The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-24

ing in the fact that the economical law
of tariff on wool had been. after so
years. overturned by the Wilson bill.
that browning infamy that the senate
first pitied, then endured, then en-
braced. He closed by urging to right
about face change. unAmerican policy.
and stop the gold drain by the collec-
ton OF gold for imports.
At O'Clock Daniel addressed the
senate on the Monroe doctrine. AS
Daniel was about to begin, Aldrich rose
to inquire of Jones OF Arkansas, In
charge of the silver bond bill, when
vote would be taken, for, said Aldrich,
the republican senators were anxious to
have a vote taken. Jones replied that
he had intended to ask unanimous con-
sent that some day next week be fixed
for the vote. but he would not inter-
rupt the senator from Virginia.
1T will take only a moment" replied
Aldrich.
Il do not wish TO interrupt the SEN
ator from Virginia" replied Jones, and
Daniel proceeded with his speech.
To begin with Senator Daniel held
that least of all the nations of the
earth could Great Britain fifty object
to the assertion of the Monroe doctrine
by the United States, for in the lam
guage Of Edward Everett ii was an
nounced not merely with the approval
OF the British minister of foreign af-
fairs, but had his earnest and
oft-repeated solicitation. Least of
all nations, did IL become her
to contend that it was not recognized
as international law because II was
not founded on the general consent of
nations, for Great Britain herself in
volved the United States to it's utter
ance not only without the consent, but
as well against the strong menaces of
France, Austria, Russia and Prussia.
Least of all nations could Great Brit
ain fairly controvert that governmental
policy which underlay the Monroe doc
trine, for she, foremost and most con-
spicuously of all nations. had inter-
vened in the affairs of the world at
large, not only whenever her peace and
safety were even remotely involved,
but also wherever and whenever her
capital could be invested. her COM
merce expanded or territorial aggran-
dizement be exercised.
Even as TO the existing dispute with
Venezuela, we perceived the outcrop-
ping of her own Monroe doctrine, so to
speak, by her demand in a cession to
Venezuela at one time proffered, that
no portion of the territory proposed to
be ceded should be allenated at any
time to a foreign power. And with no
better grace could Great Britain per-
sist in repelling the manifold overtures
made to her for arbitration.
The senator referred to the two sets
of resolutions pending in the sepate.
Those proposed by the committee on
foreign relations he regarded as simply
embodying a detailed statement of the
Monroe doctrine as embraced in the
more general language in which IL was
uttered. The resolutions offered by the
senator from New Jersey seemed 10
him to misinterpret the history and TO
pervert the plain language of the Mon
roe doctrine. THE charge that the
presidents action was premature and
imprudent in view of our business and
financial condition seems to me super
fetal criticism. The financial crisis
may last five years or ten years more.
Meantime, are the United States TO
take no cognizance of great affairs, but
sit down supinely and let the wide
world wag as II will? The declaration
that the executive committed us to a
protectorate over Mexico and the Cen
trail and South American states is far
fetched"
The senator then showed how the
doctrine had been upheld by various
presidents. The civil war, vast and
engrossing as IL was. had caused no
interruption in the assertion of the
Monroe doctrine, and under most diff
cult and trying circumstances the ma
ton still held aloft that oriflamme
Daniel closed at o'clock, being &C
corded hearty applause.
At o'clock the senate went into
executive session and at $40 p. m. ad-
journed.