The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-20

of duty was sufficient to maintain the
industry in the United States.
On the conclusion of Mr. Simmons
speech voting began. The Committee on
Foreign Relations announced through
Senator Cullom, its chairman, the accept
ance of two amendments in addition to
those already recommended by the COM
mittee. The first of these was the
amendment increasing the rate of redue-
tion on flour, corn meal and corn imported
into Cuba from the United States to 80
per cent The other amendment adopted
by the committee was suggested by Sena-
tor Bacon and fixed the uniform reduc-
tion of thirty per cent on American cot
ton gods imported into Cuba.
The only aye and no vote taken on the
committee amendment wa son the amend
ment adopted some time ago by the COM
mittee at the instance of the beet sugar
Republican Senator's providing against
further treaty reduction of the duty on
sugar imported into the United States
for the next five years. or while the
treaty remains in force. A division was
called for on this amendment and it was
sustained by majority of twenty-five
ment and % against it, the negative votes
being cast by Democrats. The
mittee amendments, including those ac-
cepted today and the amendment making
the approval of the entire Congress ne
cessary to render the treaty effective
then We're adopted.
After the committee amendments had
been accepted the Democrats offered
number of amendments. but they were all
voted down by strict party votes. One
of these amendments provided for the
striking out OF article six of the treaty,
which makes the specific declaration
against the granting of any concession to
American tobacco imported into Cuba.
That article was left just as it was when
the treaty was sent to the Senate. The
amendment to strike out article six was
offered by Senator McEnery, as was also
another amendment providing for the ad-
mission of American rice into Cuba free
of duty. Senator Foster presented an
amendment providing that the treaty
shall not go into effect until Cuba should
accept the Chinese exclusion laws of the
United States, but it. like the McEnery
amendments. met defeat.
SENATOR NeWi2nuS W1Jn0roW MS amend
ment authorizing the United States to is
sue an invitation to Cuba to enter the
Union and become State thereof, but
gave notice that he would renew it when
the question of approving the treaty come
up in the hext regular session.
The vote was then taken on the mo-
tion to ratify, which was made by Sena-
tor Cullom and the motion prevailed,
SO to 16.
The Senate then plunged into a dis
eussion of the question whether the de.
bate on the canal treaty which had taken
place after the calling in of the official
reporters had been given to the public.
The contention was made on the Demo-
cratic side that there had been clear
that all the speeches were
to be given publicity. Some of the Re-
publican Senators agreed with this view,
but others, including Senators Lodge,
Hanna and aFirbanks, declared that there
was no unanimous agreement to that eff
feet Ultimately the difficulty was COM
promised by a suggestion made by Sena
tor German that all the speeches had
been made public but that none of them
had been given out except those of Sem
ators Morgan and Cullom, which already
have been published, until after the roti-
fcation of the treaty by both the United
States and Colombia should be pro-
claimed. The Senate then adjourned