Show I rIS IT VISE1 HayPauncefote rement is Bisuissedy y the Senate I I I DAVIS OPENS DEBATE Makes General Statement in Support of Contract EXPLAINS THE AMENDMENT Senator Morgan Speaks in Opposition I Opposi-tion to Any Change In Original Document the Open Session which was n Brief One Senator Gollinger Presented an Argument Against tho Seating of Quay Ho Devoted Himself Almost Entirely to the Constitutional Phases of tho Question Tho Credentials oJ C S Blackburn u a Senator from Kentucky were Presented Bill to Increase Efficiency of Subsistence I Subsist-ence Department of Army was I Passed Hawaiian Bill in House I Washington April 50n motion of Senator Davis I the Senate today con Idt lcd the IlnyPauncefoto treaty I for the modification of the ClaytonBulwor treaty About three hours were spent In discussing the amendment lo the treaty mac by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations providing that none o the considerations and stipulations stipu-lations In sections 2 3 4 and 5 of article 2 shall apply to mcasurcswhSch the United States may find it necessary to fake for securing by Us own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order DAVIS OPENED DEBATE Senator Davis opened the debate with n general statement in support of the treaty t but directed his roinuks especially espe-cially toward the explanation of the committee amendment He slates that In all other essential respect the pending I pend-ing treaty was similar to the treaty of I Constantinople In connection with the I Suez canal For some reasons however how-ever the provision permitting the United States to defend Its property was omitted In the Suez canal treaty such a piovislon was Inscrtedjn the Interest In-terest of the Sultan o Turkey and tho Khedlvo of Egypt Thlsomlssion was 0 palpable error MnDavia said and ho did notbclltvo that jtho J > eoplfioC tb flUnlted States wouldVba6ntlsflqd with any arrangementhlch < left the Government his country to build a Wa ella between the oceans and not KlVe If tho right In specific terms to de fend it itMORGAN MORGAN IX OPPOSITION Senator Morgan the only member of the Committee on Foreign Relations who did not concur In the amendment made the principal speech In opposition to it He consumed the greater part of the executive session Mr Davlss speech being comparatively brief Before 11 Morgan began however a few brief statements were made for and against the amendment Senator Platt of Connecticut and Senator Stewart Stew-art of Nevada both came out against the amendment Mr Plat made the point that the amendment was unnecessary unne-cessary and therefore undesirable Senator Lodge made a brief plea for the amendment saying that however great the present confidence was in time power of neutrality and mutual understanding under-standing among nations we should take into consideration the possibility of tho future entanglements and lose no opportunity to make provisions for safeguarding our Interests In all exigencies that might arise PLEA FOR NEUTRALITY Senator Morgans speech was a plea for neutrality aa the best guarantee of the safety and usefulness of the canal He said It was to bo a highway for the commerce of the nations and that the proposed amendment not only would fall to provide for Its protection but might be the means of causing complications cations which never could arise if the cntons amendment was not Inserted The conditions con-ditions ho contended were entirely dissimilar dis-similar from those connected with the Suez canal lie therefore thought the restriction superfluous apd contended that it indicated a disposition to grant to Great Britain powers over us which that country did not attempt to assert MIGHT INVITE COMPLICATIONS Furthermore he contended that if this amendment was inserted It would require not only fortifications and the maintenance of troops at both ends of the canal but also tho maintenance o battleships coaling stations and supply dfpots In that vicinity The provision was calculated In times of emergency to malt time lermlnl of the canal great battle giounds and to invite complications complica-tions with other nations which would be avoided cusp of the maintenance of absolute neutrality He also contended against the adoption adop-tion of tho amendment as rv precautionary precaution-ary measure arguing that In case of war we would take possession of the canal without any previous agreement to that effect IN CASE OF WAR If he said I should get Into a fisticuff with another fellow and he should strike me I would certainly strIke back without stopping to read any previous agreement that I might have with my antagonist to the contrary con-trary In case of a war we would most certainly assume that the other nation to time controversy hud brokon the agreement I ml not acoordlngly agrQIIJ tw > nator Mason if j ho thought it would bo consistent on the part of Great Britain to fortify Jamal caand still prevent our fortifying tho thaUthe mouth of n the canal Wl Mr Morgan 9J replied tended to the threemile limit and not to a place co distant as Jamaica BRIEF OPEN SESSION During the comparatively brief open session of the Senate Mr Galllnger presented pre-sented an argument against the seating of Hon M S Quay as l Senator from Pennsylvania He devoted himself almost al-most entirely lo the constitutional phases of the question Moat of the day was spent In executive session Mr Jones of Arkansas presented the credentials of J S C Blackburn as a Senator from Kentucky for jibe term of six years beginning March1 1901 I A House Joint resolution ins adopted appointing Sydney B Cookaof Kansas CharleS M Anderson of Oho and Alfred Al-fred L Pearson of Pennsylvania members mem-bers of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers of the United States OF INTEREST TO ARMY A bill to increase the efficiency of time subsistence department or time army was passed after Mr Carter had offered and withdrawn an amendment providing provid-ing that the acting head of the subsistence sub-sistence department should have the rank pay and umoluments of u Brlga dierGeneral Mr Cockrcll said while he sympathized with time object of the amendment ho was doubtful us to the best way to attain 1L He thought the present Incumbent of tho position Gen Egan ought to have been removed BELLS PASSED The following bills were passed To Incorporate the national White Cross of America to authorize the payment of traveling allowances to enlisted men of the regular and volunteer forces when discharged by order of the Secretary Sec-retary of War and stated by him as entitled to travel pay DENIED AN INTERVIEW Messrs Butler and PctIgrcw denied certain Interviews attributed lo them while In Cuba in a Cuban paper and sent to this country 1 Mr Platt of Connecticut speaking as chairman of the Senate Committee on Cuba said that there was nobody so far OH he know who proppsed to break faith with the Cubans SAnd I do not believe he added there are manv Cubans who believe the United States will not keep Its promise Of course there arc agitators In Cuba but among tIm Cubans generally there is the utmost I ut-most confidence In the United Slates GALLJNGER AGAINST QUAY Mr Galllnger then presented a constitutional con-stitutional argument agalnst the seatIng seat-Ing of Mr Quay lie maintained that I the Governor of Pennsylvania ought to 1 have called a special session of the Legislature to elect a Senator after It I had adjourned without an election He I said he opposed the seating of Mr Quay because such action would be a violation of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution because be was opposed posed to giving tho Goyfcrnor Uiolute Jfcht ta nviJce nppointt5tfitsdCSbna toms In any elrcumstnnC > because tho Legislature having adiravned without cleHlou bad voluntarily relinquished apart a-part of its representation In the Senate Sen-ate and because It ouldllutroducc into I In-to our institutions a pandoras box causing endless confusion In Legislatures Legisla-tures of the Stales J Formications of outlying possessions he said were constantly jolngon vand the good faith of no nation could be attacked at-tacked because of them QUESTIONS BY WOLCOTT During the controcrsy Senator Wol coLt asked several questions Indicating his opposition to time amendment while Sppator Mason by the same course In heated his opposition to the treaty I without jhi > amondmenUri NcJlhar IJ ft t ithclV ho > vevetyrni Tfle way alhrmatvvQ I stotement At the close o Senator Morgans speech the Senatereturned < to the qou sldcrullon of legislative business no one else being prepared to speak on the t m enty rentLONG LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION The Senate then passed l bill to extend ex-tend the act governing the Immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the ports pf Laredo Uagle Pass und EI Paso after which at 130 p m the Senate went Into I in-to executive session unlll 410 when the Alaskan civil code bill was laid before the Senate Some formal amendments were about to be proceeded with when on motion of Mr Pettus the Senate at 1I3 1 i p m adjourned |