The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-21
QUAY GOES ON AS
DISSlPAT0R or J.
Time
stfs .e-s
Reads Another Tremendously
Long =. Document Il on the
Isthmian Canal Steering
Committee Trying to Steer
the Senate Out by a Com.
promise.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Feb. 20.-The
senate put in the whole day on the
Panama canal treaty. Senator Quay
rose to a question of personal privi-
lege. He sent to the desk and had
read an article from a New York paper
of this morning, accusing him of vio-.
lating a pledge which the paper stated
he had made in the Republican caucus
Wednesday to support the treaty to
the exclusion of every other subject.
He said such was not the case, but
on the contrary, he had protested to
the last in the caucus against any ac-
ton looking to the displacement Of the
statehood bill. He called upon other
senators to testify to this effect and
several did so. Senator Nelson, how
ever, expressed the ;opinion that a
pledge was at least implied.
In executive sessions after Senator
Morgan had spoken for an hour or
more, he gave way to Mr.. Quay, but
before the latter had well begun, Sen
ator Carmack moved that Senator
Morgan be allowed to discuss the canal
question in open senate. No action
rise to debate In which the cloture was
favored. e
Quay Is Voted Down.
Mr.. Quay, expressing impatience
with the interruption, asked leave to
proceed with his speech. No one OBJ
jected. Mr.. Quay's speech consisted Of
a long report on the isthmian canal
question. This reading he asked the
clerk at the desk to perform. but OBJ
lection was made and the matter was
submitted to vote. The result was
adverse to Mr.. Quay's request, the vote
standing 20 to 81. He then began the
reading of the document himself and
continued for two hours or more.
At $50, in accordance with a de-
cision of the steering committee, Sem
ator Cullon moved a recess until IL
o'clock tomorrow, and the motion pre-
vailed. -o.tr. q
The steering committee this after
noon began to discuss the possibility
of a compromise. Senators Quay and
Elkins and other Republicans who
have been favoring the statehood bill
were called in and the matter cam
7vassed. The Democrats have not been
consulted, and as they stood out SOL
idly against the plan of compromise
for the creation Of two new states, they
may not accept any other compromise
proposition. Should q compromise be
agreed upon, it is stated that 1t will in.
clude the ratification of the Colombian
and Cuban treaties. y so3sl go" 90
Currency Bill in the House.
= The house today passed the fortif1-
cations appropriation bill, adopted the
conference reports on the bill for the
protection of the president and. the
1egfsfative,e executive and judicial APP
preparation shill and then spent three
hours Wrangling over the Fowler cur
rency bill. The latter bill had been
given privilege by a special rule
adopted Monday, but when the decks
had been cleared for it the Democrats
began a f1libuster, Mr.. Bartlett (Ga.)
declaring that it was useless to- waste
time on a measure which it was not
intended should become a law. After
a-half dozen roll calls the house final
ly got into committee Of the whole to
consider the bill, but then adjourned
The speaker, at the opening Of the
session, laid before the house the in
vitation of the ST. Louis exposition
commission and the exposition COM
pany to congress to be present at the
dedicatory exercises April 80-May 2,
1903 a.
Mr.. Tawney (Minn.)r presented a
joint resolution, which was adopted,
accepting the invitation and providing
for the appointment of a committee of
seven senators and eleven representa-
tives to represent the two houses.