New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-12
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TREATY'S FRIENDS WORRIED
INEFFECTUAL EFFORTS TO FIX A TIME
FOR VOTE

FOR VOTE.
MR. SHERMAN TRIES ~ VAIN TO SECURE a"
AGREEMENr-MR. TURPIE COMES OUT IN
FAVOR OF THE TREATY AS oRIGi-
NArL.Y NEcoTTATED-HIs RE-
PLY TO MR.. MORGAN.
Washington. Feb. Ex-senator SHERMAN """
&c IN charge Of the general treaty OF arotra''o"
with Great Britain now under secret discussio"
IN the Senate Is beginning TO show some UNI
easIness Just before the Adjournment 'n's
afternoon he Informed the Senate that IL WV
time an agreement was reached when the mo.
vote should he taken. Mr. sherman aSNe"
unanimous consent could not be mao io' 'o''.'
dav rext week Mr. Morgan, the most pe'si'.
ont opponent Of the treaty, demurrer " W
,oou,, fo,,owed between these two Senator'S, with
others occasionally putting in a Woru' III Voc"
# was apparent that Mr.. sherman would be uh.
able 70 secure any kind OF an agreement a'N
he therefore. gave up the effort. Besihh'hs
win next week. Mr. sherman will repeat his re-
quest from day 10 day, and insist 'ha' a'''''
be taken before that week Is over
Only two speeches made on the treay
TODAY Mr. Turpie, Of Indiana, whose position
has hitherto not been known by his associa'ee'
came ont strongly for the convention as negou-
a,ed ard took the ground that the amendments
80 the committee we're wholly unnecessary anu
tended TO confuse the public and encumper '"e
instrument itself. Az the outset MT lurps
produced recent statement IN Ne"
n,wspaper by ex-senator Edmunds Inc p'e-
| sortatton If the case by Judge Edmunds wRs
so concise so convincing, and SO unans"erAo'e'
| Mr. Turpie said that he could do no better then
adopt II as his own. No language that ne m's".
| use could present the case from his po'n' '1
view before the Senate in a stronger light
Mr.. Turple read this article paragraph "
paragraph. and spent possibly half an hour
oo,or,e,tinp upon II. He eulogized Judge Ed
munds as one OF the most brilliant men IN tho
1-ni.ed States whose opinions were entitled 10
rreat weight and whose reputation as law
xer vsrsod in international questions was sec.
| ond to none Judge Edmunds had pointed Guy
the strong points in the treaty ana IL oh.y 70
NAMED for him, Mr.. Turpie SAID 20 add tne'o'
10 a little Of his own personal OPINION
NO TRAP IN THE TREATY.
Tho Indiana Senator then proceeded 10 pay
his respects 70 Senator Morgan, and 10 reply 70
the speech that Senator made on Tuesday,
vben he advocated the abrogaton Of the Clay
ton.Bulwer treaty He rdiculed the idea that
Great Britain had set trap for the United
| states. as Mr. Morgan had contended ana de'
! MED that this country was about 10 enter my
! any tran He had fear OF any secret Pi'ta'
| in this treaty but asserted that II was pam.
| STRAIGHTFORWARD effort on the part OF two great
nations speaking the same tongue 10 en. s
! into an agreement TO settle 'heli uISPu'0' WV"
! out recourse to war. ,,
The Nicaragua Canal would not come within
this treaty and would therefore cause no t,ic.
ten Even II it did, Mr.. Turpie contended thas
when the question arose the senate coulo oeA.
with IL as an independent proposition. IL woui1
not do for the United states Senate TO amend
the life out of this treaty, nor could 'ne Dhiteu
% "A
arbitration scheme. The treaty before the sem
ate was the result Of an invitation made by TINS
Government 70 various other Powers 20 enter
into such ar arrangement, ard England alone
had accepted that invitation. The United
States could not afford to be charged with In
| consistency. much less more serious charges
that might be made were 1t now 10 ropudiate the
doctrine of arbitration. Arbitration said Mr..
Turpie was simply a means for the reaceful
settlement Of international disputes. II did
not prevent war. but tended largely 10 decrease
the chances OF war
SECRETARY OLNEY PRAISED.
III the course Of his speech Mr. Turpie referred
TO the whole treaty as an admirable production.
and eulogized Secretary Olney for the sim he
had displayed as one Of the constructors Of tho
instrument. The criticism that mad been aimed
at Article " Of the treaty and the following arti-
Giles based thereon, was Mr.. Turpe said, I'M
sound That article was perfect. and Mr. Turpie
proceeded % show that in no way could IL he con-
strued that questions affecting the National
policy Of either If the contracting parties were
to be submitted to arbitration under this general
treaty. The committee had added nothing to tho
convention by its amendments and Mr.. Turpie
urged the Senate to repudiate them and accept
the treaty as originally framed.
Mr. Morgan replied To Mr.. Turpe. but when
the Senate adjourned he had not finished. lie
went over much Of the ground that he had pre-
YiousycOycred, and again emphasized the me-
cessity for declaration in his treaty of the abb
rogation OF the Clayton BulWer convention. Mr..
.f.-ff In md a iSG linn
appeared to show him To hc man of peace, but
the recent attitude of the Indiana Senator on
the Cuban question did not, Mr.. Morgan said.
bear out this conclusion.
Before he closed for the day Mr.. Morgan gave
notice Of an amendment which he would oner
to the effect that all matters intended 10 be
submitted for arbitration under this treaty
shall be submitted after the manner now re-
quired by the Constitution for the ratification
of new treaties This means that every ques-
ton shall be submitted by the President 10 tho
Senate for it's approval before its submission to
the tribunal Of arbitration
Mr. Teller asked that all the correspondence
bearing on this treaty be made public. but no
action was taken. and the matter will probably
be disposed OF at the next session. There IL
nothing new In this correspondence. as II has
already been published in these dispatches.
POWER OF OBsTRUCTIONIsTs.
An ex-senator Of high reputation and long
experience discussing the chances Of the ratin-
cation of the general arbitration treaty said
to-day:
Tn. public does not fully appreciate the difficulty
I'm the way Of a treaty where Senatorial opposl.
zion though small At the start. Is determined and
well led The friends OF the treaty have not only
70 furnish the twO-thrds Vo" necessary 10 Its rati-
ur1fiOu bur they must indiO'uNrc TO bring the de-
bate To 4 close That u DO light matter. There 10
no previous question In executive sessions OF the
S,nat. any more than there il In open sessions
| II there are good takers In the opposition, and
they are disposed TO improve their opportunity. Il
Is silv done. The doors are locked. Everythng
is FREE. and informal. Senators may make them-
selves comfortable. They do 80 and the talk
goes