The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-07

ereignty over and title to-"
Add at the end of article III the follow
ing: 1.-The United, States desiring that the
people of the archipelago shall be enabled to
establish form of government suitable to
their condition and securing the rights OF
life, liberty and property and the preserva-
tlon of order and equal rights therein, as
sumes for the time being and to the end
aforesaid, the control of the archipelago so
| far as such constrol shall ,oe needful for the
purposes above stated, and will provide that
the privileges accorded to Spain by articles
~ and of this treaty shall be enjoyed"
pine archipelago"
In line three Of the same article after the
word Indies insert "and'
~ lines three and four of the. same article
strike out the words 'and in the Philippine
| archipelago.'
In article TX strike out lines III, 172,
173.
In line two of article NH after the word
Cuba" insert the words 1.-THE Philippines"
In line three of the same article strike out
the words 1.-The Philippines"
The vote on this amendment stood 80
to SO. The only vote considered, which
was at all significant, was that of Mr..
McEnery, who voted against the
amendment Senator Jones of Nevada,
McLauren and Kenney voted for it. The
vote was Immediately announced and
pages were sent scurrying through the
corridors to announce to the few sena-
tors who were not in their seats that
the eliminating event had arrived.
Break In Opponents Ranks.
The call proceeded quietly until the
name of Senator McLaurin was an
nounced. He created the first stir by
saying Il vote for the treaty" This
was the first break in the ranks of the
opposition. He gave as his reason the
recent hostilites in Manila. Continuing
he said he was not willing to embarrass
this government at so critical time. If
after the ratification the administration
should fail to pursue the proper course
towards the islands, the fault would be
that of the government. He referred to
the agreement to the McEnery resolu-
tion as a pledge against expansion.
When he had concluded Senator Nc
Emery congratulated himself, saying
that he had decided upon the same
course The Louisiana senator made
no speech and publicly announced him
self only by his vote. Mr. Jones of
Nevada did not vote on the first roll
call, but came from the cloak room be-
fore the vote was announced and by
unanimous consent made brief and
feeling speech. He said that if the rat
ification of the treaty meant expansion
he would not vote for it. The events
in Manila during the past two or three
days were likely to do more to discour-
age expansion than anything that had
happened, but they had produced a
crisis which made the ratification of the
treaty necessary. He considered 1t a
patriotic duty to vote for the treaty.
With Mr.. Jones vote added the roll
call stood as follows:
The Vote.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen. Allison, Baker, Bar
rows Butler, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cay, !
Culom, Davis. Deboie. Elklns, Fairbanks,
Faulkner, FORAKER, Frye, GalllngeT, Gear
Jones of Nevada, kenney, Kyle, Lindsay
Lodge, Mcbride McEnery, McLaurin. Nc
MILAN, Mantle, Mason, No Morsape az conen Nelson,
cut, Platt of New York, Prltchard, quay, |
Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon. Scponer, Stew
art, Sullivan. Teller Thurston, Warren,
wellington, Wo.coftno1' porrv coeerv Ch,,.
ton, Cockrel Daniel. German, Hale. Heit-
feldt, Hoar, Jones Of Arkansas, Mallory,
Martin, Mills, Mitchell Money, Murphy,
Tillman Turley Turner, Vest-2I,
Absent and paired-Mesgrs. Cannon and
Wilson for, with Mr. White against, ana |
MesSrS. Proctor ana Wetmore Tor, with MT.
Turpe against.
On motion of Senator Davis it was
then ordered that the aye and nay vote
be made public and soon afterwards
the doors were opened and the senate
proceeded with legislative business, at
tempting to pass the McEnery declara-
tory resolution, but it was under dis
+l,o ta 1E o6
News of the ratification of the treaty
reached the White house almost imme-
date1y after the announcing of the vote
Postmaster General Smith was with the
president and was the first to congrat-
ulate him.
Administration Pleased.
The president expressed himself as
gratified at the vote Within forty
minutes after it's ratification General
Cox, the secretary of the senate, ap-
peared with the treaty bill, which he
delivered into the presidents hands.
The cabinet members were jublant
over the ratification of the treaty. Sec
retary Hay said that the treaty would
now be submitted to the Spanish cortes
at the session which opens this month,
and he anticipated no obstruction in
that direction.
Secretary Long said: 81 am glad the
treaty is ratifed-glad from the stand
point oe the anti-imperialists as well as
from any other. The ratification of the
treaty transfers the disposition of these
islands to the American people, who,
through their representatives, can give
them self government or make any 9TH
ar disposition of them that our princi-
oles of government and ideas Of welfare
require" Secretary Alger spoke of the
oeris of the position which the Ameri-
can troops have been occupying for 50
many months while the fate of the trea- {
" was at issue, and said he was only '
100 pleased now that these troops were ,
'ree to protect themselves. {
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