New-York tribune., 1903-02-28

remainder of the protracted legislative day
proved fairly amenabe to reason
MORGAN STILL OBDURATE.
After passing the Naval and Military Acad-
emy Appropriation bills the Senate on motion
of Mr. Cullom. went into executive session to
consider the Panama Canal treaty Senator
Morgan Immediately took the floor and had
spoken at length when Senator Culom, spurred
on by the requests of numerous Senators that
the legislative session be resumed asked for an
agreement to vote on the treaty tomorrow at (
O'Clock. Mr.. Morgan alone objected Mr. Gull
lom then changed his motion to the same hour
on Monday, and then Tuesday and each time
the Senator from Alabama objected. At last
exasperated by Mr.. Morgans evident determina-
lion 10 talk the treaty to death, Mr. Culom
made a brief but forcibe speech deprecating
the obstructive tactics employed to defeat the
convention and plainly told Mr. Morgan that he
was laboring to destroy the one project to which
he owed his share of fame. Mr. Morgan replied
with great vehemence, denouncing all who
favored the treaty and working for its
ratification. He followed by Senator
Hanna. who made a short and earnest appeal
for ratification. and by Senator Pettus who at
tempted to take Senator Cullom to task for tell
ing the truth about the senior Senator from
Alabama
Senator Morgan then resumed his 2 arpur,ant
repeating all he had said before, "for the bene-
fit Of some Senators who he noticed, had
not been present when he made that portion
of his argument before When Mr. Morgan
grew weary the legislative session was re-
sumed and the calendar taken up.
Senator Fairbanks called UP the Inmigra ton
bill, and would have secured an agreement for
a vote at . o'clock tomorrow had not Senator
Hoar objected The objection arose from Mr.
o,,l-C'
fered by Senator Gallinger, who alleged that
one section of the bill was a re-enactment of
the statute prohibiting the importation of con-
tract labor. Mr.. Galnger said he understood
this clause had been inserted for the purpose
of bringing the administration of that statute
within the province of official who boasted
that he would apply its terms to those Cana
dians who annually come to New-Engiand for
employment in the winter months MI Fair
banks was finally obliged to content himself
with d notice that he would call up the bill at
the conclusion of the routine business to-mOr
row.
THE FATE OF THE TREATIES
Senator Morgan's open and determined opposi
ton to any vote the Panama treaty is re-
garded as rendering a special session of the
Senate inevitable. AS much ntimated to
Mr. Morgan in the executive session, and after
adjournment the Republican leaders declared
they would hold the Senate in session all sum-
nler if need be- rather than adjourn without
vote on both of the pending treaties.
The Hay Bond Newfoundland treaty has
never been reported to the Senate. and it is not
believed that it will ever be ratified.
With regard to the Cuban treaty, 1t has been
discovered that with the changes Whlch VIII
take Mace in the Senate on March the ma
iority in it's favor will prove larger than that
in the present Congress.
Senator Aldrich said this evening that he ex-
pected 10 call up his financial bill tomorrow,
and had reason to believe it would receive the
approval of the Senate. Senator Berry remains
obdurate in his opposition but Mr.. Aldrich has
been doing yeoman's work on the Democratic
side of the chamber to-day, and has in most in
stances succeeded in dsarming opposition. Up
TO n late hour It was supposed that the success
of the measure in the House was assured, but
the action of the lower chamber in referring
the Payne edition of the Aldrich bill to the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency renders its
fate at the south end of the Capitol most prob
iar fica