The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-01-04
The P0PULIS1S HELD AL0ot
When the Test of Strength Came Ihey
Made No Response to
the Roll Call.

nation Of the vote on reOrgan1Zatlon'
and the galleries were we'll filed Win
holiday spectators.
Senator PETER presented resolutions
from several G. A. r. posts IN Kansas,
Offering their services to the Ohlteu
States in the event of war with Great
Britain.
Senator Chandler. who has been Wag-
ing war against the interstate COM
merce commission for not putting
stop to pooling arrangements, intro
duced bill to enlarge the Interstate
commerce commission, and modify ana
increase the scope of its powers.
Senator Brice offered resolutions IN
structing the secretary of war to make
an examination of physics and hydraul-
les of the great lakes and to report on
the feasibility and cost of raising the
level of the lakes by a series of dams.
Senator Chandler offered resolution
calling on the committee on naval at
fairs to inquire into the prices paid by
the United States for armor plate, as to
whether they were reasonable, as to
whether they were in excess Of the
prices charged foreign governments, as
to whether the prices had been In
creased by reason of new patent proc
esses, and whether the navy depart
ment could expedite the granting Of
those patents. and whether any officers
of the United States were interested in
these patent processes.
Senator Lodge then took the floor to
deliver an address on the Monroe doc
trine. Before he began Senator Mitch
all of or ~
lican caucus committee, gave notice
that at the conclusion of Senator
Lodges remarks he should ask the SEN
ate to take up the question of reorganiz-
ing the committees.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Senator Lodges address was listened
to with attention by the senate He
gave very interesting sketch of the
history OF the Monroe doctrine and told
how 1t was vitality involved in the Ven
ezuelan boundary line controversy. He
followed this with brief relation of the
pending dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela, which he said had now
reached a crisis affecting most gravely
the honor, the interests, the rights and
the we'll settled policy of the United
but a disputed claim, seized territory
ana declined arbitration upon it, her
action, he declared, did not differ from
se1zlng and holding new territory in
the Americas by right Of conquest. If
she could seize territory under a claim
which had grown larger with each suc-
ceed1ng year, there was nothing to pre-
vent her taking indefinite regions in
South America. The senator refarrod
20 the claim made on Venezuela NV
Great Britain for reparation on account
OF the arrest by the authorities of +he
FORMER country of British subjects IN
one disputed territory. But the cues
tlon OF reparation, he declared must
not be mixed up with the acquisition ~
.erf1tory. II Venezuela paid the in.
oemnlty nxed and demanded nv Graa
brltaln, she acknowledged in so DOING
tnat the disputed territory is British
territory and made the whole ca 60 VOID
we nad, ne continued, neglected too
iong our foreign policy and the greo :
interests OF the United States which 10 =,
beyond her boundaries. We wo,+ 49,.
matter OF boundary dispute se+t1aa 1a,,
arbitration, because if it is satt1aa - ~
erWise it will be blow to +he 1911, oen-
anu dignity OF the United States
ne aid not believe the people of Emo
,anu nad the least desire to engage n
nostlhtles with the United States on, -.
more than we sought or desired bost;1;
ties with them. aostiil-
1--WE, we nave" said Senator Lodge. "seen
olioisn forces at Corinto. We know, ~ =
a.tltuoe they assume in vene,,,e NE
they are attempting to take land on az !"