The herald., 1896-01-29
Finance and Foreign Affairs
Occupy the Senate
JONES' TEST OF ENDURANCE
Will Be Applied When Voting on Bonds
Begins
The House Passes the Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriation Bill Almost With.
out Discussion
Associated Press Special Wire.

and finance occupied the attention or the
senate today. Mr.. Thurston of Nebraska
vigorously upheld strong application of
the Monroe doctrine, and was at times
warmly applauded for the heroic ring of
his sentiments.
Senator Turpis of Indiana touched on
the Turkish atrocities in a brief but very
energetic speech, in which he declared
that the resolution just passed by congress
should be followed by a blow-a shot
which would crash through the sultan's Sc
raglio, sweeping back Mohammedanism
and advancing Christianity.
Mr.. Voorhees, of Indiana, who was until
recently chairman of the finance commit
tee, spoke in advocacy of the remonetza-
ton of silver, and sharply arraigned those
responsible for the elimination OF silver
from the coinage.
Mr.. Gray, Democrat of Delaware, urged
the advantage of a gold standard. His
speech was notable in its presentation OF
the fluctuations of prices, showing them to
result from intention and natural causes,
and not from silver demonetization.
Mr.. Clarke, Republican of Wyoming,
spoke in favor of silver coinage.
Another effort was made by Mr.. Jones.
Democrat of Arkansas, in charge of the
silver-bond bill, to have the vote fixed for
Thursday.
Mr.. Hill objected and Mr.. Jones notified
the senators to prepare for a test of endur-
ance on Thursday, as he would ask them
to sit until vote was taken.
A fruitless discussion of the resolution
to inquire into the arrest of Eugene V.
Debs occurred during the day, but action
was deferred until tomorrow.
The prayer of the senate chaplain re-
ferred to the appearance of another star
Utah-in the constellation of the states.
and he invoked the knitting together of the
hearts of. all the people of the Union for
the advancement and glory OF our beloved
country.
Turpie, Democrat, of Indiana, in pre-
senting petition concerning the Turkish
massacres, said the Armenians were
charged with no revolt, but only with being
Christians. The time has come, said the
senator, that there should be an official
notification to Turkey and to the Moham-
medan church that there had been a deca-
dence in their power to proselyte with the
sword. We already had sent the message,
said the senator, referring TO the concur
rent resolution, "but il should be followed
by shot which would go crashing through
the grand seraglio." The senator urged
that it would be a glorious day when the
destruction of this Turkish power was
brought about. The senator urged that the
Christian world might now be called upon
to take up another graat crusade of driv-
ing back the rule of Mohammedanism and
spreading the rule of Christianity. Turpie
spoke with great earnestness and viger and
his remarks attracted much attention.
Allen, Nebraska, gave notice of an
amendment to the pending silver bond bill,
depriving the secretary of the treasury of
the power to issue bonds unless suthority
is granted by congress.
Calls resolution for the investigation of
the arrest of Eugene V. Debs, was taken
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saying the laboring interest of the country
desired the inquiry.
Hill, New York, said ordinarily he had
great respect for laboring people, but he
had never heard they desired this investi-
CATION. If such an inquiry was desired it
should be conducted by one of the regular
committees. He offered an amendment
directing that the subject be investigated
by the committee on judiciary, and re-
port be made if any legislation is neces-
sary.
Mr.. Call said the amendment was in
tended to suppress this inquiry. He spoke
vigorously upon the indgnities and wrongs
against Eugene V. Debs, because he VEN
tured to express opinions contrary to those
entertained by the court. The senator said
this inquiry was vital to the preservation
of civil liberty and the inviolability of the
personal rights of The individual.
Mr.. Hill said he would not be put into
the attitude of opposing the inquiry. He
paid high tribute to Debs and said the
action he urged was with view to securing
appropriate legislative action.
Mr.. Allen, who severely criticised Judge
Woods, created flutter of excitement by
asserting that in his opinion the express
purpose for referring the resolution to a
standing committee was to suppress and
kill it. 1t was an adroit means of sending
a resolution to the clark caverns" of the
senate.
The resolution finally went over to
allow Thurston Of Nebraska to address the
senate on the Monroe doctrine. He freely
criticised the attitude of Senator Wolcott,
and supported the stand taken by the
president.
Senator Thurston said in part:
1.-THE adoption of the resolution reported
by the committee on foreign affairs will
present a grand international issue which
may hold much menace to the worlds
peace; an issue which | sincerely hope and
profoundly believe will be resolved to the
abiding peace and honor and permanency
of this republic, but which it is useless to
deny may precipitate upon our beloved
country all the disasters and horrors and
sacrifices which would inevitably follow
should the two great English speaking ma
tons of the globe remit their differences to
arbitrament of arms. l cannot assume
tie responsibilities. dare not vote for
the pending: resolution without first SUBJ
InltIlIlR 10 tue ueIDeTdte Ol IIldu-
kind and the dispassionate criticism of
posterity some OF the reasons which seem
to make my path of duty plain.
"Were there nothing at stake but mere
adjustment of boundary line between
Venezuela and British Guiana / should
hesitate long and seriously before voting to
commit this government to any interfer-
ence. 1t is difficult to believe and impos-
sible to demonstrate that our honor is in
volved, our prestige threatened, or our
tranquility disturbed by any disposition
which can possibly be made of distant
strip of South American marsh and noun
tain. But the present question rises high
above any Venezuelan dispute. The Brit
ish prime minister, the accredited mouth
piece of the strongest empire of christen-
dom. has seen fit to officially declare and
to advise this government that the Monroe
doctrine has no place in the law of nations
and is not accepted or recognized by any
European power. The challenge THUS
broadly thrown down by Great Britain
must be taken up by this republic, or the
Monroe doctrine is thing of the past.
s'Mr. President, the British position blunt
1y, almost insolently stated by Lord Sails
bury, has been reasserted from this floor,
clothed in such splendid rhetoric and pre-
sented with such fervid eloquence as even
to win American applause. l unhesitat-
ingly assume that the applause was for the
matchless ability of the orator, and not for
the sentiment of his address. cannot be-
lieve that the views of the senator from
Colorado will commend themselves to the
deliberate judgment of the American
people. They may be satisfactory to the
money-changers. England can crack the
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