The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
The Peace treaty. :

treaty OF peace negotiated between
be commissioners of the United
States and Spain at Paris wa.
today ratified by the United States
senate, the vote being 81 ayes to
q nayes, or one vote more than
the two thirds majority necessary
TO secure a senatorial concurrence
III treaty document. TIE vote
was taken in executive session and
until the injunction of secrecy was
removed the result was supposed
10 be private but the vice president
had no more than announced the
figures than eLators rushed out q
every door leading from the senate
chamber, declaring that tie treaty
had been ratified. Some made the
mistake OF Stating that there were
three votes to spare. There wa
IN TACT only one vote more than
necessary, the ballolipg pesultirg
81 ayes to y nays. No vote has
been taken in the senate since that
2n the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law that has
been followed with as closa in.
terest as was the vote of todav
This arxiety was due not only to
the magnitude of the question at
ISSUE, but to the uncertainty which
attended the matter up to the last
a.oment. Oqlyathe elect few knew
how Senators McEnery Of Louis>
ana and Jones of Nevada would
vote half al hour before their
votes were cast, and not even
hese knew when the bells rang for
The executive session at a Quarter
past two O'Clock. Many of. the
vast throng which was turned from
the galleries after the doors were
closed ih response to Senator
Davis motion, gathered in the
Corridors, all waiting eagerly. for
The FIRST news from.the inside. ii
vas generally understood that the
first 45 minutes were to be given
to speech making, but the crowd
apparently was prepaseds for, 1his
eelay within the chap Der sthe ia;
terest Was even more intense
Very few senators left the chamber
except those engaged in the cloak
rooms Ia trying on the one side to
gain votes soF the treaty, and on
the other to prevent a break in the
ranks.
Senators Aldrich, Lodge and
h'klns, who had given their es-
special attention to securing the
necessary votes to ensure ratifica>
tlon, were doubtful of the result
when the secret session began,
while German and Jones, leaders
OF the opposition, considered the F
forces intact. Half an hour after
ward it was whispered about that
McEnery had been won over on
condition that his declaratory
resolution should be.adopted sub,
sequent to the passage of the
treaty. When this news was con
tlrmed it was known that it was
assured, for McUaurin had already
announced his intention to vote
fQr the treaty in view of the con-
ditiop Of affairs at Manila. Jones
went over at the last moment,
making the vote one more than
necessary.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the vice
president iterrupted Senator
Money, who was speaking, to an
nounce that the hour had arrived
for a vote. But one amendment
was offered, prepared by Vest,
placing the Philippines on the
same footing as Cub in the treaty.
In the temporary absence OF Mr..
Vest, itsswas presented by German
The voting on this amendment
proceeded quietly and as all the
senator's were present it was soon
disposed of. The vote was i'm
mediately announced and pages
were sent sburrying through the
corridors to a4loqnce to the few
senators who were not in their
seats that the elimination had
arrived.
The call proceeded quietly until
the name of McLaqrin was reach
ed. He had hardly concluded
when McEnerY approached him