Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-16
SENATE AND HOUSE.
MIR. MORGAN TRIUMPHANT ny A
MAJORITY OF ONE.
CLAYTON-DULWER RESOLUTION UP.
Several sharp Passages mt Arms De-
fore This Condition In Attained
River and Harbor Appropriations.

Presidents laying before that body the
Joint resolution introduced last week by
Mr.. Morgan to declare the Clayton Bulwer
treaty abrogated. When Mr.. Sherman
called attention to the fact that a Joint
resolution was not properly subject for
consideration In the morning hour, the
Nice-President promptly sustained the
point OF order. intimating at the same
time that he would recognize Mr.. Morgan
to move that the joint resolution be taken
up. Instead Of making that notion how
ever, Mr.. Morgan appealed from the de-
cision of the Vice-President, and was
about TO make a 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 IL was, and made the
cutting remark that the Senator from
Ohio had been so long in the Senate that
he had forgotten the rules. Again the
Vice-Presdent sustained Mr.. Sherman's
point, causing Mr.. Morgan to intimate
that he was being "victimized" by the
Chair and by the Senator from Ohio The
allegation was promptly, and not without
a show of annoyance, repealed by the
Vice-President.
Senators Faulkner OemocraD, or West
Virginia; Quay Republican,, Of Pennsyl-
vania, and Chandler Repubican), Of New
Hampshire, made suggestions intended 10
clear distractions out of Mr.. Morgan's
path, and finally the latter made the for
NAL motion that the joint resolution be
taken up for consideration, and that mo-
ton was carried by majority of one
81 to 81. But just as Mr.. Morgan was
about to enjoy his triumph and TO de-
liver his speech for the abrogation Of the
treaty, he was once more blocked by the
objection (made by Mr.. Hoar Republi-
cam, of Massachusetts, that the subject
was one for consideration in executive
session. Mr.. Morgan suggested that what
Mr.. Hoar meant was, not an executive
session, but a secret legislative session.
Taking the same view of it, the Vice
President ordered the galleries 10 be
cleared and the doors locked. This oc-
Cured at 12:4O and at O'Clock three bells
were rung, indicating that the executive
session proper began then. 1t lasted until
near O'clock when the doors were re-
opened and the bankruptcy bill was taken
up as the unfinished business. No pro-
gress was made with it beyond having the
Senate substitute read i'm full. After that
the conference report on the executive
bill was presented and agreed TO, ana
twenty-four private pension bills, with a
lot of other miscellaneous bills, were
passed. and at Sis p. NJ. the Senate ad-
journed.
The detailed vote on Mr.. Morgan's mo-
ton to take up his joint resolution fol
lows:
Yeas-AIessrs. Allen. Bacon. Bate, Berry
blackburn. Blanchard, Brown, Call. Came
ron. Chiffon. Gallinger, Gibson, German,
Hansbrough, Mills, Morgan, Murphy
Pasco, PETER, Pettigrew. Pritchard. Pugh
Quay. Roach, Smith. Stewart, Tillman,
Turpie. Vest, Voorhees,, Walthall, and
White-32.
Nays-Nessrs. Baker. Burrows, Caffery
Cannon, Carter, Chandler. Cullom, Davis
GRAY. Hawley, Hill. Hoar. Irby, Lindsay
Lodge. Mcmillan. Mantle, Martin, Mitch
ell OF Wisconsin, Nelson, Palmer, Perkins
Platt. Proctor sewell, Sherman, Shoup'
Thurston, Villas, Wetmore, and Wilson
81.
Among the bills passed was the Senate
bin appropriating $4,000 for investigation
OF the obstruction Of the navigable waters
of Florida. Louisiana. and the South At
plant known as the water hyacinth.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The whole of the time OF the secret
executive session was consumed by Sena-
for Morgan In an argument favoring the
adoption, Of his resolution for the abro-
cation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
MIR. Morgan read freely from the mes
saees of Presidents and from State De-
partment reports. and notes or secre-
taries to our diplomatic representatives
abroad TO show that this treaty had been
reneatedly violated by Great Britain, and
was held 10 be null and void. Mr.. Nor
gan contended that inasmuch as TINS
Government had never taken any oifclal
action on this subject the time had now
arrived when the treaty should be de-
clared TO be abrogated. 1t was useless
TO the United States, and If kept aliVe,
might. at an inopportune time for US,
be invoked by Great Britain. He con-
tended that so long as this treaty was
not set aside by the Senate, Great Brl-
tain would use ii as club TO IN
timidate the Maritime Canal Company
and ureyent the United States from
taking an active part in the construction
of the interoceanic canal through Mica
ragua.
At 2 o'clock, the expiration OF the morn
inc. the resolution was referred 10 the
Committee on Foreign Relations, ana the
Senate went into executive session pro-
per- -,,.,..
of the nomination of Henry Il.
paws. of the District of Columbia, 20
he District Attorney. Mr.. Davis had
been an active gold Democrat and was
onposed by many of the Democrats VINO
had been identified with the late cam
paien. among them Mr.. German. Finally,
after more than an hour or ais
cussion. the nomination was referred
hack to the committee, for the purpose
of investigating a charge that Mr.. DAVIS
had been Instrumental in securing the
removal Of some of the silver men re-
e.rtlv discharged from the Treasury.
The general treaty of arbitration was
not brought up by Mr. Sherman.
House of Representatives..
A resolution was adopted providing for
evening sessions tonight and tomorrow
for the consideration OF private-pension
bills.
The amendments Of the Senate to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bin were concurred in. The bill now
goes TO the President.
The House substitute for the Senate
bill appropriating $4,000 for closing the
crevasse in the Mississippi river at Pass
aPOutre, was passed.
This being suspension-day, Mr. Cannon
Republican,, Of Illinois, moved that the
rules be suspended, and the sundry civil
bill be passed.
An effort to dispense with the formal
reading Of the bill being unsuccessful,
the Clerk proceeded with the reading.
When the reading of the bill had been
completed. Mr. Sayers DemocraD, OF
Texas, criticised the passage OF the bill