Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-31
rnunsroN ON MONROE.
Fnvorubiy Received by the Press nnd
the MnshlnRton Corrcsp0ndcnts.

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Press correspondents in Washington unite
In saying that Senator Thurston's address on
the Monroe doctrine was 4 most eloquent
EFFORT and was enthusiastically received by
the senator's and the crowded galleries. The
correspondent OF the ST. Louis Republic says:
Mr. Thurston did not speak more than half
an hour. He did not adopt the bad senatorial
habit Of reading his speech. lie spoke as he
would in a court Of law, or on a public plat
form. He was In good voice. the question
under discussion was comprehensive and the
opportunity to distinguish himself ample.
Everybody who heard the new Nebraska
senator felt convinced that another orator of
unusual power had reached the senate. Mr..
Thurston lectured Senator Wolcott politely,
but effectually. He took the broadcast view
of tho Monroe doctrine, Sustained II in all It's
amplitude and made several telling points In
reasoning out his propositions.
"Wolcott's speech a few days ago was a
finished literary effort, but, as was stated at
the time. IL could have been delivered with
more propriety in the British Parliament or
In any Of the British colonial legislatures.
"Thurston's speech as a literary effort was
equally finished. His indignant resentment
of the English insinuation that the south
would not be loyal In case of war brought
from the galleries and undoubted
evidences Of approval from eX-confederate
soldiers on the democratic side of the cham
Der. During the delivery of the speech the
galleries frequently broke into applause. and
the door keepers became so eXasperated that
several enthusiastic patriots were forcibly
elected. Applause in the senate chamber Is
rigIdly forbidden, but the occupants of the
galleries. are not at all times familiar with
the senate rlues, and 1t Is hard to blame
them.
MIR. Thurst5n promised to vote for the
Davis resolutions. and advocated their adop-
ton by congress earnestly and effectively.
When he concluded nearly every senator
in the chamber congratulated him, the demo-
Gratis being the first and the most earnest in
extending this evidence Of their appreciation
Of his position. This was in marked con-
trast to the treatment Wolc0tt received at
tho conclusion of his brilliant but mistaken
effort a few days ago. Not a single senator
grasped his hand or approved Of his spesch.
and yet Wolcott Is one Of the most popular
men personally, while Thurston is as yet
practically a stranger"
The Chicago Inter Oceans correspondent
is equally profuse in praising the address,
and asserts that it enrolled Nebraska's junior
senator among the orators of the United
states senate" He spoke with deliberation
and impressiveness for half an hour" says
the correspondent, land while he rebuked
the spirit of Senator Wolcott's speech last
week and declared himself uncompromisingiy
in favor of the Monroe doctrine, he did not
appeal to the war spirit or seek to win APP
plause by sensationalism. 1t was afterward
spoken Of as one Of the best speeches made
in this senate on this or any other question,
and when Senator Thurston had finished the
senator's from both sides of the chamber
crowded about him to congratulate him on
his maiden effort. In this speech Senator
Thurston has firmly taken his place among
the polished orators of the senate and his
name will hereafter be as magnetic in draw
ing crowds to the galleries as have been
the names Of Wolcott, Jordan, Frye and
Villas"
Editorial reviews of the address are gen.
orally favorable, though as yet few In num-
Der, but their temper may be judged by the
following excerpts from the press of the
mid-wes
Denver Republican: Senator Thurston of
Nebraska made a magnificent speech in
support of the Davis resolution affirming
the Monroe doctrine in the senate. Read 1t
and see how it contrasts with the misrepre-
sentative utterancea of Senator Wolcott on
the same subject last week.
Kansas City Star: The new senator in
congress for Nebraska, Mr.. Thurston. spoke
eloauently in support of the presidents
Venezuelan policy. But. of what use is all
this talk? 1t consumes time, costs money
and accomplishes nothing. There is no
controversy over the Monroe doctrine. 1t is
as firmly fixed as a feature of the unwritten
law of this country as the constitution is
fully recognized as the fundamental law OF
the land.
Chicago Journal: Senator Thurston's
speech in the senate in support of
the N1UuTUe uDGlIlHt was IL PiCIC VI NV hih'
of Americanism that phases and makes the
average citizen feel better about the senate.
Mr.. Thurston might have voted for the
and let it go at that, but he
would have lost a chance for effective and
patriotic oratory which, with his ability to
make the most Of it, would have been almost
a crime to let go by unimproved. Senator
represents western sentiment when
he declares in favor of the ~reafhrmation of
the Monroe doctrine. He represents that
independence of Great Britain and entire de-
pendence upon the resources of our own ma
ton, if we are put to such a dependence,
that is characteristic of the part of the
country that lies back Of the eastern sea
board. The sentiments which he expressed
could not have found such fitting expression
from any eastern senator, bound up as the
constituencies of these are with their for
eign connections.
Chicago Post: There was much in Mr..
Thurston's brilliant speech on the
question of adopting the Monroe doctrine
resolutions of the senate committee on for
e'gn affairs to which every true American
Will give enthusiastic assent. 1t was a
speech full of patriotism. feeling, and the
fine, free spirit of American institutions, the
spirit of nationality and union. All honor
to him for his manly utterance. May the