| Show v HOW EDMUNDS TAKES AN IN INSULT st jerome Nd edmunds munds of the untied united bates senate has been snubbed by the committee on fr foreign eign ra rel lations concerning one very important ma matter I 1 bert at least his v ish and counsel have found the table set apart lor for the promiscuous storage of senatorial small potatoes ces therefore be he begs to be excused from further inflicting upon the committee on foreign rela tiona lions his superfluous presence we lava have not learned to adore par ticul aily atly the the conscience or the wisdom of iha the vermont senator but we conceive that his position in this disputed question bears the earmarks of statesmanship lie does not think that the interests of the united states have beca ad adequately fortified in the samoan treaty lie ia is of the opinion that there are breaches in the document I 1 through which a foreign army or rather a foreign navy could find passage without emulating mutilating the text to any say serious extent with this presentiment it seems to him a proper action to define by resolution the tile claims of the tho united states to pago pigo pago harbor our coaling station BO so perfectly that nothing but a willful violation of treaty child jeopardize the national interests inter egts in that respect ilia 1118 position is well taken |
