Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-28
SENATE RATIFIES
the CUBAN TREATY
Several Amendments Adopted
and a Vote 10 Finally
Secured.
TRIUMPH FOR ROOSEVELT
Having Completed Presidents Program
the Senate Adjourned
Sine Die at ISIS
O'clock.

Washington, March 21.-After ratify-
ing the Cuban reciprocity treaty the
senate adjourned sine die Thursday at
5:15 o'clock. Practically the entire day
was spent behind closed doors In execu-
| tive session. Most of the time was de-
voted to consideration Of the cuban
| treaty. Several speeches were made In
| opposition to the treaty, and one In
favor of 1t, and then, promptly at the
| agreed hour, 3 o'clock, voting began.
| Roll calls were had on a number OF
| amendments, and the treaty itself was
| adopted by a ballot of 80 to Is, some
what some than a three-fourths vote
whereas only a two-thirds vote was
necessary to secure ratification.
Immediately after the doors were
| closed a few minutes past IL o'clock
Senator Foster OF Louisiana took the
| floor In order to make a set speech In
| opposition to the treaty. He spoke Tor
about two and a half hours. HIS al
| dress had been prepared carefully, ana
| on it's conclusion Senator Foster very
generally was complimented on the
manner Of presenting the opposition
view to the treaty. In the main MS
/ SDCCln do al dlpNoA " Nh~
of the American uga producer
Among other things, Mr.. Foster made
| the point hat there was nothing to
| prevent the Introduction Of Chinese
| coolies labor INTO Cuba, and said that
IL such labor should be introduced
American labor could not compel
with 1t.
Other speeches in opposition to the
treaty were made by Senators Berry
| md ~ o~p,opx Nuhila Senator mmOl
Of North Carolina spoke in support or
1t.
Senator Berry based his opposition
to the agreement on the amendment
| offered by the committee on foreign re-
l~ations, providing against any further
reduction by the treaty of the duty on
sugar while the treaty remains In force.
Senator Carmack opposed the treaty
on general principles, declaring that 1t
was contrary to the theory of u gov
eminent.
Senator Simmons was the only dem
| ocrat who made a speech In advocacy
of the ratification of the treaty. He
replied at some length to the speech
Of Senator Foster, declaring for the
treaty as a means Of promoting friend
ly relations between the United States
and Cuba. He said that he spoke for
the United States, and not for Cuba,
declaring he could not accept the the
DRY that the United States is under
any obligations to Cuba saying he
thought tina we had Tor all for the
Cubans that any one nation could be
expected to do for another. But he
believed with the ratification of this
treaty Cuba's prosperity would be ma
terially enhanced, and that on account
Of the improved feeling on the part
Of the Cubans toward this country our
/ xrnrtotinn IN TI1ho which now
amount to about $28, 900, 900 annually,
| would soon be doubled. He refused to
accept the theory that the American
sugar producing industry would be in
jured by adopting the reciprocal rela-
tons proposed by the treaty.
Amendments Voted On.
On the conclusion Of Senator SIM
mons speech voting began.
The committee on foreign relations
announced through Senator Cullom, it's
chairman. the acceptance Of two
amendments In addition 10 those al
ready recommended by the committee.
! The first of these was the amendment
Increasing the rate OF reduction on
Gour, Cornmeal and corn imported into
Cuba from the United States. Senator
Nelson spoke yesterday in support of
an amendment along these lines, and
Senator Burton perfected the amend
mcnt. AS offered, it provided for a re-
iuciiCn Of 40 per cent. but the commit
tee modified the amendment so as TO
provide for a reduction of 80 per cent.
The other amendment adopted by the
committee was suggested by Senator
BACON, and fixed a uniform reduction
If 80 per cent. on American cotton
goods imported INTO Cuba.
The only yea and nay vote taken or
the amendments was on the amend
n.eat adopted some time ago by the
committee At the instance OF the beet
sugar republican senators providing
aSainSt further treaty reduction of the
duty on sugar imported into the United
states for the rcXt five years, or while
the treaty remains in force. 4 divis-
ion was called for on this amendment,
and it was sustained by a majority of
. votes, the vote being A for the
amendment and - against 1t, the mega
tive votes being cast by democrats.
Committee Amendments Accepted.
The other committee amendments, In
gliding those accepted yesterday and
the amendment making the approval
If the entire congress necessary to rem
Ter the treaty effective. then were
adopted.
After the committee amendments
had been accepted the democrats Of
~ q ~ Va I'LL IVA ANSN pAA
hey were all voted down by a strict
party Y9te. One of these amendments
providsd for the striking out OF article
6 OF the treaty, which makes specific
declaration against the granting Of any
onCes.iOn on American tobacco inn
ported into Cuba. That article was left
,ust as it was when the treaty was
sent to the senate. The amendment
o strike out article 6 was offered by
Senator MCEnery, as was also another
amendment providing for the admis-
sion of American rice into Cuba free
Of duty.
Senator Foster presented an amend
ment providing that the treaty shall
not go into effect until Cuba should ac-
lept the Chinese exclusion laws Of the
United States, but it, like the Mem
cry amendment, met defeat.
Senator Newlands withdrew his
amendment authorizing the United
States to issue an invitation to Cuba
to enter the union and become a state
thereof, but gave notice hat he would
renew 1t when the question of approx
ing the treaty should come up in the
next regular session.
Vote on Motion to Ratify.
The vote was then taken on the mo-
ton to ratify, which was made by Sen,
ator Culloni. and the motion prevailed
80 to l6, the vote being in detail as fol
oWs:
Yca5-Aldrich, Alger, Alice, Allison, An,
keny, Bacon, Ball, Beveridge, BLACKBURN
BurnEam, Burrows, Burton, Clark OF
Wyoming, Cockreil, Cullom, Depew, Diet