The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-09
MASON WANTS THE FACTS.
A Resolution Asking Information
About the CIny Treaty.

At the close OF the morning hour in the
Senate yesterday Mr.. Mason introduced
the following resolution, which he asked
to have printed and lie on the table until
he should call it up for the purpose of
making some remarks:
Whereas, Gen Lew Wallace, Of Indiana. a
conspicuous citizen Of the Republic, VINO was
elected a delegate-at-large to the Republican Ma
tunal Convention. which met IN St LOUIS. M
1896 alleges that the late James C. Blaine, then
Secretary of State Of the United States, told
him he had Just finished the preparation of a
note manuscript Of instruction to the Minister
of the United States TO the Government Of Great
Britain, in which the contention maintained
/ that the Clay tonBulwer Treaty Of 1850 had been
rendered void by the acts of the British Govern
ment. and
Whereas. the published correspondence Of the
Department OF State OF the United States iud-
Gates that the late James g. Blaine had main
tanned in his official capacities that tile treaty
commonly called the Ciayton-B BulWcr Treaty, had
been violated by Great Britain and for that
reason should be abr0gatcd; and the late Fredcr-
ick I. Frelinghuyser, Secretary Of State OF the
United States Government, maintained in his
correspondence that the Clayton Bulwcr Treaty
had been ahrogated by the acts Of Great Britain
and the United States. and was for that reason,
null and void and,
Whereas the State Department had declared
to the newspapers of the country that the late
Frederick T. Frelinghuyscn the only Secre-
tary Of state who held the view that the Cayc2n-
Resolved. That the Secretary of State be, and
he is hereby, requested to transmit TO the Senate
Of the United States any and all correspondence
between the State Department OF the United
States and the Government Of Great Britain. and
particularly any notes correspondence, or
declaration Of policy, relative to isthmian
Canal, ard 10 any treaties referring to such
canal, that may have been written, dictated,
authorized. by the said James G. Blaine; and, be
it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of State Of the
United States be, and is hereby. requested to
furnish TO the Senate chronological recaptula tIOn
Of the various contentious made by the Secretary
Of State O.. the United States since the signing
of the so-called Clayton Bulwer Treaty as 10
the validity Of said treaty, the replies thereto by
the Government Of Great Britain, and the viola
tions of the said treaty on the part of Great
Britain which have been held by the Government
OF the United States. or by the Secretaries Of
State thereof. to have operated an abrogation
II said treaty; the purpose of this resolution
being to secure from tie State Department a com
plete explanation 10 the attitude Of the
various Secretaries of State OF the United States
relative TO the Clayton Bulwer Treaty.
Mr.. Mason, in accordance with the no
tice given by him on Wednesday, then
moved that the Committee on Foreign
Relations be discharged from further CON
sideratiou of his resolution, introduced
December last, expressing sympathy
for the Beers. Under the rules the mo-
tion went over until today.
During the morning hour a bill giving
an American register to the steamer
Windward. presented by British citi-
zen to Robert +. Peary, L. S. N, the arc
tic explorer was passed.
concurrent resolution, offered by Mr..
Culberson. was adopted. directing the
Secretary OF War to report a survey and
an estimate OF cost for improving the
main ship channel in Sabine Pass. Tex.