The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-17
Final Vote Was
81 to 81.
ONLY ONE OVER THE NEG
ESSARY TWO-THIRDS.
MCEnnery and McLaurin Turned
the Tide In Favor Of
the Compact.

by joint conference of American and
Spanish commissioners, was ratified
in the United States senate Monday
afternoon by a majority of three votes.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Baker,
Burroughs, Butler, Carter, Chandler,
Clark, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Foraker,
Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Jones,
New; Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge,
Mcbride, McEnery, McLaurin, Nc
MILAN, Mantle, Mason, Morgan, Mel
son, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Plat,
Conn; Plat, N. Y; Pritchard, Quay,
Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Spooner,
Stewart, Sullivan, Teller, Thurston,
Warren, Wellington, Wolcott-57.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Gallery,
Hilton, Cockerill, Daniel, German,
Hale, Heitfeld, Hoar, Jones, Ark. /;
Mallory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Muir
ply, Money, Pasco, Pettigrew, Raw
Inns, Roach, Smith, Tillman, Turley,
Turner, Vest-27.
Absent and Paired -Messrs. Cannon
and Wilson for, with Mr.. White against
and Messrs. Proctor and Wetmore for,
with Mr.. Turpie against.
Not until the vote was taken did the
friends of the measure feel absolutely
sure of its passage. On Saturday only
So votes could be counted for the
treaty, two short of the vote necessary
to ratify. The news from Manila,
however, had telling effect, and when
the senate first convened Monday it
was announced that McLaurin and
McEnery, who had been counted by
the ants, would vote for the treaty,
giving the measure the necessary two
thirds.
The debate before the vote was
taken was exceptionally warm and an
mated.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, made
speech denying published statements
that he would attack Senator German
for using the peace treaty as means
to defeat Bryan.
Senator German Speaks.
Mr.. German then spoke. He re-
piled particularly to Mr.. Walcotts
speech of Saturday, saying that it was
such an attack as he did not expect.
He said he believed that the battle of
Manila was but the beginning, and if |!
the treaty was ratified war would fol-
Tow for years, costing lives and mil
lions upon millions of money.
Mr.. German referred to what had |
been done with China regarding the
emigration to those islands and said |
now eight years later we take islands,
which will be but stepping stone for
the Chinese to the United States. He
predicted that within four years the
people would resent the action. He
said that in connection with the Phil
ippines it was proposed to increase
the army to 100000. He protested
hSHluSb ~
What spectacle it has been, said
Mr.. German, to see the president of
the United States, kindly, gentle and
partisan, as he is in his swing through
the south giving expression to the
sentiment to tie Confederate dead
which was so grand, and then asking
for 100, 600 men to keep the descend
ants in subsection At the conclusion
of Mr.. Germans speech Mr.. Davis
moved an executive session.
Wclcott wanted five minutes to re-
ply to Mr.. German, but Davis would
not yield, and at 2:05 the senate went
into executive session for final consid-
Grafton of the peace treaty.
In the open senate Mr.. McEnery
offered resolution declaring that by
ratification of the treaty it is not in
tended to make citizens of the inhabi-
itants of the Philippines nor to annex
the islands permanently, but TO hold
them until the islands are prepared
for self-government.
At $40 p. m. the bells for vote on
an amendment to the treaty we're rung.
The amendment was to make the
Philippine portion like that relating
to Cuba, and was defeated.
The vote on the treaty was then
taken. the senate being in executive
session. aud the compact ratified.