The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1899-02-09
E NATIONAL RBrE wAsHNGon D. o. THURSDAY FEBRUARY . 1899

side and holds moments conversation
with him. Spooner, OF Wisconsin, hustles
back and forth from one side OF the cham
Der to the other, and the tall PettigTew, OF
South Dakota, emerges from the Demo
cratic cloak-room and walks istlessly
down the aisle. Clay, of Georgia. cannot
keep his seat, but acts like a man with
some thing on his mind that troubles him.
Berry, OF Arkansas, hobbies in on his
crutches and takes his seat without say
ing word to anyone. AS a rule the Re-
publicans look solemn, even the rOtund
Mason, who comes in a little late and
keeps well in the background, is seen to
smile only when spoken to by Shoup.
Frye comes to his seat and gives the
friends of the treaty confidence by the
self-satsfied air which he wearS-he is
almost gay in his bearing, and one would
think that he at least is confident that
the hour OF victory is near at hand.
The gavel falls, and there is a fiutter
and rush of pages as they carry to the
clerk s desk resolutions, memorials, and
reports, which are to be disposed of in the
usual routine way incident tc the morn
ing hour. The solemn Fairbanks rises
and offers resolution adopted by the In
their State to vote for the ratifica ton OF
tho treaty. Allen, of Nebraska. presents
a similar document from his State; there
is another from Illinois, and still another
from North Dakota.
Then, at IL 20 O'Clock, the gavel falls,
and Senator Allen, who has been stand
ing in his place for 10 minutes, begins his
Grafton, which is distinct disappoint-
ment to the audience. They expected
something fiery and sensational, but after
declaring that he favored the settlement
with Spain by the ratification of the
treaty, and always had, he launches into
long constitutional argument upon the
powers OF the Government. He closes
with touching aliusiOn to the loss of life
in the Nebraska regiment in Sunday 8
battle. And then the nervous Clay, OF
Georgia, gets the floor and announces
that while he is opposed to every pro-
vision embraced in the treaty, considers
it his duty to vote for it's ratification, and
trusts to the future Tor the consideration
of our relations to the newly acquired ter
ritOry. Then Gorman, looking old and
white-haired to what he was few years
ago, when his friends thought the White
House was possibly within his grasp,
began a political harangue, in which he
justified his course in opposition to the
treaty and predicted baleful consequences
from opening the doors to the untamed
hordes of the East, and dilated upon the
dreadful consequences OF an increased
standing army. The speech was a dis
appoin tment. While declaring himself a
patriot, he spoke as partisan. His time
was extended until 2:15 o'clock, when the
debate was to close, and the Senate was
so impatient to go into executive session
that objection was made to a request OF
Wolcott, of Colorado, for Ave minutes.
The gavel fell; the galleries were cleared.
The vote on the ra atification of the treaty
soon followed, and was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Baker,
Burrows, Butler, Carter, Chandler, Clark,
Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fair
banks, Faulkner, Foraker, Frye. Calm
ger, Gear, Gray, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Harris, Hawley, Jones New, Kenney,
Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McEnery.
McLaurin, Mcmillan, Mantle, Mason,
Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins,
Pettus, Plat Conn, Platt IN ",
Pritchard, Quay, Ross, Sewell, Sh6up,
Simon, Spooner, Stewart, Sullivan,
Teller, Thurston. Warren, Wellington,
WolcOtt-57.
Nays-Baco con, Bate, Berry. Caffery,
Chiffon, CockreIl, Daniel. German,
Hale, Heitfeld, Hoar. Jones ARK. J,
Mallory, Martin, NJ lis, Mitchell, Money,
Murphy, Pasco, Pettigrew, Rawlins,
Roach, Smith, Tillman, Turley, Turner,
Vest-27.
Pairs-Proctor and Wetmore with
White. Wilson and Cannon with Turpie.