Evening star., 1899-02-07
The TreHfN is Rntified.

The peace treaty has been ratified, and
fortunately for the record, by repubhcan
democratic and popuiist votes. Mr. Hale
and Mr. Hoar made no converts among the
republicans. Mr.. German failed in his ef-
fort to deliver the solid democratic vote to
A Aguinaldo. Mr. Harris. Mr. Allen and Mr.
Butler saved the populist party from last
ing reproach, The votes of Mr.. Teller. Mr.
Stewart and Mr.. Jones of Nevada and the
pair Of Mr Cannon brought the party of
the silver republicans into line for progress
and patriotism. These votes were cast, too,
in answer to Mr.. Gormans flank movement
on Mr.. Bryan. in rebuke of an effort to
discredit the silver leader and to drag the
nations honor in the mire of factiondl par
tisanship.
The pick of all these parties. ii may be
said stood by the country. The country
win benefit. The world will take note that
even under the leadership of one of the
most skiIful of machine manipulatOrs. act
ing under the spur of supreme selfishness,
less than a third of the Senate could be
mustered in the effort to block the wheels
of the country's progress and to shame
America before the world.
The result shows few surprises. Mr.
Hale and Mr.. Hoar held out to the end.
II will remain question what Mr.. Hale
would have done had the fate of the treaty
depended upon him. His heart was against
it, and he voted his sentiments. But, with
all his show of uncOmpromisngness, he
could probably have been brought around
in pinch. Fortunately. however. his vote
was not needed for ratification, and he was
left at liberty to keep his record consistent
as friend and champion of Spain. 1t
would indeed, have detracted from the
merit and pleasure of the triumph if any
part ef ii had been achieved by the necessi-
" of putting the screws to the senior sena-
tor from Maine.
On the democratic side the line of divi-
sion followed a natural law. Men of the
stamp of Mr.. Gray and Mr.. Morgan and
Mr.. Lindsay may not be expected on ques-
lions of great moment to take their cue
from a man of the stamp of Mr.. German.
They, like others, recognize his shrewdness
in mere politics. his agility in changing
front and all that. but here was matter
of broad craftsmanship when he should
learn OF them. They therefore We're un-
moved by his foolish attempt to make the
emergency the occasion for playing ward
politics.
The surprises came in the attitude of
some of the western men. The question.
IL is true, was not local or sectional. The
American soldier or sailor in the Philip
pines was entitled to the support of every
American senator. He is carrying the flag
of the country But so many of the troops
in the Philippines are western men that
the obligations of a neighbor were added
To those Of a patriot in the matter of the
western senators. Some of them stood out
Heitfeld, Pettigrew, Rawlins, Roach and
Turner voted to add to American Difficult
ties in the Philippines and to encourage
Tagal fury against their own constituents
With tha treaty disposed of, we have
now the real question of expansion to deal
with. What shall the harvest be? Or
rather what shall be done with what has
been harvested? The initiative is with Con-