Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-02-26
THEPANAMA TREATY
The Senate Put In the Entire Day
Considering It.
HOUSE PASSED HORIIpICATIOBS Bill
Two Conference Reports Adopted and Thea
the Fowler Currency Bill Was Taken
Up and Caused wrangls for
Three B0urs.

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Washington, Feb. 21.-The senate
spent the entire day yesterday in ex-
ecutive session considering the Pan
anna canal treaty and at 5:25 p. m.
took a recess until to-day at II
O'Clock. No vote was taken on any
OF the amendments which have been
prepared by Senator Morgan. After
Senator Morgan had spoken for an
hour or more he gave way to Senator
Quay, but before the latter had well
begun Senator Carmack moved that
Senator Morgan be allowed to dis
cuss the canal question in open SEN
ate. In support Of the motion he
said that the question was OF general
importance and that the country
should be placed in possession OF the
details. The motion brought ON q
general debate In which the rules OF
the senate, the advisability of cloture,
the necessity of maintaining in the
senate a forum of free speech and
many other kindred topics were dis
cussed. The speakers differed wide
ly, however, as to the expediency
Of the policy of delay which 1t was
freely charged was now being pur-
sued in connection with the Panama
treaty on the one, hand and with the
statehood bill on the other. Some
of the senators avowed themselves
advocates of rule of cloture. 9th
ers expressed the conviction that the
prolongation of the present situation
would lead to the speedy adoption OF
such rule. Speaking in this vein,
Senator Hale expressed the convic-
ton that the present situation, in
which friends of the statehood bill
had joined with opponents Of the
treaty, was due to previous under
standing between them and between
Senator Quay and Senator Morgan.
Senator Morgan replied, earnestly
denying that there had been such
combination, to which Senator Hale
replied that he had been led to be-
lieve that such was the case. To this
Senator Morgan replied very tartly
that IL Senator Hale chose to believe
what was not true he would injure
only himself. At this point Senator
Quay rose and, expressing impotence
with the interruption, asked leave to
proceed with his speech. No one OBJ
iected and the course Of the con-
troversy was shifted without put
ting Senator Carmack's motion to a
vote.
At $3.50, in accordance with q deci-
sion of the steering committee, Sen
ator Cullom moved recess until II
o'clock to-day and the motion pre-
vailed.
The house yesterday passed the
Notifications appropriations bill
adopted the conference reports on
the bill for the protection of the
president and on the Legislative, exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill
and then spent three hours wrangling
over the Fowler currency bill. The
latter bill had been given privilege
by the terms Of special rule adopted
Monday, but when the decks had
been cleared for it the democrats be-
- a. fiNbuster. Mr.. BARTLETT. OF
Georgia, declaring that IL was. useless
to waste time on measure which
it was not intended should become q
law. After half dozen roll calls
the house finally got into committee
of the whole to consider the bill, but,
II then being five o'clock, on motion
of Mr.. Fowler the house adjourned.
Mr.. Sulloway introduced @ bill re-
citing that in the administration OF
the pension laws any enlisted man In
the military service of the United
States during the war Of the rebellion
shall be held to be entitled to PEN
sion for any disability contracted by
him during any and all enlistments
recognized by the war department as
valid, provided his disability or dis
abilities were contracted during the
performance Of military duty within
the meaning Of the pension laws, any
ruling or decision Of the secretary
Of the interior to the contrary not
withstanding.
The house committee on printing
favorably reported the senate resolu-
ton providing for the compilation I'M
der the direction Of the attorney gen.
eral Of all state laws relating to
trusts and to the organization and
regulation Of corporations.
Congressman Chester !. Long intro
duced a bill to appropriate 100000
for a federal building at Newton,