The record-union., 1899-02-05
DEBATE ON The PEACE TREATY.
SENATOR MORGAN SPEAKS
FOR RATIFICATION.
Warns His Democratic Colleagues
That If They Defeat the Treaty
They Will Wreck the Party.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Another eff
fort was made in executive session of
the Senate to secure, unanimous vote on
! the peace treaty andrit was refused by
the opponents of the treaty. The re-
quest was proffered by Senator Sulli-
van of Mississippi, who expressed de-
sire to have a vote on the resolutions
offered by himself Senator Jones made
the objection.
There was also an effort to secure
general consent to- AN earlier meeting
Monday, but this also was refused,
Senator Jones of Arkansas acting as
spokesman for the opposition.
Senator Lodge was in charge of the
! fortunes of the treaty to-day in the
absence of Senator Davis. He suggest
| ed meeting Monday at II o'clock, but
consent was refused, as was also con-
sent to a recess until Il O'Clock Mon
day or to an order dispensing with the
routine business on that day. The re-
| suit was an adjournment until ~
o'clock Monday or to an order .dispens-
| ing with the routine business on that
day. The result was an adjournment
until II o'clock Monday without any
conditions.
The fact developed during this fenc-
| ing for time that several Senators wish
ed still to be heard in explanation If
their attitudes. Among those who
have announced their intention to ask
to be heard is Senator Allen Of Ne
braska, who, it was stated, would de-
nounce the opposition to the treaty in
the Democratic ranks as a conspiracy
against Mr.. Bryan.
For the rest of the session Senator
Morgan occupied the attention of the
Senate in a very forcible argument in
support of the treaty. He declared his
conviction that the treaty should be
ratified without amendment or modify
ing declaration. He believed the Amer
lean Commissioners to the Paris confer
ence had acted very wisely and in the
best interests of the whole country, and
he, for one, was willing to accept their
work just as they had given it to us.
He was also perfectly willing to trust
the President, aided, as ne would be,
by Congress, to take care of the Phil
ippine question in way most satisfac-
tory to our own people and in the best
interests of the Philippines. He warned
the Democratic Senator'S against taking
position against the treaty, asserting
that if they succeeded in defeating it
they would wreck the Democratic
party.
Senator Morgan commended that there
were no constitutional il1peliments in
the way of acquiring the Philippines.
They could be acquired under internal
tional law, and the Constitution gave
full scope to the legislation giving eff
feet to law for the control of interna-
tional affairs.
HAS THE TREATY ENOUGH VOTES
TO lass?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Apropos of
Senator Bacon's notice that he would
at the earliest opportunity attempt to
get up his resolutions regarding the
peace treaty for consideration, the SEN
ator states that he will not only ask 10
have the resolutions taken up, but he
will make an earnest effort to get a
vote upon them.
Senator Bacon declines to discuss his
lcbjection to fixing a time for a vote
in yesterdays secret session, but it is
understood that his opposition was
manifested only TO the one proposition
to extend the time until Monday at /
O'Clock. He took the position that to
defer vote until that time, only two
hours before the vote on the treaty it,
self, would be unfair, and, therefore,
made strenuous objection.
Mr.. Bacon expressed the opinion to-
day that there would be no objection
to a vote on the resolutions at any
time from among the members of the
opposition, but said that the objection
was directed entirely at the proposition
to fix definite time for a. vote SO near
the time for action on the treaty The
friends of the treaty will fifl them
selves short Of the votes necessary to
ratify the treaty, and some of them
candidly confess that such is the case
They are, however, still hopeful that
| the shortage will be made good on
Monday.