The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-07
NO COMP PROMISE
WITH ENGLAND.
Abrogatiion Of Clayton
BulWer Treaty
MORGAN ADVOCATESIT
There Should be No More Delay in
Building Canal,
VICE E-PRESIDENT APPLAUDED.
He Showed His Disapproval and Ordered
the Galleries Cleared if There Was
Any Repetition OF the Ap-
plause-C!oture Resolu-
tlon Will Not Be
There Should be No More Delay in
Building Canal,
ICE-.PREsIDENT ApPLAuDEO.
(By Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, March 6.-ASdln to-day
when the Senate convened the galleries
were packed with people, a majority OF
whom, as on recent days, being COM
posed of visitors to the city. The execu-
tive gallery was ablaze with blue, gold
cord and epaulettes, the visitors being
members Of the staff of Governor Yates
or Illinois.
Promptly at noon Yice-Presdent Roose-
Welt entered the chamber. AS he stepped
forward to his desk to call the Senate to
ORDER burst of spontaneous applause
rang through the galleries. With evident
manifestations of his disapproval, the
Vice-President seized his Savel and rap
ned sharply twice for order. Glanc1nS
sterny around the galleries, he said, and
the words cut through the chamber like
! Il knife: '.If there is any applause or dis
order the Sergeant-at-ArmS Will clear the
galleries.
The chaplain in his invocation referred
with deep pat os to the sorrow which mas
fallen upon the junior Senator from Ala
bama, {Mr. Pettus) and his wife, IN the
death of their only son.
THE CLOTURE.
Inquiry from Senator Teller brought
out the fact that it was not the intention
OF Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, to press ms
cloture resolution during the present ses-
sion and the resolution was referred to
the Committee on Rules.
After the routine of morning bust
ness had been transacted. MI Morgan
addressed the Senate upon his resolution.
He said he would exclude from his ar
c11ment any consideration of the Panama
/ Canal Commission. The only prospect
of the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal now by the United States rested
upon the protocols which had been en-.
tered into between this country ana tie
Governments of Nicaragua ana costa
Rca.
He challenged any Senator to point to
q single proposition which Great Britain
had made for such a modification of the
CJaytOn-Bulwer Treaty as would ADMIT
of the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal. No such action ever had oeen
taken by Great Britain. during an tiie
time when Americans We're nuseills 70
their bosoms'' the deluson that Great
Britain eventually would enter upon q
friendly arrangement for the construc-
ton of the canal, Great Britain had pre-
served "a profound and golden silence
OPPOSED TO CANAL.
He called her silence golden because,
he asserted. Great Britain, through LIN
erpool. which was the commercial center
the United States, because OF the lack or
the Nicaragua Canal, was contributing
TO tie riches of Great Britain But,
there cannot be anything more precious
to-day to Great Britain. said Mr. Nor
gan, ..than to prevent the construction
of the NicaraS qua Canal. If Great Britain
by her golden silence can prevent that
her profits will continue, and the longer
she can do that the greater will be her
profits on the Suez Canal. She has re-
mained as silent rs the Sphinx, which
] looks out upon the Nile and upon the
desert and she seems to be looking out
upon a desert OF wasted American oppor-
tunities, and, sad to say, americans
honor Great Britain is still silent.
With some feeling, in referring to the
Clayton Bulwer treaty, the Alabama Sen
ator said: Eve will make no conpro-
misc with Great Britain upon that Sub
ject We will make no concession to
Great Britain in relation to that treaty.
What we shall do with it Cand some OF
our people are opposed, even to that, we
skau declare it abrogated. If the vote on
! NV resolution could be taken to-day it
would inform the President Of the United
States that he has no tWO-lhlrdS majority
in the Senate to adopt any compromise
ne may make with Great Britain.
NO MORE DELAY.
.Jf it is the purpose of Great Britain
If it be her determination to pick a quar-
rel with us about it, she will find the
United States can muster at least half the
J nun her of men who voted for President
last November.
..She will find that the steel band which
binds the throne in London, which binds
it with Australia and India, and passes
through Canada, will be rent in twain.
She will find that her possessions in the
Caribbean Sea have larsed. She will find
that she has uver-taNed our patience. She
has started with Il new king and upon a
new carer that viii break up the En-
pire. and reduce the king to the sovereign.
tv OF his own island. Does Great Britain
suppose she can escape from the terrors
of the existing situation and the prospec-=
tive s!tua ton everywhere. and that she
can find {; favorable opportunity TO dis
play her military power against the
United States:
Without concluding his speech Mr.. Nor
gan yielded the floor. and at 2:45. on mo-
ton of Mr.. Warren. OF Wyoming. the
ip+,, nd.