The age-herald., 1900-06-05
If Treaty Stands in Its Way it
 Must be Removed.
THE NIGHT SESSION PICTURESQUE
Many of the Senators Appeared in Full Dress and the Galleries Were Thronged With Spectators.
 Adjournment Wednesday

Washington, June 4-Congress is in the last gasps of the long session. and it's ex- piration apparently is to be quite perfume tory. Unless something extraordinary oc- CUTS, no further general legislation of na- tional importance will be enacted before ad- 5ournment The senate was in session more than ten hours today, nearly four hours of which were spent in executive session.
 MT. Morgan of Alabama reported from the committee on inter-oceanic canals a reso- lution declaring the Clayton-Buwer treaty abrogated. He gave notice that he would call up the resolution tomorrow.
 The resolution as reported reads:
 That the treaty known as the Clayton Bulwer treaty between Great Britain and the United States which was concluded on the 5th day of April, 1850, is abrogated."
 In presenting the resolution MT. Morgan made a written report traversng the grounds for the abrogaton of the treaty in detail.
 The report is practically plea for the Nicaragua canal In it Senator Morgan says that if the Clayton-Bulwer treaty stands in the way of our government it must give way to the paramount law if the house bill is enacted into a statute of the United States.
 The feature of the days session was the speech on the Philippine question by Mr. Teller of Colorado, and the effort by Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota to obtain con- sideraton of the antitrust bill passed by the house last Saturday.
 Picturesque Session
 Tonight picturesque session was held n sort Of cOcia1 xul,i of the senators appeared in full dress, and the galleries were thronged by a gaily at- tired crowd of spectators.
 MT. Pettigrew replied at length to the speech of MT. Spooner of Wisconsin on the Philippines, but did not conclude his re- marks. The remainder of the session was consumed in the consideration of the con ference reports and in passing minor meas ures on the calendar.
 At o'clock the senate reconvened Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota taking the floor on the Philippine question. He sharply criticised the administration for not hav- ing given congress and the people full in formation concerning affairs in the Philip pines, and said that most of the informa- ton received had come through "censor- ed press" and private letters. Speaking of some of the information furnished by Mr. SpOoileT Ol w lScOnSln 10 the senate, he said it was supplied only to "administra- tion senator's" and twas not available to those of us opposed to the administrations 1mperialistc polcy'
 At great length MT. Pettigrew argued that the Fiipinos were allies of the United States He said he had no desire to im- peach the veracity of Admiral Dewey, but since the admiral had denounced as false his Pettigrew's) statement that the ad- miral had recognized the F'ilipinos as allies and had saluted their flag, he Pettigrew) felt 1t incumbent upon him to present the facts and let the American people judge as to the admiraPs veracity.
 A bill was passed providing that the secretary of the treasury proceed with the erection of a public building at Anniston, Ala, k. so soon as cession has been made of the site by the state to the United States
 The senate then passed the house bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Paul, Minn.