Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
REPRESENTATIVE c. N. CLARK,
New Congressman from the First Mis-
souri, District,


discipline that practice of the Moham-
medan church which makes use of ar
son and murder to suppress the Chris
t:nn faith. And he would have that
notification followed by shot which
would go crashing through the grand
senglio. He was in favor of giving
"the sick man" of the Bosphorus the
coup de grace, and of ending his life
and system by dissolution and tlestruc-
tion. II was time that those murder
ess and assassins should know who He
Was that was born to the world at
Bethlehem and was raised at Nazareth,
and that when He comes again to pun
Ssh such wretches as those, He brings
with Him not peace but sword.
Senator Turpie spoke with intense
vehemence and bitterness, and his
speech attracted marked attention.
Senator Allen (pop., Neb.) gave no
tice of an amendment to the bond and
free coinage bill-depriving the secre-
tary of the treasury of the power to
issue bonds or other interest-bear-
ing obligations of the government un-
less congress shall first declare neces-
city therefor.
Wants Debs' Case Investigated.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Senator Call (dcm. Fla.) for n special
committee to investigate the case of
imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs Qs-
l,or leade-) for contempt of court, was
1nid before the senate, and Senator
Call said that lie had offered the res
oiution ut the request of labor asso-
cintion.
Senator Hill (dem., n. W said. that
ordinarily he had very great respect
for the laboring people of the United
States; but he was not aware that any
communication from the tailoring peo-
PIE asked the senate for the proposed
investigation. If 1t was to be made,
he thought it should be by one of the
standing committees of the senate. He
therefore offered an amendment in
structing the judiciary committee to
Investigate the whole subject of con-
tempts of court, as enforced by fed
eral courts.
After sharp debate between SEN
Rtors Hill and Call, in which Senator
Allen participated. Senator Gordon
tdem., Ga.) reminded the senators that
The hour had arrived when the senator
from Nebraska, Mr.. Thurston, was
to address the senate.
The Call resolution was thereupon
laid aside and Senator Thurston rep.,
heb.) addressed the senate on the oues-
hon of the Monroe doctrine.
Thurston Favors the Resolution.
Mr.. Thurston, being accorded the floor.
spoke upon the Monroe doctrine Tie said
That the adoption OF the resolution re-
ported by the committee on foreign af-
fnirs would present a great International
Issue. which might hold much of men,
zee to the worlds peace. He could
not assume these responsibilities and dare
rot vote for the resolution without first
submitting some of the reasons which
seemed to make his path. of duty plain.
We're there nothing at stake but mere
adjustment of boundary line between
Venezuela and British Guiana he should
hesitate long before voting to commit this
government to any interference. But the
prcsent question rose high above any Ven
-esuelan dispute. The British prime min
tster had seen fit to officially declare that
The Monroe doctrine had no place in the
law of nations, and was not accepted or
recognized by the European powers. The
CLuiAcuSc lHuS DTOauly thrown GOWN by
Creat Britain must be taken up by this re-
public. or the Monroe doctrine was thing
Of the past. The British position, bluntly
Utmost insolently stated by Lord Sails
bury. has been reasserted upon this floor,
clothed in the splendid rhetoric of the sem
ator from Colorado. He agreed with that
senator that this was no time to stir up
public passion: to appeal to any prejudice
that might exist against England; to fan
the hame OF an incipient war sentiment.
Hut ne insisted that this was time of
all others to COLL forth the high
est expression of loyalty and devotion
10 American institutions; that this gas
the supreme hour for dignified, positive
and solemn declaration of the American
purpose, clearly. calmly. deliberately
stated:
"Sir. believing that the honor of my coun-
try Is involved; that the hour calls for the
highest expression of loyalty and patriot
Ism; calmly confident of the verdict OF
posterity; reverently calling God to witness
the sincerity of my purpose; shall vote
for the resolution reported by the commit
tee on foreign affairs. shall vote for 1t
not as an affront to any other nation, bu
to uphold the dignity of my own shall
vote for 1t In this time OF profound tran
9utility, convinced that peace with homo
can be preserved. But, sir, would vot,
for 1t Just as surely were we alread.
standing in the awful shadow of declared
war. would vote for 1t were the shells
OF British battleships bursting above tn,
dome Of the nations capitol. would vot,
for 1t and would maintain 1t, at all hazards
and at any cost, with the last dollar-witl
the last nam. Yea, though it might presag,
the coming of a mighty conflict, whose con
clusion should leave me without son. a.
the last great contest left me without 6
sire"
Speech Roundly Applauded
Senator Thurston's speech, although