Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-26
FEBRUARY TIE SIXTH
Tha Senate VIII Vote on the
Peace Treaty at That Time
THIS CONCLUSION REACHED
" GMman'S Proposition Accepted
by The Republicans.
.,,r DEBATE TO BE ~ SECRET.
meet THAT the senators VIII An
nave Time Enough tO DO Their
-.ttfng-Propositio 10 Pay spain
s,noOO. 900.

..-.INGTON. January 25-The SEN !
. two executive sessions to-day, !
oach the peace treaty was tho |
.. under discussion. At the first an /
..rt was reached 10 vote on the !
rcxt Monday week. and at the |
...f Senator Davis presented the
......u commissioners reasons for the
.-..r.e of the treaty in the form in
.r VAS finally concluded The
,.-..,rs-- f0r vote was reached at an
.......,. session held soon after con-
vtr.r. t..1.
~r. .ment I'm the committee 10 ac-
r... ... position was unanimous and
.- Davis informed his fellow-com-
,.-..u.a that il was the wish Of The
.rt that the proposition for vote
..-.l be- accepted and the result made
s. ar as soon AS possible. The final ac-
r.. he is confident. will be favorable as
son u.s. reported
TIE DATE FIXED.
IS soon as the doors were closed and
pubuc excluded. Senator Davis, chair
.lu OF the Committee ON Foreign Rela-
was authorized 10y the committee TO
.ept mo proposition made 10y Senator
German yesterday in executive session. TO
v.ta on The treaty within ten days. He.
therefore. asked for unanimous consent
...t The vote should be taken at
O'clock on Monday. February 9th, saying
t.at exactly ten executive days would
Intervene between this time and that
lie inumated that if there were any OBJ
tactons 20 this date he would like TO
hear them. but none was heard, and the
hour and the day were unanimously
agreed 10.
Tn, remainder Of the forty-fve minutes
were spent in an exchange of questions
lN senator's who are usually heard IN
fixing "a time for q vote.
There was also am agreement that the
Senate should go into executive session
each day between this time ana feoru-
Authority was also given for making
the announcement of the agreement pub
lie
The oprosition senators made no ob-
lection % the date. neither suggesting ah
earlier nor later one
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tr qrrorr.r.. with the terms Of the
.-r.ar,sr- 81. senate resumed fits work
..-.-,e........ session mt O. o'clock. and the
entire lu. .f tlis session was consumed
tt li '- ms q
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I.-t.f iA 'Ae i-'l"''o" v' we 'o"'
rr.nu-itiurs made on each side of the
controversy at Paris and while the
f....oh was thus rendered somewhat for
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l'id' senator laws toVH ~, ''-l'' -.
s'1c l.. .,,.',.-tra.s ana abiIity
fsyine The Americans had found them
armed 80 OH points. Jealous Of Spain. 5
nor and interest and prepared at an
times 20 defend her course as IuHs az
tlare was anything 20 defend. lie salu
-na Americans ~ the commission had
i..n in constant communication win 'he
p-- -ideut while negotiating the conven-
-r. that Doe was made acquainted with
= . the commissions movements. and
while he admitted there had been appa-
ftr some division of opinion ~ the
|u..l states as 10 the polcy ol ll'luulH-
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-s 80 a7,.sncenent Of
-tf,,, co,,roerciallv and
,.ftb othere was LOOKING,
ro rrosreotive nartition of
.... i,,,irA a,,ono The Euro-
..+f.r- and d. foresaw that if the
... 5i5 rot secure a footing I'm
.-..- -,rb as they now have an
r......-, 10 secure through the terms
treaty. they would be most effect
..r forever shut out from this vast
r..
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49,. mo- ,,.,,.,. r,oson
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"'-' WHY .'. *. f.,,. ,,eo
i ne .oi. .,.l l''', ,,,c-ld-,,.i5. ones
'D' jay .,r1r,,ie siou..rs had
"' st,,J,- tbem could
49,. ~ tho move. He
....,, De legal questions in
t,--- ,bat there were many
.t. .,co,,isifion that we
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I"elpE JEALOUS OF Us.