The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 19, 1895, Image 11
THE WEEKLY LEDGER; GAFFNEY. S. C, DECEMBER 19,*1898
CLEVELAND,
:::::::: of the
UNITED STATES,
Tells Congress the Time Has
Come to Stop British Ag
gression in Venezuela.
TOWASTE NO MORE WORDS
Salisbury’s Refusal to Arbitrate Should
Be Taken as a Final Decision
by England.
HE CALLS FOR A COMMISSION
Would Appeal to Arms if\ Defense of thi
Turritory of the Little South
American Republic.
WASHINGTON, DecemUr IT.—Pru
dent Cleveland tent to conKrea* today bia
mestu^a on the Veueaualan boundary dta*
pute
Tb* uieaMige reached tba senate aoout
11' :3U o'clock. Senator Alorgun, ubairman
of tbe coinmittee on foreign relatione,ea>
aiuiued tbe mewage of tbe president and
tb«n moved to go into executive tevalon.
At 1 o’clock tbe senate leaumed ita logie-
lative seaiion and tbo mesttage of tee preal*
dent was laid before the senate
Tbe executive session, it was explained
eflicielly, bed been devoted to the consid
eration of nominations.
The senators showed the keoneat interest
in the reading of the document. There
wee hardly a vacant seat on tho republican
aide. As the reading of tho merarge
doted there was a hearty hnnuclnpping
from all quarters of the chumlier. Mr.
Chandler, republican, New Hampshire,
leading in the demonstration on the re-
publlcen side.
It was indeed an Innovation to the usual
decorum ef the senate, where the senators
seldom if ever give vent to their feelings
by applause. Veterans of the senate say
it woa the most spontaneoua demonstration
in their recollection.
Tbe mcesaLEe and accompanying docu*
menta weia rtfeircd to tho committee on
foreign relations, and then at p. m. tho
senate adjourned.
Tbe paper created a profound senaatioa.
It was as follows:
To tbe Coegtsis:
In air anneal msasage addressed to tbe eon-
fleas en tbe third Instant, I called attention
to the pending boundary controversy between
(hvet Britain and the republic of Venezuela,
and recited the anh-taace of a representation
Bede by this goveruioeiit to Her Britanlc Ma
jesty’s fovsrimjsut suggi-sting reasons why
such dieimte sbeeld bo > u bin it tod to arbitra
tion fei ssttisiuent and inquiring whotber It
would be so aubmitted.
Tbe answer of theBiitish government, which
was then awaited, baa since been received,
end together with the dispatch to which it ia
a reply, ia hsrete appended.
Such reply ia snibodiod in two cnmmnniea-
tious addreaaed by the British Prime Miniate*
to Sir Joiiaa Patfncefole, the British ambass
ador at Ibis capital. It will bo seen that one
ef t! esc communications is duvntedexelualvs-
ly to obovrvatiems upon the Monroe doctrine,
and claims that lit tbe present Instance a new
and strange extension and development of
L this doctrine is insisted on by tbe United
ptates; that the reasons justifying xa app«e!
^tbe doctiiaa enunciated by President Mon-
tra gt-nsrally Inapplicable “to the state
bgs ia which wa live at the present
* gnU wrpecialJy inapplicable to a con-
involving the booudary line betweea
jtjiik. md Vrnaxuels.
, attempting sxtcmled argument ia
vs« positions, it may not ha amias
that the doctrine upon which we
In strong and sound, Iwcouee ita tnforce-
sent is inportaut to our p< t re and safety as
a nation and is asssutial to the integrity ef
onr free institutions and the trnnqnil maia-
tenunoa of our distinctive form of govern
ment. It was intaudod to apply to every
stage of our national life and cannot become
obsolete while eur vs public endures. If the
balance ef power is justly e cense lev jealous
anxiety among tbe geverements ef the eld
world, end a fVsjeet for ear ebeelete svu-la
ter feranee, m t the lees is ea ebeetveaee ef
tbe Monroe dt vine of vital eoeearn te ear
people end the government.
Assuming, tt .refere, that we any properly
Insist upon this doctrine withont regard te
*'tbe state ef tbinga In wblak we live,'' or
any changed conditions here er elsewhere, id
is not apparent why ita eppliaetiea way m*
be invoked In tbe preeeet eeaterversy.
Kwnree Doctrine Inetnlned.
If e Bn ropes e power, by ea axtensiea ef lie
boundaries, takes poeeeeeion ef tbe territory
et one of ear nelghbecing repnblies against
Ita will and Ir deroaatlon of ita rigbta, it ia
diSuuit to mm why, to that axtast, »sk En-
to pa an power does not thereby attempt te ex-
and Ita system of government te that portion
1 this continent which is tins taken. This is
precise nation which President Monroe de-
to be "deugeroue to our peeee end
I it sen make an
Whether the European 'yfterti Is
an advaucA of 'rentier cr otherwise.
It i» also «u» gested in the British reply tbit
we should not seek to apply tha Monroe doe*
trine to tho pending dispute, because it d«ip
not embody any principle of international
lew which “i? founded on tbe general eanaont
of nations, ”a d that "no atatoaman,bowo*of
eminent," an. no nation, bowevor powerfnl,
are competent to insert into tbe node of talar*
national law n novel principle whleb wad
Paver recognized before, and wkiah baa nab
atr.ee been accepted by the rrovernmnl et MV
other country.
Praoticelly the principle for whleb ^ earns
tend has poeulier If not exclusive reletlaa t#
the United States. It may not have been afe*
mil ted in so many words to the code of la tee*
national taw, but since m international lav
eoun-els every nation is entitled to tbe rigbta
belonging to it, if the enforcement ef tb#
Monroff doctiine ia something wa may justly
elaim. it has its pla^e in tbe node ef latei-
natioual law as ceitainly and as steursiy SO
if it were specifically mentioned, and whes
the United States is a suitor before tbe bigb
trihnnal that administers international law,
the question to be determined ia wbetbsr es
not we picsent claims with tha justice ef thpt
eodff of law can find to be right and valid.
The Monroe doctrine finds Ms recognition
in tlio'o piinciples of international law which
aro b.'tsod upon tbe theory that erery nation
shall have its rights piotected and its just
clr.imii enforced.
England Once Approved It.
Of roniMi this government is entirely confl-
dint that under the sauction of this Oostriue
wa cave clear rights and undoubted claims.
Nor in this ignored in tbe British reply. Tbe
prime minister, wkil not admitting that tbe
Monroe doctrine is applicable to present sea-
ditious, states: "In declaring that tbe
United states would resist any such enter
prises if it was contemplated, Piesiduat Moo-
iou adopted a policy which received the sa
tire sympathy of tho Fn lisb government of
that date.’’ lie further declares: "Though
the langu tge of President Momou is directed
to the uttaimrent of objects which most Eng
lishmen would agree to bu sHlutory.it U im-
possibln to admit that they have bceu in-
scribed by any adequate authority in the code
of international law." Again he says: "They
(Her Majesty’s government) fullycoucur with
tlirf view which Piesid -nt Monroe apparently
ciiteitaiued, that any disturbauco of tho »z-
istii.g territor al distribution iu that homi-
sph.iro by any fresh acqui-dtmu ou tlio part of
any European slat- would bu u highly laex-
I anient change. ’ ’
In the belief that the doctrine (or which
wo coutand w cleat and definite,that it wasse
founded upon substantial eoi.sideratio.w* Stid
involved our ‘-ulety and welfare, vu.-.t it wss
fully uppliruble to our yioscnt oo&ditinae
end to the state of tho world's progress an4
that it was duectly related to the pending
controversy and without any convictios at te
its firnl merits of thff dispute, but Anxious t#
learn iu a natlsfactory and condu.iivo tsaunor
whether Great Britain son ;bf un'ier a cleini
of boundary, to extend her j < ; esvlons on tliie
continent without rinht.or wln thor she mere
ly aouxht possession of territoiy fairly is-
clndod within her Hues of ownership, this
(lornimnent proposed to the government of
Great Britain a leaort to arbitration ss the
proper means of settling tin* que-tion, to the
end that a vexatious boundary dispute be
tween the two contestants might bn deter
mined and our exact standing and relation
in respect to tho controversy might b* made
clear.
It will be seen from the correspondence
herewith submitted that this proposition has
boon declined by the British government upon
(rounds whicn, iu the circumstances, seem to
jne to be far : om satisfactory. It is deeply
liaappointing that such an appeal actuated
by the most friendly feelings towards both
'lations directly cour.eined, uddreieed to tbe
MnsA of justice and to tho magnanimity of
me of tho gieat powers of the world nnd
touching its relations to one one com para live
ly weak and small, t-hould iiuvu produced ne
better results.
Looks f.iho War.
Tbe course to bo pursued by this
Bicnt in view of tho pii scnt ronditii
not appear to admit of serious doubt
ing labored faitl fully for many years
duce Gieat Biitaiu to submit liiis di-pute to
impartial aibitration, and having boon cow
finally apptiseil of bet refusal to do so,
nothing remains but to accept tho situation,
to recognize its plain lequirenionts and deal
with it accordingly.
Gieat Britain’s present proposition has
nevei thus fur been regi riled as admissible
by Venezuela, though any adjustment t.f the
boundary which tl at country may deem for
her advantage nnd may enter into of In t own
free will cuirot, of course, he objected to by
the United btites.
Assuming, liowevei, Hint the attitude of |
Yenezuola will leinsin liurliau.’ed, Ha. die-
pnto has reached such a stage as to make it
now incunibot t uixm tin. United Stales to
take meuaurn to determine with suflU'i»nt
eertuiuty for its lustificetion what le the tine
Alvisional lit 1 liotwomi thu republic of Vcne-
■uela end Britisii Guiana, ’ilio iiiquiir to
that end should,of course, Is. coiidnctod care
fully end judicially, and due weight should
he given to ail available evldenc-, recotd*
and facts in suppoit ol tho claims of both
parties.
in order that snch an examination should
be piosecuted in a thorough nnd satisfactory
manner, I suggest that the congress inukn an
adequate appropriation for the exjs-nses of s
eommiMiou to be a|>pointo<i by tiio executive,
who snail rnnku tbe necess.-uy inventigatioa
end leport upon the matter with the least
poisible delav. When such a repoit is wade
and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the
duty of the United Mates to resist by every
moans within ita powei us a wilful uggris sios
upon Its lights and inter-sts, the uppropiia-
tlon hy Great Britain of any lands or the ex-
etoiee of gnveiuwantal jurisdiction over any
territory whi :h after investigation we have
determined of right Lol-nge to Vonesuula. Is
making thaso iccomineudatious I am fully alive
to the responsibility incurred, and keenly
realise all the con oquencu* tfiat may follow,
I am nevertheless linn in my convict on
that while it ia a grievous thing to coulors-
plute the two gr ut English-speaking peoples
of the woild u« U-ing otherwiee tliaii frlrm'ly
conipetitors in the onward muich of aivilisu-
tiou and strenuous ami worthy ilvals in all
the art* of pi uce, thorn is no calamity which
a groat nation can invito which uqual* that
which follow- u supine submission to wrong
end injustice and the cousequant lose ef na
tional self-respect and honor beneath which
Is shielded and dt-fo ided e people's safety
and girutnesa
(digued) GUOVKK CLEVELAND.
Executiv* Mansion, Wushiugtou, U. C,, pe*
oeiuher 17, hsX.
NKCUEiAKY OI.NKY'b VIEW.
Strang Fre.enl alion of Hie AluerleM 014#
of tha t'onli'.versy,
Accouiistiving <hc jmsl -ent's massage
»«rra 17 cnwr'a new
m •fMDlng tha negotiatiena wit!
it BrltaiEs Iboking to the arbitxatioit
ef tba botiadaiy dispute, bearing data ol
fair tb tail and it addressed to Mr
■ayaid.
Tba teontayf begins by stating that tha
fiwMant baa given much anxious though
te the •ubjeet aad has not reached a eon*
aiaaten without a lively cense of ita gnat
importanea as wall aa of the sarlout pot-
Khtlitr iatolved in any action now to he
totam- |e then comments on tba long
•«ration ef the boundary dispute,tbe “in-
iaflalto" claims of both parties and "tba
aoetianoua growth of tba nndeflnad British
etatam^ *' tbe fbto of tbo various attempt*
et arhttMtlea ef tb* controverey and tb*
K 1 la tb* matter heretofore taken by tb*
tad State* Be show* that tb* British
atataas slaoe the Sebomberg lin# waa run
have moved the frontier of British Guiana
fart bar and farther to tbe westward of tbe
Una proposed by Lord Aberdeen in 1844.
The Issues at Stake.
Tho secretary then summarizes the situa
tion at tba beginning of this year to be as
loltows:
"L The tills to tsrrltory of indefinite bat
emfesisdly o very Urge dispute is between
Greet Britain and Venezuela.
"ft. The disparity in strength of tho parties
U sueb that Venaauela can hope to establish
her elain^naly through peaceful methods.
"a. The eonttovoiay has existed for half a
sentury, despite Venasuela’s etlorts to estab
lish a bound , ry.
"4- Yenezuola has tor a quarter of a century
striven fot arbitration.
"B. Great Britain has continuously refused
except upon the reuunciatiou in her favor of
e large pert of Venezuela’s claims.
The United States has made it clear to
Great Britain and tho world by fiequent in
terposition of good oSiccs that thecontinrorHy
is one in which its houor and its into.eats a o
involved and tbe continuancoof which it cun-
net regard with indifTcreuci.
This etntU' the (secretary Hays, compels
those charg d with the intercuts of tho
United States "to decide to v.i.ut extent, if
any, Uo United States may and should in
tervene in a controversy between nnd pri
marily concerning only Groat Britain
and Venezuela and to decide how fur it
iu bound to >ee that the integrity of Ven
ezuelan territory iu not in j nired by tho
protentionn of its powerful antagonist.
Are any uucb right and duty devolved upon
tbe United Sttt*ou? If no'. Hie Uni'ed
(states has already dotiu all. not more than
a purely uontiiuental intercut in tho utluirs
of tho two countries jut-Uflcs. and to push
its interposition further would be undig
nified and might well uubject it to the
charge of impertinent intermeddling with
afisire with which It hue no rightful con
cern.
What the Moure# Doctrine Menus.
On the eltwr hand, If any such rigid and
duty exist,their due oxereiko and discharge
will net permit of any action that, tdiull
not bo pflktiee* end tha*. if Hie p wer of
the Un t«>d t*t»‘»e is adequate, shuli not
rtv-ult in the lishrm-nt of the end in
view The question thus presented, ns u
mat'er «f prtncijle, a: d regard being luul
♦w tha He^tlffd national policy, does not
evem dlflleult to solution. Yet Hie mo
mentous pTHeHeel eoneeque: cos dependent
upon its dr termination require that it
piiould be .nrefully conridetcd nnd that
th grounds of the conclufion arrived at
should be fully and frankly ftalcd.
The reerrtnrv lny< it down at- a canon of
fn'ern t'iona! law t: at a nation may irM-
ly interfoe in a controveiry !■ 'wren
other natbuie wlenrver "what is do :e or
pro, oee i l>y any oi Hie patties prin ii’Hy
cot ter, rd iit a setAo s at:.! direct men-cs
own lnte r:i y. trar.qiiiliiy o: v.cl.
without juatbeuse treed tboee etetss II
the new world which here omenolpetee
themselves from Europeea control "
America Decides for ■erself.
‘'American Questions, it l> eetd. ere foi
American decision,” says Secretary
Gluey,aid then applying this doctrine In
the reverse, bo adds:
"If all Europe were suddenly to fly tc (
arms over the fate of Turkey, would it not
be preposterous t!:at any American flats F0ST7 MILLION DOLLA^-j -^-iaaOIT
should find itself inextricably Involved ic |
The Secretary's Report on the
Finances of the Country.
the miseries and burdens of tho oor.tmtl
What have tbe st .tes of America to do v itfc
the vast armies an.’ fleets of Europe and
whv should they bo impovoriubed by wan
in which they can have no direct concorn.
Tbe moral interns of Europe ere peculiei
to tier end entirely adverse to those wbick
ere peculiar to*America. Europs is with
A Large Part of the Keport Devoted to
tbe Condition of the Treasury—An Lx-
•tiaustlvu Argument In Favor of the Re
tirement of the Greenbacks — Gold
Would Then He Ueturm-d.
Washington', Dec. 17. — Secretary
to i's
proi i le* y of H.c
uk* when np.
fit re. "iff
pi:el in p < i faith will tmt He questioned
in nny qu.i' <*rff (hough he ^nyff it has beer
given n wiu< r ope anil too often mai e t
clonk for ffchemrs of v.r.nton pjolintioi
and ivjgrandize.n'nt,
') ii k Iffail-' him up to an ffkibornte revlon
of (: <• M •nm* ilocfrln' ftud Secretmy Ol.
r-y. a .q'i'r* rfir.t Hiff ir-jodHon t :a
Am v i?n is n no part open to colouiza.
Ho 1 ! 0 : ':-ff<*ti cod-i- ><1, says that >u:
p:-.* - i ro’D-.’in I-* witt, ;!.• other f-rnctica
jovem*
a> | hr
i« n
ii' thff Moan.
ff iloctrinff, Vz.
i tlcmt
Thai •
iem iioii-inti"
r'ffntion in Eu
Hut-
r iff n"
<• r
rily iiii|iiics
Ear. ; r iu non
to in-
inter'i*
1 i*i
in Ainffrican
:iflairs, (lie iliffio
g,-.rd ol Ah' h by nny European power is
to bo ui'ffti a ! an act of unfrirnillinesB to
wards t e United States. On thio jioint
th** >■' cre'erv rajs:
"Thff p'l-riff* »eop« and liniitAtions of this
tule cvnnot. Sff eloarly Apprehended. Ii '’oe.
not esfAblisfi s iy tffiiffisl policy f< > a pro-ec-
torniff by tbs United S :i)es ovffr other Am- ri-
caii fftat-*. It oeev : 'i rfflisvesny Arncr'-Aii
stnto from i*s ahligstioiis as fixed by itiipi.is-
timiil law. nar pioveiii su> Kurnpead power
dirrctlj interff-tsd rom en'or- tig such obli-
gaiionsoi 'roi* irflirtii* n:f>ritffd pnuish-
iiirnt for the brearh rf tl rm. I» does no: ron-
templats Any iatvifs'eneffr in Hie inirmn: mrial
slfAiis «f say Airetlesn sta'ff or in the rela
tin',s Ifftwern it ami othrr Anietlcsn stiiti>».
It duAi not Jnvtlfy any attempt on our port to
(•bnngs the esinhlliliffd fi rm of sovenmipn of
nny Anterlnan stats ot to prermt the pooplo
o' Nnch state franc altering thul fnrm accoid-
mg to thou nws wilt and pirn uru.
"Ths nils is qasttion lias Iml n single pur-
po,« and nbjsst. It is thut no European
pone! nr enuihlastlon of Europt-su powt-ra
slinll forsiblv dspuvs an Ann rirau Htiito of
Hie i ight Amt pawsr of ifflf-soiffrniiii at and
of idiuping fot itself its own political for-
tnuns sad destlalss. "
fn Fares ftsvest jr Veers.
Tha uecra'ary says it is tnsnifest that n
rule which has bosn ojeuly nnd uniformly
acted ur»" by tha axccutive binnch of the
government far aaventy yrnrs inust Imvo
bed tha uniictlan of congress. Nor, ho
adds. If Mia practical results of the rule be
sought bar Is tha record either meagre or
obscure, ft# brat affect was indeed mo-
uanttsus a*4 tar-rsaching. It was the
oompousnt factor iu thu einoncipstloD
of South America sad toll the IndepemJcDt
•talus of that region are luigely indebted
fM their *avy Mistenca.
Mdoo tba* tba aiost striking single
oohlavooMnt to Pa credited to tho rule ii
Iba avaavatloa *f llsxicu by the French.
But wo are also ludcbtoJ to it for th«
CUyton-ik lost treaty, neutraliing anj
tutoraattocal usual acroan Oeutrol Ameri-
ea and •aalwdiaf Great Britain from nnj
domlulon ttien. It bna been uted in tbt
asuts of Oubt on If justify lug Hie jiositioi
|b*t. while tbo auvarslguty of Spain wll
Pa laspoctad, tba tslaud will not be per
^Ittnii to be name tba possession of an;
other Suiopena i*>wor,
U he* bean Influential In Fringing nbou
tbo doflalta raliuqulshnient of in)
fupgoeod prateatarate by Uieot Bri ail
•rav lb* Maogalto coast, rrcsidont Foil
raHofl up** It though perhaps erroneous,
ly, ta gravest tb* transfer of Tuca'an
Ganaral Great la tb* same spirit declsraf
tbat a 11st lag 4sg»udanclcs ware no lo, rei
* subjsat *f transfer from ons Euro; ac
C war • aaotbar and another Jevelodi nnl
feuod ii tho objection to erbitta 'on
•f fleutb 1 ooriaan controversies by a ^u-
rap*ana power and Bsorati y Bayard re*
•Istad tb* • nferaamant of tb* Pollff’loi
alalia against Baytl, declaring bat
a single important excaption, committee ! Carlisle’s annual report on tho state of
to the nionarchial prinicplo. America li finances has been sent to congm;.-;. It
devoted to the idea that every people hai ^hows that the revenues of the Kovorn-
an inallcnable right of “ H -*o;*' D “* nt . inent from all sources during the last
"Any European control of our interesU ,
is uecesuarily both incongruous and in- fiscal year ainonuted to ^>90,-3o>, .0-1.
jurious. and if tbo forcible intrusion oi ! The expenditures during tho same pe-
Europcan j owerrsin American politics ii riod aggregated ITS. I'Jfi. leaving a
to lx? deprecated tho resistance must come deficit f()r tlip voar
b ti>* aorraspondaiics ou tb* subjaal It; MafrtaiM^lpdaad w«u|d be tb* qouaf-
from the United States, the only power wit!
itrength adequate to the exigency. Tier*
can bo but on answer to the questior
whether the safety and welfare of th«
Uui'ed Sta*en arc? so concerned witii tin
maintenance of the independence of everj
American state as against any European
power as to jusify and require our imer-
po-ition wconever timt independence li
endangered.
Will Stand B)' Our Highls.
These stutes aic oui friends and allici
coinmerciady and politically and to allov
tlie subjugation of any one of them by ar
European power reverses the situation anc
signifies a loss of all Hie advantages inci
dent to their natural relation to us
But that is not all. The people of thi
United States have a vital i..'crest in thi
cause of popular self-government, whicl
ihey have secured at the cost of infiniti
blood anJ treasure.
The age of the crusades lias past an<
they au content with such assertion uni
defense of the rights of self go\eminent a 1
their own security and welfaie demands.
It is in fiat view, more than any otho:
that they will not tolerate the politica
control of Ilio American states by tin
forcible assumption of a European power.
The mischiefs to bo apprehended fron
such a source are none the less real be
cause not immediately imminent in am
specific case. The United (Hates is toda’
practically sovereign on this conMnent am
iis fiat is law. All the advumages of thi
cuperiority are at once imperilled if thi
principles be admitted that Eurojcai
powers may convert American stutes inti
colonies of their own. Thi? principii
could bo i?i sily availed of and nny powe
doing so would immediately secure a basi
of military o|x?r:itioiis against us, and 1
in not inconceivable that ttie struggh
now going on for the acquisition Afric:
might be transferred to South America.
The weaker countries would soon be ab- his report (<
sorbed and South America would be par | uiy and the
(titioned between European powers. "
Sentiment Not Kelleil On.
Tho consequences to the United State!
would be disastrous. Loss of prestigi
would lie the least of them. Our own rea
rivals in peace ns well ns enemies in wa:
wouhl be located at our very doors. Wi
must be armed ’o the teeth, convert thi
flower of our male population into soldier)
and sailors and thus annihilate n largi
share of the prod ctive eneigy of the im
lion.
Our just apprehensions are not to bt
allayed by suggestions of the good wll
o' European powers towards us, for thi
people of tlie United States have learnot
in the school of exierience to what extent
the lelnlioiis of stales depend, not upof
rentiment or principle, but upon seliisl
in'crests.
Thoy will not soon forget that in thei.
lour of dirtress nil Hieir nnxieties nnd
Durdens were nggrnvnted by the lo-si'Dinty
>f demon 1 -:rations against their national
ife on the pari of powers with whom
they hud long maintained the most liar-
nonious relations.
They have yet in mind Hint France
iciz’d upon tho apparent opportunity of
nir civil wnr to set up a monarchy in
Mexico and had France nnd Great Britain
leld important South American posses-
lions to work from and benefit, the
temptation to destroy our predominance
sy furlliM'.ig our dismemberment might
iiuvo bceii irresistible.
From th«’t grave peril wo were saved in
Hie past :w i may be saved again in tho
future th rough ilio operation of tho sure
but silent voice of the doctrine proclaimed
by 1’resident Monroe.
liis clear and umnisttikable position on
Hie Monroe doctrine is laid down and Sec-
retHty Olncy goes at ton.c length into Hie
Venezuelan dispute, a dinning that the
Hr it idi claim in two years apparently has
extended some 139,000 iquuro miles so as to
command the moutii of tho Orinoco and
dismissing as valueless the contention
tfiat Great Britain’s po.“issio» of Venez
uela gives it any rigid to be treated us an
American state, he shows where Great
Britain lias arbitrated o’hct boundary dis
pute,- and declares that i> in effect says to
Venezuela: "You are not strong enough
to get anything by force and wo won’t
arliitiato unless you fiist give up a part ol
Hu* toiritory. " This ho says amounts to
invasion and conquest and our duty it
summed up as follows:
A !>• Unite AansWffr Iteqiiesteil.
"In thoffo circumstances,the duty ot the
president appears to him unmistakable
and im|xirarivc. Great Britain’s assur'ion
of title to *ho disputed territory combined
with her r fusul to prove that title, Investi
gated, being a substantial appropriation of
the territory to her own use, not to pro’ast
and give warning that the transaction
would be regarded as Injurious to tlie in
terests of the people of tbo United St ten
as well a-* oppressive In itself would be
to ignore an established policy, witii which
Hie honor and welfare of this country are
closely Identified. While tbe mensuros ne
cessary or proper for ti o vindication of tho
policy are to be determined by another
branch of ho government, it is clearly for
tho executive to leave nothing undone
which ma tend to render such determina
tion unnecersary. "
Mr. Bay rd is directed to read the com
munication to Loid Kuli-b'iry and ask a
'definite decision in re *nrd to arbitration.
Thu pres'iiont hopcit that the conclusion
will lie on the side of urbitiurion, but if he
Is disap) o nted."a result not to be antici
pated and n his judgment calculated to
greatly en >arrass the future relations be-
tween (hit -ountry and Great Britain,”
he wishes > be acquainted wi'h tbe fset
at such rly date us will enab'n him to
lay th* w ole subject before ci ugrosi, In
Lis next annual massage.
of $42,805,2'.’3. As
compared with tho fLval y;*av 1S94 the
receipts for 1895 increased ■ 17,'i?
although there was a deerOii -'* f dl,-
329,981 iu tho ordinary expemhu:. v,
which is accounted for by a reduction
of $11,134,055 on sugar b'mnti'*:-. The
revenues for tho current fiscal y< e.r are
estimated, under the basis of ' .ci ting
laws, at $431,907,407 and the expendi
tures at $448,907,407. which will leave a
deficit of $17,000,000. For the coming
fiscal year, ending June 30, 1897. tin*
secretary estimates the receipts at .-101,-
793,120 and the cxpenilitun : at !57.-
884.195, or an ostimat. d surplus oi . ti,-
908,920. Tlie secretary states brn liy the
facts concerning the issues of bonds
during tho year, the particulars of
which have already been r-p rfed to
congress. The report shows that the
Behring sea patrol fleet duri.'g the last
season boarded and examine 1 ’.1 v< - Is,
54 of which were engage.. ,n en i ,g.
Tho number of skins aemeky c c.med
was 31,210. Many of tlie \ i • the
revenue cutter service, the soen tery
says, are very old and nearly tri.-«•:*.-
worthy, and he recommends that lour
new ones he provided to tak* 1 ■ uiao?
of the AieLane, the Crawforn. tie- Siu'-
wsird :unl o: <? for tlie port of Nc.v York.
'l'!u* secrei oy says that the : ,vern-
nie r of ( : - :t Britain has rol'u •■<1 to
r<‘new the aiing regulations agreed
up 'ii for th" .«e;' - >n of 1894. The total
catHi oi ffcais at si a in tin* award area
du::i:gthe cd on was 53,291, as
c • t:-i*4 with til. --S . r tlie season of
1894 T::'* ealeh ■ u th" seal i. lauds
was !5.<'9i. Aeaiofu! e inr of all tin?
se: ; on tic* iskinds ia-t ye. r makes the
numiier a !i.: a* over 299,000, an increase
of over ' iie-half since 1891.
Tiie secretary devotes a large share of
the condition of tlie treas-
. airency, in the course of
which he makes an exhaustive argu-
nc ot io fav -r of the retirement of tho
gi'o • oiiacks.
‘•The opinion seems to prevail to
some extent that tli‘* ni". e ])o>.-e. sion of
a surplus in tin* trea->ury would ;:revent
vritlidrawals of tiie gold and thus n nd'-r
file- ne of It mds for the ju'oteetion of
t!i‘* reserve Uiineccs. c.ry, but this view
of t e subje"t is founo'a,l, iii my judg
ment, upon an entire misconoenri' ii of
the causes that have produced tin* witli-
dra wals.
“Tliere is hut one safe and effectual
way." the secretary says, "to protect
onr treasury against I lies'* demands,
and that is t > retire and cancel tin* n tes
wl)i< h constitute the only means through
which t in* withdrawals can ho made.
"litis can lx? m >st successfully ac-
compl : slii*!l l.y ant it nziug the secretary
of the treasury to issue from time to
time l> -nos payable iu notes, iieau g in-
terest at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent
p'*r annum and having a long time to
run. and t*> exchange ihe b-uids for
United States notes and treasury notes
upon such ti rms as may be most ad
vantageous to tin* government, *>v to
sell them abroad for gold whenever, in
his judgment, it is advisable to do so,
and use the gold thus obtained in re
deeming the outstanding notes. Under
the operation of such a plan, if judi-
cb u ky exeented, there could b * n > im-
jir-iper contraction of tin* circulation be-
eauffe, if it should at any time be fnuud
t!::.t otlier forms of currency were not
be,ug supplied to tlie extent n piured,
ex •ranges of bomls for n t'*s w u!d Ik*
suspended and gold would be pr cured
by ?el!ing the seeuriti‘*s abroad. In -n--
der to further fivilitati* the sub t ration
of ot her currency for the retirement of
legal tender notes, tlie nation:: banks
should lie authorized to is.-tr* notes
equal in amount to tlie face value of
bonds dep isited to secure them, and the
tax on their circulation should i. * re
duced to one-fourth of one per centum
per annum.
"Asa j>art of tho plan for the retire
ment and cancellation of the legal ten-
dfr notes, the treasury sli mid be relieved
from responsibility for the redemption
of national bank notes, except worn,
mutilat' d and defaced notes, and the
notes of failed banks, and each :i -. K*ia-
tion should be required to redeem its
circulation at its own office and at agen
cies to be designated by tho comptroller
of the currency, as was the ease prior to
the passage f the act of Juno 20, 1874;
or, if this is not considered expedient,
and the present system of current re
demption by tho treasury is continued,
tlie secretary should have tlie power,
altera future date, to bo fixed in the
law, to require the banks to keep their
5 percent re .emption fund m gold coin
and to deposit gold coin for tho with
drawal of bonds whenever circulation is
to be permanently surrendered or re
duced.”
Tho secretary also favors the passage
of a law allowing national banks to es
tablish branches iu small towns with a
view to bringing them closer to tin* peo
ple in parts "f the country rem ite from
large towns and cities, and by which
their usefulness would be greatly en
hanced.
Tnc secretary, iu concluding his re
port, says that it is not probable that
any plan for tho permanent retirement
of United States and treasury notes
will lx? adopted that will not require
considerable time for its complete exe
cution, and he therefore urges upon
congress the propriety of prohibiting
any future issues of such notes or of
national bun c notes of less denomina
tion than $1<> thus making room iu tlie
circulation for silver certificates of small
denominations. This, ho says, would
increase their use among the people and
prevent their frequent return to and
accumulation in the treasury.
TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
A Number of Associations
Denominations Meet In i
Washington, Deo. 17. —1
from national, state and territorial 0O*
cieties, leagues and alliance* of temper*
anco reform workers met in convention
at tho Calvary Baptist Sunday school*
house. Members from religions denom*
inations, associations, conferences and
delegates from all organizations opposed
to the drinking saloon are present.
Tiio convention was called to order by
tho Rev. L. B. Wilson, president of the
District of Columbia Anti-Saloon league.
The program included introductory
prayer by Rev. Tunis H. Hemliu, D.D.,
pa tor of the Church of the Covenant,
ami an addre-s of welcome by Rev.
Samuel H. Greene, D. D., pastor of
Calvary Baptist church.
At’ ighta massmooting was held at
the !' g Congregational church, when
an adih - . welcome was delivered
by Dr. S L. Whitman, president of tha
G i nmbia university.
k * t ai* for tlie evening was "stats
un t lit rial alliance against the sa-
1 *' ii." '1 h*» speaker was Rev. Alfred J.
Lawson, president of tho New Jersey
li‘o::ue; Mrs. Margaret L. Pratt, in be-
c done by the district league
and "V. J. L. Kynett of Philadelphia,
ik 'i of the Christian temperance
nr -ment audits success iu Pennsyl
vania and oilier states.
CO’
ra i
A BAD WRECK.
Qu.ti- • Number of Persons Injured, but
No do ratal ly.
O., Dec. 17.--Following is a
.<* list of those injured in tho
y wre<*k at Milton:
.)< • 1 Boiveln*!*. Lima, O.; Miss Rosa
U n a, Custer, O.; Mrs. B. 0. Doty,
('a i' r. ().; Miff Mary Lance, Custer,
s. E A. ii iliner, Custer, O.; Mat-
ilauffr.iff. ( aster. (J.; John Bruch,
. O.; Charles Blausius, Custer,
!; s S' •nian, Custer, O.; John
, Custer, O.; Engineer Clark
■'(l Fireman Jsman, Lima, O.
’se was kilb'd. Twenty-five per-
• :<• injured less seriously than
i • i anted hove, and were able to go
i tied homes. Those brought here,
*■ imdnde all those named, ara
a* people were iu th*
il freight,ou their way
end a b dge meeting,
c fire after being tolo-
pa* ligor engine and
F • injured in tho ca
v'd befi re the flames
’ironian .Tame;, Osman
injured. It i feared
re er iloyt’s injuries will prove
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:: *1 ;!:at h" will spare mi pain* to cap-
luie ill" r'MK'gad •>.
Th."!' is •: i s' lnblance of trouble or
an ■ utbroak of Indians in the Whit*
r i tain i*‘: ": valio!i. The renegade
Iii’ "is have been oil tlie reservation
eix years.
Iti*l)oi*t on Alaska’s Scliools.
Sw "it : sco, Dec. 17.—The United
Htat' s conimissioner of education has
i .1 1 a report on education in Alaska,
fn liidi it a]>p<':irs that during th*
j:a? 'var tliere have been maintained
t ".e !ii day .sehools with 24 teacher*.
1 i" r • Im.ve also been maintained sevea
i" a' l mrhools with 49 touchers and
piiij/fi.ves Tlie commissioner recom-
m aa appropriation of $.50,000 for
llii* ensiii'i?:’y nr fur education in Alaa-
k ; One <>i i iie oldest recommendations
of tbe :eport is that the government in-
ereaso its appropriation for the intro-
du• tioii of (ioinestic reindeer as a food
siqiply for tlv* peojile Nearly 400 were
introduced !a.,t year.
i'wi* '•«?» KiMimI bv » DcspcraiJo.
Momuom. ky, Ala , Dec. 17 — Charles
Burton, a negro desperado, became in-
v>ived in a quarrel with two white men
at Mi 1 * hell's station, in thi£ county,
and sev. ral shots were exchanged,wh*a
Burt n ran. Mr Williams, a promi
nent white farmer living near by, hear
ing 111" ii in raised bis window and
peered af As he did so. Burton turn
ed in Id, flight and shot Williams ia
tlie forehead with a winchester. A lit
tle fuither on Hinton encountered a
peaceable negro, Tohnsou Dalton.whom
he -lint thmugh lli<* heart. William*
and Dalton are dead Burton made hi*
escape.
foninil Witii His Throat Cot.
Tai.i.clvh Fali-s,Ga., Dec. 17 —Newa
has just reached here of a murder, on
Tills on creek, in Hie mountainous por
tion of Rabun comity. Tho body of
Pink Anic,d was found with the throat
cut fro - ear to oar Near the body
were f mi a bloody knife and a hat.
Tho : ,r )ea were identified hy the father
of Ira L•ok- .sun as belonging to Ira,
and sis h»* and Arnold were seen to
gether, I th drinking heavily, suspicion
was so sir "Ug that Ira was arrested and
place,I in Ciayt >u c m .ty jail, although
he protests Ins innocence of the crime.
8k.*riuu» Cutting AITray.
Ellavit.lk, Ga., D'x*. 17.—A serious
cutting affray occurred about four mile*
from this place, in which .1 O Wilkin
son was dangerously cut across the neck
and head and stabbed in the back by
Mr. Newton (4lover, once representa
tive from Schley. It seems that M#.
Glover’s sm started tlie fuss with Wil
kins hi and as getting the worst of it,
when the father came to his raaou*.