The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-26
ACTION ON PEACE TREATY
THE DECISION OF SENATE FIXING
Day FOB ToTE.
Anxious to Have the Question Settled
The Importance of Retaining a
FOOthOld in the Orient-The Pros
pective Partition of China.

pective Partition of China.
Washington, Jan. 25.-The senate held
two executive sessions to-day and at
each the peace treaty was the subject
under discussion. At the first an agree
ment was reached to vote on the treaty
next Monday week, and at the second,
Senator Davis presented the American
commissioners reasons for the accept
ance of the treaty. The agreement for
vote was reached in an executive ses-
sion held soon after convening in the
afternoon, this agreement being in the
following language: That the senate
agrees to vote on the treaty with Spain
on February 6, at o'clock p. m. The
agreement was unanimous as Senator
Davis said that the president desired
possible.
During his presentation of the treaty
Mr.. Davis had a large map of the
Philippines hung from the walls of the
senate and during his remarks it was
often consulted by the members. Speak
ing outside of the published record,
Senator Davis eulogized the Spanish
commissioners in high terms as men of
exceptional shrewdness and ability,
eaying that the Americans had found
them armed at all points, jealous of
Spain's honor and interest and prepared
at all times to defend her cause as
long as there was anything to defend.
He said the Americans of the commits
sion had been in constant communlca-
ton with the president and that he was
made acquainted with all the commits
sion's movements.
AS for himself, Mr.. Davis was will
ing from the start to extend our Dor
ders so as to include these islands be-
cause he believed their acquisition
most important stride in the ADVANCE
ment of the American nation, CONNER
ctaIly and otherwise. He was looking
forward to the prospective PARTITION Oh
the vast Chinese empire among the
European nations and he foresaW that
if the United States did not secure
footing in the Orient such as they now
have. they must be effectually and for-
ever shut out from this vast Market.
Tie also touched upon the legal ques-
tions involved, contending that there
was many precedents for the acqulsl-
tion that we as a nation had the rlsht
to acquire territory and that there were
no constitutional barriers.
He intimated that but for Great
Rritain's attitude there would nave
been an Intervention by the continental
mowers. He referred to the newspaper
1enorts from London accredttlng MN
with an expression of an alliance OF the
limited States, Great Britain and Japan
He said he never advocated any such
alliance. He dwelt at some length upon
the favor shown the Spanish side OF the
question while the conference was IN
progress and said there was an especlal
effort made to have the Spanish bonds
secured on the colonies, guaranteed by
the Americans. He believed that If the
Americans held the Philippines, inter-
national troubles would be avoided, but
If the contrary course should be pursued
he was most apprehensive of the re-
suits.
In reply to a question from Senator
Hoar Mr. Davis said there had been no
effort to put the Filipinos on the same
footing with the Cubans in formulating
the treaty He said the two countries
was very differently situated and in
stanced the demand in Manila harbor
as an example Of what occur in land
so distant Mr.. Davis urged the import
ance of favorable action upon the
treaty at the present session of congress.
A failure to ratify the treaty would
give encouragement to the Filipinos and
a prolongation of the state Of war with
much of its horrors.