The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-24
Three Set SpeechessgDe Delivered
in the. Senate.
BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
Monroe Doctrine, Finance and
Tariff Discussed.
BY DANIEL, DUBOIS AND WARREN
The President Submits Report on
the Treatment Of Amer
i0n Citizens in
Turkey

Washington, Jan -. The three
subjects most prominently before the
puDIic-the Monroe doctrine, finance
and TART each came in for consider
alton in the Senate to-day, Mr.. Daniel
of Virginia speaking for two hours in
support Of vigorous uphoiding of the
Monroe doctrine as applicable to Nene-
zuela. Mr.. Dubois. Of Idaho. dealing
with the silver, and financial question.
and Mr.. Warren, of Wyoming, point
ing out the disastrous effects of the
tariff legislation Of the last Congress
on farm products in general, and on
wool in particular. Aside from these
speeches, the day developed little Of
Importance
The President submitted during the
day the report of the Secretary of State
concerning the treatment Of American
citizens in Turkey
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, sought to
secure unanimous consent for a vote
on the pending bond silver bill. next
Thursday. but at the request Of Sen
ators Withdrew his request until to-
morrow, when he will again seek to fix
a time for closing the protracted debate
on the bond silver measure.
Early in the day Mr.. Call offered the
following: 'aResolyed That special
committee of seven Senators shall be
appointed who shall be charged with
the duty Of inquiring into the impri-
sonment of Eugene Y. Dehs, for an
alleged contempt of court and who
shall report 10 the Senate and reeom-
mend such legislation as may be nee
essary for the enforcement of the law
and the protection Of citizens from ar
bitrary and oppressive excess OF judi
cial power" Mr. Call said he wonld
call up the resolution tomorrow.
Mr.. Warren. Rep, Wy.), was then
recognized i'm his resolution for an in
quirN into the shrinkage i'll values Of
farm stocks. After giving the detail
ed shrinkage in agricultural Values Of
late, he said:
'Ms President: Over 5000, ,000, 900
loss in two years in live stock, and yet
the able Senator from Missouri, with
spartan-like yaIor and desperation.
throws himself into the breach and at
temps 10 maintain the administration,
the Wilson bill, and the utterly false
position that wool-growers are more
prosperous under free wool than ever
before"
Mr.. Warren presented the tables
showing the fluctuations of wool
prices pending wool legislation. and
with these ne gave political tables
SLOWING how the people had voted af-
fer each tariff enactment. Continu-
ing he said: Judging by the off
YEAR elections Of 1895, the election of
1896 would leave scarcely a corporal 3
guard OF the faithful to mark the spot
where once stood a triumphant, RAM
pant Democratic party fighting under
the unpatriotic black flag of Wilson
ism emblem of protection to foreign
industries and distress to our own"
At two o'clock the bond silver bill
was taken up, and Mr. Dubois adj
dressed the Senate.
The Senator said that while he
cheerfully greeted PopuIist votes in
the Senate for free silver, he could
not accept the Populist leader
ship because he differed radically
from that party on all phases of the
money question, aside from free silver
coinage; that while the true friends
of silver believed in gold and silver as
money Of final redemption and solid
basis for our financial system, the
Populist party was irrevocably com
mitted to fiat money with unlimited
imitation, and only favored silver be-
cause it meant more money.
Silver Republicans favored protec-
tion generally, including so-called
.a4a 4ar4Y Ia9s
wool and lumber, besides various pro-
ducts of the farm, plantation and
ranch.
lie opposed the Populist scheme for
Government ownership of railroads for
MANY reasons: First, the purchase OF
the railroad property would incur an
enormous public debt to be paid by the
people. Second, that as Government
nrouerty. the railroads would be eX-
emnt from taxation. to the great hard
ship Of many sparsely settled Western
counties. where, at present, railroad
companies paid one-fifth to one-haif
OF all county expenses.
Referring to the charge that the
Western silver States have two Sena-
tors and are enabled to pass free coin
age bills, he said that the question OF
representation was fought out when
tbe Constitution was framed.
."The conclusion finally reached, ;
said he. "was that each State should
have two Senators, and the prime rea-
SON was that the great and small States
might meet on equal terms here; that
the brutality of mighty majorities
might be checked and justice done to
the minorities; that the States might
meet on common ground IN TINS body,
and from each other obtain justice for
all"
At 3 o'clock Mr.. Dubois closed, and
Mr.. Daniel addressed the Senate on the