The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-20
Former Is Trying to Defeat the Pana-
ma Canal Treaty and the Latter Is
Urging the Statehood Bill.
NO HEED TO THE PRESIDENT
WHO HAS DECLARED HE WILL CALL
SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION,
Provided the Canal and Cuban Treat
les He Not Disposed of by March
Long Executive Session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-It begins to
look as if there kind of combination
deadlock in the Senate. Senator Quay
seems determined to push his omnibus
statehood bill at the expense of the Panama
canal treaty. and Senator Morgan is try
ing to talk the treaty to death. the Mica
raguan canal route being his favorite.
Notwithstanding the declaration by the
President to-day that he would call an
extra session of the Senate TO dispose of
the canal and Cuban treaties, if action was
not taken by the 4th of March, no progress
was made in executive session this after
noon and night, and the Senate took
a recess at IL p. m. until IL a m.
tomorrow 1t was stated to-day that
a movement is on foot among some
of the friends of the statehood bill to
couple the fortunes of that measure
with those of the Panama canal treaty. to
make the ratihcation of the one depend on
the passage of the other. The "details of
the plan have not come to light fully. but it
Is understood the scheme is to menace the
treaty by delay until an agreement to vote
on the statehood bill can be secured. None
of the statehood supporters will admit that
this is the purpose, but one of the most
prominent of them on the Republican side
admitted that such is the tendency. Many
of the statehood advocates on both sides
say they will not allow Senator Morgan to
be forced by test of physical endurance
to complete his speech in opposition to the
treaty before he is willing to conclude of
his own accord.
QUAY ASSISTING MORGAN.
The rumor of such purpose was cur
rent about the Senate before the execu-
tive session began at 1920 to-day, and
those who had heard 1t merely as a rumor
were convinced that 1t was without
foundation in fact, when, instead of Sem
ator Morgan resuming his speech soon aft
er the executive session began, Senator
Quay addressed the chair and sent up some
documents to be read. among which was
the Constitution of Colombia. He said
the documents would throw light on the
subject and that he thought at this time
the Senate should be informed as to the
provisions of the Constitution of the coun-
try with which the United States is doing
business. This step on his part was taken
as a notice that he meant to assist in the
opposition to the treaty, and it was then
recalled that during yesterdays executive
session, and while Senator Morgan was
still speaking, Mr. Quay had suggested
the absence of quorum, thus helping to
make it easy for the Alabama senator
Mr.. Quay took the copy of the CoIom-
bian Constitution which he asked to have
read from quite a large pile of documents
which lay his desk. and when he asked
TO have IL read the Republican senators
near Immediately reached the conclusion
that he had united his force with Senator
Morgan and that the step was intended to
force the acceptance of the statehood bill
Without giving voice to such a SUPPOSE
tion Senator Aldrich objected to the read
ing of the document by the clerks. saying
that evidently the proceeding was merely
intended for the purpose OF delay.
Senator Quay replied that such was not
his intention, and that he would ask to
have nothing read which would not throw
light the subject under consideration
Senator Morgan also said that. so far as he
was concerned, there was no collusion 1t
was then agreed that for the present and
until IL should become evident that the
reading was for delay" il should continue
The anti-statehood Republican senators
made no concealment of their surprise at
Mr.. ouay's proceeding, and all OF them