The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-17
IN TIL II SENATE.


of Nebraska, called attention to the ad-
verse report made yesterday by Mr..
Sherman, rep, of Ohio, from the conn
mittee on foreign relations on his (Mr
Allens) bill prohibiting the acceptance
by any American citizen of title or
degree of honor from a foreign gov
eminent, and asked that, instead of
its being postponed indefinitely as was
ordered yesterday it be placed on the
calendar.
No objection was made and Mr. AL
lens request was complied with
Mr.. Hansbrough, rep, of North Da-
kota, from the committee on agricult-
ure and forestry, reported the joint reso-
lution directing the secretary of agri-
culture to carry into effect the pro-
visions of law in relation to the dis
tribution of seeds and of farmers bull
letins. Calendar.
Mr.. Cullom, rep, of Illinois, offered
a resolution which was agreed to, call
ing on the secretary of state for infor-
nation as to whether naturalized citi-
zens of Armenian birth are. allowed to
visit Turkey, on business, or to see
their families, and whether United
States passports held by them are rec
ognized by the Turkish government; al
so whether the families of such Ar
menian naturalized citizens residing in
Turkey are permitted to leave that
country to come to the United States;
also whether such Armenian naturalized
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same right to protection in Turkey as
those naturalized i'm Great Britain,
France and Germany The resolution
was accordingly laid on the table for
the present.
Mr.. Sewell, rep, of New Jersey, Of
| fered the following resolution and ask
ed that it lie on the table for the pres
ent: Resolved, That the Monroe doc
trine ais originally propounded was di-
rected to the special prevention of the
threatened action of the allied powers
| in reference to the revolted colonies of
Spain, and the occupation by way Of
colonization of any supposed derelict
territory on this hemisphere.
Second-That the questions of resist
| ing any acquisition of territory by con
quest was limited, as stated by Mr..
| Webster, to cases in which, by reason
of proximity such acquisition would be
dangerous to our safety and the integ-
rity of our institutions.
| Third-That the true ground upon
which the Monroe announcement was
based and upon which any similar po-
sition has been taken rests for its JUS
titication upon what may be our in
terests and our interests only; and that
neither by the Monroe doctrine nor any
official declaration have we ever come
| under any pledge to any power or es-
| tate on this continent that binds us
to act merely for their protection
against invasion or encroachment by
any other power.
| Fourth-That when a case arises in
which Europeans power proposes to
acquire territory by invasion or CON
quest 1t is then for us to determine
| whether our safety, and our integrity
demands that We shall resist such ac-
tion by armed force if necessary.
| Fifth-That the executive has pressed
the Monroe doctrine beyond what was
contemplated at the time Of it's an
nouncement and that the resultant Sc
quence of the positions thus taken
seems to be committal of this gov
ernment to protectorate over Mexico
and the Central and South Americana
states That this would be most un-
wise and dangerous, and would violate
the sound and well established policy
that we should avoid all entangling al
liances with foreign powers, whether
| they be European or American.
| Sixth-That this action was prema-
| ture, looking to the history of the con-
troversy and inopportune in view of the
| business and financial condition of the
country.
Seventh-That neither congress norm
the country can be, or has been, COM
mitted by the action or position of the
| executive department in reference to
the Venezuelan boundary controversy,
as to the course to be pursued when the
time shall have arrived for a final de-
termination. 1t will then be our prov
ince and our duty to adopt such a line
of policy and to take such action
as may be then demanded by our sense
of duty to the country and by a due re-
gard for its honor and dignity, the well
fare and safety of our people and the
integrity of our Institutions
| Mr.. Call, DEM. of Florida offered a
resolution calling on the secretary of
state for copies of dispatches of United
States consuls in Cuba relating to the
war now carried on in that island.
| Mr.. Sherman, rep, of Ohio, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations,
questioned the propriety of calling on
the secretary of state for such Dispatch
es, the publication of which might ex-
! pose the writers to arrest on the part
| OF the government, or on the part of the
insurgents
Mr. Platt, rep, of Connecticut, also
opposed the resolution He said that
| the senate had heard several times this
session from the senator from Florida
that it was the duty of congress to take
so action in regard to the recognition
| Of the Cuban insurgents as belligerents.
He CMr. PlatD had supposed that that
was matter, primarily at least, for
the executive branch of the government
and not for congress. He did not know
that the president was open to any
| censure for not having communicated
to congress the facts as to the conflict
in Cuba. Certainly the whole subject
was primarily with the president
Mr.. Call replied to Mr. Platt's re-
marks He differed entirely with the
views of that senator. but would con-
sent to the resolution lying on the table
| for future action. So ordered.
The bill recently offered by Mr. Hale