The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE UNDER DE-
BATE.

and WOICOtt-UtIcUt Of SEVERN icb
sion Extension schemes Resolution,
ON Armenia.
The Monroe doctrine has become tn
leading subject before the senate AM
the debate on it promises to displac
the free silver substitute for the Hous
bond and certificate bill, which i
practically suspended, because tn
silver men want to wait for the arriya
of the Utah senators, while at the SAM
time the tariff bill is still in commit
tee. The situation is one that iustiie
the plant of the Populist PETER tina
all this racket about foreign affairs i.
being worked up to dodge the econ
omic Issues that arc pressing for settle
ment. Two sets radically different
resolutions about the Monroe doctrine,
both from Republican sources and both
attacking Clevcland's position, have
been introduced. One from Sewcll al
New .Icsrcy intcrprets the doctrine as
meaning nothing except where the
United States are directly endangered,
and condemns the president for pre-
mature action in the boundary dispute,
and declares that neither congress nor
the country could be committed by it..
The other by Davis of Minnesota
reported by the Foreign Affairs commit
toe Monday, overrides the presidents
limitation of the doctrine to cases of
"forciblc'' seizure or extension OF
territory and maintains that the at
tempt of any European power to take
or acquire any new or additional terri
tory on the American continents, or
any island adjacent thereto, or control
of the easement in any canal or any
other means of transit across the
American Isthmus. by or through
force. purchase, cession, occupation.
pledge, colonization or protectorate,
whether under unfoundud pretcnsion
of right in cases OF alleged boundary
ldipsutes, or under any other Unbound
ed prctension, is not to be permitted.
1t is blunt Reputation of Mr. Clcve
lands assertion that ANY adjustment
of the boundary which Venezuela may
deem for her advantage, and may enter
into for her own free will, cannot of
course be objected to by the United
States. But still after all this sound
and fury, it makes itself ridiculous by
limiting is applicability to "any case
or instance as to which the United
States shall deem such attempt to be
dangerous to its peace or safety.
The clause about "canal easements
is most significant, for it is obviously
applicable to the effort which is being
made by English capitalists in Nicara-
qua to have revoked the charter of the
| American company for the Nicaraguan
canal, with view to the formation Of
a new English company.
1t was supposed when the Davis res
olutions were reported, that they would
60 through with rush, but unexpect-
ed opposition develops. Senator Gray
disscnted from the rest of the commit
tee and no less than 10 Republicans and
% Democrats are now counted against
it. They quickly defeated the plan of
the jingoes to have it debated in secret I
session only, so it begins to be doubt
full if the resolutions can 60 through I
the senate, and if they do they are
certain to be defeated in the House,
where maioriy of the Foreign Affairs
committee are known to be against
them. Cleveland expresses himself |
vigorously TO the effect that they go
too far. The chief speech OF the de-
bate thus far is that of Sewell Monday
who argued that Cleveland's position
was far in advance of what was con-
templated in the Monroe doctrine and
that the effect of it would be the es-
Establishment of a protecAorate over
Mexico and over each of the South and
Central American states which would f
be hasty. reckless, violent, if they found
that they were to be protected by the
United States, and this country would
find itself thereby involved in inter
trouble
Senator Wolcutt made an elaborate
speech Wednesday not only against the
application of the Monroe doctrine to
the Venezuelan dispute, but against
the whole doctrine itself as having any ,
relation to modern conditions. He
agreed that what Monroe said about
civilization" certainly did not apply 6
TO any boundary, dispute that the hos +
tility TO the extension by European :
powers of their systems to any portion Y
IF this hemisphere, as expressed in i,
The systems of government which we're t /
BASED on the divine rights of kings /,
md which were directed to the over u
throw of all republics wherever exist u
ng that the Monroe doctrine twas in h
,owise intended as insisting upon Re n
forms of government IN this u
or as committing this gov Il
,rnment to maintain the doctrine out :,
ide its own borders or except as its !.
'wn integrity might be affected His Il
was about the brotherhood r
# the English and American peoples {,
nd the Importance of the supremacy
+ the Anglo Saxon race throughout r.
he world to the perpetuation of free r
and high political and q
aoral ideas w
The senate is in for period of long m
pcccheS. The Monroe resolutions re- II
ortcd Monday will be debated at CON -,
iderable length. Senator Warren of W
Wyoming gives notice of speech on n.
he price of farm animals, in which n
c will take up the shrinkage on sheep. f.
hitch is attributed by the protection n,
SIS TO the German law. Senator r.
ones of Arkansas, who is managing 60
nc silver substitute for the bond bill, h,
as asked when he would be ready for W.
vote. and replied that there were lSr
,vveral speeches yet to be made. ldr
The House is at work on the appro- GA
ration bills. the military academy al
i'll being the one now before it. The r;
ension bill went through a long tour I'm
speech making. Probably no less we
ian 80 Republicans members have an
lied the occasion to declare their I'M
ring devotion to the veteran and their
)ror and detestation of the admins
alton of the pension Office by Com he
issioner Lochren and Secretary Hoke Dt
NTH. Bartlett of New York made a an
lucky fight, and in the main success Ay
/ one, against any further increases thi
pension. Under the rules of the les
nuse new legislation must not be in alt
Oduccd into general appropriation