The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-18
ANOTHER HOLIDAY BILL.
scheme to Honor the Memory Of bis.
cOverer Sebastian. CabOt-Davis on
Monroe Doctrine An Attack on Secrc.
tary Morton in the House.

cOverer Sebastian CabOt-Davis on
Monroe Doctrine An Attack on Secre.
tary Morton in the House.
Washington, Feb. lin the senate
today the senatorial election case from
the state of Delaware was reported
back from the committee on privileges
and elections by Mr. Mitchell (Rep..
Ore.) it's chairman, the report being
in favor of the right Of Mr.. 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 w for action of the
senate as soon as possible. Another
proposition for n national holiday was
presented today by Mr.. Hoar, rep,
Mass.) in the form of memorial 1t Is
to be the oath of June and Is to COM
memorate the first sighting of the
North Atlantic coast by Sebastian
Cabot in 1897. 1t was referred to the
judiciary committee, te which had al
ready been referred Mr.. Hill's (Dem.,
n. " bill for jackson day" the 18th
of March.
The resolution heretofore reported
from the committee ON foreign relations
for the application and enforcement OF
the Monroe doctrine was taken up, so
as to allow Mr.. Davis (Rep., Minn.)-
support of it. He did So, in speech
which occupied about an hour aud u
half in it's delivery. He spoke of the
conditions of our foreign relations hav-
ing amelioratcd within the last month,
and said that If that amelioration was
the result of any concession of the
principles Of the Monroe doctrine. the
American neOple would rise up in con-
demnation of ii. The United States, he
Suil upIa,. tha Monroe and
under the resolution, assumed no re-
sponsibility whatever for the conduct
of South American or Central Ameri
can states towards foreign nations; and
none of those governments was tO eX
pect exemption from the chaStisement
of war by any foreign power. The in
tervcntlon Of the United States was to
be when. and only " hen the act threat
ened or proposed by foreign power
might be dangerous to the peace and
safety of the United States. Those
were the general lines on which Mr.
Davis speech was constructed. Its
delivery was listened IL with great in
terest by senators and by crowded gal
leries. No action was taken on the res
olutiun.
Agriculture in the House
The house today resumed the con-
sideration of the agricultural appro-
pflatlon Dlll ana the attack upon Secre
tary Morton and his policy filed in most
of the time Of the spssi n. This led
Mr.. Pearson OReo.. y. O. to ask if
there were not some one In the house to
defend the secretary. rs there not"
he queried, "a Democrat. Republican
or PoDuliSt who can stoop thus low?'
The committee recommendatiO ion dispen-
sing with a chief clerk of the depart
ment was not agreed to. and the ap-
preparation was restored
The urgent deficiency bill was sent
to conference.
a bill was passed providing for the
examination and classified tion of GER
tain lands in California
a resolution was reported from the
ways and means committee and agreed
to, calling on the secretry of the treas
ury for information in detail as to the
proceeds of the sale of the bonds under
the resumption act of 1875: of the re-
demption of greenbacks. national bank
notes and treasury notes since 1879; the
movement of legal tenders in bank re-
serves and in the treasury: what be-
came of the proceeds of the bond sales
and from what source the treasury
derived the money to meet the excess
of governn:,nt expenditures over re-
ceipts.
When the house at sos adjourned un-
til tomorrow. the pending question was
an amendment to the agricultural bill,
providing for the purchase and distri
hutiOn Of seeds