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OF addressing the Senate upon the amend
ment and the general proposition tomor-

OF addressing the Senate upon the amend
ment and the general proposition tomor-
row.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Teller's speech
MIR. Lodge again sugges ed that an agree
-ment be reached for a time when the vote
should be taken On the ratification of the
treaty.
MIR. Allen objected. Ee said that the
attendance at the time was not very large.
and there we're a number of Senators
whom he had been informed we're anx-
ious, to speak en- the various amend
ments. He could not, he said. under the
circumstances, agree that an agreement
should be made at this time.
Mr. Aldrich then suggested that il an
agreement cou,d not be reached as to
the time for taking the final vote. the
Senate might 81 ahead and dispose Of
some of the pending amendments and get
them out Of the way.
MIR. Money Objects.
To this proposition Mr.. Money objected
with some emphasis. He said he did not
believe there would be any objection on
Monday TO an agreement for the final vote
but. for one. he would not permit an
agreement at this time. He wished to
make some remarks upon the treaty
There we're others, doubtless, ne said. who
desired to do the same thing. The amend
mentS represented the various views Of
senators, and, with SO many Senators abb
sent, MIR. Money said he could moi agree
to any programme that Mr.. Aldrich might
suggest.
Mr. Aldrich said that all he wished to do
was to get rid of as many OF the amend
ments as possible, and he saw no harm in
An1- -sx,v
least.
Mr. Money retorted with some warmth
that he did not object 10 an agreement
within reasonable time for the final vote,
but that he did not propose to be driven
and forced into doing something that he
did not now believe ought TO be done II
it was the intention of the Senator from
Rhode Island tAlr. Aldrich). who was not
in charge of the treaty. to drive the Sen
ate, then Mr.. Money said he wished to in
form that Senator that he and other Sem
ators would be found today, tomorrow,
and the next day. even to the end OF the
session, ready to insist upon their rights.
They were. he said, ready to agree to any
thing within reason. but they were not
really 10 be driven. and would not be-
Mr., Aldrich replied that it was not his
purpose to drive the Senate but he said he
was not to be deferred from what he be-
ests of the Senate by the threats of the
Senator from Mississippi
AIR. Money said that he had not made
any threats. He only wished to be under
stood rs asserting that Senators who fav-
ored what they believed to be the better
and the more American policy should not
be driven and coerced by any Senator who
did not agree with them.
At this juncture sir Allen made the
point Of no quorum. The point was evil
IDENTIFY well taken. for at that moment
there were not more than twenty Senators
In the chamber. A quorum appeared in
response to the call OF the Senate. and
after Senators bad answered to their
names that quorum as promptly disap-
peared.
Mr.. Lindsay made a melton to adjourn.
A yea and nay vote resulted and the mo-
uon WAS voted down by 30 to "a The tilt
between the opposing sides then quieted
down and the Senate took up the treaty
with Mexico for the extension of the time
within which the boundary between that
country and this should be settled and
that agreement was ratified. The Senate
then adjourned.