The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-23


Mr.. Pugh's resolution for silver payment
OF government bonds came UP under the
rules.
MIR. HIN said It had better go to the
calendar.
Mr.. Pugh responded that he would never
consent TO let the measure be retired ex-
cept by a vote. He yielded. however. to
Mr, Wolcott, saying that he would press
II to passage at every possible oppor-
,uni,y.
Mr.. Wolcott was recognized for his
speech on the Monroe doctrine. The SEN
ator spoke earnestly and was accorded
close attention.
After referring to the message OF Pres,-
ueht cleveland on the Venezuelan ques-
uon ana the appointment of the
commission 10 enlighten tho corntr,
as 10 the true divisional line.
rcearding venezuela and British Gut
una, senator Wolcott said that under tho
circumstances II would ordinarily seem
10 ne the part OF wisdom to refrain from
further public comment on IL subject OF so
sensitive ana delicate character. Tho
resolutions which the committee on for
cign relations had reported, the effect of
which might be. in his opinion. most far
reaching and affecting our policy and re-
iafions towards other friendly govern
ments required. he said, some discussion
and careful investigation. Continuing no
said;
THE few remarks that I shall make
VIII be chiefly to the effect that the Mon
roe doctrine has been misapplicd TO the
pending controversy; that so much OF
President Monroe's message as referred
to the coonizattons OF portions of Ameri-
ca by European powers could have no
application to any boundary dispute now
existing In South America; that the hos
tility to the extension by European pow
ers Of their system to any portion OF this
10 10, NOV i,at hnt
had especial reference to the systems
OF government which were based on
| the divine right of kings. and which are
| directed to the overthrow of republics
wherever existing; that the Monroe doc
| ,rinc was In no wise Intended as Insist
| ing upon representative forms of govern
| ment In this hemisphere recommending
| this government to maintain tho doctrine
| outside its own borders. or except as Its
| own integrity might be affected; that
this country is embarking OH a new pol
| icy from the old one laid down by our
| fathers and that from 1871 until now, con-
! gress has uniformly declined to define the
so-callcd Monroe doctrine or adopt 1t as
| a rule OF action. There has been much
| tension for the past few weeks. The letter
| of the secretary of state to Mr. Bayard
| was, from a diplomatic standpoint. al
! most incendiary. The presidents mes
| sage rlowcd with possibilities OF war;
|
not 10 be outdone urged the presidents
| suggestion ns to the appointment of "a
| commission with feverish haste. Just
| what tho commission Is to do. or how II
| Is 10 do 1t, nobody knows, but we have
created It, and 1t stands as yet moro a
| menace than a guarantee OF peace. Ihe
efforts OF tho government to firc the Ma
| tional heart have not been unavailing.
! nor was the work difficult. There Is
| discomfort. too, with existing conditions
| In many sections OF the country, and We
| feel that any change, even war with u
| foreign country, could not make matters
| worse and might bring Improvement
There are all over the West and South
| mon who work on their farms and find
| the grain they raise little more valuable
| for food than fuel. who know that tho
| railroads which charge them transporta-
| ton on their products are largely owned
| in Great Britain, and either prosperous,
| or II insolvent, are fostered ana protected
| and managed by Fedora. courts. Ihey ~.
| "a Wow with distrust tho close financial
| relations existing between the bankers OF
| tn East and the houses OF London anu
| they would welcome any event. even war,
| that would result, al they DeiieVe wa,
| would. In destroying these reia'iol's, anu
| lead us to rely upon our own resources
| alone and to embrace economic poncies
| Witch would not be dependent upon thosc
| of foreign countries ,r,
| ..rhourhtless and weak and ignorant
| these views may be. Mr.. Presiaeht' put
| the person who denies their cxistehce ID
| M, familiar with the conditions or opih-
~. g., MANY states Of the Union. There
| has never been doctrine more inisuhoer-
| atood or more misapplied than the So
| oaiiod Monroe doctrine. 1T is not ana
| never has been recognized by DINER coun-
| tries and has always been relnseu .ho
| approval of congress. NOT oi'y M"a ,,s,,
| sla ntftnOvnr
,,,ane.t,on hut In all the wars Tor lhue-
| ,,andence fought In swamps ana )unsics
| go q, tho fever-infested districts OF 'ho
,nn,,,nal nroyinces of South Africa ana
In the long struggles for liberty wu,on
| arenched the Spanish colonies W A' ,,o,,,n-
| with the blood of patrio's, pr.''s hottI.
| ,ecra fought ever In the fron' o' a,,a,a
| Without Great y.
| might not be free. oort,,ued
| ,orcs,dent Monroe the senator con,'aa.a'
| ,ss,ad NOT against despotc govern
,,,ants hut against its forcioie eA'e,a $40,
NV Tho dreaded holy alliance IN ,''s 81,
n.y., world of which he stoou IN ".n
erh WIZ, ,ar congress has failed TO
l - Tho Monroe doctrine ofhcihi sanc'loh
sN, a,hor congressional resolution re-
| snoctinv Panama was unnsr ulscua9'v a.
| cnnyr.ss expressly refused 10 coi''i,,t ~
se,s 10 the Monroe doctrine In any ie.in'
In the course Of further remains, So
| nj WplrOtt Salu pau
Soctrine ls essentially doctrine OF se'i
defcnse promulgated for our own pr
servation and no other purpose our
country in 1923 WAS sparsely settled anu
its boundaries but vaguely defined. Iouay
our own borders are defined; our gov,
ernment is eternally planted on Tie eohu
| rock No danger threatens us from
without, We are menaced by no foreign
foe The passage OF resolutions reported
nv the committee at this time can 90 no
good and perhaps little harm, nut ,heif
introduction only adds another rngo. 70
The fire which ought not to be permit.eu
10 burn longer. From point OF view
which am presenting, the d,pionnsuo
corrcspondence was, on the other side,
| unnecessarily Irritating. we nave ina ma.
Il Infinitely more difficult for Great bri'-
ain to accept arbitration. BY our demon
strative diplomacy we are drifting INTO
a position where Great Britains reiusal
| to arbitrate-and she may fuzzy refuse-
will be considered as demanding from us
an earnest protest.
| "Mr. President, we would protect our
country and our country's interests with
our lives but we wage no wars OF con-
quest Facing the dawn. we meet then
| ,ka hard nutstretehed In friendly clasp.