The record-union., 1896-02-18

Application and Enforcement of the
Monroe Doctrine Laid Before the
Senate and Discussed at Length by
Senator Davis of Minnesota.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-In the Sem
ate to-day the Senatorial election case
from the State of Delaware was re-
ported back from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections by Mitchell
(Rep) of Oregon, it's Chairman, the re-
port being in favor ofthe right of Dupont
to the seat. The views of the minority,
adverse to that proposition, are to be
submitted tomorrow, and the question
is to be taken up for the action of the
Senate as soon as possible.
Another proposition for a national
holiday was presented to-day by Hoar
(Rep.) of Massachusetts in the form Of
a memorial. 1t is to be the 24th of June
and is to commemorate the first sight
ing of the North Atlantic Coast by John
and Sebastian Cabot in 1897. 1t was
referred to the Judiciary Committee, to
which had already been referred Hills
bill for jackson Day." the 10Th of
March
The resolution heretofore reported
from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions for the application and enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine was taken
up, so as to allow Davis (Rep) of Min
nesota-its author-to address the Sen
ate in support of it.
He did so in a speech which occupied
about an hour and a half in its deliv-
cry. He spoke of the condition of our
foreign relations having ameliorated
within the last month, and said that if
that amelioration was the result of any
consession of the principles of the Mon
roe doctrine, the American people would
rise up in condemnation of it.
The United States, he said, under the
Monroe doctrine and under the resolu-
tion assumed no responsibility whatever
for the conduct of South American
States toward foreign nations. and none
of these Governments was to expect
exemption from the chaStisement Of war
by any foreign. power. The interven-
tion of the United States was to be when
and only when the act threatened or
proposed by a foreign power might be
dangerous to the peace and safety of
the United States
These were the general lines on which
Davis speech was constructed. Its de-
livery was listened to with great inter
est by Senators and by crowded gall
leries. No action was taken on the
resolution
After the speech the military academy
appropriation bill was gone through
withdrawing pending at the adjourn
ment an amendment offered by Villas
Oem.) of Wisconsin, providing for the
appointment by the President of two
additional cadets from each State.
Hoar (Rep) of Massachusetts,, in pre-
senting a petition from Mare A. Ship
ley for the establishment of the 24th of
June, the anniversary of the discovery
or the North American coast by John
and Sebastian Cabot in 1897, as a ma
tional. holiday, asked Hill (Dem.) of
New York as to the committee to which
he thought it should be referred. He
II marked that the bill to make Lin
coins birthday national holiday had
been reported from the Committee on
the Library, while Hills bill for a
Jackson's day had been referred to the
judiciary Committee
Hills reply was that in his opinion
all of the bills on the subject should be
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
and he suggested that the Lincoln bill
now on the calendar should be sent to
that committee. He expressed a doubt
whether Congress had the power to
establish any national holidays except
for the District of Columbia and the
Territories.
Hale (Rep.) of Maine, the author of
the Lincoln holiday bill, objected to its
being taken from the calendar and re-
ferred
Hoar's petition was, however. referred
to the Judiciary Committee, as HilPs
had been
A resolution was offered by Allen
(Pop) of Nebraska, and was agreed to.
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to the amounts in
the Treasury on March 4, 1889, and on
March 4, 1893; whether there has been
any diminution of revenue and if SO
from what cause.
Morgan (Dem) of Alabama offered
a resolution, which was agreed to. call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury
for reports of Treasury agents in the
year of 1894 as to the hunting and de-
struction of fur seals on the Pribyloff
Is anus anu III t1enT1nS sea.
A message was received from the
House of Representatives notifying the
Senate that its amendment to the House
bond bill (the free coinage substituted
had been disagreed to by the House.
The suggestion as to the conference was
made
The report of the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections in favor of admit
ting Mr.. Dupont as a Senator from the
State Of Delaware was presented by
Mitchell (Rep.) of Oregon, Chairman
Of the committee, and it was stated on
the part Of the minority of the commit
tee that their views would be ready for
presentation tomorrow. No order was
therefore made as to the report
A resolution was offered by Mitchell
(Oregon) on the subject of the salmon
fisheries industry on the Columbia
River and Mitchell gave notice that
he would submit remarks on the sub
ject at an early date.
Vest (Dem) of Missouri called up the
letter from the Secretary of Agricult-
ure in reply to his resolution as to cat
tie quarantine lines in Texas and the
Southwestern States, and addressed the
Senate in opposition to the views of
the Secretary. The Secretary's letter
was referred TO the Committee on
Transportation and the Sale of Meat
Products.
The resolution reported on the Goth
of January by Davis tRep.) of Minne-
sofa from the Committee on Foreign
Relations relative to the application
and enforcement of the Monroe doctrine
was laid before the Senate. The reso-
luton. omitting the preamble is in
these words: