The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-19
ARBITRATION TREATY.
It Will Doubtless Reach a Vote
in the Senate Today.
PROBABILITY OF POsTP0NgMENT.
Some Senators Who support tho Treaty
Wish 1t Deferred Until After McKinley's
Inauguration, but Senator Sherman De-
clares 1t Can be Passed at Once.

: Washington, Feb. 19.-The senate
adjourned at $40 last night. after
spending six hours in executive ses-
sion devoted to. the consideration of
the nomination of Hon. F., c. Aniidon,
to be district judge of North Dakota.
aad Of the Anglo American arbitra-
tion treaty. The eater part Of this
time was given UP to the judgesMp
question, and the treaty was not
reached until about o'clock, after Mr..
4 nidon's confirmation.
It had been the intention of the
friends Of the treaty to make an extra
ordinary effort to secure, If possible,
its disposition before yesterdays ad-
journment, but their plans were frus-
trated by senators who were more
anxious to secure action upon nomi-
nations. There were two yea and nay
votes during the day bearing on the
treaty. In the first, which was a con-
test between the treaty and the nomi-
nations. as to which should have pre-
cedence, the treaty lost. In the sec
ond, on motion to adjourn, which
was antagonized principally by the
friends Of the treaty, the treaty won.
as adjournment at that time was pre-
vented Both votes were close, and
neither was specially significant. as in
the first vote some friends of the treaty
cast their ballots against it. and in the
second some Of its opponents were ad-
verse to adjournment, saying they
were as willing for the test then as at
any other time.
1t was not long after this latter vote
that Senator Sherman himself moved
an adjournment. In entering this mo-
ton Mr.. Sherman said he was actuat-
ed by desire to consult the conve-
nience of the senate, and that, recog-
nizing the fact that much of the day
had been given to another subject. he
conceded 1t was hardly fair to ask the
senate to take up the treaty at that
hour, with a view to continuing its dis
cussion until it should be disposed of.
He gave notice that he would today
move an executive session for the pur-
pose of considering the treaty alone,
and that he would ask that the session
behind closed doors be continued until
The fate Of the treaty should be known.
Upon this announcement the senate
adjourned without division.
There were no speeches on the mer- |
is of the treaty during the day. but /!
I'll that were made were devoted to
notion by Senator Nelson, of Minne- |
'ota, to POSTPONE the treaty until |
March The speeches in favor of this |
notion were made by Senators Nell
ION, Allison and Frye. and those in
opposition by Senators Sherman, !
lodge. Hoar and Vest. The first three
we're without exception friendly to the
reaty. but they urged the pressing
haracter of other business and the |
futilitv of trying to get
ote on the treaty at the present ses-
ion. Messrs. Sherman, Lodge, Hoar
nd Vest .contended that a vote could
e had If the friends of the treaty,
Tho, Mr., Sherman said, embraced
hree- -fourths of the senate, would only
how their devotion by maintaining a
uorum day and night until vote
ould be reached.
1t Ia conceded on all sides that to-
ay's session will be the final one on
ne treaty during this congress. The
lost probable result is the adoption of
lr. Nelson's motion to postpone.