The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-03-14
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, March II,

Washington, March II, 1901
Senator Platt, of Connecticut,
who did not make himself conspic-
uous as an advocate of the Ship
subsidy bill, is the ostensible author
of the resolution for the adoption of
a cloture rule in the Senate, but
that dosen't blind anybody. The
Hanna crowd is behind the move
ment, the principal object Of which
is to make sure that the Ship sub.
sidy bill does not fail when it is
next brought forward. as it did in
the last Congress. There is a sus-
picion also that this cloture rule
Job, if successful, will involve the
unloading of the Panama Canal,
with its long and dirty record OF
fraud and theft, on this country,
and other reckless jobbery to be
pad for by the taxpayers money.
1t is believed to be the advance
move in the most gigantic scheme
Of the public looting ever seen in
this or any other country. With
a cloture rule in the Senate Con-
gress would be mere machine to
register the will of the bosses OF
the Republican party. 1t was at
first intended to try to Jam this res
olution through at the present ses-
sion of the Senate, although it has
always been the custom to deal
with nothing but executive matters
at these special session but so deter
mined was the opposition that it
was clear the special sessions, would
run on indefinitely if it were at
tempted, SO the resolution was re-
ferred to the commit tee on Rules.
Well, we'll Teddy has tired of
being the whole show already. He
glared at the galleries, the occu-
pants of which were applauding
him, and threatened to have them
cleared by the sergeant-at-arms if
the applause was repeated. Really,
Teddy will have to take something
for his ingrowing modesty.
Senator Morgan is determined to
keep before the people the fact that
it is the British influence that has
caused and is causing Republican
opposition to Nicaragua Canal
legislation. In view of the fact
that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
lapsed by limitation March 4,
and in line with that determination
Senator Morgan has introduced
resolution declaring the Clayton
Bulwer treaty abrogated. The Re-
publicans have met this by de-
claring that the Senate cannot alone
abrogate a treaty and have gone
away back to 1908 to find a preced-
ent showing that the House must
also act and the President sign to
bring about the abrogation of
treaty. This is because they do
not wish to have Senator Morgan S
resolution considered at the present
extra session Of the Senate. Senator
Morgan made speech in support
of his resolution that was one of
the warmest heard on the floor of
the Senate for long time, in which
he said Of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
eve will make no compromise
with Great Britain on that subject
We will make no concession to
Great Britain in relation to that
treaty. What we shall do with it
(and some of our people are opposed
even to that, is that we shall de-
clare it abrogated. If the vote on
my resolution could be taken today
it would inform the President that
he has no two-thirds vote in the
Senate to adopt any compromise he
may make with Great Britain. II
it is the purpose of Great Britain
still to look for delay she will not
get it. If 1t be her determination
to pick a quarrel with us about
it she will find the u S. can muster
at least half of the number Of men
who voted for President in the last
Election Fighting men. And she
will find, when the war terminates,
that the steel band which binds the