Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-27
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Achievements in American
Diplomacy.
MR.. CULL0M SPEAKS
CLOSING UP THE BUSINESS OF
THE SENATE. '
Conference Reports on General Def
cheney, Sundry Civil and Post Office
Appropriation Bills Adopted.

The Senate met at 10 o'clock today, BUT
the attendance was slender. Mr.. Hale
presented the conference report on the
general deficiency bill. which was agreed to
without debate.
Mr.. Burrows, chairman of the committee
on privileges and elections, presented res
olution authorizing that committee to sit
during the recess of Congress for the pur-
pose of prosecuting it's investigation into
the charges against Mr.. Smoot a senator
from Utah. The resolution was referred to
the committee on contingent expenses.
Mr.. Allison presented the report of the
conferees on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut commented upon
the feature of the report dealing with the
proposed extension of the Capitol, express
ing the opinion that the act definitely COM
mtted Congress TO the extension and that
in the future nothing would be said against
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Mr.. Hale and Mr.. Allison expressed dis
agreement with this view, saying that
Congress was In no wise committed
Purchase Of Silver. ~
In response to a request from Mr.. AL
drfch, Mr.. Allison made statement bear
ing upon the Senate amendment covering
the purchase of silver bullion for SUBJ
sidiary coin. He said the amendment had
been disagreed to because the provision
which it had been proposed to insert is
already law and that there is now no limi-
tatfon on the power of the Secretary of
the Treasury to purchase silver bullion for
subsidiary coinage.
Mr.. Aldrich agreed with Mr. Allison, say
ing that the finance committee had given
attention to the subject and had concluded
that under the provisions Of the sundry
civil act of 1903 the Secretary's authority
for the purchase of silver for subsidiary
coinage is complete. He referred to the
agitation of the question in connection with
the amendment as "hySterical" saying
that there is no more danger that the Sec
r Ie WIN corner the silver market than
that he will corner the copper market
or the market in any other metal
The conference report on the sundry civil
bill was agreed to.
number of minor bills, including the
following, were passed: Authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to take steps for
the preservation of the cliff dwellings and
other prehistoric ruins in Colorado and
other states.
Providing for the payment of damages
on account of rifle practice at Fort Preble
Me-; Fort Winthrop, Mass, and Forts
Hamilton and Wright. N. Y.
Mr.. Culfom then addressed the Senate
on the subject of the country's foreign
relations
Senator CulIom's Speech.
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
lations was a careful review of the diplo-
matte or international questions which had
been disposed of under the McKinley-Roose-
welt administration since 1897 He said
that under these administrations more i'm
portant diplomatic questions had been
brought to a successful conclusion than I'M
der any previous administration in the his
tory of the United States He then dis
cussed in their order the acquisition of the
Hawaiian Islands. the war with Spain and
Its results, the Philippines, Cuba, the Alas
kan boundary, international arbitration, the
Panama canal. our relations with the
orient, the ssia-Japan war, reciprocity
and the consular service. concluding with
glowing tribute to President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hay.
The acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands.
he said, was the first important achieve
ment IN the conduct of our foreign rela-
tons after Mckinley became President.
They gave to the United States a foothoId
in the Pacific. and were the beginning of
our great expansion under the Mckinley
administration.
THE war with Spain awoke us to a real
iZation of the fact that more than a CEN
fury of remarkable internal Industrial de-
velopment rendered us an important factor
in the worlds system. Under the admins
trations of Mckinley and Roosevelt the
United States has obtained a position among
thu nations of the world which it never oc-
cupied in any former period of our national
life
He discussed the Philippines mainly from
business standpoint, and said that under
American rule their exports had increased
nearly sl2E0,0O0 in the last year The re-
sources of the islands were boundless he
said. and 1t was not safe to say the total
value of the trade would eventually amount
to several hundred millions annually. Ma
Mia in no far distant day would become the
great commercial center of the orient.
Discussing international arbitration, the
senator declared that mo previous admin
istration and no country have done more
toward the settlement by peaceful methods
rather than by war, of the differences which
arise among nations, as have the admin
istrations of Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt"
Regarding the disposition of the dipie-
matte eompfica tons which had stood In the
way of an interoceanic canal he said:
/ This Is only another illustration of the
success OF the Roosevelt administration in
bringing to successful termination
question which other Presidents had failed
to settle. During the three years of the
Roosevelt administration more progress has
been made toward the constructions of an
interoceanic canal than In the three-quar-
ters of century of our previous history.
Our Policy in the Orient.
Fearing on our relations with the orient
the Senator said the United States had