The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-09
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
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9nVIted the closest scrutiny INTO ali
that had been done by the government
In the isthmus of Panama Mr.. Cor
man made that utterance the text for
a speech in which he criticised the sal
aries paid for work in connection with
the canal, and urged congressional in
squ1ry- He said that the President was
not so much to blame as congress for
his assumption Of control on the 18th
mus, and that the chief mistake had
been made when congress released its
mold upon canal affairs. Mr.. Hale
agreed with Mr.. German in urging the
position Of the rights of congress in
connection with the canal and said that
while congress had delegated the mat
ter to the president, the latter practi-
ically had referred the whole matter
back to congress.
Rayner's Maiden Speech.
The Dominican discussion arose when
SMr. Tfllman's resolution making in
CURRY of the president concerning the
lsIatus OF affairs in the island republic.
'Ihe resolution was made the basis for
a speech by Mr.. Rayner, which was his
initial effort In the senate. He made
an argument for non-interference by
Inc United States in the affairs Of 9TH
khF countries in the western hemisphere
except in cases involving efforts to ap-
propflate territory, and closed with a
plea for encouragement to the Russian
Jews IN their struggle for their rights
IN Russia. He had the closest atten-
ton from the floor and the galleries,
and when he closed was warmly con-
graduated by many senators of both
parties, his colleague, Mr.. German, be-
ing the first to offer his
His Personal Views.
Mr.. Rayner declared he had no pow
Fer or purpose to bind his colleagues TO
the acceptance. of any views he ex-
pressed.
1t is not my intention" said Mr..
.Rayner. in anything that I may say
TO cast the slightest reflection uDon the
administration OF the department of
state While the questions at issue
require knowledge Of constitutional
and international Jurisprudence. we
all agree that the late Iamented oc-
cupant Of this portfolio upon the field
of diplomacy was at least the. peer of
the brilliant line who proceeded and
who have left the impress of their
genius stamped upon the institutions
of the republic and insofar as the
president. is concerned, feeling that he
mas been actuated by the best and
highest impulses in the whole course
of his administration, and believing in
MS sincerity and integrity of purpose
no Carping criticism shall come from
me, even in cases where he may have
challenged precedent and strained au-
1hority to, secure what in his judg-
ment appeared to be a benefit and ad-
vantage to this country.
Believes in Monroe Doctrine.
81 subscribe to every. sentiment of
the Monroe doctrine, that is the gen
uine doctrine, the old text, and not the
revised edition; the original document
and not the counterfeit parliament
1.-THE men who over three-quarters
of century ago rang a proclamation
through the world that at that time
cCnvulSed the political fabric of con-
tinental Europe would never, If living
at this hour. admit the construction
that is now placed upon it and it's
founders and sponsors would never
recognize it If its defOrmed and dis
q tOrted shape When the president is
sues a manifesto that is the product
4 of his own genius it ought to be cir
\culated under the name of its author
&nd in vindication Of the memory of
the dead and in defense of their rights
of protest against the use Of their
names to any instrument that does not
bear their signatures and TO any doc
trine that was never promulgated by
their authority"
Not New Policy.
Mr.. Rayner denied that the presi-
dent was enforcing new policy, and
quoted Jefferson, Adams and Monroe
TO sustain his contention It was
never intended that we should assume
a DrotectOrate, political or financial.
over the islands Of the Caribbean or
the Latin American republics. Re
ferrtng to the comments Of Jefferson
on the Monroe message, he asked:
WAS he contemplating the probable
bombardment of a Caribbean port 20
enforce the payment of a usurer's
bend? Was his mind perDlexed by a
vision Of a war conducted by bailihs
and constables and collectors in the
interest of foreign pawnbrokers whose
weapons are pledges and debentures
and who, struggling with each other
for preferences and priOrities, in their
Insatiate chase for plumber, sweep
down upon the pitiful revenues of
these bankrupt and impoverished re-
publics until they become PROSTATE
supplicants at the excheQuers of the
world, and are willing to yield their
resources and concessions at any price
Or sacrifice that may be dictated at
the gambling dens Of the stock mar
ket''
Tribute to Cleveland.
Mr.. Rayner paid high tribute to
former President Cleveland, but he
could not accept his views on the Ven
ezuelan boundary question. He de-
nominated the present policy as the
Roosevelt doctrine" which he said
embodied the following propositions:
First-The only way, except by &C
tuaI war, that one nation can forcibly
collect a money claim against another
Is by blockade, bombardment or the
seizure of its custom houses and UNI
der accepted laws of nations foreign
governments are within their rights If
hey choose TO exercise it, when they
actively intervene in support Of the
.aoutractual claims Of their subjects
Second-The United States then be-
rones a party in interest, so far as
American states. are concerned. be-
cause under the Monroe doctrine it
eould not see any European power