Show WHAT MONROE MEANT The Herald has endeavored to make I clear to its readers the meaning and scope of the Monroe doctrine because there is a great amount of Ignorance on tho subject Unfortunately it prevails pre-vails among the newspapers as well as the masses of the people And I what is worse than that there Is an evident intent to misinterpret the doctrine doc-trine in order to throw blame upon the present administration for its noninterference non-interference in the Nicaraguan dispute with Great Britain This proceeds from Republican papers echoed by a few weakkneed journals supposed to be Democratic and the Republican League assembly In this city formally adopted resolutions concerning It Which manifested about equal ignor ncc and maUcc We therefore quote J the following on the subject of the i meaning of the Monroe doctrine written writ-ten by Professor John B McMaster the noted historian as it < originally appeared ap-peared dn the columns of the New York Herald 1 It must be remembered in the first place that the declaration on I which Monroe In 1823 consulted his 1 Cabinet and his two predecessors Jet i ferson and Madison related to the i i meddling of the Powers of Europe in > the affairs of American States 1 2 That the kind of meddling then declared against was such as tended to control the polItiCal affairs of American Amer-ican Powers or was designed to extend ex-tend to the New World the political I systems and institutions of the Old 3 That the declaration did not mark out any course of conduct to be pursued but merely asserted that the Interposition of the kind mentioned I would be considered as dangerous to our peace and safety and a manifestation manifesta-tion of an unfriendly disposition toward to-ward the United States t That this doctrine has never been Indorsed by any resolution or act of Congress but still remains the dpclaration of a President and his Cabinet 5 Nevertheless it was and Is an eminently proper and patriotic doctrine doc-trine and as such bas been Indorsed by the people of the United States and needs no other sanction The people not Congress rule this country It is not of the smallest consequence therefore there-fore whether Congress ever has or ever does indorse the doctrine which very fittingly bears the name of the first President to announce it 6 The Monroe doctrine Is a simple and plain statement that the people of the United States oppose the creation crea-tion of European dominion on American Ameri-can soil that they oppose the transfer of the political sovereignty of American Amer-ican soil to European Powers and that any attempt to do these things will be regarded as dangerous to our peace and safety What the remedy should be for such Interposition by European Powers the doctrine does not pretend to state But this much is certain that when the people of the United States consider prifMnc qntrprans to their peace and afety they will do as other nations do and if necessary defend their peace and safety with the force of arms 7 The doctrine does not contemplate contem-plate forcible intervention by the United States in any legitimate contest con-test but it will not permit any such contest to result in the increase of European power or influence on this continent nor in the overthrow of an existing government nor in the establishment I es-tablishment of a protectorate over it nor In the exercise of any direct control con-trol over its policy or Institutions j i Further than this the doctrine does not go It does not commit us to take part in wars between a South American republic and a European sovereign when the object of the latter is not the founding of a monarchy under a European prince in place of an overthrown over-thrown republic In the present Instance therefore the doctrine does not apply so long as I England does not hold the ports of Nicaragua longer than Is necessary to secure the payment of the sum she i i determined to extort THE DISIIOXEST DOLLAR This is the title of a book published by The Herald Publishing company of Salt Lake a brief notice of which has already appeared Its author is Sidney I Dell of Oregon The executive committee com-mittee of the Bimetallic Union passed yesterday a resolution instructing Its members to vote by letter to the secretary secre-tary upon its adoption as an educational educa-tional book along with Coins Financial Finan-cial School It is a tale of the panic of 93 The expressive mottoes on its title page are the following quotations The Dishonest Dis-honest Dollar Has Ruined This NatIon Na-tion and The Money of Hamilton and Jefferson Is good enough for us The story is located in Washington D C The hero is named Sibley a brilliant bril-liant young millionaire who Is a widower The heroine is Helene Browne a gifted daughter of a national na-tional banker Harold Boissevan agent of the House of Rothchild at i Washington Is a leadIng character W P St John also cuts fn Important figure Sibleys daughter Ruth becomes be-comes engaged to Harold who deserts Rothschild The weddings are to take place March 5 1S97 after free silver shall have triumphed The story is well sustained and the awful evils of the dishonest dollar created by the gold unit of value of 1873 are presented in a most graphic and entertaining manner But the gems of the book are In chapters HI and VI wherein are told the historj l of the House of Rothschild and its dazzling wealth and the history of the crime of 73 procured by that house These chapters are strictly historic and meet one of the most intense demands of the voting and thinking American public The tenth and last chapter Is entitled Who Is Sibley It compliments Hon Joseph C Sibley but shows it is i not he It may be Don Cameron or Senator Teller or any other great American Including that young Douglass Doug-lass of the west Hon W J Bryan The book takes up the unit of value where Coin leaves it It bids fair to cause a sensation equal to Trilby and Coins Financial School It is scholarly and entertaining |