Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-11

committee on foreign relations SatuF-
day agreed by All almost unanimous
vote TO recommend the ratification OF
the treaty with amendments. All but
two of these amendments are merely
verbal. One of the two which are es-
sential strikes out the clause providing
for the selection OF King Oscar as UNI
| pire, leaving it to the two powers to
select an umpire when one is consia
cred necessary. The other important
amendment is an addition to article !
of the treaty and reads as follows:
mo question which affects the for
eign or domestic policy Of either of the
contracting parties or the relations OF
| either with any other state or power
! by treaty or otherwise, shall be sub
| tect TO arbitration under this treaty
4 except by special agreement.
/ The amendment eliminating the UNI
| pire clause was agreed to by vote OF
! 8 to /. The vote in opposition to
/ striking out the King Oscar clause is
| understood to have been cast by SEN
/ tor Gray Of Delaware.
I /
| treaty favorably as amended was to
! The six members who voted in thu
! Affirmative were Messrs Sherman,
| Frye. Davis, Cullom, Lodge and Gray
/ and those who voted in the negative
| Messrs Morgan, Daniel Cameron ana
| Mills. This vote was strangely enough
| on financial rather than on political
| lines Only one democratic senator
voted for ratification and only one re
publican voted against it. All the
votes for the treaty were cast by men
who had opposed silver in the senate
in opposition, with the possible excep-
ton Of that of Senator Mills, were cast
| Ey free silver men.
An amendment declaring in explicit
terms that the Alaskan boundary
question should not be included in the
agreement for arbitration was voted
down as being unnecessary
The chairman was instructed to ask
the senate to give the treaty consdera-
ton at as early a day as practicable.
| 1t is expected that when taken up it
will lead to protracted and animated
debate In executive session
Washington, Feb. 1.-The Nicaragua
canal bill occupied the attention of the
senate most of today, but no progress
was made toward a final vote.
The house passed an unusually large
number Of bills, but few of them were
Of any considerable Importance.
Washington, Feb. 3.-Senator Was
| Tuesday presented substitute for The
| a commission to be composed of one
| member from the engineer corps Of
| the army, naval engineer and three
! other citizens of the United States 10
/ be nominated by the president and con-
b, llrmed r. the senate which shall in
! vestigate the entire question. The
commission is required to make sur
| veys etc. determine the most feasible.
/ practical and economical route for the
canal and submit plans, specifications,
! etc, for the same. Senator Villas
made lengthy speech on the Near
! aguan canal question.
/ Another feature of the session was
/ a very spirited debate on the confer
/ ence report on the imml grafton bill.
Mr.. Gibson dem. Md opposed the
report and Mr.. Lodge ncp., Mess.) de-
! Tended it. After struggle of two
I bpnre tha rang.rf wont sppy.
/ Washington. Feb 3 The whole day
/ in the house was devoted to a debate
/ on The appropriation hlls, The diplo-
matte and consular bill was passed and
1 considerable progress was made with
[ the District of Columbia bill. The bill
| passed carries. 81 ,672,70S A resolution
I arranging for the formal canvassing of
| the electoral vote of the last presiden-
I tial election Wednesday, Feb, 10, was
/ passed.
Washington, Feb. 4 Wednesday
after brief parliamentary strug-
! gle in the senate the friends OF the
( Nicaragua canal bill were unable to
hold a quorum and 81, out the obstruc-
[ ton to that measure. Senator Villas
| dem. Wis., had continued his speech
in opposition, it being his third success
siye day, AT 1870 a cross fire of mo-
/ tons to adjourn and calls of the senate
. began, Friends of the bill resisted
/ adjournment, while the opposition
sought to close the session and give
/ Senator Villas rest from his protract-
| ed efforts The parliamentary contest