Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-08
PROCEEDINGS Of CONGRESS
DISCUSS NATIONAL ArFAnA
News From the Senate and House Of
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Neutrality-suspicious.


Observation-Disclosures
Senator Wolcott gave notice at ths
opening OF the senate Friday that he
would address the senate tomorrow on the
subject OF expansion.
senator Hale presented the conference
report on the diplomatic and consular ap'
preparation bill, and it was agreed to.
lhe president pro tempore presented
memorial from the chamber OF commerce
of New York urging ratification Of the
peace treaty.
Hale, chairman Of the naval affairs com.
mittee, favorably reported the following
joint resolution, and it was adopted:
The secretary of the navy is hereby
authorized to have erected in Colon cesns-
terry at Havana, Cuba, a suitable granite
monument to the memory OF the sailors
and marines who lost their lives by the
explosion of the Maine and whose remains
are buried in that cemetery, and to suit
ably inscribe and enclose such monument.
and the sum of $4,000 is appropriated
for that purpose"
At the beginning Of the session Of the
senate Saturday Senator Allen offered the
following resolution;
THAT the senate Of the United States
in ratifying and confirming the treaty
of peace does not commit itself or the
government to the doctrine that the ial.
ands acquired by virtue OF the war with
Spain are to be annexed or to become
part of the United States, and that the
difference in the language of said treaty
as respecting the island of Cuba and its
inha bltants and the islands Of Puerto Rico
and the Philippine islands and their In.
habitants, shall not be construed or to b
held to be different in effect, but that
it is the intention and purpose of the
senate, in ratifying said treaty, to place
the inhabitants Of the Philippine islands
and Puerto Rico in exactly the same posi-
tion us respects their relations to the
United States as are the inhabitants OF
Cuba"
Senator Chiffon then addressed the ssn'
ate on the various anti-expansion resolu'
tions.
Senator Chiffon finished at l:56 p. m.
and Senator Wolcott followed. He said
he stood by his government and would
have supported any treaty presented oy
the commissioners. Wolcott denounced
the wrangling over the treaty.
Wolcott said the Philippines would be
better for our government and said in
evitable destiny had placed the archipel.
ago in our hands. There was demonstrs-
tion in the gallery when Wolcott closed.
The senate then went into executive ses-
sion.
Before the senate convened Monday tho
leaders of both sides of the peace treaty
man;fes,od grea, anxietv and ali seemed
to be very much in doubt as to the final
results of ratification or rejection, seern-
ing to depend upon several doubtful votes
1t was known Saturday that the treaty
could muster but So votes.
In the open senate Senator McEnery OF.
fered a resolution declaring that by rad.
iication Of the treaty 1t is not intended to-
make citizens Of the inhabitants Of the
Philippines, nor to annex the islands per.
manently, but to hold them until the Ia.
lands are prepared for self government.
After the senate went into executive
session It was reported that McIAurin and
McEnery had come over for the treaty.
giving the necessary two-thirds. There
Is an agreement to vote for the McEnery
resolution afterwards.
At 3:05 the bells rung for vote on the
amendment to the treaty. The amend-
ment was to make Philippine article In
the treaty like that relating to Cuba The
amendment was defeated and vote was
then taken on the treaty.
The peace treaty was ratified by thrss
majority.
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