Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-23

ator rom ColOraoo lMr. w Olcott) desires to speak
 MT. Wolcott, republican, of Colorado, intimated that the course would be agreeable to him.
 MT. Pugh-Of course I will yield to the request of the senator from Colorado; but I am very anxious to have action on my resolution, and I shall press ac- tion upon it whenever it is proper to do so. I hope that the next time it comes up there will be no objection to its con sideration.
 MT. Wolcott thereupon took the floor and addressed the senate in condemua- tion of the proposed extension of the Monroe doctrine and in criticism of the action of the executive and legislative departments of the government on the Venezuelan question. With an ardor and eloquence that arrested the senators on both sides and of crowds in the galleries MT. Wolcott spoke of the aid given by Great Britain to the people of Venezuela in breaking the Spanish yoke, and said that those who were today attacking Great Britain as if she were the oppress- or of Venezuelan liberty would do we'll to read the history of those early and bloody times. If it were not for the he- roic and reckless valor of the British le- zion at one of the decisive battles in that war of independence it was very possible, he said, that Venezuela would not now be free. He spoke contemptuously of the
 
 cent of whom were white, the rest being Indians, negroes, mulattoes and Zambos; and he expressed the hope that the boun- dary line would be found where it would leave the rich gold fields of that region where the English speaking miners would not be subject to the cupidity of Venezuelan parties. but would be under the shelter and protection of the English common law. He spoke of the diplo- matic correspondence of the Venezuelan question as irritating; of the presidents message as ill-advised, and of the ap- pointment of the commission without the invitation of the countries interested as premature and nasty. When he reached that portion of his speech in which he contrasted the present state of affairs with that which existed at the time of the Monroe message and declared that now i've do not desire to acquire an ad- ditional acre of land either north or south of us," he was interrupted by MT. Mitch ell, republican. of Oregon, who said that he would like to know whether, in the event that England should tomorrow ne- gotiate with Nicaragua for the purchase of all the Nicaraguan soil, the govern ment of the United States ought to pro- test, and if so, whether in the name of the Monroe doctrine or in the name of what?
 ator from Oregon" MT. Wolcott said, land then hope I will be permitted to proceed with my speech. We certainly would interfere in the case presented. We would interfere to any extent. Not in the slightest because of the Monroe doctrine, but because of the undoubted and inalienable right we have to pro- tect our interests wherever anybody as- serts to the contrary in any portion of the earth" Applause in the galleries)
 There was no abatement of interest felt in the speech from its opening sentence to its close when MT. Wolcott, with fiery eloquence wound up the speech with the operations in which he apostrophized the two great English speaking nations and expressed the hope that we should always be found standing together as brothers should, shoulder to shoulder, in the interest of humanity, waiting the day when nation should no longer lift sword against nation. There was an outburst of applause throughout the chamber.
 MT Pugh's resolution being still before the senate, MT. Hill. democrat, of New York, offered an amendment to 1t pro- viding that if for any reason silver coin shall not be at a parity with gold coin the United States bonds, now payable in coin, shall be paid in standard gold whenever demanded. He expressed his regret at the resolution being introduced at this time, and said that it could not be passed without full discussion.
 MT. Hill made no further progress in his speech when he was interrupted at D. m by the presiding officer with the statement that the morning hour had ex- pired and that the house bond bill, with the free coinage substitute, was now be- fore the senate as the unfinished busl- ness The bill was discussed by Messrs. Teller, Allen, Platt, Sherman, Cockrell, Gray, Jones of Arkansas, German, Hoar, Aldrich and Lindsay.
 MT German at the close of extended re- marks said II shall never agree, as a matter of course, to vote for any meas ure which I should regard as repudiating in the slightest degree the highest obli- gations of the government in the past. If we have contracted as the executive branch of the government, and as con gress has never negatived, that we are to pay these obligations in gold would pay them in gold no matter how much it cost the people of the country. But when we come to the other question, the free coin age of silver, we may as well admit here, frankly and the country must know it, that as earnest and honest men as there are in the country differ as to what is to be done hereafter. It is question that cannot be decided by a division on this aisle. No majority of the senate can be had on either side. You cannot and can't frown down the convictions of such men as my distinguished friend from Alabama (Mr. Morgan); we cannot ignore the weight of the arguments which they make. We cannot ignore their power in the senate and in the house. nor can we ride rough shod over their sentiments and convictions. This matter should be settled, preserving the honor of the peo- ple of the country so that not the slight est taint shall ever attach to us because of want of faith in paying every obliga- tion of the government But we ought to meet it as all great questions have been met in the past, by fair considera- ton and by fair concessions. so that through our united action we may give the people of the country an opportunity to go on with their affairs and make en- terprise and profit again the order Of the day"
 The discussion continued until 5:3O p. m. when 1t was suddenly brought to a close by a motion to adjourn, and the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
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