The evening times., 1899-02-04
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY ), Is.
The Trea.,'S Danger.

week ago Senators German and Vest,
representing The opponsnt5 OF Treaty. rau-
dcauor. called or Senator Davis and made
formal demand for vote. They pro-
posed to throw the responsibility for delay
on tae majority. Several CT TIE IL .uo.ity
Senators had either made set speeches or
inrertcs-sa remarks in which they favored
tha adoption OF ~ explanatory rsso -uuon,
preferably thai OF Sir. Bacon. Senator
ugar WAS one Of taasa 3lr. Davis r.shriy
assuming thar this was q virtual p edge
that there would De no al.au.t-llng TO pre-
ven, the adoption Of one Of t4e p-adiag
resolutions agreed taat there saoud b.
= sc,e on Monday. Having sand t-air
scfat. .ae minority now cco.ly a-@o4uoa
INA. ,heg VIII nge parair a vote On any
resolution. 5Ir. Cosmaa's motion 70 adjourn
In order to CIT oil Nr la-Is ges e1lag
shows thar the minority ail Eif5uter 20
prevent each a declaration r- lat ut.ols as
r-aa- or 5..-a have advocated. fea-las th-t
4. weuI weaken their force, This locks
aesy .ala IKE q b.eaeh OF fa.tl.
There are rot maly n-w ,H.nss rnL,r
re sun aad probably LAsra Is sonewh ) e
I..ara parallel 10 the course Of his
mia--i.g. ba, il is ng, commonly known.
.-sasau 4age frequently taken gdy-n-
sag- as such rules as The Senate so L ua-
Ger 10 prevent legislation Jg I@ajor.tcs
>al sometimes it is Ial,y warranted.
il is proper when a measure supported
H. a ma 5ortty is opposed by nopu.ar sent.-
meut or is a menace to our institutions,
and when the minority can prev mt. ana
not merely postpone for no good purpose,
tle success Of tae measure.
Il is improper and tyraau.cal a1d an
abuse of the rules when a minority merely
delays the adoption Of a measure that 5
strongly favored by the people. II is worse
than improper when the delay is misc HEY
Gus ana imposes the most serious burdens
Oh The Administration
That The people fayCr immediate and ua-
conditional ratification appears from The
adoption OF resolutions by The unanimous
vote Of The Legislatures Of California.
Maine and New York. demanding sucn ar-
uca by the Senate: from The expressions
q The newspapers and ol representative
oirtzens IN an sections OF lhc country
Governor Roosevelt spoke for the whole Of
or heroic army when Ee said 10 Cemuo-
dore Philip d pgblic address. BY your
sword sou won from war glorious victory
1t is for The statesmen 1T Washington 10
see thar The Treaty which concludes the
peace Is rauaed. To refuse to ratify the
Treaty would BE- a crime not only against
america but against civilization.
There are reasons why Jhis particular
minority is less ezcusabIe for resorting TO
obstructive tactics than any other. The
peace Of the country is involved and also
its homer. To amend the Treaty 10 meet
She views Of the minority would be TO
emasculate and virtually destroy it, It
would be an abuse of power for the Senate
10 make Of the Treaty something more-a
document for the declaration OF a policy.
which is the exclusive right of the Presi-
dent To reject it altogether would be TO
restore a state Of war. because a possible
policy Of the President does not have the
favor OF the minority.
It cannot be repeated too often that the
Treaty binds this country 70 no particular
policy in relation to the Philippines. Sup
pose it is true that The retention of the
islands woald be a curse TO the country
Jhe Treaty does not compel US to retain
them. we can DO as We please about it
The Senate has no right TO impose any
condition on the President and the ooun-
Try.