The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-31
POPS KEEP OUT OF IT
The Senate Resolution for Reorgani-
sation Adopted, 80 to 8.
A STRICT OLD PARTY VOTE
Mr.. Lodge Delivers an Inter e sting
Address on the Monroe Doc
trine-A Number OF Bills intro
duced-Large Attendance.

Washington, Dec. 30.-There was a
large attendance of the senators in an
ticipation of the vote on the reorgani-
zation, and the galleries were well
filled with holiday spectators. PETER
| presented resolutions from several @.
A. r. posts In Kansas, offering their
services to the United States in the
event of war with Great Britain.
Chandler, who has been waging war
against the Interstate commerce COM
mission for not putting a stop to pool
Ing arrangements, introduced a bill to
enlarge the interstate commerce COM
mission and modify and increase the
scope Of Its powers.
Brice offered resolutions instructing
the secretary of war to make an ex-
animation of physics and hydraulics
OF the great lakes and report on the
feasibility and cost of raising the level
OF the lakes by a series Of dams.
Chandler offered a resolution calling
on the committee on naval affairs to
inquire into the prices paid by the
United States for armor plates; as to
whether they were reasonable: as to
whether they were In excess of the
prices charged foreign governments;
as to whether the prices had been in
creased by reason of new patent pro-
cesses. and whether the navy depart
ment could expedite the granting of
those patents. and whether any off,
GERS Of the United States were inter-
ested in these patent processes.
Lodge then took the floor to deliver
an address on the Monroe doctrine.
Before he began Mitchell, republican,
Oregon. chairman of the republican
caucus committee. gave notice that at
the conclusion of Lodges remarks he
should ask the senate to take up the
question Of reorganizfng the commit
tees. Lodges address was listened to
with attention by the senate. He gave
very interesting sketch of the his
tory of the Monroe doctrine and told
how II was vitality involved in the Ven
ezuelan boundary line controversy. He
followed this with a 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 well-settled policy
of the United States. II England. with
no authority but a disputed claim.
seized territory and declined arbitra-
tion upon II, her action, he declared.
did not differ from seizing and hold
ing new territory in the Americas by
right of conquest II she could seize
territory under a claim which had
grown larger with each succeeding
year. there was nothing to prevent 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 coun-
try of British subjects on the disputed
territory. But the question of repara-
tion, he declared, must not be mixed
up with the acquisition of territory II
Venezuela paid the indemnity fixed
and demanded by Great Britain she
ACKNOWLEDGED in so doing that the dis
puted territory is British territory 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 boundaries. We want the matter
OF boundary dispute settled by arbitra-
ton, because IL II is settled otherwise
IT Will be a blow to the vital principle.
to the welfare and the dignity of the
United States. He did not believe the
people of England had the least desire
to engage in hostilities with the United
States any more than we sought or de-
sired hostilities with them.
I'VE have" said Senator I,odre
''seen British forces at Corinto. We
know the attitude they assume in Ven
ezuela. They are attempting to take
land on the Alaskan boundary. They
have just denounced the modus vi
vendi and reopened the periious dis
pute OF the seal fisheries. 1t is not by
accident that these events have all oc-
CURED or all come to the acute stage
within the past year" The senator
closed by expressing the belief that
the questions between England and the
United States would be peaceably set
tied, but 1T was very clear that such
settlement could only be reached by
action on the part of congress and the
president, which should be as firm as
1t was temperate, and which should
maintain the Monroe doctrine abso-
lutely and at all hazards. wherever II
Justly applied
Lodge occupied the floor almost two
hours. When he finished Mitchell Of
Oregon presented a resolution for the
reorganization of the senate commit
tees.
German. in a brief speech. developed
the tactics of the democrats. evidently
TO show that il the senate was reor-
ganiZed IL could be done only by an
alliance OF the republicans and the
populists. He said IL was well known
when the sente met that neither OF the
great parties had a majority. I'VE
know on this side" he continued. that
we did not have a majority and we
are not yet certain that the other has;
that can only be determined by a vote.
IL they have. they are entitled to con-
troll the committees and then the coun-
try can understand that they are in
control and responsible for legislation
in this chamber"
German therefore demanded the yeas