The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27
MET EARLY.
Both Houses of Congress Assem-
BILE at 10 O'clock.
Senate Agrees to Conference Re-
port on Deficiency Bill.
MINOR BILLS PASSED.
One to Preserve Prehistoric
Ruins in Colorado.
Senator CuIlOm Makes Speech on
Foreign Relations.
MINOR BILLS PASSED.


met at 10 o'clock today. but the at
tendance was very slender.
The conference report on the gen |
eraI deficiency bill was agreed to.
Mr.. Burrows, chairman of the com |
mittee on privileges and elections, re- |
ported a resolution authorizing that
committee to sit during the recess of |
congress for the purpose of prosecut- |
ing its investigation into the charges |
against Mr.. Smoot as 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 ap-
preparation bill. Mr.. Platt comment
ed upon the feature of the report
dealing with the proposed extension
of the capitol, expressing the opinion
that the act definitely committed con-
gress to the extension and that in the
future nothing would be said against
it. Mr.. Hale and Mr. Allison ex-
pressed disagreement with this view,
saying that congress was in nowise
committed.
in response to a request from Mr..
Aldrich, Mr.. Allison made a statement
1 bearing upon the senate amendment
covering the purchase of silver bullion
for subsidiary coin. He said the
amendment had been disagreed to be-
cause the provision which it had been
/ proposed to insert is already law, and
that there is no limitation on the
power of the secretary of the treasury
to purchase silver bullion for subsid-
iary coinage.
Mr.. Aldrich agreed with Mr.. Alli-
I son, saying that the finance commit
| tee had given attention to the subject
and had concluded that under the pro-
visions of the sundry civil act of 1903
the secretary's authority for the pur-
chase OF silver for subsidiary coinage
/ is complete. He referred to the agi-
L feaNf
with the amendment as Historical"
! saying that there is no more danger
4 that the secretary will corner the sill
yer market than he will corner the
I copper market or the market in any
other material.
The conference report on the sun
dry civil bill was agreed to.
/ A number of minor bills, including
+ the following, were passed: Authorfz-
/ ing the secretary of the interior to
! take steps for the preservation of the
/ cliff dwellings, and other prehistoric
ruins in Colorado and other states.
Mr.. Cullom then addressed the SEN
ate on the subject of the countrys
foreign relations.
CoIIom's Speech.
! The speech of Senator CullOrn, who
! is chairman of the committee on
foreign relations was a careful review
of the diplomatic or international ques-
tions which had been disposed of un-
deS the Mckinley Roosevelt admins
/ tratiOns since 1897. He said that under
these administrations more important
diplomatic questions had been brought
! to a successful conclusion than under
any previous administration in the his
tory of the United States. He then
discussed in their order the acquisition
! of the Hawaiian islands, the war with
Spain and its results, the Philippines,
Cuba, the Alaskan boundary, interna-
tionaI arbitration, the Panama canal,
our relations with the Orient, the Rus
/ sia-Japanese war, reciprocity and the
glowing tribute to President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hay. The acquisition of
| the Hawaiian Islands, ne said, was the
/ first important achievement in the con-
duct of our foreign relations after Nc
/ Kinley became president. They gave
the United States a fOothOld in the Pa
cific and were the beginning of our
| great expansion under the Mckinley
administration.
''The war with Spain awoke US to
realization of the fact that more than
a century of remarkable international
industrial development, rendered us an
| important factor in the worlds sys-
tenn. Under the administration of Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt the United States
has obtained a position among the ma
tions of the world which it never Oc-
cupied in any former period of our ma
tional life'
| from a business standpoint and said
that under American rule their exports
had increased nearly twelve million
dollars in the last year The resources
of the islands were boundless, he said,
and. it was not unsafe to say the to-
tai value of the trade would eventu-
allv amount to several hundred mil
lions annually. Manila in no far dis
tant day would become the great COM
lmercial center of the Orient.
Discussing international arbitration
the senator declared that no previous
| administration and no country have
have done more toward the settlement
by peaceful methods, rather than by
| war of the differences which arise
Iamone nations as have the administra-
tions of President Mckinley and
! Roosevelt.
Regarding the disposition of the di-
lDlo1natic complications which had
stood in the way of an interoceanic
canal, he said:
the success of the Roosevelt admins
tration in bringing to a successful ter
mination a question which other pres
lfdents had failed to settle During the
three wears of the Roosevelt admin
istra ton more progress has been made
towards the construction of an inter-
i oceanic canal than the three-quarters
i Of a century of our previous history
Bearing on our relations with the
i Orient the senator said the United
/ states had stood for the open door in
4 China and in our dealings with that
country we had pursued a diSinter-
ested policy of disavowaI of territorial
aggran dizement, a disposition to pro-
tect its rights and confine our inter-
i ests to the peaceful development of
trade We had not hesitated on all
proper occasions to exert our influence
| to preserve the independence of China
Land prevent its dismem BERN ent-