Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-31

mouth OF the Orinoco. one OF the great
! river systems Of South America. The
| purpose of all these movements is written
| plainly on the map. III successful they
will give Great Britain control OF the
| Spanish main, and make the Caribbean
Sea little better than British lake"
BRITISH AGGRESSION.
lie concluded as follows:
1--WE have seen British forces at Co
rinto. We know tho attitude they as
sumo I'm Venezuela They are attempting
/ TO take land on the Alaskan boundary.
They have just denounced the mo9us
vivendi and roopened I'm that way tho
perlous dispute of the Northeastern
| fisheries II Is not by accident that these
even,S have all occurred or all come to
an acute stage within the past year.
/ They are not due 10 ne, for we have
committee no aggression upon anybody.
| "Of all these difficulties which are now
upon us the most immediate IL that in
volved In the dispute With Venezuela.
They tell us that this territory Is remote
/ and worthless 1t Is remote, perhaps,
but II Is not worthless. for If II had been
the Venezuelan possession OF II would
/ he undsturbed. The ea-tax was Trivial
/ but our forefathers refused TO pay IL
! because II involved a great principle. and
]
her North American Colonies. The Arneri-
can people believe to-day just as FIRMLY
| In the principle OF the Monroe doctrine.
Thev deen IL essential 90 their honor, TO
,he,r safety. and their ~interests as
| nation. and they are prepared 10 ueienu ~
/ when II is assailed r..
"Nr President. who IS responsible Tor
tho unhappily strained relations between
England and the United States. ~
have poirted out We have not pren VIC
aggressors on any OF the poih,s ~"
dispute. whether in Alaska OF N,e.fnns3
..wba. .hen has strained our relations
The veremptory REFUSAL 10 "iD'''"'
/ oue,t d Of boundary. pr;toir
"Vho gave that refusal. "rea' pi''',,,, ~,
"yve h,,,s appointed a connlssiOl, ~
~ arbitrate between Great c,or
t vcneziela. bat TO inform u.s. ai'vr ',
l,.ee,,l investigation. what the uus VI
| ,t.to,al limo I'm their opinion snoul' ~;
W. has drawn an arbitrary Am -, ~
,,,,odarv and declared that they Sh'u''' !
not arbitrate TO the east OF ~ NJ Wv
] limited states. hut Great bi bii'"i'. .,o-s
.T-ltimatums are what strain relations
- ,bc,. have come from Great Britain'
| "a NOT from Ms. | believe that tnis
question will be peacefully settled by the
/ GOOD sense of the represe or Eng
| Ind and the United States; but am
| very -ure that such settlement can ohiS
Iva reached by action on the part OF Con-
/ ,,r,ss and Of the President when shall
/ lao as temperate as IL Is nrm' anu wiz"
shsu maintain the Monroe doctrine
wherever it Justly applies. Ihat uoct'lns
Is as important TO us a. the naid"ce ol
rov,er is TO Europe. and those VINO
r,ai,.ain the latter must not attempt to
hreal, down the principle which guards
| tho integrity o. the Americas and protects
! them from the interference OF foreign
| powers" ,,-.t.,,
In the course Of Nr. Lodges historical
I ,s,ie., ~ the Venezuelan boundary ques-
lion he was asked by Mr.. Hin whether
, Venezuela had evsr at any time refused
arbitration.
81 r.fer ~ that" Mr.. Hill explained.
son account OF published interview WIN
Nlr Lincoln. I'm Chicago newspaper,
| in which II is stated that Venezuela had
refused arbitration ,-,.,
~ never met" Mr.. Lodge said. with
| o,v instance in which Venezuela reiuSei
! ari,i,ration. So far as I am aware, she
| has sought arbitration constantly. She
! has rejected one or two OF the ON
promises offered by Great Britain. enc
I reiectod one Of them because or r1at bIl,
tain insisted on the free navigation ot
/ 1uela has eyer rejected arbitration. On
the contrary. she has always s"' sht u.
/ A. another point iu the na fat4Tc Mr'
Lodge cas asked by Mr. Chandler wheih-
rr had discovered any trace
~ tive Indians with whom treaties had
been said to have been made.
81 have not" Mr Lodge replied.
Thev must be concealed the Brush
| casa
At the close Of Mr.. Lodge speech the
! corrosp0ndence on til, subject OF the vice.
/ consulates ar Ereroum ard kharput
,,.as laid before the Senate and referred
~ the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Then Mr.. Mitchell Republcan). Of ORE
eon. offered his resolution in relation 70
| select committees Of the senate ana u
was agreed 10.
REORGANIZATION TOMORROW
This was followed by the Offering. also
| bv NJ Mitchell OF a resolution proVhlhS
for the reorganization by the nepuDlcahs
~ the standing and select committees ot
the Senate from and after Jsnuary !, loso'
The proposed committee nirmbsrship
having been read at theclerk des. MI.
I German said that ii was the uniVersai
cretom in the Senate for the party In the
majority TO control the committees. 10
that there was no objection. IL was the
nroper and orderly way Of conducting the
tf.- ac,,i-s of the Senate But,
owing 70 the fact that II was well-known
nrior 10 .he assembling Of this Congress
that neither OF the great parties -Repunli'
[ can or DemOcratic-was likely 10 nave
clasr ma ;o-ity I'm the Senate. resolution
uas adopted by the Senate continuing the
old committees until otherwise ordered py
the Senate. o.,
"Ue are perfectly aware" Mr.. German
continued. that the Democrats are IN a
minority in this body. We nave not a
clear majority OF all the senator's elected
We do not know as yet that the Repuhli-
cans have clear majority. Ihdl ca"
only be decided by "A vote on the PROPOSE
zion II ,hcv have. they are unquestion'
abiv entitled 20 the adoption of the reso,
b,tion and 10 the entire charge of AL
| The nrincipal committees .of this body
rhen the country will understand per
fectlv who are 20 be held responsible ioi
the conduct Of the business OF this pody
With a view 10 ascertaining that TACT
I shall demand the yeas and nays on the
adoption of this resolution
The vote was then taken ana me
resolution fixing the membership Ct com
mittees was agreed 10: Yeas 5v' nays
%
Five Of the six Popullsts reserved theiI
1o.e-.uarnelv. Messrs. Allen. or Nebraska
ZONES and Stewart. of Nevada; Butler
OF North Carolina. and PETER OF Kansas
Senator KYLE. OF South Dakota. voted
No ,.,.o.
POpUIlSTS INDEPENDENT.
Mr.. Allen declared that the Popuns'
party had 10 afiillation with either Oh ,n'
old parties The Populists mad rea'lnsu
before the meeting Of this Congress tha'
there was a clear majority Of the Senate
in favor Of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver: and hey had been perfectly
willing TO unite it in bringing about
the passage f a free-silver measure
They had sent out invitations 10 tne
,-a.-ctfxar senator's. nut. win tne tA-