Show HOUSE BILL IS PASS Ell Goes Through the Senate Without the Formality Formal-ity of Roll Call THE VOTE UNANIMOUS fr I Galleries Besieged by Eager II Crowds All Day WAR HARDLY PROBABLE There Will Be No Shrinking However if it Does Come statesmen of All Shades of Political Politi-cal Oiiinion United in Urging the Support of the President Vigorous I Vigor-ous Assertion of the Monroe Doctrine Doc-trine and if Aecil BeAny Action I I Essential to Maintain the Nation i 1 Hi Dignity Cleveland Semis in I Another Message This Time Ire Deals With the Financial Crisis Confronting Uti WASHINGTON Dec 2OThe United States Senate by unanimous vote and without formality of a roll call today passd the bill already adopted by the House of Representatives empowering the president to appoint a commission to dc ermine the VenezuelaBritish Guiana boundary A Page to History This action was the culmination of a debate adding a memorable page to cons con-s al history The subject of war een the United States and Great Dnuln was the prevailing theme which found expression in lofty patriotic sentiments senti-ments in stirring appeals for preparation prepara-tion and defense in graphic portrayals of the horrors of war and at times in defiant de-fiant warnings to the people across theater the-ater By a singular coincidence the session which was to be marked by such vigorous vigor-ous debate and action was opened by an Invocation of classic beauty from the blind Chaplain of the Senate breathing the spirit of good will between the two prominent Englishspeaking nations r Tiiis vis speedily followed by tho adoption of Mr Aliens somewhat ironical ironi-cal resolution calling upon the finance I committee to investigate the needs for the unlimited coinage of silver Patriotic Applause At all times during the four hours of Jircussion the galleries were besieged by an jvger crowd whose patriotic impulses found frequent expressions in applauso which tho presiding officer sought vainly to suppress The most notable utterances of the day wee those of Senator Sherman Teller Mills Lodge Platt Turpie Chandler White Caffery Call and Stewart representing repre-senting the shades of political sentiment and yet in the main uniform in urging the support of the president vigorous assertions of the Monroe doctrine and if need be any action essential to maintain the national dignity There wore strong expressions also against the panic in American ocks and securities which it Was said the London commercial houses were seeking to bring about Throughout Through-out the debate there was an undercurrent undercur-rent of feeling that while the country won d not shrink from war if it must come yet that such a calamity was not imn aent Not a Dinsentinsr Voice Shortly before 4 oclock Mr Morgan uiexpeotedly withdrew the amendments t > the Ill leaving it in its original form There was no demand for a roll call as tTHscntiment of the Senate was clearly fJ it and by a loud viva vooe vote the bill war passed without a dissenting vote This completed the legislative enact jrent ol the measure which with the signature of the president ha the full fore and effect of a law The passage of the bill was not how eer the only exciting event of the day for at 430 oclock the presidents message mes-sage urging the gravity of the financial situation and calling on Congress not to adjourn for the holidays until relief was afforded was presented to the Senate I Its reading was followed with close attention at-tention but the senators absorbed with the stirring events of the debate were read to adjourn without immedate con Biueration of the message The blind chaplain of the Senate Rev Dr Milburn at the opening of the Senate proceedings spoke of the Venezuelan resolution pending and the debate about to be rendered His direct di-rect reference to the horrors of war and the invocation against the shedding shed-ding of blood between the two great English speaking people were followed with breathless attention by the crowded crowd-ed galleries and with noticeable respect and attention by the senators The Senate directed that the invo catton be spread at length on the record rec-ord an unusual mark of respect A resolution was agreed to asking the postmastergeneral for information a to the alleged practice of fining postal pos-tal tl employers Mr Mitchell Rep of Ore introduced intro-duced a wool tariff bill and gave native na-tive that he would move to incorporate it in any tariff measure coming from the finance committee te 1nance comnttee The resolution of Mr Peffer directing the interstate commerce commission to inquire into the recent traffic agreement agree-ment between various railroad lines a agreed to Allen l Factions The resolution of Mr Allen Pop of Nebraska for a coinage of silver tome to-me t the contingencies of war came over from yesterday and Mr Allen < p < jfce upon it with a facetious vein Heyread with running comment 2U > Chandlers bill to increase the armament arma-ment of the United States He refer Lt J g J l > red also to the belligerency of the bills presented by Mr Hale Rep of Maine to increase the navy and Mr Davis Rep of Minnesota inquiring as to British aggression in Alaska The Monroe Mon-roe doctrine was put forward by the president a though it had never been heard of before In the judgment of Mr Allen the president recognized that having lost the confidence of the American people i was desirable to adopt this means to restore to some extent the respect and confidence oOf the people He urged as a measure of financial safety that the free coinage coin-age of gold and silver on equal terms bp considered by the finance commit cee Mr Platt moved the reference of tho resolution to the committee The motion was defeated the detail ed vote being as follows Yeas Allen Al-len Brice Burrows Caffrey Cameron Chandler Gallinger Gorman Hale Hawley Galnger McMillan Martin Mills Mitchell Wis Merrill Platt Proctor Quay Sewell Sherman Smith Thurston Wetmore 24 NaysAllen Bacon Baker Bate Berry Blackburn Butler Call Carter Chilton Clark Cockrell Dubois Gibson Gib-son Harris Jones Ark Jones Nev Kyle Mantle Mitchell Ore Pascoe Peffer Per Morgan Nelson Pefer Roach Prltcham kins Pettigrew Petigrew Tillman Vest Voor Stewart Teller Tlman Walthall Warren Wilsono6 hees llsond YalhaH to The resolution was then agreed division without Mr Plattt sought to have struck out the Mr warlike Allen consented preamble to have this struck out As Agreed ToTe To-Te resolution a finally agreed to is follows as hTcommititee on Finance be That the Committee F1ance hereby directed and instructed and they are structed to inquire and report by bill or otherwise whether it would not be expedient and proper for the government govern-ment expedlen of United States of America to the its mints at this time to open free and unlimited coinage of gold fe unlmrte and 1 and silver at the ratio of 16 to at rto in addition to issue an adequate additon full legal tender of treas such as ury notes in the same manner notes Ur have heretofore been issued and in the interest of national safety withdraw the issue power of national banks and retire all bank currency This cleared the way for a renewal of the direct consideration of the Venezuelan bill Mr Morgan presented and briefly explained the amended ibill Mr Platt urged that the house resolution be adopted U without change The American Ameri-can people did not seek war nor would thy if need be avoid any responsibility re-sponsibility But the conditions did not warrant heated talk of hostilities ties Xo Politics In referring to the committee amendments Mr Platt said Any amendment will be construed In England as a refusal by the Senate to uphold the president There should be othing done ito allow this false impression im-pression t get abroad The idea seems no prevail in England Eng-land that the entire matter isa part of American political campaigning His H-is most important that the British authorities au-thorities and people have their mind disabused of this error The American Ameri-can people were never more in earnest since the breaking out of the revolution revolu-tion than they are today Mr Sherman followed Mr Platt repeating re-peating his assertion of yesterday that he could not see the necessity for haste in the matter The controversy was an ancient one and it was only recently thai the United States had taken co nlzan e of the question The presidents message invites no haste The American people need no special incitement to their interest in upholding uphold-ing the Monroe doctrine He said that while he had insisted on preventing European encroachment upon American Ameri-can soil we had ourselves disregarded the doctrine in the case of Mexico in taking possession of Texas and California fornia As a matter of fact the doctrine doc-trine had never been applied in any specific case England he said is taking tak-ing a very grave view of this matter mat-ter Xot a Drop of Blood I am firmly convinced he said that this controversy will be settled by England and Venezuela and that not a drop of American blood will be shed in its adjustment Mr Sherman proceeded to argue earnestly for the adoption of the amendments suggested by the Committee Com-mittee on Foreign Relations He regretted re-gretted that there should be an attempt at-tempt made to pas this bill under duress du-ress of excitement especially as that excitement was not founded on actual danger He counseled deliberation and deprecated the undue and eager haste as unbecoming the dignity of the Senate Mr Mills Dem of Texas who next took the floor thought that throughout the discussion the Senate had diussion overlooked over-looked the most important consideration considera-tion Mr Allen he said had announced that money was the essential element in the successful prosecution of war He agreed with him I might be possible pos-sible he said that if the mints were thrown open and the printing presses were started the people might have more money in their pockets but when he proposed to go to war with the greatest nation on earth the question of where our revenues were to come from was confessedly a vital matter To engage in war was not childs play Tche strength of the enemy was not to be underestimated With Senator Sherman he said his voice was for peace but it must be honorable and consistent peate Brittle of Battle Today the United States and Great Britain stood face to face fae They had tried to reach an agreement and had failed The president had said we should insist upon our position and resist England with all our power We are standing on the brink of battle said he and prudence requires re-quires that we should look t our strongbox strong-box boxHe He pointed out the vast differences between our resources and obligations now and during the civil war Then said he we did not have a burden of 180000000 pensions t carry and we had as a source of revenue an income tax of unquestioned legality and taxes on domestic manufacture The latter had been repealed The former had been swept away by a decision of the supreme court Practically the only source left Was the customs duty on imports But where were the imports to come from if the states were to war with the mistress of the sea And now standing on the edge of this conflict the country is without the means of taxation to raise the revenue essential for such a vast undertaking un-dertaking he declared Will Never Falter The senator demanded before we plunge into this conflict that this Congress Con-gress adopt a constitutional amendment amend-ment to be at once submitted to state legislatures for the taxation of real and personal property The American people would never tolerate such a law under ordinary circumstances but when American honor and American dignity are at stake the people digit re are Continued on page 2 l M c |