The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-06
0lney.PauncefOte Arbitration Scheme
Voted Down by the Senate.
Only Four More Affirmative
Votes We're Needed.


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constitutional two-thirds OF the senators
present required for ratification. and
thus ended all prospect Of general
arbitration treaty with Great Britain
for this century.
President Mckinley regrets the action
OF the senate, but he will accept 1t as
flnal. and make no attempt TO nego-
ciate another such treaty, believing 1t
would be useless to do SO, in view of the
attitude of the senate.
The arbitration treaty as originally
submitted by President Cleveland to the
senate did not have, senator's say, one
sincere friend on the floor, and this may
he said to be demonstrated by the fact
that, after it had been amended to the
point of emasculation, it still did not
command the requisite two-thirds vote
An attempt was made at the last mo-
ment to AIMED 1t still further, by the ad-
dition of another paragraph to prevent
the consideration of territorial claims,
which. 1t was thought, might secure
enough of the floating votes to carry
1t through, but Senator Carter
of Montana, who actively represented
the Irish opposition to the treaty, OBJ
jected, and, as II required unanimous
considered.
Patrick Egan and Michael Davitt were
present in the lobby Of the senate to
opponents Of the treaty, and to con-
graduate them upon the result.
Numerous reasons have been given
for the rejection of the treaty, but there
can be no doubt, from what was said
n fa nd In ~
senator's, that the dominant cause was
q combination of hatred and distrust
Of England, and an unwillingness to
give her the advantage which IL was
thought she would derive from the
treaty. England was treated as our
hereditary foe, instead OF our heredi-
tary friend, and the attitude OF the
English government toward the Armen-
ians and the Greeks in Turkey. and the
Beers In Africa, was harped upon.
The most effective argument was sum-
med up in the remark yesterday: III
We ratify this treaty, within Is minutes
the news would be flashed around the
world that we have made what most
nations would regard as a close and
special alliance with England. and We
do not want to put ourselves in that
attitude"
All the influences which are against
England appeared in the opposition to
the treaty, and accomplished its de-
struction. All the Republican senators,
with four or five exceptions-among the
exceptions being the two Pennsylvania
senators-voted for ratification, all the
New England senators being accounted
for on thas side, either by votes or by
pairs. The Democrats split almost in
two, and the Populists and silver Re-
publicans generally voted against rati-
fication.
Senator Lodge said: 81 very much
regret the refusal of the senate to ratify
the arbitration treaty. 1 did everything
in my power to promote it's ratification.
and so did Senator Hoar, and did all
that could to bring about favorable
result
How the Senators Voted.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Allison. Bacon, Burrows, Caf
ferry. Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe Fair
banks, Faulkner, Foraker, Frye, Gal
lihger, Gear, Grace, Hale, Hanna, Haw-
ley, Hoar Lindsay. Lodge, Mcbride. Nc
Emery, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Morrill,, Mel
son, Pasco, Perkins, Platt of Connec-
ticut, Platt Of New York, Pritchard,
Proctor, Smith, Spooner, Thurston. Tur-
pie, Vest, Walthall, Warren, Wellington,
Wetmore, Wilson. Total. 43.
Nays-Baker, Bate, Butler, Carter,
Cockerell, Daniel, Hansbrough, Har-
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas. Jones of
Nevada, Kyle, Martin, Mason. Mills,
Morgan, Penrose, Pettigrew, Pettus
Quay, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup, Stewart,
White. Total, rs.
A total of 50 votes was cast, leaving
1e senator's who did not respond. The
pairs so far as obtainable were as fol-
lows. two affirmative senator's beins
paired with one negative senator in
most instances:
Chandler and Clark for, with Teller
against; Tillman and Turner for. with
Chiffon against: Sewall and Earle for,
with Mantell against. Senator Georg.
was paired for the treaty and Senator
Berry against it. Pairs were not an
nounced for the following Aldrich. Cam
non. Elkins. German, Murphy, Wolcott,
Kenny and Allen.
The vote was preceded by short,
spirited debate, introduced by Senator
Mills of Texas, who made q strong ap-
real to the senate against ratifying the
agreement. He asserted that az
amended the document was most OBJ
yeCtlOnaDle, not I'D say CONTRADICTORY In
terms. He pointed out especially the
provision for the settlement Of contro-
versies in regard to territorial claims,
and asserted that, whereas the amend.
ment adopted by the senate to the first
article Of the treaty declares against
their inclusion, the sixth and eighth
articles made provision for them.
He held that 80 long as these
articles remained unchanged, England
could Justly claim that questions of ter
ritorial rights were still included within
the scope Of the treaty.
Under such circumstances, he asked,
what was to prevent England from pur-
chasing the island of Cuba, or any other
American territory. and In case OF OBJ
lection on the part of the United States
insisting upon the reference of the dis
puts to arbitration? He spoke OF the
conduct of England In connection with
the Graeco-Turkish war, and implored
the senate TO protect the United States
against the proposed alliance.
The speech made a visible impression
and the opinion was general that the
treaty should be amended so as to rem
edy the Inconsistency explained. Sen