The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-22
WILL BE RATIFIED.
No Doubt About the Peace Treaty Being
Accepted by the Senate.
DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR 1T.
As q Matter Of Party Policy They win
Not 0bStruct Its Adoption.
Mr.. RYAN'S ADVICE TO THE LEADERS
Democrats viii Not Throw Any Obstacles
in the Way Of Ratification.
THE EXPANSION ISSUE To COME UP LATER
The Real Fight VIII he on the Char
nctcr of Government to lie EA-
tended to the Philippines.
Democrats viii Not Throw Any Obstacles
in the Way Of Ratification.
THE EXPANSION ISSUE TO COME UP LATER

New York, December 2t-Clark Howell
member of the democratic National com
mttee from Georgia and editor of the
tho leaders OF the South. the political par
ties at Washington, teegraphed as follows
to his paper tonight;
with the adjournment of congress for
the holidays the final decision on the peace
treaty is as clear us it will be after Il vote
ago the matter was in doubt-today il is
as certain that the treaty will be ratified as
if the vote had already been taken,
MIR. Bryan has been IN Washington for
several days and has conferred frtqueAtly
and freely with the democratic leaders in
both the senate and the house. He has adj
vised ratification OF the treaty and he is
outspoken in the opinion that aside from
the question of National obligation it Is
matter of party policy for the democrats
to throw no obstacle in the way OF rati-
fication.
There are leading democrats or both
the senate and the house who less than
week ago We're ia doubt as 10 whether or
not democrats should assist in rattiying
che treat, More tnan maj some of IN m
weIe o,l4spoken I'm inc on,nion mar II ,rak
nsrba,s h rTeI. :, rst,,t e. roaav MANY Of
tbe.o d,1n,o'Sr,tI, tsnders ,aI,en an onnn
nosItion ina tho ,re.tv shc'ild ma ratitisI
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the suggestion inside can have any reason
abe douot II must not be uaderslool that
the ratification of the treaty will carry
Ma.n ~ .no "ssuiliptioh wa. 'nose Nho
49, ''H - ii'"ti'V's are III iuNo' u National
eAp'thsloA ACROSS 'ne iseihc' vi tue SSn-
a'ois Wuo "ih Nole IN '"Nor Vi the rea'S
tueIe VIII ue rePuplicans as wei as "eul,
ocrats who are opposed in principle AS well
as IN theory to tho irausocesnic expansion
OF our National domain. They take, how
ever aud very properly the view thai
| the question or expansion, per Sc. is not
involved in the consideration OF the peace
treaty and that after the treaty has bsel
rauiied am Spain has been eliminated as
a factor in the Philippine problem, II VIII
bo time enough TO consider the policy 10 be
pursued in dealing with the Philippines
ana just here will come the real contest on
| the question OF expansion"
Mr. Howell then SAYS that after The treaty
has been unaly disl csed Of resolution
will be introduced making A declaration OF
| the proposed police. OF This government in
dealing with Inc phIlippiues ami tIat inns
resolution viii he fr,rned yerv much ON
the basis OF the Cuban rssolu ion alopted
coincident with the c!aration OF war. In
which it was declared thai the policy o.
this government would be 10 give Cuba d
free ana independent government OF theii
own
| Mir. Howell saws: "!t is the determination
10 pr,sen, a re.ogt,on o. this Kind as q
rvl,vlng point o. the EXPANSION ari anti
expansion elements poth Gemccrus and
| republicans that takes from the considcra-
ton Of thc peace treaty such iouot as
I tnipbt have existed as O the outcome and