The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-28

other states in The Union went Demo-
cratlc. The legislature met in January,
1919, with Republican majority of sew
ealeen on Joint ballot. most of them in
I Suucted by their nominating conventions
/ 70 support Mr. Davis. He received the
! ! unanimous caucus nomination, but be-
| tween that date and the day Of the cleo
| uon certain persuasive influences inter-
| Vened; based upon strong and valuable
cotslderatlons. so that he was elected by
| a bare majority of one The verdict of
me party at large on the action of it's
| members Who proved recreant may be
logged from the fact that only one of
| them returned to the next session.
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Senator Davis was placed, at the com
| nlehcement of his second term, upon the
committee on foreign relations, aud be-
came Its chairman when Senator Sher-
man went into President McNtnley's cab
He defended the ratification of the
treaty by which the Sandwich islands
were to be annexed to the United States
IN speech wherein he attacked Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Gresham.
Shortiy after a very important article
from him appeared in the North American
REVIEW, attacking the foreign policy OF
the Cleveland administra ton generally,
and particularly in regard to Hawaii and
the sugar duty as to Prussia; and the
surrender by the American consulate at
Shanghai of two Japanese students who
We're tortured and afterwards beheaded
at Nankin.
ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Senator. Davis was the author and in
foreign elatIonS defining the Monroe doc
tfine as applicable to the controversy be-
tween the United States and England re-
speeding Englands claims upon Vene-
zuela- He took advanced grounds In d
very eIaDorte speech which he delivered
upon that subject, which grounds, though
somewhat criticised at the time, it is TO
be noted are the basis of the treaty for
arbitration afterWard entered into between
this government and that of Great Brit
His fearless and patriotic stand upon
TINS grave question commanded the adj
mlratlon OF the whole country. Criticism
there was from high authorities, too but
the voice of the people silenced 1t. The
press generally commended the Davis
Tesolutlon' and the comic papers car
TONED its author in complimentary fash
ion.
About July 1, 1894, Senator Davis per
formed the unprecedented act which
gave him at once 4 national prominence
AS result Of the Pullman strike inter
state commerce was paralyzed in Chi
Cago, ana It's suburbs. mail trains were
stopped, and anarchy seemed about to
prevail A committee of assumed labor
leaders at Duluth wired Senator Davis
asking him to support a resolution in
troduced by Senator Kyle, which was
plainly Intended to embarrass the au-
tnorueS and encourage rioters. The SEN
gram:
'"To D. D. McInnis Duluth, Mimi
have received your telegram. I will not
support Senator KyIe's resolution. 1t is
against your own real welfare. II is
also a blow at the security, peace and
rights of millions of people who never
harmed you or your associates NV
duty to the constitution and the laws
forhidS me to sustain a resolution to
legahze laWlessneSs. The same dutv
rests upon you and your associates The
power to regulate commerce among the
several states is vested by the constitu
ton in congress-. Your associates have
other places and have thereby destroyed
commerce among the states in those
particular instances
You are rapidly approaching the overt
act of levying war against the United
States, and you will find the definition al
that act in the constitution. 1 trust that
wiser thoughts will regain control
GU might as well ask me to vote to
dissolve this government
MIR. Davis castigation of Senator PEI
fer, Who, in the course of a sDeech in
the senate upon the Deb5 incident. OMEN
Iy aVoWed that the present form Of gov
eminent ought to be abolished and the
WnoIe thlng run by a committee of one
ten.
Throughout all the monetary contro-
Vefsy Senator Davis was unf1inChinglv
opposed to the free and unlimited COLI
age OF silver. He, of course opposed
the the Gorm a m Wilson tariff bill. During
feat of Mr.. Harrison, he strenuouslv
advocated the Mckinley bill before the
people.
While it is true, that by a sort of rule
in the senate, new senator's are not ex-
pected to say much the first year, yet
there was an exception in the case Of
Mr.. Davis, not sought by himself, but
imposed upon him by his chairmanship
of the committee on pensions and his
advocacy of the admission of the two
Dakotas; so that shortly after his entry
into the senate he was compelled to take
a prominent part in the debates.
Prior to the time when the nomination
OF Mr. Mckinley was assured, in 1896
Senator Davis was quite, prominently
considered as a candidate for the presi-
dency, especially in the East. but i'm
pressed by the validity of Mr. McKin-
ley's claims to the nomina ton he with
drew his, own name from the considera-
ton of the convention of his own state
AS chairman of the senate committee
on foreign relations, Senator Davis was
one of the foremost figures in the irving
days following the destruction of th3
hattleship Maine in Havana harbor and
throughout the diplomatic negotiations
between this country and Spain, concern
ing the status of Cuba, he was one Of
President .McKfnley's most trusted adj
visers: His connection, with subsequent
war, history, and as one of the com11is.
sloners at the treaty of Paris, is so
fresh in the public mind as hardly to re-
quire recital here.
In his profession, the law, Mr. Davis