The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-18
BARTLETT As An OBJeCToR
Seeks Unpleasant Notoriety BY Fight
ing the Peasion Bill.
EFFECT OF cnAPLAlN'S PRAYER
II Is Greeted by Applause In the House
Monroe Doctrine Discussed In the
Senate Committee RcsOlu.
tiOn Upon the Subject.

Washington, Jan. 17.-After q debate
continuing almost uninterruptedly over
five days the general pension apprOpri-
alton bill for the year ending June 10,
1897. was passed by the house this af-
ternoon. which then adjourned until
Monday, Todays debate was conduct
ed under the five minute rule, the bill
being read by paragraphs FOR amend
ment. None that was material was
adopted. Mr.. Bartlett Democrat. New
York; enforcing his announced policy
of opposition to further extension OF
pension legislation by raising points OF
order against them. By the same de-
vice he succeeded In having struck out
of the bill the provision reported by
the committee that during the fiscal
year II shall not be necessary for
widow. In establishing her claim to
pension under the provisions OF the act
of 1890 to prove that she is without
other means of support than her daily
labor. Provided, that before she shall
be entitled to u pension under the pro-
visions of said law she shall prove that
her net income does not exceed $500
per annum."
Mr.. Stone (Republican, ,Pennsylvania)
in charge of the bill, announced that
it's passage antedated by fifty days
the passage of a similar bill in either
of the last two previous congresses.
The cause ofCuban independence was
the subject Of Chaplain Couden's prayer
at the beginning Of the session. and his
invocation that this government would
do what 1t could to aid In SECURING lib
erty to the Cubans was followed by a
wave of applause, probably the first
time that such a demonstration fol-
lowed a prayer In the house.
Monroe Doctrine Discussed.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tiOns discussed for two hours this
morning the Monroe doctrine. and final
ly. by vote, ordered q report on the
resolution submitted by Mr.. Davis. of
Minnesota, chairman Of the sub-com-
,nittee. Mr.. Turpie, at whose request
the matter was laid over until today.
made an argument against the affirma-
tion by congress of the doctrine as a
general principle. He believed 1t was
sufficient for the doctrine to be applied
when the specific cases arose. He ia
vored Its application to the pending
difficulty between Venezuela and Great
Britain. but thought that 1t should rest
there for the present.
The vote to adopt the Davis resolu-
ton. which was drawn along the lines
Of the Lodge resolution was agreed to-.
after one or two alterations in the ver-
biage had been made. The committee
also decided by vote upon the motion
of Mr.. Sherman that the action of the
committee and the text of the resOlu-
Il N should not be made known until 1t
was icl" rted to The seiGse nfGnday
next. Nir. Davis was requested to give
notice when he reported the resolution
that he should call 1t up at the earliest
possible moment.
Sentiments Of the Rcsoi luton.
This resolution goes even farther
than did the president in his message
to congress on the Venezuelan question
1t will. IL passed, commit the congress
to policy from which there can be no
back down, and there appears to be no
doubt as to the ultimate result on the
resolution.
Omitting the two whereases, which
simply form preludeto the more serious
utterances Of the resolution itself. it Is
is said that the resolution will be found,
when the text Is made public that it
reaftirms and confirms the Monroe doc
trine and declares that the United
States will assert and maintain 1t.
1t states specifically that this govern
ment will regard as an infringement of
this doctrine. any attempt on the part
of any European power to acquire new
or additional territory on this continent
or the islands adjacent thereto as dan
gerous to the safety and the peace of the
United States. The United States also
denies the right of any European power
to acquire any such territory either by
force, purchase, cession. occupation,
pledge, colonization or protection.
whether under unfounded pretensions of
right, under the guise Of boundary dis
putes or otherwise. and declares un-
mstakably that any such attempt will
be regarded as manifestation of an
unfriendly disposition upon which the
government cannot look with indiffer-
| ence.