Show i J I CANAL TREATY Will GO DOWN 4 t Its Is Fate Depends D pen s Upon Omnibus Statehood Bill Billt Bi t i A EXTRA SESSION f IS CERTAIN IN INNS NS A COMPROMISE OMO S CAST AE AEI EB RE BEACHED I D DJ J I N Feb Peb SO The sen senate sn vy ate spent the entire eItt day daYi executive executive tive session considering the e Pan Panama Panama ama ma canal treaty teat and ad at ati SSi took tok a a recess until tomorrow at 11 n oc Na No No vote was taken ta n on any of the amend amendments and amendments 5 ments ment which have have been bee prepared by bY Senator Morgan Morgn The division of the steering commit tee te against a night session was ws reached at a meeting of at the te committee held during the afternoon at the request of ot Senator Cullom who has ha the te Colom bian otherwise otherie known kown as the te Paa Panama canal cal treaty tret in charge and wished the steering committees advice as a st to aban aba the night session The commit I tee decided that tha the sentiment of ot the t i senate was w against helding another night session until an effort had imad been made to reach an adjustment of th the somewhat tangled legislative situation SU aton In I the senate senate In I order to bring about an a adjustment it was wa suggested that tat some compromise might be made on the te statehood bill bU They Tey Have Havethe the e Votes The opponents opponent of the statehood hood bU bU never have believed that the measure could be carried cred as a riler on onite the post postoffice postoffice postoffice office appropriation bill In the t senate but the he friends of the te measure re have nea discovered that they have the votes vot not only to carry c out this p pi an hub but but to 1 over overrule overrule rule the te chair chai should ne tie decide the te rider was wa not in order Inquiry about the senate today tody made the opposition apprehensive though not convinced of this claim and in the committee today te toda they said that if such be the case ce It would mean mean an extra session of con congress cn gross gress and that the appropriation 6 bill bi with the statehood rider would be b de do de It I was also found that the leaders in the te statehood fight wee were wl will ing to t assume aume the responsibility for this outcome With Wih this situation before them the te steering committee began b to discuss the te possibility of a compromise Quay Consulted Senators Quay and Elkins and ad other Republicans who have been favoring the statehood bill bi were called cle in and the matter matter was canvassed at some a length but without without approaching 45 8 agreement The Democrats Democrat have ne no n been consulted and as a they the stood out solidly against agins the plan of compromise for the creation craton of two new states stat they may D not accept any compromise proposition proposition Should a compromise be agreed upon it i is stated that it i will Hill m include the Ue ratification of the he Colombian and d Cu Cuban I ban bw treaties |