The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-07
DEFEATED.
The senate Refuses to Ratify the Cen
eral arbitration Treaty Between Great
Britain and the United States nv a Vote

of 43 To rs.
| WASHINGTON May 6-The senate
Wednesday by vote of 43 to 26 re-
fused to ratify the general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain negotiated by Secretary
| Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The
rules of the senate require majority
of two-th:rds for the ratification of
treaties. Hence four more affirmative
votes would have been required to Sc
cure favorable result.
| The vote in detail was as follows:
/ Ieas-Allison, Bacon, Burrows, CAT
ferry, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Fair
banks, Faulkner, Foraker, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna,
Hawley, Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Nc
Bride, McEnery, Mcmillan, Mitchell,
| Morrill,, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, Platt,
of Connecticut; Platt, of New York;
Pritchard, Proctor, Smith, Spooner,
Thurston, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, War
rem, Wellington, Wetmore, Wilson
| Total. A.
| Nays-Baker, Bate, Butler, Carter,
Cockrell, Daniel, Hansbrough, Harris,
of Kansas; Harris, of Tennessee; Heit-
field, Jones, of Arkansas; Jones, of
Nevada; Kyle. Martin, Mason, Mills,
Quay, Rawlins, Roach. Shoup, Stew.
art, White. Total, %.
| A total of SO votes were cast, leaving
10 senators who did not respond. The
pairs so far as obtainable were as fol-
! lows-two affirmative senators being
paired with one negative senator in
most instances:
Chandler and Clark for, with Teller
against.
Tillman and Turner for, with Chill
! ton against.
Sewell and Earle for, with Mantle
against.
Senator George was paired for the
treaty and Senator Berry against it..
Pairs were not announced for the fol-
lowing: Aldrich, Cannon, Elkins, Cor.
| man, Murphy, Wolcott, Kenney and
| Allen.
The vote was preceded by short,
spirited debate, introduced by Senator
| Mills, of Texas, who made a strong APP
peal to the senate against ratifying
| the agreement
| WASHINGTON, May 6.-The senate in
executive session Wednesday confirmed
the following nomin ations: Elmer J.
Miller, surveyor of customs at Column
bus, o.; Thomas r. Purnell, United
States district judge Eastern district
of North Carolina; Williarn FL. Meyer,
Indian agent Southern Ute agency,
Colorado; John B. Wight and John w.
| Ross, commissioners of the District of
Columbia, and John McMullen, Of
Maryland. to be an assistant surgeon
in the Marine hospital service.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Western mem
| bers Of the house are preparing to
make a strong stand for the retention
of the duty on hides in the traiff bill
if that feature is adopted by the sem
ate. There was strong sentiment in
| favor of protection for hides in the
| house when the bill was before that
body, but no opportunity was given
the house to vote on that question, a
vote being permitted on those amend
ments only which were proposed by
the ways and means committee.
In the committee itself proposition
was made to put duty on hides wher
the Dingley bill was in preparation
/ and the proposal failed by a majority
of only two votes. With such mar
row margin against the duty on hides
in the committee the western men
| feel confident that they can carry
vote in the house, particularly as they
are assured of the cooperation of the
! democrats.
Scn-tor Deboe Sworn in.
! WASHINGTON, May 6-Senator w. j
! Deboe, Kentucky's republican success
! Sor to Black burn, was sworn in Wed.
! nesday, and received congratulations:
from senators and others. The sundry
civil bill was taken up and authority
given the president by an amendment
| offered by Mr.. Allison, to exercise the
widest latitude in choosing members
of the commission to survey the Nicara'
! qua canal route.
Postal Congress Meets
WASHINGTON, May g. The universal
postal congress met Wednesday in the
! great hall of the old Corcoran art gal
lery. About 60 ountries, comprising
most of those in the postal union, were
! hOICd, Sh4AS dhI4 Gll'J
, Orange Free state, which are now out
side the pale of the union, had dele
! gates present. 1t is expected that the
work of the congress will extend
over about six weeks. Most of the
work will be transacted by
| committees which will submit the
result of their labors to the congress
! about once week. The present pos
, tai agreement will be revised and re-
newed. Several important questions
will be considered, among them a prop
osition to transmit the official mail of
the countries which are mem bers Of
the union free of charge, the question
of increasing the unit of weight to be
carried under a five cent stamp from
one half ounce to three-fourths of an
ounce, and also a proposition for uni
versal stamp.
! Died Protesting His Innocence.
SoMERvILLE, n. j., May 6.-Jacob S.
Johnson, colored. an eX-preacher, was