The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-12
PEACE TREATY IN PERIL
SENATOR Sa ERMAN BEGINS TO BE-
TRAY UNE4SINESS.

Opposing Senators Block Attempts to
| Secure Action in the Convention-Mr.
Has Not Thrown Away the Sword-Sens-
tor Turpie in Favor ofthe Measure.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Senator Sher-
man, in charge of the treaty of ar
bitration with Great Britain under dis
cussion in the senate, is beginning to
show some uneasiness. Just before the
adjournment this afternoon he notified
the senate that it was time an agree
ment was reached when the final vote
should be taken. Mr.. Sherman asked if
unanimous consent could not be had
for some day next week. Mr.. Nor
gan, the most persistent opponent OF
the treaty, demurred. A colloquy FOL
lowed between these two senators, with
others occasionally putting in a word,
| in which it was apparent that Mr..
Sherman would be unable to secure any
kind of an agreement and he, there
fore, gave up the effort. Beginning
with next week Mr.. Sherman will re-
peat his request from day to day and
! insist that action be taken before that
week is over.
| But two speeches We're made to-day,
Mr.. Turpie of Indiana, whose position
has hitherto not been known by his as
sociates, came out strongly for the
convention as negotiated and took the
ground that the amendments of the
| Ia,, ,,,jtf n1lt yJ,an q
and tended but to confuse the public
and cucumber the instrument itself.
Mr.. Turpie produced recent statement
in a New York newspaper by ex-Sena-
tor Edmunds. The presentation of the
case by Judge Edmunds, Mr.. Turpie
said, was so concise, SO convincing and
so unanswerable that he could do no
| better than adopt it as his own.
| Mr. Turpie read this article para
graph by paragraph and spent half an
hour commenting upon it, He eulo-
gized Judge Edmunds as one of the
most brilliant men in the United States,
whose opinions We're entitled to great
weight and whose reputation as law
Yer versed in international questions
was second to none. He then replied
| W Schoeoi Athot 8 eRii . SpCCNIl iiiooS vi
Tuesday when he advocated the abro-
cation of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty.
Mr.. Turpie pooh-poohed the idea that
Great Britain has set a trap for the
| United States as Mr.. Morgan had con-
| tended.
| He had no fear of any secret pitfalls
in this treaty, but asserted that it was
a plain, straightforward effort on the
part of the two great nations speaking
| the same tongue to enter into an agree
ment to settle their disputes without re
course to war.
| The Nicaragua canal would not come
within this treaty and would, therefore
| cause no friction. Even If it did Mr.
| Turpie eontended that when the ques-
| ton arose the United States could dea
with it as an independent proposition
1t would not do for the United States
senate to amend the life out of this
treaty nor could the United States re-
fuse now to become a party to a gen.
| eral arbitration scheme. The treaty
before the senate was the result of an
investigation made by this government
| to various powers to enter into such
an arrangement and England alone ha6
accepted that invitation.
/ Mr.. Turpie referred to the whole
treaty as an admirable production and
| eulogized Secretary Olney for the skill
he had displayed as one of the con-
structors of the instrument. The crit
icsm that had been aimed at article
of the treaty and the following articles
| based thereon was, Mr.. Turpie said
unsound He proceeded to show thai
in no way could it be construed that
| questions affecting the national pol
icy of either Of the contracting parties
were to be submitted to arbitration un.
| der this general treaty He claimed
that the committee had added nothing
| to the convention by it's amendment
and urged the senate to accept the
| treaty was originally framed.
Mr.. Morgan replied to Mr.. Turpie
but when the senate adjourned he had
not concluded. He went over much Of
the ground he had previously covered
and emphasized the necessity for 9
| declaration in this treaty of the abro-
cation of the Clayton Bulwer conven-
ton Before he concluded for the day
Mr. Morgan gave notice of an amend
I ment which he would offer to the effect
that all matters intended to be sub
mitted for arbitration under this treaty
shall be submitted after the manner
now required by the constitution fol-
the ratification of new treaties. This
means that every question shall be sub.
mitted by the president to the senate
for it's approval before it's submission
to the tribunal of arbitration.
Mr. Teller asked that all the CORE
spondence bearing on the treaty be
made public, but no action was taker
and the matter will probably be dis
posed of at the next session. There is
nothing new in this correspondence, as
it has been heretofore published.
| Spencer f. Erwin Dead.