The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Whatever
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 rela-
tons of this country to the Philippine
Islands undoubtedly will be the up
permost topic in the Senate during the
week The hostile demonstration of
the Filipino forces under Aguinaldo
renders this result inevitable. This
occurrence has had the effect Of in
tensifying the fe2ling in the Senate
which has grown out Of the contro-
versy over the treaty and which was
almost at fever heat. On this account
1t will be very difficult for the Senate
10 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 con-
tests that ever occurred in the Senate,
and there is profound and widespread
interest in the outcome. The vote is
set for 8 o'clock and the balloting will
begin promptly at that hour.
The first vote will be on amendments.
OF these the only importaIt one yet
OlleIGQ Is ny ' GSAs D4elNllle5 NAAS L A4AAAP
pines 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 full membership of the Senate
sixty votes will be necessary to secure
q favorable result. There are now
absent from the CITY.
OF these, five, namely, Proctor, Stew
art Cannon, Wilson and Wetmore, are
favorable to the treaty, ana MeSsrs'
White and Turpie are opposed TO IL
Senator Stewart is expected TO arrive
in time to cast his vote, and II this eX-
pectation should be realized, there will
be only six absentees and it would be
very convenient to arrange Tor pairs,
as two Senators in the affirmative Will
necessarily be paired against one In the
negative On this basis the total vote
of the Senate would be IS and 90 would
he necessary TO ratify. The friends of
the treaty are counting very conndent-
ly OF. securing these votes. When the
Senate adjourned Saturday they lacked
onlv two votes of having the necessary
number, and the general OPINION
among the advocates OF the treaty Is
that the hostilities in Manila Will nave
the effect of brin ing a sufficient num-
her to their standard to insure a Ia
vorabl result. They say there are nall
a dozen Senators who are not so COM
pletely committed ainst the treaty as
to prevent their coming 10 the aIllrnla-
tive side. The opponents OF the treaty
do not conCede their defeat, but some
of them privately confess uneaslness
over the result as the effect OF the
Manila engagement.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
member Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, said:
ION the proposition presented am
in favor of standing by Dewey ana
Otis as against Aguinaldo. our status
i'm 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 rati-
fed. They have violated the truce and
are our public enemies and should be
treated as such. It was known week
ago that Agoncillo, the representative OF
Aguinaldo in Washington, was ready
TO pack up and go away, giving up
everything. but the action of those who
have opposed the treaty and the asSur-
ance he has received from some one re-
suited in his remaining, and the en-
coura cement which the Filipinos have
received from the United States has no
doubt led TO the attack upon the Amer
lean forces"
Senator German of Maryland, who is
the leader and organizer of the opposl-
ton to the treaty in the Senate, SAID
as to the effect the conflict at Manila
would have 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 opponents
of the treaty said that trouble would
come if we handled those people with
out gloves and undertook to force our
selves upon them without their consent.
This battle can have no effect upon the
opponents of the treaty in any way"
Senator Pettigrew: Eve could have
no possible difficulty with the people
of the Philippines if we had given to
them the honest assurance that we did
not propose to overthrow their newly
established liberties. Instead, we made
a treaty with Spain by which the coun-
trv was ceded to us and we began at
once to occupy it with troops and send
re-enforcements, which was sufficient
TO cause alarm. The dispatch of sew
eral thousand more regulars lately of
course created apprehensions on the
mart of the people of the Philippine Re
nublic. We should do now what we
should have done in the first place
state TO the people of those islands our
good intentions and say to them, 'Es-
fsblish your republic and we will not
allow other nations to interfere. Give
us your bonds to reimburse 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
heen one of criminal aggression and
apparent bad faith. There can be no
oiIestion in the minds of any one who
has read the instructions to the Peace
commissioners that the Presidents
purpose always was. to make perma-
nent claim to the island of Luzon. To
turn upon an ally in this way is GER
tainly the greatest international crime
of the century. l believe the treaty