The San Francisco call., 1896-02-12
Over an Amendment to Appoint
Expert Money-CounterS
in the Treasury.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS STAND.
It Is Commended by Blanchard OF
Louisiana While Discussing
the Monroe Doctrine.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. lin the
Senate to-day on motion of Hoar (R.) of
Massachusetts, it was ordered that on the
22d of February (Washington's birthday,
Immediately after the reading of the jour-
nal, Washington's farewell address be
read to the Senate by its President pro
tempore.
Quay consented that his resolution for
the recommittal of the House tariff bill
Should go over without action, so as not to
interfere with the consideration of the bill
tomorrow, Morrill, having given notice of
his purpose to ask the Senate to act upon
it then.
The bill as to distribution of seeds was
then taken up and Vests substitute for it
was agreed to and the bill, as amended,
was passed without division. 1t author
ICES and directs the Secretary of Agricul-
ture to purchase and distribute valuable
seeds for the year 1896, as has been done
in preceding years. He is to procure the
seed by open purchase or contract, and
shall not pay more for them than rea-
sonable and fair price.
Blanchard CD of Louisiana addressed
the Senate on the subject of the Monroe
doctrine. He commended the Presidents
stand on the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute and strongly urged that the doctrine
of Monroe be advanced to the dignity of
rule of Governmental authority by affix-
ing to an enlarged scope of it the sanction
of legislative approval. Heretofore his
American policy had remained a mere
dictum of the executive. He insisted that
the time had come when it should be
niv q Iono1 cfaf NV Il
claration-broad, bold, comprehensive,
not made in temper nor menacing, but de-
cisive. While his speech occupied ad-
vanced ground on this theme it was con-
ceived in good temper and breathed a
spirit OF peace and good will toward our
English cousins. He said, among other
things, that while the declarations of the
Monroe message sprang into being by
reason of the imminence of a peculiar
danger then confronting this country,
which it was intended to meet and avoid,
it had still another purpose to serve
They were to furnish the foundation of an
active policy in consonance with them, 10
last for all time. The message was not
merely notice served at the time upon
the allied powers of certain resistance to
be offered to the extension of their opera
tions to this continent. 1t went farther
1t posted notice to endure as long as this
Government endured and to be taken ac-
count OF by all nations. that American
territory was not to be the subject of
further conquest or colonization by the
powers of the Old World.
1--WE endeavored to have these troubles
adjusted by arbitration said Blanchard.
TIaA fost
mission to CeLermine the true boundary
line. This commission will complete its
work and will ascertain what is the true
eastern boundary line of Venezuela and
will definitely report to Congress and the
President. The line thus established will
be adopted by this Government as the true
boundary between Venezuela and British
Guiana. and Venezuela will acquiesce In
the same, withdrawing all pretension to
any territory east of the line. Thereafter
any crossing of this line by an armed force
for the purpose of holding or seizing terri
tory thus determined to be Venezuelan
would be held by us to be tantamount to a
declaration of war against both the United
States and Venezuela and would be re-
sisted accordingly. This is the inevitable
logic of the position we have assumed. 1t
is the doctrine of America for Americans
it is the balance of power idea applied to
America; it is the assertion of the princi-
pie that American questions are for Ameri-
can decisions; the two English-speaking
races should be frank and sincere in their
dealings, their intercourse, their conten-
| tions, ore with the other. Archdeacon
Farrar, in his address on General Grant at
| Westminster Abbey, said: Whatever there
is between two nations to forget and for
give is forgotten and forgiven In like
manner 1 say, wherever there is dispute
| or contention between the two nations lei
| it be settled along lines OF kindred, friend.
| ship and peace.
| At the close of Blanchard's speech q
message from the Presiden on the subject
of the imprisonment in France Of ex-Con.
| sui Waller of Madagascar was laid before
| the Senate.
Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska made some re-
marks in reply to criticisms of the Secre.
tary of Agriculture by Vest CD of Mis-.
souri, and other Senators, and said that the
Secretary was discharging his duties faith
fully and well.
| Wolcott (R.) Of Colorado broke in with
a question whether the Senator coulc
point to a single act of the Secretary tha
would redeem his management of the Of
fee of the contempt intoiwhich it had fall
en?'
Allen contented himself with an explain.
alton of the circumstances under which
the State of Nebraska had received more
than its quota of seeds in 1895.
Vest took up the question again ant
| proceeded to ridicule the pretensions o
the Secretary of Agriculture and to show
up his inconsistency.
Hale (R.) of Maine, who desired to pro
ceed with the urgent deficiency bill, sale
that the Senate had to-day disposed of th'
seed bill and that the discussion was nov
over caput mortuum.
docs the Senator mean,' Wolcot
asked, ''to call the Secretary of Agricultur
a deadhead 2" Langhter.] 81 shoult
like the Senator from Maine to give few
moments longer for further investigation
OF the subject"
Hale declined to yield further, and th'
| urgent deficiency bill was taken up.
| Allen (Pop,l of Nebraska criticized