The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-22
STAY THE FANATICS HAND
Foreign Affairs Committee Re:
ports Armenia Resolution.
VIGOROUS ACTION SECONDED
Congress WIN support the President
Take In Protecting Americans In
Turkey-Other Governments To 10
Advised Of 1t.

After the routine Senate morning busi-
ness-the presentation of petitions ana the
introduction and refercUce OF bii,s-Mr.
Calls Resolution directing the Secretary
| OF State TO send to the Senate the dispatches
OF United States coilsuis relating 10 the
| war now carried on i'll Cuba, was reported
back adversely from the Committee ON For
| eign Relations by Mr.. Sherman, It's chair
man, and was, ut the request OF Mr.. Call,
placed on the cE,endar.
Mr.. Cullom, from the Committee Oh For
ign Relations, reported preamble and con-
current resolution In regard To the Armenian
outrases in Turkey.
| The resolution declares IL to he an i'm
| perative duty in the interest of humanity,
| to express the earnest hope that the
| European concert brought about by the
| treaty OF Eerlin, be speedily given its Just
| effect in such decisive measures as shall
| stay the hand OF fanaticism and la wiess
| violence, and as shall assure to the unof-
| Tending Christians OF the Turkish empire
| all the rights belonging to them, both IS
men and Christians, and as bcncficiaries of
the treaty Of Berlin, that the President be
| requested TO communicate the resolution
to the governments OF Great Britain, Ger
many, Austria, France, Italy and Russia;
| and that Congress Will support the Presi-
dent in the most vigorous action he shah
take in the protection and security OF
American citizens in Turkey.
| NO, sir said Mr.. Pugh; Il object TO
| It's going on the calendar. and insist upon
| its immediate consideration. / would
! have n vote upon 1t without debate If l
could obtain IT."
THAT is hardly possible" Mr.. Hill re-
piled, lin the present status of affairs"
| Not with the exercise of the freedom
| OF speech possessed so emineDtly by the
| Senator from New York" said Mr.. Pugh.
Then l suggest" said Mt. Hill, las a
| temporary relief To the Senate and coun-
| try, that we lay this resolution aside
| ard take UP the resolution To which the
| Senator from Colorado, Mr.. wolcott. desires
| to speak"
Mr.. Plat expressed feeling of satisfac-
ton at the report just made by the Commit
tee ON Foreign Relations. ....
1T WILL LIE OVER A DAY.
Mr.. Gray, member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. intimateI his approval
of the concurrent resolution. but suggested
that it lie over till tomorrow. The reSo!u-
ton was therefore laid aside for future
action.
Mr.. Pugh's resolution for the payment of
government obligations in standard silver
dollars, having been laid before the Senate,
Mr.. Hill! suggested that. as it would lead to
considerable debate. it should go to the cal
endar, where IL could be brought up at any
time by "A ma jority vote. Would not that,
he asked, be agreeable to the Senator from
Aiabama2
Mr.. Woicott intimated that that course
would be agreeable to him. '''''
Mr.. Pugh-Of course l will yield to the
request of the Senator from Colorado: but
/ am very anxious to have action ON my
resolution. and / shall press action upon
it whenever II is proper to do SO. hope
that the next time it comes up there VIII
be no objection tu its consideration.
Mr.. WolcOtt thercupon took the floor
and addressed the Senate in condemnation
OF the recent action of the Executive and of
Congress in connection with the Monroe
doctrine. The speech attracted much at
tentiou, both on the floor and in the gall
leries. 1t will be found elsewhere in The
Times.
INTERRUPTED BY MR.. MITCHELL.
when lie reached that portion of his
speech in which he contrastcd the recent
condition of affairs with that which ex-
isted at the time of the Monroe message
and declared that now 1--WE do not desire
to acquire an additional acre of land, either
north or south of u.s." he was interrupted
by Mr.. Mitchell, who said that he would
like to know whether in the event Eng
land should tomorrow negotiate with Mica
ragua for the purchase of all the Mica III guam
soil, the government of the United States
ought to protest, and. if so, whether in the
name of the Monroe doctrine or in the
name of what?
II will answer the question of the Sena-
tor from Oregon" Mr.. wolcott said, land
then hope I will be permitted to proceed
in my speech. We certainly would inter
fere in the case pointed. We would interfere
to any extent Not in the slightest because
of the Monroe doctrine. bat because OF the
uniOubted and inalicnable right we have to
protect our interests wherever anybody as
serts to the contrary, in any portion OF the
earth" tApplause in the galleries)
There was no abatement of interest felt
in the speech from its opening sentence
to its close, and when Mr.. Wolcott, with
fiery eloqucnce. wound up the speech there
was an outburst of applause throughout
the chamber.
Mr.. Pugh's resolution being still before
the Senate, Mr.. Hill offered an amendment
to it, providing that If for any reason silver
coin shall not be at a parity with gold coin,
the United States bonds now pa va BILE in coin
shall he paid in standard gold coin when
ever demanded. He expressed his regret
at the resolution being introduced at this
time, and said that it could not be passed
without full discussion.
Mr.. Hill had made no further progress
in his speech when he was interrupted at 2
p. IN. by the presiding officer with the
statement that the morning hour had ex-
pired. and that the House bond bill. with
the free COMA ge substitute. was now be-
fore the Senate as the unfinished business.
Mr.. Teller addressed the Senate.