Show question of revenue what worries the monometallic press of the east most whan discussing the monroe doctrine and the means of upholding it is the revenue question what do people mean the new york tribune aheu they talk of asserting the rights of the united states against a foreign power with a revenue less this month thus far than the expend iturbi of government of course a nation can borrow it continues if it hw any reasonable prospect ot paying anything bat what can a nation do is strangled by its own lawmakers law makers so it cannot even pay its own expenses and then the tribune goas on blaming the silver men of the senate because they do not pass the house bond bill we cannot wage a foreign war successfully cess fully especially with great britain on bonded indebtedness the dilver men know that and their talk BO loud voiced of war to quote the tribunes words i not baand baaed en bonds they that if war should be to uphold the monroe doctrine the money of the people through the free coinage of silver would be called into requisition it is therefore that western men feel to watch serenely the currant of events on the monroe doctrine and to feel no apprehension if the worst should come it would be well for tho east in fact if it had a little more loyalty on the currency question and instead of desponding dep on british bonds which the gold basis virtually means it were to depend more on its ova metals which a kind providence has BO lavishly laid at this count rys feet thuraton did well to rebuke the remarks of senator wolcott en the monroe doctrine president ident cleveland and congress made no mistake in the rather precipitate action that created the venezuelan it ws the duty of this country to ascertain if an extension of european system of government was being made in the western hemisphere by encroachment on venezuela aad if BO it will be tho duty of the united flatea to stand vigorously by the monroe doctrine on its maintenance depends the perpetuity of our free without the help of large standing armies |