Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-26
WILL RA||FY TREATIES
Both the Canal and Cuban
Treaties Will Be Sanctioned
by the Senate
OUTLOOK is MORE PLEASING
Action Will Be Taken to Avoid an Ex
ira Session The Statehood Bill Will
Hardly Pass in Any Form According
to Present Plans - To State Plan
to be Offered.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator AL
drich believes that congress will be able
to clear up all business before the 4th
of March. and that the canal treaty and
Cuban reciprocity treaty will both be
ratified.
Mr.. Aldrich is the tactical leader OF
the majority In the senate, and his
opinions regarding theconditions in that
body are relied upon more than that of
any other senator. He has insisted all
thru the turmoil over the statehood bill
mess would so shape itself as to avoid
even an extra session of the senate.
The withdrawal of the statehood rider
from the agricultural and postoffice APP
preparation bills yesterday removed the
last appearance of contention over that
bill and started the appropriation bills
toward their final passage in a way to
convince other senators that Mr.. AL
drich's prediction will come true. The
senate yesterday passed the agricultur-
al, postoffice and sundry civil appropri-
alton bills in less than three hours.
Working at the same rate on other APP
preparation bills, there is no reason why
they should not all be passed this week,
with time eno1gh left for considerable
of the canal treaty and the Cuban treaty
in executive session.
No effort will be made, however, to
take up these treaties in executive ses-
sion until the appropriation bills are
passed and sent to conference Then,
while the conferees from the house and
senate are at work adjusting the differ
ence between them, the senate will have
two or three days to devote to executive
business.
Senator Morgan is disposed to maxi
his remarks on the canal treaty as brief
as possible, and he may be able to con-
clude in one long executive session. The
republican managers say, however, that
they can give two days to the canal
treaty and another day to the Cuban
treaty and clear up all business before
the senate by March 4.
There is now no opposition to the
canal treaty beyond that of Senator
extend the fight since he has been
granted all the time necessary to pre-
sent his views to the senate. The other
democratic senators are as anxious as
the republicans to ratify the treaty and
save all complications that might arise
from delay until after TIE expiration of
the option from the Panama Canal
Company. Yesterday 1t was freely pre-
\l,i- .n,,II No ,..lfi
fed before the end of the week.
There is more opposition to the Gu
ban reciprocity treaty, but there is no
disposition to filibuster against it, since
the president has declared that he will
call an extra session OF the senate to
consider that treaty If it is not dis
posed Of before the close of this session.
Senator Teller desires to make n speech
in opposition to the treaty, and says
that he Will not consume more than an
hours time. No other senator has asked
for time, but the republicans are will
ing to give one day to the consideration
of the treaty.
The American Protective Tariff
League has been doing a good deal of
missionary work against Cuban reci-
procity, and it's representatives have
been led to believe that this treaty
would not be considered at the present
session. All this opposition has been
based on the assumption that the presi-
dent would be willing to drop the treaty
ii it was passed over without coming
to a vote.
In this assumption the opponents of
reciprocity have been mistaken. The
president has made 1t clear to the sena-
tors ON both sides of the chamber that
ks will call an extra sessi on of the SEN
ate to pass upon the treaty He is not
disposed to dictate to the senate as to
what it shall do regarding the treaty,
except to consider 1t. He has had this
question of Cuban reciprocity before
congress since 1t first met. in December,
1901. He insists that the senate, which
failed to act on the Cuban tariff reduc-
ton bill, shall not again dodge the ques-
ton by failing to act on the reciprocity
treaty. He will keep this treaty before
the senate until 1t is ratified or rejected.
There is only one republican senator
who is absolutely opposed to the treaty
and pledged to vote against it. That is
Senator Bard, of California There are
8 number of other republican senators
STho would like to evade the respon-
sibility of either voting for or against
the treaty. They will not be able to do
that, and 1t is said they will vote with
their party associates, and not less than
six Democrats will vote with them, in
surfing the ratification of the treaty.
The statehood bill has been dropped,
ard will not again come before the
senate in its cid omnibus form. The
republicans are ready to present their
compromise bill and pass it if the
democrats are willing to accept that
measure. They will not, however, bring
1t forward to provoke contention and
create delay. Senator Quay has al
ready given up the fight and will leave
for Florida tomorrow night. The other
statehood leaders have abandoned all
effort at passing the omnibus BILL and
the question which has been before the
senate thruout the session will prob
ably not be heard of again.
The republicans will take up the bill
providing for the admission of two
states in the next congress and pass it..
They are not opposed to admitting Ok
lahoma as a state, nor of making an
other state Of Arizona and New Mex
leo. They were opposed to the omni-
bus bill because it provided for three
states. with the possibility of fourth,
when only one Of them is now qualified
fer statehood. They are still opposed
ia such an omnibus bill, and will not
consent to the creation of more than
two states from the four territories.