The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
MORGAN GIVES
 FLOOR ID QUAY. Read an Isthmian Canal Re- port Occupying Two Hours COMBINATION IS CHARGED 
Senator carmack Asks That Senator Morean's Remarks Be Heard In Open Session, and This Brought
 On an Interesting Debate.

Washington. February 20 - Senator Morgan spoke for more than an hour to- day in executive session. He then gave way to MT. Quay but before the latter had well begun Senator carmack moved that Senator Morgan be allowed to dis cuss the canal question in open senates 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 a general de- bate, 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 top les were discussed. Among those who Depew Hale and Bacon, most of whom opposed MT. Carmacks motion for open doors on the ground that 1t was not ex- pedient to air our relations with other countries before the world at large.
 The speakers differed widely, however, as to the expediency of the policy of de- lay which it was freely charged is now being pursued in connect1on with the Panama canal treaty on the one hand and the statehood bill on the other, while some of the senators avowed themselves advocates of @ rule of cloture. Others expressed the conviction that the pro- longation of the present situation would lead to the speedy adoption of such a rule.
 
 MT. Hale Speaks.
 Speaking in this vein, Senator Hale ex- pressed the conviction that the present situation, in which friends of the state hood bill had joined with opponents of the treaty, was due to a previous under standing between them and Senator Quay and Senator Morgan. MT. Morgan replied earnestly, denying that there had been such combination.
 At this point Mr. Quay rose and, ex- pressing impatience with the interrup- tion asked leave to proceed with his speech.
 No one objected and the course of the controversy was shifted without put ting MT. Carmacks motion to vote.
 MT. Quay's speech consisted of long report on the isthmian canal question: This reading he asked the clerk at the desk to perform, but objection was made
  The result was adverse to Mir. Quay s request. He then began the reading or the document himself and continued for two hours or more.
 Decide Against Night Session.
 At 5;30, in accordance with decision of the steering committee, Senator Gull lom moved a recess until il o'clock to- morrow and the motion prevailed.
 This decision of the steering committee against a night session was reached at meeting held during the afternoon at the request of Senator Cullom, who has the Colombian Otherwise known as the Panama) canal treaty In charge, and wished the steering committees advice as to abandoning the night session.
 The committee decided that the senti- ment of the senate was against holding another night session until an effort had been made to reach an adjustment of he somewhat tangled legislative condition In the senate In order to bring about such an adjustment it was suggested that some compromise might be made on the statehood bill
 Senators Quay and Ell1ins and o.her re- publicans who had been favoring the statehood bill were called In and the matter canvassed at some length but without approaching an agreement. The democrats have not been consulted, and as they stood out solidly against the plan of compromise of tha two new states they may not accept nny other compro- mise proposition. Should compromise be agreed upon 1t is stated that It will include the ratification of the Colombian and Cuban treaties.