The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-22
WOLCOTT'S WHINE.
The Populist Senator Shows
the White Feather to
Great Britain.
MONROE DOCTRINE REPUDIATED
Pugh Wants ALI National Obliga-
tions Paid in Standard
Silver Dollars.
MONROE DOCTRINE REPUDlATED

pINCl Uuildlos
WASHINGTON, Jan. O. 1S96.-After
the routine morning business-the pres
entation of petitions and the introduction
| and reference of bills-Mr. Call's resolu-
tion directing the Secretary of State to-
send to the Senate the dispatches Of
United States Consuls relating to the
war now carried ON in Cuba. was re-
ported back adversely from the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations by Mr.. Sher-
man (Rep., Ohio)-fts chairmaii- and
was, at the request of Mr.. Call (Dem.,
Fla) placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Cullom (Rep., Ill), from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, reported
preamble and concurrent resolution in re-
gard to the Armenian outrages III Tur-
key. The resolution declares it to be an
imperative duty in the interest of hu-
manity, to express the earnest hope that
the European concert brought about by
the treaty of Berlin, be speedily given
its just effect in such decisive meas
ures as shall stay the hand Of fanati-
cism and lawless violence, and as shall
assure to the unoffending Christians of
the Turkish Empire all the rights be-
longing to them, both as men and as
Christians and as beneficiaries Of the
treaty of Berlin; that the President be
requested to communicate the resolution
to- the governments of Great Britain,
Germany. Austria, France Italy ana Rus
sia; and that Congress will support the
President in the most vigorous action
he shall take ia the protection and Sc
curity Of American citizens in Turkey.
suMr Platt (Rep., Comm expressed a
OF ho
made by the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations
Mr.. Gray CDem., Del) member of the
Committee on Foreign Relations. inti-
mated his approval of the concurrent
resolution. but suggested that it lie over
till tomorrow.
The resolution was therefore laid aside
| for future action
Mr.. Plgh's resolution for the payment
OF. government obligations in Standard
silver dollars, having been laid before
| the Senate, Mr.. Hill Dem, N Y.A sug-
gested tl that that, as it would lead to consider
where 1t could be brought up at any
time by majority vote. Would not that,
! ne fl asked, be agreeable to the Senator
No.. SIR" said Mr.. Pugh, IT object to
It's gong on the calendar, and insist
! upon its immediate consideration. 1
bate, II could obtain it,,
That is hardly possible, Mr.. Hill re-
plied in the present status of affairs.
Not with the exercise of the freedom
| of speech possessed SO epinently by the
Senator from New YORK; said Mr..
Ss Then suggest,p said Mr. Hill, aas a
temporary relief ssto-Aa-the- Senate and
country that we lay this resolution aside
| Senator from Colorado GMr Wolcott) de-
sires to speak
Mr.. Woicott Repa Col) intimated that
Mr.. Pugh-"Of course l will yield to
the REQUEST cf the Senator from Colo
riaao' fin but am very anxious to have ac-.
| action upon it whenever it is proper to
do SO. | hope that the next time it
comes up there will be no objection to
Mr.. Wolcott thereupon took the floor
and siaa addressed az res the Senate in condemna-
tive and of Congress in connection with
| the Monroe Doctrine. The speech at
tracted much attention both on the floor
and in the galleries. He made a long
! tedious, stupid harangue, in the course
of which he said
dispassionately discuss the Monroe doc
| trine at this time. 1t was not an easy
or a gracious task to take a position
which apparently involved in the slightest
1 degree the abandonment of that patriotic
fervor which animated the breast of every
citizen where our national pridv or our
| country'S honor was in question There
had been much tension for the past few
weeks The letter of the Secretary of
| p .oldts 70 VII. ,bayafd was, from a dlplo-
nlatic point Of view. almost incendiary
The Fresident's message glowed with
the possibilities of war Members of both
fdS1as, fdpS1asss of Congress not to be outdone
| to the appointment of a Commission with
| feyerish haste, Just what the Commits
sion was to do or how it was to do it,
Mr.. Waicott added, nobody knows. but
| 1t had been created and it now stood
more ere, a menace than guaranty Of peace
| The efforts of the Government to fire
| the national heart had NOT been 1lnaya i'll
| ing, nor was the work difficult This
/ country, he said, had had but two wars
except our own civil conflict and a war
of conquest with the weak government
of Mexico Both of them were with Great
| Britain, and while the past eighty years
/ had seen an entire readjustment of all
| readjustment which ought to make
/ future war with her out Of the question
there We're still lurking some traces of
! the traditional resentment. There is
| discomfort, too. with existing conditions
in many sections of the country and man
felt that any change, even war with a
worse and might bring Improvement.
Mr.. Wolcott droned OH for half an
hour about the alleged crimes of the rail-
ways and the woes of the farmers. He
| closed as follows.
Whatever of advancement and Of
4 progress for. the human race the CEN
i'll my opinion, through the spread of the
/ religion of Christ, and the dominance
of the English speaking peoples, and
| munitfes where freedom exists and law
| is obeyed. Blood is thicker than water,
ai and !, until Il some Just quarrel divides US,
great nations of the same lineage, tradi-
| tons and tongue stand as brothers shoul-
der to shoulder, in the interest of hui
and awaiting. the coming of the day when
| Nation shall mot lift sword against ma
ton, neither shall they learn war any