The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-02-10
THE TREATY
|. IS RATIFIED
Final Vote Was
| 81 to ~.
ONLY ONE OVER The NEC-
ESSARY TWO-THIRDS.
McEnnery and McLaurin Turned
the Tide In Favor of
the Compact.

The peace treaty, framed at Paris
by joint conference of American end
Spanish commissioners, was ratified
In the United States senate Monday
afternoon by majority of three votes.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Baker,
Burroughs, Butler, Carter, Chandler,
CArk, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
E.kins, 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, Nell
son, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt,
Conn; Platt, n. Y; Pritchard, Quay,
Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Spooner,
Stewart, Sullivan, Teller, Thurston,
Warren, Wellington, Wolcott-57.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery,
Hilton, Cockerill, Daniel, German,
Hale, Heitfield, Hoar, Jones, Ark. :;
Mallory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Muir
ply, Money, Pasco, Pettigrew, Raw
Inns, Roach, Smith, Tillman, Turley,
| TM;pfr. Yest-27.
Absent and Paired d-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 flom 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 antis, would vote for the treaty.
giving the measure the necessary two
thirds.
The debate before the vote was
taken was exceptionally wa"m and an
mated
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, made a
speech denying published statements
that he would attack Senator German
for using the peace treaty as a means
to defeat Bryan.
senator Gorman Speaks.
Mr.. Gorman then spoke. He re-
piled particularly to Mr.. Walcott's
speech of Saturday, saying that it was
snch 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-
low for years, costing lives and mil
lions upon millions of money.
Mr.. German referred to what had
been done with Chinn regarding the
emigration to those islands and said
now eight years later we take islands,
which will be but n 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 $1,000 He protested
against it.
What spectacle it has been, said
Mr. Gorman, to see the president of
the United States, kindly, gentle and
partisan, rs he is in his swing through
the south giving expression to the
sentiment to t Confederate dead
which was so grand, and then asking
for 100, 900 men to keep the descend
ants in subjectiou. At the conclusion
of Mr. Gorman's speech Mr.. Davis
moved an executive session.
Wolcott wanted five minutes to re-
ply to Mr.. German. bnt 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 government.
At $40 p. IN. the bells for vote on
an amendment to the treaty were 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. and the compact ratified.