The San Francisco call., 1896-02-18
No Protests Were Made When the
Principle Was Applied to
Cuba and Havana.
OTHER MATTERS IN THE SENATE
Villas Seeks to Secure the Appointment
of Two Extra Military Cadets
in Each State.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 17.-In the
| Senate to-day the Senatorial election case
from the State of Delaware was reported
back from the Committee on Privileges
! and Elections by Mitchell (R.) of Oregon,
its chairman, the report being in favor of
| the right OF Dupont to the seat. The views
of the minority, adverse to that PROPOSE
ton, are to be submitted tomorrow and
| the question is to be taken up fer the ac-
ton of the Senate as soon as possible.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts, in present
ing a petition from Marc A. Shipley for
the establishment of the oath of June the
anniversary of the discovery of the North
American coast by John and Sebastian
| Cabot in 1897, as a National holiday, a sked
Hill Cd OF New York as to the committee
to which he thought it should be referred
He remarked that the bill to make Lin
coins birthday National holiday had
| been reported from the Committee on Lii
brary, while Hill's bill for Jackson day
had been referred TO the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Hills reply WAS that in his opinion all
of the bills on the subject should be re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, and he
suggested that the Lincoln bill now on the
calendar should be sent to that commit
tee. He expressed a doubt whether Con-
gress had the power to establish any Ma
tional holiday except for the District of
Columb bia and the Territories.
Hale (R.) of Maine, the author OF the
Lincoln holiday bill, objected to Its being
taken from the calendar and referred.
Hoar's petition, however, was referred
IN tho Tu6jpiary aS E;lIIs 10
been.
a resolution was offered by Allen (Pop.)
of Nebraska, and was agreed to, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
ton as to the amounts in the treasury on
March 4, 1889, and March 4, 1888; whether
there has been any diminutlon of reve-
nue., and if SO from what source.
Morgan ID OF Alabama offered reso-
luton, which was agreed to, calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for reports of
treasury agents in the year OF 1894 as to
hunting and destruction of fur seals on the
Pribyloff Islands and in Bering Sea-
| A message was received from the House
of Representatives notifying the Senate
| that its amendment to the House bond
| bill-the free coinage substitute-had been
disagreed to by the House. The sugges-
tion as to the conference was made.
| A resolution was offered by Mitchell (R.) J
Of Oregon, on the subject of the salmon
fishery industry on the Columbia River
and Mitchell gave notice that he would
submit remarks on the subject at an early
Fdate.
Vest (D.) OF Missouri called up the let-
ter from the Secretary OF Agriculture in re-
ply 10 his resolution as to cattle quarantine
lines in Texas and the Southwestern States
and addressed the Senate in opposition to
the views of the Secretary. The Secre-
tary's letter was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Sale of Meat
| Products.
The resolution reported on the goth of
January bySDavis (R.) Of Minnesota, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, rela-
tive to the application and enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine, was laid before the
| Senate. The resolution, omitting the pre-
amble, is in these words:
ReSolued, By the Senate (the House of Repre-
! sentatives concurring) that the United States
! OF America reatfirms and confirms the doctrine
and principles promulgated by President Mon
| roe in his message of December 18, 1923, and
| declares that it will assert and maintain that
| doctrine and those principles and will regard
any infringement thereof, and particularly
any attempt by any European power to take
or acquire any new or additional territory on
the American continents, or any islands ada
| cent thereto, or any right of sovereignty or do
mlnlon in the same in any case or instance as
| to which the United States shall deem such at
tempt to be dangerous to It's peace or safety, or
| by or through force, purchase, cession. occu
patton, pledge, colonization, protectorate or
| by control OF the easement in any canal OF any
other means OF transit across the American
| isthmus, whether under unfounded preten-
| sion OF right in cases of alleged boundary dis
| putes or under any other unfounded preten-
| sions, as the mani festation of an unfriendIy
| disposition toward the United States and as an
interposition which it would be impossible In
any form for the United States to regard with
| indifference.
Davis proceeded to address the Senate in
support of the resolution. He apologized
in advance if he should appear too prolix
III his discussion of the origin of the Mon
| roe doctrine, Its character and nature the
various phases of the National existence
| to which il bad been applied and to some
extent the present controversy.
The Monroe doctrine might be fairly
summed up as follows: That the Ameri-
as subject to future colonization by any
European power; that the United States
| should consider any attempt on the part
of such powers to extend their system to
any portion of the hemisphere as danger
Gus to the peace and safety of the United
States, and that any interposition by a
European power for the purpose of op-
| pressing any of the people on the CONT
| nent should be considered as the>manifes-
| tation of an unfriendly disposition toward
| the United States.
Davis then quoted from diplomatic cor
| respondence relative to Cuba dating from
| early In this century down to the present
| day to show that the Monroe doctrine had
been invoked and applied. This Govern
ment had declared on various occasions
When the possible sale by Spain OF that
island was limited at that it would not per-
INIT the transfer of Cuba to any other gov
ernmenl, and yet no one had ever asserted
| that this advanced position was viola
ton OF the Monroe doctrine.
| Davis, quoting from history, showed