Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-06
.D|DN I LIKE APPLAUSE
Vice President Roosevelt Re.
Dukes the Visitors in the
Senate Galleries.
Wave Of Applause Greeted His
Entrance to Presiding Desk
Today.
Threatens to Have Galleries
Cleared II the Ofiense is
Repeated.

washington, March 6.--Agatn today
when the seiate convened the galleries
We're packed with people, majority of
whom are visitors to the city. The ex-
ecutive gallery was ablaze with the
blue, gold cord and epaulet.es, the Wis
itors being members of the staff of
Governor Yates, of Illinois. Promptly
at noon Vice President Roosevelt en-
tered the chamber AS he stepped for
ward to the desk to call the senate to
order burst of spontaneous applause
rang thru the galleries.
With evident manifestations of his
disaprroval the vice president seized
the gayel and raped Sharply twice for
order Glancing sternly around the
galleries he said. and the words cut
thru the chamber like a knife: IF there
is any applause or disorder the SER
geant-at-arms will clear the galleries =
The chaplain in his invocation re-
ferrsd with deep pathos to the sorrow
Which had fallen upon the junior sena-
tor from Alabama, Pettus and wife, in
the death of their only son.
Platt, of Connecticut. then called up
the amendment to the rules. of which he
gave notice yesterday relating to the
limitation of debate.
Afterthe amendment was read. Teller
inquired of Platt whether he expected
to secure action upon the amendment
at the present extraordinary session
Platt replied that he did not desire 10
discuss the proposed amendment at the
present time. He wished to have the
amendment referred to the committee
on rules, but he doubted very much
whether the COMMITTEES could consider IL
SO fully IS to enable the senate to take
action upon 1t at this session. He had
felt. he said. that the senate ought To
change its rules and he had thought
the proper time to introduce the prom
ositlon was at the beginning of the new
session. After some further debate the
resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on rules. Morgan then ad dressed
the senate upon mis- resolution TO abro-
gate the Clay ton- Bulwer treaty.
Morgan said he would exclude from
the argument any consideration of tho
Panama commission. The only prospect
OF construction of the Nicaragua canal
now by the United States rested upon.
the protocols which had been entered
into between this country and Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica. He challenged any
senator to point to a single proposition
which Great Britain had made for such.
a medication OF the Clayton Bulwer.
treaty as would admit of construction
of he Nicaragua canal. No such action,
he said had ever been taken by Great
Britain. During all the time when the
Americans We're "hugging To their hos
oms' the delusion that Great Britain.
eventually would enter upon friendly
arrangement for the construction Of the
canal Great Britain had preserved a
profound and golden silence" He called
her silence golden because Great Bri-
tain. thru Liverpool which was the.
commercial center of the world. was be-
ing enriched and the United States. be-
cause Of the lack of a canal. was con-
tributing to enriching Great Britain.
There can not be anything more pre-
cious today to Great Britain, said Nor
gan. than to prevent the construction
of the canal. If she by her golden si-
lence 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 remained as silent
as the sphinx which looks upon the Nile
and upon the desert. and she seems to-
be looking out upon the desert of vast
ed American opportunities and sad to
say. American honor. Great Britain is
still silent"