New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-19
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u.,.or Dec 1S.-It took the House OF
,,o..uo.o,tat,ves only twenty minutes to-day 10
o.,.,dor and mass without a dissenting voice. 'he
h,u offored nv Mr.. Hit Of Illinois, to empower
tho President Of the United States 70 appoint
.h verezueIa Boundary Commission recon-
,oorded in his message OF yesterday ana 10 ap
,rorr;ata 800 900 or so much thereof as may pe
necessary to pay the expenses OF such eo'i''.'7
sion and the investigation 1t Is 10 uhoei' i'""e
The proceeding was by unanimous cohSe"' anu
every step was punctuatsd with applause i'o".
members on both sides of the House in' ~
hut convincing appeal of Mr.. HIT IN oehaii vi
49,, hi, was reneatedly interrupted by cheers
t.o,, Don,ocrats as we'll as Republicans, ana IL
VAS so effective that he experienced Hl'ie YIN.
cultv in dammng the torrent OF DEBATE wni:"
was struggling to break loose ana ehsuii TIC
| House in a flood of patriotic oratory. A. was
undoubtedly painful for him to cut OIL ,he op-
,,or,,nt,v for speechmaking which members on
both sides were so eager 10 seize' pu. lie ~
compelled to do it. and 1t was probably wise
that he did
REASONS FOR PROMPT ACTION.
Some members on both sides were disposed 10
think that it would be wiser not to take prec'p'-
tate action on President Clevelands recoii
,nendat,on but to refer ,he bill to the Appro-
nriations Committee for consideration ana per-
hans amendment but none OF them Insisted on
that course. while an overwhelming majority
cvorod immediate action Under different cir
ou,stances Mr. Hit himself would have raw
ored the usual course. out as he said 70 the
House to-day: I'VE shall have long days IN
which 70 discuss the Monroe Doctrine ana us
correct Interpretation and rightful apphcation.
II is no secret that he and other statesmen IN
Congress- irrespective of party, do not whohy
agree with President Cleveland in his state
ment of the true intent and meaning. OF fres,-
dent Monroe's declaration. In conversation WIN
Tribune correspondent to-day one OF them
said:
According President GIeyslands i to asreas asa n in
5s1f of S saR Of es endRs WRssa
rine we interfere mainly not no ,Ss sSey te
states when President Cleveland said that - any any
adjustment of the boundary which Venezuela might
be- Objected to by the United States he stepped on
ground in my opinion suppose po nower ,nar IN in
Venezuela, which of 'ts own free VIII, SHOULD con,
to such an er %, ee Of
the Republic, ncuding its nayiea6Ie Die rivers IN nse
,hn Monroe Doctrine properly Interpreted, would
require the United States to OBJECT ana lnsis on
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does in this case.
WAR NOT EXPECTED.
While there was of course good deal of war
talk" among members Of the House to-day. not
much Of II was in serious win, and 1t was evil
don't that while everybody prepared to back
tho administration to the fullest extent and last
extremity If necessary, everybody also believed
that there would be no war between the United
States and Great Britain on account of the Nenez-
uean boundary dispute. Ole member man
OF long experience and thoroughly versed in dip
lomatic affairs said in conversation with Trib-
une correspondent:
was especially interested in one passage s in - Lord ord
sasburys second dispatch of November 70 TO Sir
esty's Government have not abandoned the nope
that they may be enabled to ADOPT more nor
than any Of their predecessors That looks as as
though the British Prime Mns5er lin had 5t Hack p
should become necessary. II the British Government
can offer better terms than Lord Aberdeen did in
1870 perhaps it may clear the way for peaceable
! and satisfactory adjustment without even resort
to arbitration
The feeling in the Senate seems 10 be that the
House accepted the Presidents plan Of com
mission with greater precipitancy than the cir
cumstances Of the case called for The bill as
passed by the House to-day follows the sugges-
tions of the President in every essential particular
commission entirely In the hands of the Ex-
| ecutive In other words. the ccntmatory con-
troll OF the Senate is not to be invoked This
is phase Of the Presidents proposal which the
Senate Is almost certain to look into with
some care and If the traditional
| jealousy with which II guards its pre-
rogatives and privileges is exered in this case
as il has been In times past. IL may be assumed
that the Senate VIII amend the bill in such a
way as not to impair Its right to grant or with
hold its consent 10 the Presidents nominations
! Another detail Is the number OF men Of which
the commission is tc consist, though that may
properly be characterized small matter and
| one which Is not likely to raise obstacles In
the way Of a prompt passage Of the bill In the
Senate.
THE LIFE OF THE COMMISSION.
There remains however. another question
which Il Is known tonight several Influential
Senators are seriously considering. Would 1t no
he prudent they say, to unit the life Of th'
commission or demand at any rate that 1t brint
I'm its report within. a reasonable time after III
creation? This point raised In these dis
matches Yesterday, when II was shown that tn,
work OF the commission might under certain
conditions be protracte, beyond a reasonabi
point-to a time. In fact. when the PREF snt Con
gress If not indeed the present Administration
would be unable to take action. Such condi
tlon of things, Il number OF Senators say. shoul,
not be permitted to arise. and II Is therefor
likely that when the bill passed by the Hous
to-day reaches the Senate the usual reference L
committee will not only be insisted on. but al
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