The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-09
Let Is Have the sherman Report
Along with the Morgan Report.

We refuse ~obstinately to believe that
Senator MORGAN. for tn" present conven-
ienceofthc State Department in its efforts to
put through the llay.Pauncefote conven-
ton, has prepared "A report arguing for the
validity and binding force of the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty,
Some 9th r statesman, perhaps, of faclle
intellcctuais might be persuaded to go upon
the stand to testify rs an expert IN that
side Of the ease; but MORGAN of Alabama?
Never,
For it is only three years since Senator
MORGAN was assuring the Senate that tho
Clayton Bulwer Treaty is not today worth
the paper upon which it wes written. Wa
repeat his remarks OF Jan. %, 1897. pref
acing them with the senator's W rertif.
cate of his good faith and sincerity in deai.
ing with the cana question;
Il do not want to he misle or to mislcnd anybody
else about q matter VIII Oh concerns The publi1 vel.
fare Of tbs couatry would be a dishonest man
III did. simply = dishonest man
Then, after dep,uring the circumstance
that Mr.. CLEVELAND withdrew the Free
lin~ghuysen-Zava,a Treaty, under which We
would have acquired for Sl,OO0,0OO al
most absolute sovereignty over a strip
twelve miles wide from tn" Atlantic to the
Pacific, Mr.. MORGAN continued:
I've had better have bought it and confronted
G.eat Britain with the proposition that the Clayton.
Bulwer Tresty sns not worth the paper on which it
was written. | believe II, and you believe it-svery
one OF YOU believes II. The Clayton. Bulwer Treaty
IL not, in the est nation Of the intel States. to-day
worth the paper on which II IL written. II IL true IL
has not been formally revoked. Neither has either
Government signlto % the other that 1t has for
mally abandoned 1t. and 1t stands there now like q
sk,l, ton in the closet ofth" Tn ted States merely to
aiarm the children when they happen tholghtlessly
to open The dor.
The Clayton. Bulver Treaty has been violated by
the Government Of G.eat Britain openly. notori.
ou,ly. over and over again. | call the attention of
the Senator from Ohro Mr.. SHERMAN. e. what | am
about to say. The gentleman VIII is known or is
un 'erstood to be al o 1t 10 become secretary Of state
male the first report upon this subject. That part
of tho report was drawn 10y Mr.. EDSuSDs and sp.
proved by himself, the honorable Senator from
OHIO Mr.. SHERMAN 0td ~ n n r,p,r' NJ H. n0.Hc'd
- ,,opior. Ruir,r Tr"l'y - no Iq9r'r org ten IN
les. we chose to wave the lnfracuons Of Great Brit.
ain In heir dealings IN central America.
Now, there We stand, Now We ars coming to q
CoIc'us.uI. Now we llt'nl " Know whether III IN
80 or not, and | for one, a an American Senator, do
not iutend 10 pass one single hairs breadth beyond
this quest! on until il. is settled.
Mr. WHIrr Ca the senator state from rerollec.
ton how long a.o 1t was that tho diStin guished
Senator from Ohio Mr.. SHERMAN reached that con.
elusion' what Is the date of the report Does tho
Senator remember
"Mr. MoeGAS.-Ido not rccollert, II was the hrst
report on the subject,
"Mr WHIT suppose 1. can be found. Thought
probably the senator might rcm,mbsr the date.
vIL,s.-IE was lad" in 1891
M MoRG.>.-It was made further back than
that. in 1887 or iSSs think.
Mr. SHERMAN / hesitate to reply to my honor.
nble friend or even to nnswn h+ question, because
i seems to- me he is rather getting beyond the sub.
c. matter. and trenchInS upon matter. that had
better be argued when the Senate is In executive
session. Asa matter OF colrs' am IN favor Of the
Nicaragua Canal. Iiuinel in tho report in It's isvor,
and hope 10 see It accomplished.
MI. MoRGAS-w what | am trying to do IL TO call
attention to the history Of the attitude u the senate
Of the United States, through IL committees. upon
this question. This gentlemaU comes bah here now
and prcsents a proposition for tho rehabilitation,
the renewal, Of the Frclinghuysen.2ay Treaty.
which was withdr,vn ly tho President OF the United
states be 'arso IL was in CONFLICT with the Clayton.
BIlv' n r. cnty--
Mr. CocKRyLL.-Allegod to be.
MI MuEGAS-les, alleged to be: 1t was with.
.;ravn ON that ground. Afterssrd 1t was affirmed
By i1a' committee uponiriousIv, N, SENATOR from Ohld
tMr. SHERMAN rri'ind part ~ ne report, nat that
bsriy rds NO. obligatory IN us
We give space to this extremely inter,
c-ting ~colloquy, not only because it shows
that Mr.. MORGAN will never withdraw
hairs breath from his consistent position
that the Clayton. Bulwcr Treaty Is no longer
binding. but also because 1t disrloscs an
important circumstances To which not much
attention has yet been paid.
Mr.. MORGAN on that occasion informed
the country. perhaps indiscrectly, as Mr.
SHERMAN animated, that there il in exist
ence n unanimous report Of n former Scnat,
Committee on Foreign Relations "dcnounc
ing the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty as no longer
obligatory on this country" The argument
against the validity of that treaty wa'
drawn, it appears, by Mr.. EDMUNDs anc
approved by Mr.. SHERMAN. then chairman