The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-20
MIR. MORGAN SPEAKING
HE CONTINUES ARGUMENT
 AGAINST CANAL TREATY.
Says That the Government of vene- zuela is Virtually Dictated by
 the Catholic Church, Espe-
 cia1ly the Order of Jesuits.

Washington. Feb. 19.-The Senate to- day, in executive session, resumed con- sideration of the Panama Canal treaty.
 For the benefit of the Senators, the reading of the Colombian constitution was gone through with. which required about two hours time. Senator Depew asked if the translation was correct, Sen ator Mason replied that it was. which as surance MT. Depew said was thoroughly satisfactory.
 Senator Morgan then continued the speech he had begun yesterday. He dis cussed especially to-day what he char acterized as a discrepancy between the terms of the act of June g. last, author izing the purchase of the Panama Canal Company's franchises and property and the terms of the treaty. He quoted from the treaty the clause providing for the lease of the canal zone and from the act the language of the second section au- thorized the President to acquire per- petual control of a strip of land six miles in wldth-and charged that the two were utterly inconsistent. The presenta- tion of this point led to an animated de- bate in which seven or eight Senators joined, Senators Rawlins, Bacon and Dan- iels being among the speakers on the Democratic side of the Chamber and Senators Hoar, Spooner and Depew among the Republicans who spoke.
 In the main the Democratic Senators contended that the treaty does not coin eide with or carry out the terms of the
 
 appropriation would be necessary before the treaty could be made effective. The Republicans pointed out that the lease provision in the treaty looked to the con tinuaI renewal of the lease. which in eff feet they said would give the per petuaI control provided for in the canal act.
 At 5:3O o'clock MT. Quay asked MT. Morgan if he was willing to desist. Mir Morgan yielded and MT. Quay moved to adjourn. The vote resulted 16 yeas to 36 noes. Senator Teller then moved to take a recess. This motion also was voted down. The result brought out a declara- tion from MT. Teller that nothing would be gained by harsh measures. Senator Cullum accepted this view and himself mived a recess until p. m. There was no opposition and the Senators dispersed a few minutes before o'clock
 When they reconvened at o'clock there was comparatively few Senators present and the presiding officer scarcely had called those present to order when the point of no quorum was made.
 After thirty-h minutes a quorum was secured and Senator Morgan proceeded until Il o'clock, when on motion of Senator Cullom the Senate took a recess until Il o'clock tomorrow. Senator Morgan devoted his evening discourse largely to the relation of the Colombian government to the Catholic Church. He quoted at length the concordat between the Pope and the President of the repub- lie and assrted that the isthmian govern ment is practically dictated by the Cath ollie Church and especially by the Jesuit order This, he said, would be true in the canal zone as well as in other parts of the countr, and he contended that If the treaty should be ratified the United States would find that 1t had entered into an un- desirable and un-American alliance. He was not willing to suspend at Il o'clock and said he was quite prepared to con- tinue
 Just before the close of the session Senator CuIlom sought unanimous consent to fix a time for vote next Saturday but Senator Morgan objected. Senator Quay also said he would object unless an agreement to vote on the Statehood bill also could be obtained.