The record-union., 1897-02-12
Entire Time Consumed by Senator's
Turpie and Morgan.
lhe Former in Advocacy of and
the Latter in Opposition to Ratifica-
tion-The Indianan Ridicules the
Idea That by Its Acceptance
America Would be Led Into n Trap
Set by Great Britain.

| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Senate
! spent the greater part of the day in
executive session debating the Anglo
American arbitration treaty The en-
| tire time was consumed by Senators
Turpie and Morgan, the former in ad-
| Vocacy Of ana the latter in opposition
to ratification. No action was taken on
any amendment or any part of the
| treaty. and burt little appreciable prog
ress was made.
/ The session opened with Senator Tur-
pies speech, which was a reply to SEN
ator Morgan's attack upon the treaty.
and demand for its ratification by
the Senate without any amendment. He
/ opposed the amendments made by the
! Committee on Foreign Relations as
useless, and as having a tendency both
to weaken the teraty and to render it
/ lnharmontOuS in construction. He
laughed at and held up to ridicule Sen
/ ator Morgan'S fears of the effect of
| the acceptance OF the treaty. saying
| that no aStute American as the Senator
/ from Alabama should fear to be led
! into trap set by England. He declared
the United States as a nation big
enough to be perfectly independent
and fearless in such a matter, and said
we ought to set an example to other
nations in all matters looking to the
promotion of the reorganization of
peace which was the paramount pur-
pose Of the pending agreement.
He contended that the perfection of
| the treaty would have the effect of
preventing such war panics as those
| which followed the excitement over
! Venezuela, as the existence of a treaty
providing for the submission of all
questions to arbitration would be both
a guarantee against war with England
and safeguard in case of war with
| other countries. He also urged that in
case it was found the enforcement of
the terms of the treaty involved the
Monroe doctrine and the Nicaragua
canal. the question could then be taken
| up by Congress and acted upon as ef-
fectively as at present.
| Senator Turpie declared that arbitra-
ton would not prevent war. but it was
one Of the means to tend in that direc-
tion. War scares, when there was no ex-
cuse, and when there was no possibility
of War, would be averted by the adoption
of a general arbitration with the lead
ing nations of the world.
marks, Senator Morgan took the floor
and went over the ground which he
had before discussed, paying more par
ticular attention to the points made by
Senator Turpie with reference to the
Nicaraguan canal He declared that
under the terms of the treaty, and un-
less specifically protected by an amend
ment, and especially the abrogation of
Ia 1a Il11Iyy-
would be subject to arbitration
Morgan also pointed out the influence
which England was exerting in the
Central American States. and declared
| that the Senate of the United States
must protect the interests of this coun-
try. He replied to Turpie's attitude.
and said that if the Indiana Senator
was such a man of peace as he now
professed to be, he had created a very
false impression in his attitude on the
Cuban question.
AT the close of Morgan's speech. Tel
, Ter made motion to have certain cor
respondence which had been sent in
with the treaty made public. This cor
respondence has been printed some
time. and the facts it contained were
published by the Associated Press be-
AVi0 01lS Il SSAty Nd9 SSiil 70 tlle senate
The motion was withdrawn for the
present, Senator Teller saying he would
renew it at the next executive session.
Senator Sherman took no part in to-
days discussion, but he told several
Senator's that he was exceedingly anx-
ious to have the question disposed of
as speedily as possible. He said that he
was contemplating asking the Senate
soon to fix a day by unanimous consent
for vote. 1t is the general opinion
that the request will not now be acced-
ed