Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-03-25
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION,
senate Convened to Finish Up Much
Needed Legislation.

Washington. March 1S-without
dotting an - or crossing It" even
without changing a single nctuation
mark, the senate Tuesday voted tn
ratify the treaty with the republic OF
Colombia for the construction OF the
ls,nniah canal. The vote for ratih-
cation was az In the Affirmative to 3
III 'he negative. The senate was in
executive session when the result wa.
announced. so that only tho senator,
themselves and few confidential ON
pioyes were present All the sena.
tors announced themselves IA graft
neu 10 nave the long siege terminated
out none or them manifested their an.
preciation Sy cheers or handcIappine
me day was given up almost entircIv
TO general debate on the treaty and I'm
addition To the set speeches made nm
uer the general agreement by Sena-
tors Morgan and Cullom, there were
many short addresses and a rather
long speech by Senator Daniel (va).
me only party vote OF the day was tn
ken on the substitute for article four
which was agreed upon by the demo
cratic caucus and had reference to the
acquisition OF territory I'm Central and
south America by tho United States
mere were number OF speeches ON
this amendment. but II was yote.f
down by an almost two-thirds major.
ity. the ballot footing UP 81 ayes To Of
noes. When the senate adjourned m
q clock there was a general heller
that the business Of the session might
DC completed I'm time TO permit fuar
adjournment Wednesday. Some. how
ever. placed the date - hours later.
washington. March 1a-The race
question again was discussed In the
senate Wednesday. Mr.. Money smoke
Tor two hours. his remarks having IN.
rect reference tn the action OF the
president in closing the IndlanoIa
MISS. post office. Before adjournine
nv o'clock Wednesday night the sen
ATE entered into n unanimous agree
ment to vote on the Cuban rcciprocitv
treaty at O'Clock Thursday. The
nope or securing n vote "Wednesday
was dissipated by the discovery that
there were more speeches ~ be made
IN opposition to the treaty than had
neeh counted upon. Indeed. II was
difhcult To secure an agreement In
vote ON the treaty Thursday. and N
was evident that this result could NOT
nave been accomplished but for tho
anxiety or senator's to secure n final
adjournment or the session Tho ex
ecutive session covered six hours and
was devoted largely to adverse cri,i.
cisms OF the treaty. During tho dav
Senator Newlands made a plea for tho
annexation of Cuba and presented an
amendment To the treaty rendering an
invitation to that island To- become a
state OF the American union.
washington. March 20-Aftcr raii.
Tying the Cuban reciprocity treaty the
senate adjourned sine die Thursday at
10 minutes past O'Clock Practically
hoI
doors In executive session. Host OF
the time was devoted To consideration
or the Cuban treaty. Several speeches
were made In opposition TO the treaty
and one In favor OF II and then
promptly at the agreed hour, 3 o'clock.
voting began. Roll calls were had on
number OF amendments and tho
treaty itself was made the subject of
an aye and no vote. The motion To
ratify was adopted by a ballot OF 80
10 10. somewhat more than a thre,.
fourth vote. whereas only a two-thi:ds
vote was necessary to secure a rati-
ncation Immediately after tho doors
were closed few minutes past II
O'Clock Senator Foster U.ao took the
moor IN order To make set speech IN
opposition 10 the treaty. He spoke
for about two hours and n half. I'm
the protection of the American sugar
producing industry. He spoke espe.
cialy Tor the cane sugar interests OF
Louisiana. but said that while the
sugar interest was OF paramount i'm.
portance in his own state on account
or the cane produced there. the beet
sugar industry had grown to such pro.
portions that many other portions Of
the union also were coming 20 have
very pronounced interest I'm the maxi
ing or sugar He drew n graphic pic.
ture or present conditions In Louisj.
ana and said that.if the treaty should
De ratified the result was liable To ba
very disastrous to many of his con.
stituents. Tie appealed 10 senator's
from north and south alike TO refrain
from inhlcting this hardship on his
people. Mr.. Foster also made the
point that there was nothing to pre-
vent the Introduction Of Chinese cooI,o
labor into Cuba and said that If such
labor should be introduced American
labor could not compete with it