The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-15
SHORT OF TREATY Votes
administration Senators Begin TO
Fear for Ratification.
4 Poll Showing That Despite Presj-
dent sIcIIinIey's Efforts Four More
Men Are Needed Than Vow sup
port the COuventEOm-The List
of It's Friends and Opponents.

II VIII require ifty-eisht votes to ratify
the Hay -Pauncefote Treaty. and Senators
who believe that the treaty should be rat
ifed. said today that they cannot count
upon that number. The enemies Of the
treaty confidently count upon thirty-oue
votes against ratification which leaves the
other side four votes short Of the necessa-
ry two-thirds majority
The swearing 10 OF Senator Barl OF Cali
fornia viii increase the voting strei 9Th Of
the Senate 10 eighty-seven. Two-thirds
OF this number is hfty-eight. There are
not ffry-eight men in the Senate today
who viii say that they favor the treaty
There are thirty-one who declare that they
are opposed % ratification. Those who
have announced their opposition are: Al
len. Bacon, Bate. Berry. Butler. Gallery.
Chandler Chiffon, Clark Of Montana. Clay.
CockreH. Culberson. Harris. I'eitfeld
Jones Of Arkansas. Jones OF NeyadI. Ken
ney. McEnery. Mallory Mason Money,
Pritchard Petrgrew. Sullivan. Taliaferr0.
Teller. Tulman. Turley. Turner, Vest. and
Wellington 81.
The votes claimed for he treaty are:
Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Beyeridge Bur
rows. Carter. Clark Of Wyoming. Cullom,
Daniel. Davis. DebOe. Depew. Eiins
Fairbanks, Foraker. Foster Frye, CALM
ger. Gear. Hale. Hanna. Hansbrough,
HaVIey. Hoar, Kean. Kyle. Lindsay.
Lodge Mcbride MeComas, McCumber
McIaurin. Mcmillan. Martin. Morgan.
Nelson. Penrose. Perkins. Pettus, PlatJ Of
Connecticut. Platt Of New York, Proctor,
QuaIles. RawIlns. Ross. Scott. Sewen.
Shoup. Simon. Spooner. Stewart Thurs
ton. Warren. and Wetmore-54
This Is approximately how the Senate
stands today. The treaty oppone 8 de-
clare that then strength inc. eases as The
uours roll by and that they feel sure Of
adding TO this column Daniel, Martin, and
McLaurin- They admit that M-. Pet-us
viii stand With his colleague, Blr. Morgan,
for ratification.
The friends Of he treaty say that they
intend 10 bring into lire every Republican.
even though he personally opposes The
treaty II this be done. il will remove
Chandler. PHJehard. Teller. and yelling
ton from the opposition column. The Re
publican managers can csrT. 'se TO ,o1Jrol
over 5isson. Jones OF Nevada. o. Petit
grew
It is every generally sJmh,ed 40 the
Capitol that IL President Mckinney sends
0us The order ,har The treaty must be -a,i-
Tea the Republicans viii come into line.
If tho ADMINISTRATION lieutenaH rs in the
Senate CHAMBER say to q S5naur shat he
must vote for the treaty. thers are few
men Sc bold as no, 20 bow 10 tnis COM
mand
For Republican senator u refuse 70
obey such an order issued from such 4
quarter would mean thar the offender
could se, not one bin through Congress.
that be- could not command an appoint
ment and that the appo.utees holding IN
der HIS influence would be in jeopardy,
Do is o. Significant fact that Senators
AIdr.rh. Allison, and Hanna. are vigor-
ousIy announcing hat The treaty will be
ratified.
As the Senate stands today there are
If;y Republicans. tueury-siN Democrats.
and ,eu Porulists and Suveri,es. II all
Republicans should be whipped into line.
and with the two Democrats. Morgan AZ d
Pet;us committed to ratification and with
the new Senator from California. there
would be ffty-three votes for ratification.
Stewart silver: IS quo,cd as being for
ratification. making dfty-four votes. Sui
four short Of the necessary Jwo-t6i.d-.
Alien. , pulis,; BIuor. P5pulisr. Harris.
Populis;; Hei,feld, Populist, Jones. silver;
Kyle. Independent; Petugrew. Silver; and
Turner. Fusion, are quoted as being op-
n1spd 20 ratification