Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-24
|kVOR A DELAY.
eoublican Caucus Opposes EaFly
Consideration.
ANAL BILL WILL Be KEPT BACK.
.,eus Decides Not to Set Day For
,+s Consideration-Great Britain's
Attitude.

vuas,ine+on. D. c., Speoial.-The Re
,L1;oor Senators. in CAUCUS, have un-
II imo,IsIv decided not 10 set day, at
- ct for the present, for taking up the
Il cara yuan Canal bill. After a general
I'll cbanoe of views. the Senator's cen
rI,lded that so long, as Great BrItaln
.ktit,de toward the amendments to
40 Hav- pauncefote treaty is unde-
4rad il would not be wise or eXpedl-
~ TO agjtate the question Of the con-
rnc+ion of the proposed canal. This
&.cision was; embodied in resolution
Resented by Senator Lodge, who stat
"a that the conclusion as there set
birth was the result Of the best de-
&hratiOns OF the committees order OF
VI Business. Several Senators, however,
xaye notice that in case there should
IL 2 motion to take up the canal bill,
F7ev would not be bound by the reso-
<j0n of independence, Senator Platt,
pf New York, was the leader. He said
he considered the proposed canal OF
brine Importance and would not re-
frain from voting 10 take it UP when
ever q motion TO that effect is made.
Senators Simon, Foster and Bard fol-
aovod with similar declarations. They
hid not, however, express determlna-
Ri0n to themselves initiate a move
knent in behalf Of the canal bill, and,
III was suggested that Senator Morgan
could be prevailed upon to allow the
present status to remain.
No decision was reached upon other
Questions because no formal action
lwas considered necessary. There was,
however, considerable discussion OF
.pther questions. Among these were the
.sbtD subsidy bill, the war revenue re-
duction bill, the confirmation Of Mr..
|Harlan. as Attorney General Of Porto
Rico, the ratification Of the treaty with
Spain for the acquisition Of some Of
the Philippine Islands not included in
the original Paris treaty, and the ap-
proprIation bills.
Senator Hanna expressed his desire
to have the ship subsidy bill passed
upon during the present session and
said that with the army bill out OF the
way. he should ask that the decision
arrived at early IN the session to press
the subsidy bill ahead, be carried out.
It was not intended that the subsidy
bill should receive attention when the
appropriation bills we're not UP Tor
consideration. Senator Aldrich ex-
plained the necessity Of getting the
war revenue reduction bill through
this session and he stated that ne
hoped to be able to report it from tie
committee on finance during the early
part of next week. He hoped to secure
an unanimous agreement from the
committee and urged that to secure
promptness there should be no effort
to amend 1t by putting On tariff amend
ments. That would, he said, open up
the entire tariff question. There was
general assent to this proportion and
assurance was given that the caucus
would sustain him in that position.
Senator Foraker state that ne
would again seek to get up the Harlan
nomination at the ffrst opportunity
and he asked that Republican Senators
remain in sufficient numbers to guar
antee a quorum because of Senator
Pettigrew's notice that he should re-
quire roll call on the vote to con
firm.
The Importance OF gevting the Span
ish treaty through was presented by
Senator Lodge, who said that the ratl-
fcation of the treaty was necessary tc
eean up our dealings with Spain
!. Senator Proctor also asked time fol-
reconsideration Of the olemargalTne Dill
gThe committee probably would be pre-
pared to report next week.