The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-29
TuRPIE AND THURSToN TALK.
TURKEY DENOUNCED AND THE
MONROE DOCTRINE UPHELD.

The Senator From Indiana in Favor
of Following n Warming to the
sultan With a Cannon Ball Fired
Into His SeragIiO-The NebrasI1an
in Favor of Picking Up the Gaunt-
let Thrown Down by Great Britain.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-Three speeches
we're made in the Senate to-day on the
House bond bill with the free coinage
substitute from the committee on finance.
TWO of them were in favor of the sub
stitute and one against it. The former
were made by Senators Clark, rep, of
wyoming and VOORHEES,, dem, of Indiana,
the latter by Senator Gray, DEM, of Della
ware.
Notice Of an amendment was given by
Mr.. Teller. rep, of Colorado, requiring the
payment of national bank notes in coin
when presented for redemption at the
bank of issue. An Intellectual effort was
made to get unanimous consent to have
the bill voted on next Thursday The OBJ
lection came from Mr.. Hill.
Mr. Turpie dem, of Indiana, in pre-
sentng a memorial on the subject of the
Armenian horrors, INDUCED in fierce
invective against the sultan and Mahomet-
tanism
'"The only charge against the Arme-
Mans" he said, their only crime was
being Christians. The time had come,
he said, when an official notification
should be given to Turkey and to the
Mohamedan church that they must cease
to proselytize by the sword"
The sway of the Turk, he said, was only
endured and supported on account of those
International jealousies that clustered
around the transatlantic segment of the
Mediterranean called the balance of
power in Europe. The Turks ought to
be notified that they must erase from
their book of discipline that practice of
the Mahomedan church which makes use
Of arson and murder to suppress the
Christian faith, and he would have that
notification followed by a shot which
would go crashing through the grand Sc
raglio He was in favor of giving the
sick man of the Bosphorous" the coup
oegrace and Of ending his life and system
by dissolution and destruction.
II was time that those murderers ana
assasstns should know who He was that
was born to the world at Bethlehem
and was raised at Nazareth, and that
Nhen He comes again to punish sucn
Wretches as those He brings with him
Mr. Turpie spoke with intense vehe>
mence and bitterness and his speech at
uacted marked attention.
Mr. Allen, pop, of Nebraska, gave no
zee of an amendment to the bond and
free coinage bill-depriving the Secretary
q the Treasury of the power 10 issue
ponds or other interest-bearing obliga>
IONS or the government unless congress
snall hrst declare a necessity therefor.
Inc resolution heretofore Offered by Mr..
Call for a special committee to investi-
gate the case of the imprisonment OF
Eugene " DebS QabOr LEADER for con-
Tempt OF court was laid before the Sem
aye and Mr.. Call said that he had offered
eae resolution at the request of a labor
Mr.. Hill said that ordinarily he had very
EIeat respect for the laboring people Of
ne United States, but he was not aware
ttudJ any commit nication from the labor
ing people asked the Senate for the pro-
posed investigation. If it was to be made
nc thought it should be by one of the
tttduulhg committees of the Senate. he,
sslerelore, offered an amendment instruct
ny me judiciary committee to inyestic.
sate the whole subject of contempts of
NgSqIJ as enforced by federal courts.
NJ. Mccall opposed the amendment and
Spoae OF the standing committees of the
nnate as the sepulchers OF popular
4 DSotSeinents for reform and Of Eugene "
an and DIS great leader, a man OF power
Il ''iq representative man.
Il NE, Mr. Hill argued that as the question in
4 f'age9 was judicial one, it should be re-
si5tteu 10 the judiciary committee BE
-, ne said, the Debs case had been al
n.y. decided in the supreme court-to
as eHect that his Imprisonment was legal.
81. Allen asserted that the supreme
FL mad done nothing of the kind. 1t
n b6 ta merely decided that the writ of ha-
n Eo9 corpus did not apply to the case.
V65ra uqed that, if the senator from New
W., knew anything about this man
v'bO9 Che United States circuit judge
s, VIZ Hdd imprisoned Debs) ''if he knew the
a. a. mat hung upon him when he was
e r,. as a reward for political trick
iet his decision
4 IN N a., I'M said that he was not called upon
n,lLese Judge Woods decision. 1t was
n ,tsh Tor him that Debs had appealed
and az highest court of the United States
In 4lad obtained no relief.
Aio'H e course of further discussion, Mr..
inoru sSla that he could not help being
Az Used with the thought that the SEN
ir as organized mot to do business"
the oIofdon reminded the senators that
non iSSuf had arrived when the senator
4 dr. y oraska, Mr.. Thurston. was to adj
rs the Senate.
ae5o osI resolution was thereupon laid
Ia e5 ma Mr.. Thurston. rep, of Nebras-
4 Of tho sssed the Senate on the question
Ea monroe doctrine
Dsintootok strong ground in favor of the
eng france of that doctrine. The chal-
eS snfoWn down by Great Britain, he
of fbf a'ii vs. be taken up by the government
G9ctrinl ~ lted States, or else the Monroe
The W. M NoAid be thing OF the past.
@oIia was waiting to know whether