The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-23
NICARAGUA CANALBlL
MINISTER RODRfGUfz ENTfHS
PROTEST AGAINST IT.
Inaccessibiiiiy of the President h'''"'o"
In the House Defense "f inc p''"' :"
Ra,ifying the Arbitration Treaty

of Inaiana) PiNins hoilt' ga "'' '''
10 call up Senator Cameron iesoiH''o"
on MONDAY next and TO address tue
senate on the subject Mr.. Iurpic ad-
,,c,,.d 10 secretary Olncys defiance OF
congress ia the matter OF Cuba, ana
said that IL reminded MIN OF the school
master OF antiquity. who whipped ms
pupils gently" or TN the Latin. manus
mollitcr imposini He also referred 10
"A newspaper statement Of am alleged
COMPACT yesterday between the present
secretary OF state and the premier Of the
next Administration that there would
be no action la relation TO Cuba during
~ present Congress.
This statement WAS blunuy contra
Acted by Senator sherman as one Win
out the slightest foundation. There
has been" he declared no converse
lion at an between us on the matter, no
expression of opinion.
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
After this episode. the question OF tho
arbitration treaty was brought upon the
tapis I'm an equally Informal ana chance
manner. Mir. Cuilom uep. OF Illinois,
had. earlier in the day. sent to the
Clerks desk. for publication In the kec-
ord. large number OF letters when ne
had received on the subject OF the treaty.
ratification. MIR. Hoar Rcp. OF Massa-
chusetts) presented other memorials on
the same subject. and took the oppor-
tunity Of lccturing "a great many of the
wisost and best men in all parts OF the
country" for what he called their I'M
TEMPERATE zoal' in favor OF the ratiilca-
ton Of the treaty. He reminded them
that the treaty was stiil in process OF
negotiation. and that IL was poor diplo-
macy while the matter was stili inchoate.
10 have learned. eloquent. heated. i'm
passioncd utterances come from the pull
pit. the press. ana college halls, in
favor of instant ratification. He pointed
out that II some notifications were
deemed necessary. and that If Mr.. Olney
submitted them TO the Marquis Of Sails
bury. the Marquis might well reply
Your people are clamOring for II as IT
is You do not represent your country
and your country's interest
He repealed the insinuation that the
Senate was TO have the spurs iabbed into
81 II II did not dispose OF the treaty IN
twenty-four hours
Mr.. Hoar's views were sustained and
reinforced by his colleague, Mr.. Lodge
,Rep). who said that IL would not con-
6uce TO the interest of peace between ma
tons IT, I'm a year on two the treaty
would develop causes of disagreement.
which would lead 10 its immediate de-
nunciation and would set back ,ho whole
plan OF arbitration for years.
The discussion was continued I'm some
what the same strain 10y Senators Shcr-
man (Rep. Of Ohio: Cullom Rep. of
Illinois,: Hawlev. Rep Of CoEnccticuD;
Sewell. Bep. of New jersey; and Stew
art. Pop. Of Nevada. and then Mr. Nor
gan Dem. OF Alabama; intcrposcd an
objection that the whole debate was out
OF order and the matter was dropped
After this there was a lull of some
twenty minutes I'm the proceedings, dur
ing which the Military Academy appro-
priation bin was under consideration. its
passage being impcded by proposition
TO have the West Point cadets partici-
pate I'm the inauguration parade. Be
fore that knot had been disentangled. the
morning hour expired. and the Nicara-
qua Canal bill was taken up as the un-
finished business.
RODRIGUEZ PROTEST.
At the threshold another question was
injected in the shape of a letter from the
Secretary of state transmitting COM
municatiOn from Mr.. Rodriguez. the
Minister of the Greater Republic of
Central America" protesting against the
various Nicaragua Canal bills before
Congress. as being I'm violation Of the
contract win the Maritime Canal Com
pany
Mr.. Morgan plunged into the discussion
in his usual manner, hitting right and
left He insinuated that this ,ROdriguez
letter had been written at the instigatiOn
of greater power Great Britain. which
always advanced its ends. but never fail
ed 20 protect its subjects. He charged
that the letter was an attempt on the
part of Nicaragua TO collect four million
dollars blackmail and asked what kind
Of a Senate IL was that would accept die.
tation Of this kind without being furnish
ed with the requisite information from
the State Department and without know
ing what passed between the President
and this man Rodriguez. I'm the blue room
Of the White House.
Mr. Hale Rep. of Maine), suggested
an adjournment until Monday so as to
secure any further information thai
might be forthcoming. but Mr.. Morgan
warmly replied that Mr.. Hale must ask
that information of Secretary Oluey him
self as he had found him inaccessible.
Most of the Senators present were de-
sirous of adjourning over until Monday,
but they lacked a quorum. and so the
Senate simply adjourned. which means
that II viii no called TO order again at
noon tomorrow.
In the House.
This was private bill cay and there
was little of public interest done in
the House.
Mr.. Cooper Dem. Of Texas called up.
and the House passed over the Presi-
dents veto the bill to establish "a new
division of the Eastern judicial district
OF Texas. The feature of the debate on
this matter was a caustic criticism 10y
Mr. Crosvenor (Rep. of Ohio upon the
Executive order. which denied senators
and representatives access TO the Prcsi-
dent except through the private sccrc-
tary OF the Pre- sidont.
A bill was passed authorizing the Gal
weston and Great Northern Railroad
Company to build a railroad through In
dian Territory.
IL was voted 10 adjourn over from to-
day until Monday next
At o'clock the House took the usual
recess for the consideration OF private
pension bills.
when Nj Cooper called up the Texas
judicial district bill he explained that
In the consideration OF the bill neither
he nor any member OF the Committee
OF the Judiciary had ever heard any
objection TO the bill. lie had made sever
al attempts TO see the President while
the Lill WIS before him. in order to set
forth the reasons why the bin should
become law and 10 meet the obiec-
lions which the court officers were said
20 have made. but which had never been