The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Senator Stewards Character
istic Populist Speech.
ON BUTLER'S AMENDMENT
Predicts the Utter Failure of
the Popular Loan.
BOND BILL DEBATE POSTPONED
Senator Baker Introduces Resolution
Enunciating an Expansion
of the Monroe
Doctrine.
Doctrine.

Washington, Jan. 9.--The debate on
the Senate free coinage substitute for
the House bond bill was again post
poned to-day owing to the interven-
ton Of Mr.. Stewart, the Nevada PoDu-
list, who insisted upon making a
speech in favor of the Elkins resolu-
tion, as amended by the Butler amend
ment, to prohibit the further sale of
bonds except by the express consent
of Congress.
The free COinags substitute was call
| ed up at the conclusion OF Mr.. Stew
arts speech, and now has the right
of way, so that the debate upon it can
be postponed no longer.
Mr.. Stewards speech to-day predict
ed the failure of the popular loan pro-
position of the administration, init
mated that the loan had already been
underwritten by the gold syndicate,
reiterated the Senator's well known
free silver views and concluded with
an appeal for the financial as well as
the political independence of the Uni
ted States.
In the morning hour Mr.. Baker in
troduced a resolution somewhat ex-
panding the Monroe doctrine and made
speech in favor of it's adoption as a
formal and unequivocal declaration of
our policy with reference to the west
ern hemisphere.
Mr. Frye introduced bill to recon-
venc the delegates to the international
Marine Conference of 1889.
In presenting some petitions from
Norfolk, Va, in favor of liberal appro-
priations for sea coast defenses Mr..
Daniels of Virginia called attention to
the alarm which manifestly existed
in the minds of people along the sea
coasts in view of the rumors of war.
While he thought their apprehensiOns
of bombardment were exaggerated yet
he expressed the belief that our sea
coast cities should be adequately forti-
fed to meet any emergency.
The resolution of Mr.. Baker enun-
ciating an expansion of the Monroe
doctrine was as follows:
"Resolved. That the United States
will regard it as an unfriendly act for
any foreign power, without our con-
sent by war, treaty, purchase or 9th
erwise, to extend it's territory in the
western hemisphere on either of the
American continents or to, or over any
of the islands adjacent thereto which
this country deems necessary for its
self-protection. And the United States
reserves the right to Dc the sole Judge
of the necessity.
THAT the principle herein enunciat-
ed is founded on the law OF self-preser-
vation, which from necessity adheres
in and belongs to every civilized nation
as a sovereign and inalienable right
and this principle is attested by Wash
-ington's farewell address and Presi-
dent Monroe's ever-mCmOrable mes
sage of Dee. 2. 1929
Mr.. Baker made brief speech in adj
yocacy of the resolution. In conclu-
sion he said that while the countries
of Europe were arranging their poll
cies and doctrines for the maintenance
of their national entities it was right
and proper that we should declare to
the world the policy which we advis-
ed and proposed 10 maintain for the
future peace and preservation invio-
late of the western hemisphere.
Mr.. Call Democrat, of Florida) took
occasion before the resolution was re-
ferred to the Foreign Relations com
mittee to cali attention to the war
which the Cubans were so gallantly
and successfully waging for independ-
ence and expressed the hope that the
Committee on Foreign Relations would
report a resolution for the recognition
OF the Cuban belligerents.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Stewarts'S
speech, Mr.. Jones Democrat, OF Ar
kansas) called up the Senate free coin
age substitute for the House bond bill,
but owing to the lateness of the hour
he did not open the debate to-day and
at 3:40 the Senate went into executive
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