Show GOSIOERED A TREATY Senate Dispusses One Pending Pend-ing with Great Britain 1 WOLCOTT EXPLAINS IT 0 Bogulates the Disposal of the Estates of Deceased Citizens of One Country Coun-try who May Die in the Other Senator Bacon Criticised the Document Docu-ment as Conferring Power on Federal Fed-eral Government which He Held Belonged to thovStatfeff No Vofo was BeachedT Washington I fILth2QLile Senate today In oxeCUtrvci > cSfeIonf tonsldercd the treaty between11 thoUnIUd Stales and Greot BfilaiSi Vegulullhg the disposal dis-posal of the Statesot deceased citizens citi-zens ot one country who may die In the other country Senator Wolcott of the Committee on Foreign Relations had charge of the treaty and explained tho legal bearing of the agreement saying It covered practically the same ground as treaties with other countries on the same subject Senator Davis chairman chair-man of the Committee on Foreign Relations Re-lations also made a statement in Sill port l of the treaiy Senator Bacon of the same committee commit-tee criticised the treaty as conferring a power upon the Federal Government In ho regulation of estate which was an infringement upon the rights of the Stales and Territories lie pointed out lint the pending treaty goes further than any agreement tvlth any other power In the infringement of Ihls right and he especially criticised the authority author-ity granted by the treaty lo the Queen of England or the President of ihc United States o extend Uhe provisions of the treaty to dependencies The treaty was amend y striking out the time limit for uUflcatlon jwhich made it expire on the ind InsUini Xo vote was reached antiwhcMi the Senate adjourned there was an understanding that the treaty should again be taken up at 3 oclock tomorrow Mr McComas representing a majority major-ity of the Committee on Privileges and Elections presented a report and ic solution so-lution declaring Mr Scott of West Virginia Vir-ginia lo be enillled lo his scat in the Senate The resolution was placed on the calendar Mr Me Coin us slated that Mr Pettus would present a minority report 0 reportPJSTTIGIttiW PJSTTIGIttiW BOBS UP Au Interesting colloquy arose over a request of Mr Pcltlgrew of South Da kola for the printing as a document of a collection of sayings and writings of prominent statesmen of this country He read some of the sayings which he referred to as political axioms Whose are these wise sayings and aphorisms Inquired Mr Hale 0 Ill read another of them responded respond-ed Mr Petllgrew and doubtless the Senator with his knowledge will recog nle the author lie then read a paragraph para-graph relating to the changing of coa s by political parties SUU Mr Hale failed to recall ticaulhornnd inqulrgd whether IhlscoUijeUoifqf wise sayings wa by one person or by several The one I have just read said Mr Pctllgrew was written t by Abraham Llnooln in a letter to 1110 Republicans of Boslon In response to a request to paitlcipato in I a celebration on Jeffer sons birthday Im not going to object said MV Hale but Id l like to know who compiled com-piled this valuable collection of say > 00 ingsr Mr Pettlgrew replied that he himself had prepared the collection Mr Sewell insisting that the matter should be passed upon by a Senate committee Mr Pettigrcw withdrew his request declaring that the Committee on Priming to which the document would have to goi was a graveyard BILLS ACTED UPON Bills were passed as follows Increasing In-creasing lie appropriation for a public building at Seattle to 25COO to pay 10000 to William G Dodge for a car tridgeloading machine and righis thereto providing for the use by the United Stales of devices Invented by Its naval olllcers while engaged in Its Services and covered by letters of patent pat-ent to amend section 14o of title GJ of tho Kevlsed Statutes of thu United States relating to the licensing of oil 0 cers of steam vessels for the relief of Avery D Babcock and wife of Oregon to reimburse certain persons who expended 0 ex-pended money and furnished services and supplies in repelling invasion and suppressing Indian hostilities within the territorial limits of the present State of Nevada for the relief of William Wil-liam A Richards late SurveyorGen eial of Wyoming authorizing ibo Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasury to fix the salaries sal-aries of the deputy collectors of customs cus-toms at the subports of Tacoma and Seattle Wash and repealing all laws Inconsistent therewith PORTO RICAN BILL When in theconsldcration of the bills on the calendar the measure providing a form of government and a tariff fur Porlo Rico was reached Mr Morgan announced his deslr to speak upoi It The special topic uiTJile dlscussltm was the question of the extension of tic Constitution over the territory acquired by the United States Comparing our authority in Cubai amid Porlo Rico Mr Morgan declared that resistance to American authority in Cuba would be as much rcbpllionus 11 is In the Philippines Philip-pines The national power must continue con-tinue to exist in all of the acquired Islands Isl-ands until Congress should legislate in their regard P The world he declared must be amused at our discussion of the question ques-tion whether the Philippines are part of thoUnlled Slates wllh we are voting armies supplies and 11191101 to suppress the insurrection of one of the many tribes In those Islands PARIS TREATY SUPREME As to the IslandHacqliiredfrom Spain Mr Morgan maintained that the treaty of Parts was the supreme law of the land Referring Cuba he said That treaty requires us to occupy the Island We cannot abandon Cuba without diH groco and without violating our pledged faith to Spain Nor nan we abandon Porto Rico or the Philippines without Inviting anarchy and Internecine war The abandonment of the islands being impossible as Mr Morgan construed the treaty of Paris it was necessary for Congress to provide schemes of govern mfnt for them The President would govern the island until Congress should dtherwlso provide Inasmuch as the Constitution operates upon all of ficers of lie United States to restrain them from abuse ut control naturally lie Constitution extends over Porto Rico and the Philippines so fur at iQafil as relates to and regulates the duties of United States officials in those I island 0 DlgpiiHjing Iho citizenship 6f file in I mlii hubithnlv ofPoriol i io Mr Morgan C j tThe hlstoi ofiUho country Is i eon illusive upon 1113 lift thlH nifcti < Hv The 7ilc6 ought LO be given astfull cllfettnship ns any native l inhabiliint of country annexed hereto I I fore We have hii debsmtd rrum git f > bicnshlp any native Inhabitant of any territory annexed Those who have not chosen to retain their former allegiance have become cltlKeiis of Ihe United States without regard to race or any other condition 1 believe If Porto Rico Is a foreign country we cannot pnss laws to bo enforced there CONCERNING TAX LAWS Concerning the tax laws of Porto Rico Mr Morgan maintained that Congress I should provide laws that would be unl 1 form throughout the United States and I Porto Rco In conclusion he said that no bounds lo our territory were set by 1 the eon i I stltutlon and no limits were set to our I f expansion He welcomed lie Philippines ax a part of our territory because it J might become a new home for many colored people of the South he welcomed wel-comed It as a new market for American silver mines he welcomed It as a new and great American mart at Manila ho welcomed It too as an extension of the power and Influence I of the United Slates for this extension of power and Influence > io single man can claim the credit If I can find no man who Is entitled to the credit of this great expansion said ho i must look aloft with a realization thai li Is the hand of Cod t After some further consideration of j proposed amendments to the Porto Rlcan bill tho t Senate at i oclock went iniu executive session and at 1M5 1 p m I adjourned |