The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-06

w o4SlliLS ION, Il Gu. 0--N IdleNeT may
be the result of the vote which is to be
taken in the senate tomorrow on the
ratification OF the peace treaty with
! Spain, the subject of the relations of
this country to the Philippine islands,
undoubtedly will be the uppermost
topic in the senate during the week.
The hostile demonstration of the
Filipino forces under Aguinaldo rend-
ers this result inevitable. This occur
renee has had the effect of intensity
ing the feeling in the senate which had
grown out of the controversy over the
treaty and which was almost at fever
/ heat On this account il will be very
difficult for the senate TO take up other
subjects.
For the present, all interest centers
! in the outcome of the vote on the
treaty. This vote will mark the close
of one of the most memorable contests
that ever occurred in the senate, and
there is profound and widespread in
terest in the outcome. The vote is set
for 3 o'clock and the balloting will be-
gin promptly at that hour.
The first vote will be on amendments.
OF these, the only important one yet
offered is by Mr.. Vest, placing the
Philippines on the same basis as Cuba.
The vote will then be taken upon the
| treaty itself.
A favorable vote on the part of two
thirds of the members of the senate is
necessary to secure ratification. Hence
with q full membership of the senate,
sixty votes will be necessary to secure
a favorable result. There are now
seven senators absent from the city.
OF these, five, namely, Messrs. Proctor,
Stewart. Cannon, Wilson and Wetmore,
are favorable 10 the treaty and Messrs.
White and Turpie are opposed to it,
Senator Stewart is expected to arrive
in time to cast his vote and if this eX-
pectation should be realized, there Will
be only six abSentees and dt would be
very convenient to arrange for pairs,
as two senators in the affirmative viii
necessarily be paired against one in
the negative. On this basis the total
vote of the senate would be eighty-five
and fifty-six would be necessary to
ratify. The friends of the treaty are
counting very confidently on securing
these votes. When the senate adj
jOurned Saturday, they lacked only
two votes of having the necessary num-
Der and the general opinion among the
advocates Of the treaty is that the
hostilities in Manila will have the eff
feet of bringing a sufficient number to
insure a favorable result. They say
there are half a dozen senators who
are not so completely committed
against the treaty as to prevent their
coming TO the affirmative side.
The opponents of the treaty do not
concede their defeat, but some of them
privately confess uneasiness over the
result as the effect of the Manila en-
gagement. Every ballot as il is cast
will be scrutinized with the utmost in
terest and very close tab win be kept
by many senators on the progress Of
the vote If it should become appar-
ent that the treaty is to be defeated.
some friend Of it will cast his vote in
the negative for the purpose of moving
a reconsideration and this motion for
q. reconsideration will be made immedi-
ately after the negative result is
known. Whether. however the treaty
should be postponed for an extra. ses-
sion will depend upon subsequent de-
velopments.
The proceedings in connection with
the vote will be entirely in executive
session, but if the unanimous agree
ment is observed the first two hours of
the days session will be open to the
public.
OUR ENEMIES. SAYS LODGE.
member OF the committee on foreign
relations said!
ON the proposition presented, l am
i favor Of standing by Dewey and
Gus, as against Aguinalde. Our
status in the Philippines is that under
the protocol we are in possession of
the city. bay and harbor OF Manila. We
are acting under a truce with Spain.
Those people who have attacked the
United States forces are. in the eye of
international law, still subjects Of
Spain and would be until the treaty
is ratified They have violated the
truce and are our public enemie- and
should be treated as such. 1t was
known a week ago that ASoncillo, the
representative OF AguinalGO in Wash
ingto, was ready TO pack up and 20
away, giving up every thing. bat the
action of those who have opposed the
treaty. and the assurances he has re-
ceiVed from some one, resulted in his
remaining and the encouragement
which the Filipinos have received from
the United States has no doubt led 10
the attack upon the American forces
Senator German of Maryland, who is
the leader and organizer OF the opposi-
ton 70 the treaty in the senate, said,
aa to the effect the conflict al Manila
would hare upon the treaty:
1t Will have no effect whatever.
What has occurred is the result OF what
has been predicted by the opponents
of the treaty all the time. The oppon-
ents of the treaty said that trouble
would come if we handled those people
without gloves and undertook TO force
ourselves upon them without their con-
sent. This battle can have no effect
upon the opponents of the treaty in any
way"
PETTIGREW FIXES BLAME.
Senator Pettigrew-We could have no
possible difficulty with the people of the
Philippines if we had given TO them the
honest assurance that we did not pro-
pose to overthrow their newly-estab-
lished liberties Instead, we made a
treaty with Spain by which the coun-
try was coded 10 us and we began at
once to occupy it with troops and send
achievements. which was sufficient to
cause alarm. The dispatch OF several
thousand more regulars lately of course
created much apprehension on the part
Of the people of the Philippine republic.
We should do now what we should have
done in the first place-state to the peo-
pie of those islands our good intentions
and say to them, Establish your repub-
lie and we will not allow other nations
to interfere. Give us your bond 10 re-
imburse us for our expense in securing
you your liberty; we welcome you to the
family of the republics of the world"
The course of the administration. on
the contrary, has been one of criminal
aggression and apparent bad faith
There can be no question in the minds
of any one who has read the instruc-
tons to the peace commissioners that
the presidents purpose always was TO
make a permanent claim to the island