The Greenville times., 1896-01-22
FiFTY-FouRTH CONGRESS.
First sessloa.)
SENATE.


titidns were presented and referred Il
Committees in favor Of the Stone bill
relating to immigration; raising the
level of the great lakes; service pen
sions; the recognition OF Cuban bellig
ereney; the redemption Of greenbacks
and relating to the Transvaal republic
Mr.. Davis rep. Mimi j from the com
mittee on foreign relations, reported
preamble aHa resolution 9r the Monre.
doctrine as roiiows:
Resoired BY the senate, the house OF
representative coneurring. that
WHEREAS, President Monroe in hii
ffessdge; To cJrleress N December sec
ond Ammo Domini is3a, a,deenled IL proper
to assert as principle id whish sht
tights and interests Of the. tfiitet
State ale involved, That the American
continents, by the free and iudepend
ent condition which they had assumed
and maintained, were thenceforth MOI
~ he considered as subjects for futur,
colonization tlt sry European power
and
WHEREAS; President Monroe futthsl
'fsclaEed III that message that TIL,
United States MS;ltd cSrsider any at
tempt by the allied powers OF Eafstps
to extend their system to any portion
OF this hemisphere as dangerous to oui
Reace and -afstyi that with the exist
Ing eolohies and dependencies of any
Futopeari power, We have not inter
fired and Should not interfere; bni
THAT with the goterrments who hav,
declared their independence ans
maintained 1t, and whose independence
we have on great consideration and
just principles acknowledged, we
could not view any irterpositior
for The purpose Of expressing them, o.
controlling IN any other manner theii
destiny, by dty Europeah powef, ir
any other light than as the inhnifesta
tion Of an unfriendly disposition to
wards the United States, and furthci
reiterated In that message that it Il
impossible That tile allied power,
should extend their political system te
any portion of either continent with
out endangering our peace and happi
ness; and
WHEREAS, The doctrine and policy
so proclaimed by President Monroe
have since been repeatedly asserted by
the United States, by executive declara
tlon and exaction upon occasions and
exlgencies similar to the particular oc
casion and exigcncy which caused then
TO be first announced, and have been
ever since their promulgation, and nov
are the rightful policy of the United
States, therefore be IL
Resoited, That the United States ol
America reailirms and confirms the
doctrine and principles promulgated by
President Monroe In his message 0i
December 2, 1929, and declares that II
will assert and maintain the doctrine
and those principles, and will regard
any infringement thereof, and par
ticularly any attempt by any Euro
ropean power to take or acquire
any new or additional territory on the
American continent, or any island ad-
jacent thereto, or any right OF
sovereignty. or dominion in the same,
IN any case or instance as to which the
| United States shall deem such attempt
to be dangerous to its peace or safety
,r by or through force, purchase, ces
sion, occupation, pledge, colonial
| ton, protectorate or by con
troll of the easement in any
canal or any other means ol
transit across the American isthmus
whether under unfoun1ed pretension
Of right in cases of alleged boundary
disputes. or under any other unbound
I'd disposition toward the United
States, and as an interposition which
il would be impossible, in any form, fol
the United States to regard with in
| difference.
| The concurrent resolution wa
placed on the calendar MIR. Gray dem.
Del. member of the committee OF
foreign relation, stating that the re
port was not an unanimous one.
Mr.. Ere rep, Me.l, from the com
mittee on commerce, reported bill
regulating the handling of naphths
launches of over Is tons burden
Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Wolcott rep, COLI gave notic'
that he would address the senate OF
The Sewell resolution, relative to tn,
Monroe doctrine on Wednesday next
Mr.. Warren rep, Wyo.) offered |
resolution looking to legislation for th'
preservation of American herds an,
nocks, and said that he would address
the senate upon it next Thursday.
The resolution heretofore offered b,
Mr.. Sewcll (rep., N. J.), placing limita
ions on the Monroe doctrine and con
iemning the presidents message OF
;he subject. was taken up,and Mr. Sew
Ill addressed the senate upon it.
HOUSE.
In the house joint resolution wa
agreed to authorizing change of plan
Tor the public building at Blooming
ton, Ill.
The presidents reply to the houst
resolution calling for the correspond
.nce in the state department rela
tive to the speeches delivered a
Edinburgh, Scotland, and Boston, En-
gland, by Ambassador Bayard, was de
ivered by one of the presidents sec
aries. The president transmits re
port from the secretary Of state, in ad
1ition to other papers
Has Seen the Charts.
LONDON, Jan. 2o--The United Pres