the issue power of national
banks and retire all bank currency.
This cleared the way for a renewal
of the direct consideration OF the
Venezuelan bill.
Mr.. Morgan presented and briefly
urged that the house resolution be
adopted without change. The Ame1t-
can people did not seek war, nor
would they. if need be, avoid any re-
sponsibility. But the conditions did
not warrant heated talk of HOSTILE
ties.
No Politics.
In referring to the committee
amendments Mr.. Plaitt said:
"Any amendment will be construed
in England as a refusal by the Senate
to uphold the president. There should
be nothing done ito allow this false i'm
preston to get abroad.
''The idea seems TO prevail in Eng
land that the entire matter is "a. part
Of American political campaigning. 1t
is most important that the British au
thorities and people have their minds
disalbused of this error. The Ameri-
can people were never more in earnest
since the breaking out of the revolu-
ton than they are today"
Mr.. Sherman followed Mr.. Plat. re-
peating his assertion Of yesterday that
he could not see the necessity for
haste in the matter The controversy
was an ancient one, and it was only
recently that the United States had
taken cogniZance of the question. The
presidents message invites no haste.
The American people need no special
Indictment to their interest in uphold
ing the Monroe doctrine. He said that
while he had insisted on preventing
European encroachment upon Ameri-
can soil. we had ourselves disregarded
the doctrine in the case of Mexico in
taking possession of Texas and Cali
fornia. AS a matter of fact, the doc
trine had never been applied in any
specific case. England he said is tax
ing a very grave view of this mat
ter.
Not Drop of Blood.
'I am firmly convinced" he said
that this controversy will be settled
by England and Venezuela and that
not a drop of American blood will be
shed in its adjustment"
Mr.. Sherman proceeded to argue
earnestly for the adoption of the
amendments suggested by the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. He re-
GREETED that there should be an at
tempt made to pass this bill under du-
ress of excitement. especially as that
excitement was not founded on actual
danger He counseled elaboration,
and deprecated the undue and eager
haste as unbecoming the dignity of
the Senate.
Mr.. Mills Oeml), of Texas, who next
took the floor. Thought that throughout
the discussion the Senate had over
looked the most important consfdera-
ton. Mr.. Allen, he said, had announced
that money was the essential element
in the successful prosecution of war
He agreed with him. 1t might be pos
sible. he said. that if the mints were
thrown open and the printing presses
were started the people might have
more money in their pockets, but when
he proposed to go to war with the
greatest nation on earth the question
of where our revenues were to come
from was confessedly vital matter.
To engage in war was not childs play.
The strength of the enemy was not to
be underestimate With Senator
Sherman. he said. his voice was for
peace, but it must be honorable and
consistent peace.
Brink of Battle.
Today the United States and Great
Britain stood face to face. They had
tried to reach an agreement and had
failed. The president had said we
should insist upon our position and
resist England with all our power
I'VE are standing on the brink of
battle said he, land prudence re-
quires that we should look to our strong
box"
He pointed out the vast differences
between our resources and obligations
now and during the civil war Then"
said he, I'VE did not have a. burden of
$3.50, 600 600 pensions to carry. and we
had as a source of revenue an income
tax of unquestioned legality and taxes
on domestic manufacture. The latter
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