The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-16
skNlMIsH FIGHT BY SHERMAN.
Morgan Carries the Day After Spir-
tied Struggle.

lied StruESIe.
Washington. Feb 15-The morning bus
mess of the Senate was soon broken in
upon to-day by the Vice President laying
before that body the joint resolution in
troduced last week by Mr. Morgan, to
declare the Clayton Bulwer treaty abro-
gated. When Mr.. Sherman called atten-
ton TO the fact that a joint resolution
was not properly a subject for consider
alton in the morning hour the Vice Pres
ldent promptly sustained the point of or
der intimating at the same time that he
would recognize Mr.. Morgan to move that
Tie JOINT resolution be taken up.
Instead Of making that motion, how
ever, Mr. Morgan appealed from the de-
cison of the Vice President, and was
about to make his speech in support of
the joint resolution, when he was again
brought up suddenly by another point of
order on the part of Mr.. Sherman, that
the appeal was not debatable. Mr. Nor
gan insisted that it was and made the
outing remark that the senator from
ONO had been so long in the Senate that
he had forgotten the rules.
Again the Vice President sustained Mr..
shermans point, causing Mr.. Morgan to
lhlmate that he was being ''VictimiZed"
by the chair and by the senator from
ONO. The allegation was promptly, and
by the Vice President.
senator's Faulkner, DEM, of West Vir-
bihia, quay, rep, of Pennsylvania, and
handler, rep, of New Hampshire, made
suggestions intended to clear distractions
9ut Oh Mr. Morgan's path; and, finally, the
ldltcr made the formal motion that the
yoinl resolution be taken up for consider
duon, and that motion was carried by a
majority of (32 TO 3D. But lust as Mr.
MORGAN was about to enjoy his triumph
ana TO deliver his speech for the abroga-
i VIZ Oh She treaty. he was once more
locked by the objection (made by Mr..
ilodr' rep of Massachusetts,, that the
suoJect was one for consideration in eX-
ecuuVe session.
=, Ar Morgan suggested that what Mr.
roar meant was not an executive session,
~ secret executive session. Taking
.l9 same view of it, the Vice President
tUbl ia me galleries TO be cleared sand
lne doors locked.
.. ms occurred at 1910, and at o'clock
ouLee pells We're rung, indicating that the
I@NvVulNe session proper began then. 1t
.;|aleu until nearly 1 o'clock. when the
LII G1ql We're reopened and the bankruptcy
IN, III was taken up as the unfinished bust
I,onG NO progress was made with it be-
IN i ~, having the Senate substitute read
az iuil' After that the conference report
on lAe legislative bin was presented and
@9,etp TO, and twenty-four private PEN
EHll olils, with lot Of other miscellaneous
SEM" ere passed; and at 5:l5 o'clock the
10 ne detailed vote on Morgan's motion
,"he up his Joint resolution follows:
R.sdi1I-M essrs, Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
ln,.dckbqrn Blanchard. Brown, Call. Cam
III Ohlton, Gallinger, Gibson, German.
90, trough, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, Pas
Qaar 'I RG,ob Pettigrewy, .Pritchard. Pugh,
WIZ o, vest voorhees,, WaHhall and
csN,,Seyts,-Nllessrs. Baker, Burrows, Caffery,
GRAY i USirter Chandler Gullom, Davis,
Of III McMillin, Mantle, Martin, Mitchell
IN" lST9nsln, Nelson, Palmer, Perkins,
Thrrs,dr roGtor Sewell, Sherman, Shoup,
An,oral' Has, Wetmore and WLson-31.
hili Is me hlls passed was the Senate
III, d Propriating $4,000 for the invostiga-
W. me obstruction of the navigable
Afls11 OF Florida, Louisiana and South
tIs|1tI ,lc and gulf states by the aquatic
'TTLl knoWn as the water hyacinth.
erut'," uole or the time of the secret ex-
Ton lior,aess session was consumed by Sena-
adoniionS gan IN n an argument. favoring the
u4fot e ~ ms resolution for the ahro-
Voion or the Clayton Bulwer treaty. MIR
Pra-9n READ freely from the MESSAGES of
ports s1ii anu from state department re-
N r @uu notes Of secretaries to our diplo-
tbis representatives abroad to show that
by cay mad been repea tedly violated
aIl yadid, Brltain, and was held to be null
Ia NoiI Mr.. Morgan contended that
,t.rluon as this government had never
ib, any Official action on this subject
eho1i4'g had now arrived when the treaty
tas Useless to the United stafss ana ~
tlm' awe might at an lnopportune
He ro, ot us be invoked by Great britain.
wac 'Uou.ended that 50 long as this treaty
BriisiHpo SET aside by the Senate, Great
date H. wonld use It as a club TO intimi-
pev.npte maritime Canal Company, and
ave n,r, we United States taking an ac-
oceab1i"It m the construction of the inter-
ocloajEe canal through Nicaragua Al 2
h5ir me expiration OF the morning
Sarsi'di' zee on foreign relations and the
Tbe tiMeht INTO executive session proper.
Of TIE INC was spent in the constellation
tho we IN. nomination Of Henry E. Davis of
torney' 'Riiict or Columbia to be district at
deroSSr..Ialr. Davis had been an active gold
democtai ana was opposed by many of the
The istca " VINO had been identified with
man 'a'J ,, campaign. among them Mr.. Cor
OF .llHndilS, after more than an hour
hacl. ~ assloh, The nomination. was referred
invesfoe,lne committee for the purpose of
sa''hs charge that Mr.. Davis had