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Show STATEHOOD TALK IN EXE6DTIVE SESSION Senator Surton Declares Omnibus Bill as Important as Panama Canal Treaty. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. When the Senate met at ll a. m. today It was still the legislative day of yesterday, a recess re-cess having been taken last night until this morning. The proceedings were still behind closed doors.) The Panama canal treaty was immediately laid before be-fore the Senate. Senator Morgan yielded the floor to Senator Burton (Republican), an advocate advo-cate of the omnibus Statehood bill. He spoke especially of the importance of the passage of that measure, only Indirectly Indi-rectly referring to the treaty. His contention con-tention was that while the canal treaty might be a meritorious measure, the Statehood bill was equally so, and thai It should be voted upon. |