The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-23

ing one hundred thousand pounds be
lert TO arbitration tribunals
Concerning present questions Sena-
tor Davis explained the status of the
Alaskan boundary and of Hawa fia n
annexation questions. He reviewed
the arguments for annexation hereto
fore made in his committee and in the
senate. Concerning cur Spanish reIa-
tons Senator Davis said:
We have suffered from SPANS pro-
orasttnattng policy always While no
overt act OF war has transpired there
nave been several occasions where we
nave been perilously near it.
There has been refgning in C1phs e1
iHsurrection, a terrible strife for lib
erty which has been met bv Snafn
with examples Of horrors which have
deeply shocked the civilized world and
more especially the people of the
United States.
1 speak. however. from the head.
eot from the heart. 1 do not wish to
ure your enthusiasm to anv 11nvar-
ranted conclusions. The duty of the
congress and Of the president fs con
fined solely to the interests and ad-
yantages Of the people of the United
States However, profoundly orr
sympathIes may be stirred land God
Knows my heart sympathizes with
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any man s. We are still brought back
TO the question of what in connection
with our foreign relations is for the
interest, honor and dignity Of the peo-
pie of the United States.
what would Washington say were
he here today? mo. entangIing al
nances; no entangIements with for
elSn powers" When the South Amer
lean states revoIted In 1910. MANY or
our people cIamored for beIfreren+
measures; the history of the time OF
Monroe and Adams reads much Hike
that of the present, but it was nor
until 1925 that the United States recoe-
nIZed the belltgerency Of thosx. strug-
Cling nations.
Policy of Moderation.
Where the hand Of cruelty or indig-
nifty is laid on our people, better war
py land and sea than peace under such
circumstances, but so long as no Amer
lean is deprived of his rights and Ifber-
ties speaking from the head. not the
heart) IN the interests Of nv own c.oun-
try only, l implore you (and I would
that my voice could reach all on. peo-
ple), 1 fmplore you let US be moderate
in act and in word
am commissioned TO bring YOU no
Woro trcm the government but I have
seen our president weighing these rUas
tfons of the hour. A large portion of
our people wish to drive him forward
and into war. Let US take the advice
Of Capt. Sigsbee and suspend Judgment
on the Maine disaster If then our
dark forebodings are justified bv the
investigation, be assured President Nc
Kinley and the United States govern
ment viii not be found wanting in anv
act which that dreadful circumstance
skaH render necessary
Does anybody suppose that McKfn-
ley, the ex-soldier, that our John Sher-
man, your own Gen. AIger, John n.
Long and the United States senate and
house lightly feel, or slightingIy put
aside these great questions? 1t is easv
for one not having these responsibfIf-
ties doing something right away but
impose these responsibilities upon thosa
who thus complain and thew would
approve the present course OF the presi-
dent Of the United States
In concluding, Senator Davis said he
favored building so many modern war
ships that foreign governments would
deem il useless to watch or attack our
shores. He pointed TO the record of the
Republican diplomacy as sufficient
guaranty of wisdom in future conduct
of our foreign relations.