Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-21
The Davis Resolution Reported ana
Placed on The Calendar
,rou srwELL on THE SUBJECT
A.. uc,seratcs His Assertion "'
the Presidents Ne"''"'""
,.t,n,sc and Inoppor'""e'
tor panicI 10 speak Soon

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.,ns were agreed to eN'ehu"e '"'
n.e completion of Arkansas Fass ia,
vs. 1orating condemned cannon 10 var
'o' md md Army posts; Incorporating ,no
s''.,.,ne Council, SD degree seotOs" nv
%, the southern jurisdiction:
~" INT 500 copies each OF the pos'ai'
md 70 change the plans FOR 'he
,,taine AZ Bloomington, i'll.
The Presidents message reia'''e -
,,,hassador Bayards Edinburgh anu
-, England speeches, with Secre-
,..,. o,,ev's report thereon. was ia'o p'-
,ore the House. and referred to the OoA'-
mittee on Foreign Anairs. ,u..,s
A. cannon Republican. OF l'iino's'
.,,a .,e urgent-defciency BILL gNins
notico that he would take earS
10 can IL up for consideration .,dsra-
nhsoction was made to the cohs'O -
49,, 81 a resolution calling upon psli.,ra- ,
presiderft for the report OF '"e
qua Canal Commission ,ronriation
rrhe Mnitary-Academy appro OPT i"s'o,s Us
htl for the year ending june .. 3a lo3.' "rd
taken up in committee OF 'ne
nassed. II appropriates S''s'i'" D., Air.
Joint resolution, rcpoi yea y; ne
,A.S,rr was agreed TO- directing 'he
commissioner Of lnternai-"tF'" ,oriee
80, au ,neome-tax returns 4'u 49, -
soS made under the 9roVls',Vs -
the tatifr-law Of 1894 since uo0i"''O -
unconstitutional 90. o.c,ock ad-
The House then ar -
iourned until to-moIio"
SENATE Proceedings.
.tor of petitions were presented
'eo,,ed in favor Of the stone Dill
~eiatine 10 immigration, raising the wv
of the Great Lakes. service peis'oi's ,''i'
,he recognition of the CUBAN Deils. -, ~;
the retirement Of sreenbacks' ana 'e'"'
ing 10 the Transvaal repupiic' .Ao
A. Davis. Of Minnesota, from the
,.ra,,,i,,eo ON Foreign Relations, report
"a a nreanble and resolution on the Mon
roe doctrine. the text being as follows:
"Resolved by the Senate the House
of representatives concurring, Ihat'
rbereas President Monroe, in his mes
sage 10 Congress OF December z ammo
Domini 1923. deemed it proper TO asser.
as a principle in which the righ's anu
Interests Of the United states are III
,olved that the American continents
,, the free and independent condition
,hich they have assumed and maintained
we're thenceforth not TO be considered as
subiects for future colonization by any
european Power; and,
whereas, President Monroe further
seclared in that message that the Ohiteu
states would consider any attempt Dy
the allied Powers of Europe 10 extend
heir system TO any portion OF thls
hemisphere as dangerous TO our peace
and safety: that with the existing COLO
MES and dependencies Of any European
power we have not interfered, and should
not interfere. but that with the govern
neuts who have declared their ince-
Dendence and maintained 1t. and whose
Independence we have. on great con-
sideration and on just principles acknow-
edged. we could not view any interpositlon
or the purpose of depressing them or
.ontrolling i'm any other manner their
Iestiny by any European power in any
other light than as the manifestation OF
IN unfriendly disposition towards the
United States and further reiterated In
that message that IL Is impossible that
the allied Powers should extend their
POLITICAL system TO any portion Of either
continent without endangering our peace
md happiness; and
whereas the doctrine so proclaimed
ny President Monroe has since been re-
peated by the United States. by EXecu-
live declaration, and by eXaction on oc-
casions and exigencies similar to the par
ticular occasion and eXgency which
caused them TO be first announced, and
have been ever since their promulgation
and now are the rightful policy OF the
United States: therefore be it
Resolved That the United States of
America Aeafiirms and confirms the doc
irine and principles promulgated by Pres
dent Monroe in his message of Decem-
her . 1893 and that IL will assert and
maintain the doctrine. and these princi-
pies. and will regard any infringement
thereof and particularly any attempt by
any European Power 10 take or ACQUIRE
any new or additional territory on the
American continent or any island ada
cent thereto, or any right or sovereignty
or dominion IN the same in any case or
Instance to which the United States shall
determine such action TO be dan
gerous TO its peace and safety,
by or through force, purchase,
cession. occupation. pledge. colonization.
protcctorate or hv control Of the ease
mcut i'm any canal or any other means
Or transit across the American isthmus,
whether under unfounded pretensions of
right in cases Of alleged boundary dis
putcs. or under any other unfounded pre-
tensions. as the manifestation Of an un-
friendly disposition toward the United
States. and as an interposition which it
would be impossible in any form. for the
United States to regard with indiffer-
ence."
ON THE CALENDAR
T.e concurrent resolution was placed
on the calendar, Mr.. Gray. a member Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
stating that the report was not a unani-
nous one
Mr. Frye from the Committee on COM
merce. reported a bin on the subject of
naphtha launches. and explained It's pro-
visions Under it launches less than fif-
teen tons burden shall not require in
spection or an engineer or a licensed
plot, but launches exceeding fifteen tons,
canylng passengers for hire. or carrying
freight for hire, shall be subject to pay
mcnt
The bill furthermore provides that none
oi these launches shall hereafter be ut
teriy lawless but be subject TO the re-
4lirements Of all the laws as TO safety
appliances 20 be kept on board, as TO
'sial 10 fogs. and as 10 the meeting
and passing OF vessels, which now apply
20 steam craft
ne nul was placed on the calendar.
inc Monroe doctrine came up again in
tNt snauc OF resolution offered lat
week py Mr. Sewell ~ 'puo'.ear) OF New
Jersey limiting the application OF the
Monfoe Doctrine. and conde ming the
venezuelan message OF President cleye-
ldnd az unwise and inopportune.
nv SeNtl addressed the Senate in
vance Of what was contemplated ~ the
support Of bis resolution. and urged that
Mr. Clevelands position was FAR N al
vance OF what was contemplated in
ne Monroe doctrine. and thsI the effect
OF u would be The establishment OF a
pfoleciorate over Mexico and over each
.he south American and central
American States