The San Francisco call., 1897-02-20

less such war was justifable; the United
States had never acquired any territory bv
war unless as tue result of war that was
of de !ense or necessary for the perpetual
tion of the Republic.
al love the blood OF the Revolution a.
said Mr.. Daniel in one of his impassioned
utterances. at is full Of al that is great
and noble in the history OF this country"
Mr. Daniel then proceeded TO show that
the lessons OF the Revolution ought not to
be forgotten, and that tie people of the
United States should be wary of any over
lures made 10 them by her traditional
enemy-Great psaking though
they do the same Language. OF all the
powers, England was the one which the
Uuited States should refuse to bli2dly
follow.
1t would be sorry day for this Nation
when its hands were tied by an agreement
that gave Great Britain all she asked and
compelled US to Keep quiet in the face of
the policy that that Nation will continue
to follow, REGARDLESS, of any solemn pledge
she may give.
During the course of an analytic criti-
csm of the treaty Mr.. Daniel said the
members of the Supreme Court ought not
10 be designated as members OF the arbi.
tration tribunal. He favored the lnser-
tion of an amendment that lett the men,
bership of that court to the Pres ident by
Senate.
Hoar suggested that the members of the
Supreme Court had already been con-
frmed by the Senate ana each membe Of
that body was well known to the Senate
That may be true" replied Daniel.
1--WE know the mem bers Of that court and
we know them all to be honorable men,
but this treaty is for the future. We do
not know who may be the members OF
this tribunal in the future. All our Pre- i
dents have been good men and have ap-
pointed good men, but we do not know
that all our coming Presidents will be
good men, as they will not be actuated by
the same motives that have actuated
those who have gone before"
The last speech of the day was made by
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky, who urged
the ratification of the convention and,
action to-day. He spoke for almost an
hour, devoting the most of his time to q
refu alton of the legal arguments ad-
vanced by Senator Daniel and others who
have during this debate taken the ground
that the Senate was asked to yield up its
prerogatives as a part OF the treaty.
making power.
At the end OF his speech Lindsay made
motion to postpone the consideration of
the treaty. Motions to adjourn were in
variably voted down or developed the
absence of quorum. Sherman pleaded
in vain for an agreement for a day and
hour upon which the vote might be taken.
Every suggestion of his was objected to
and one roilcall succeeded another, and
finally it was impossible to secure
quorum. a motion was then MADE and
carried lnStructlng the sergeant-at-arms
to arrest absent Senators and bring them
before the bar of the Senate. While the
serReant-at-arms was preparing his war
rants the friends of the treaty held a con-
sIltation, which resulted in a motion to
adjourn by Gallinger. This prevailed,
and, without any notice q the part of
Sherman that he would again call up the
treaty, the Senate at clock adjourned.
1t is not improbable, however, that
Sherman may make one more effort to
secure vote.