Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-19
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AFFlxEs
HIS SIGNATURE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON,
is ADOPTED BY SENATE
Senators Hoar, Foraker and German
Today Indulge In Lively Verbal
Bout Over the Panama Canal Bill
Foraker UphoIds Roosevelt.

Washington, D. G., Dec. IL. - =
The President signed the Cuban =
reciprocity bill few minutes be- =
fore I O'Clock this afternoon. =
$3.50 $3.50 *sas #* - -
Washington, d. G. Dec. 17.-Senator
Hoar then addressed the senate on
his resolution calling upon the Presi-
| dent for such information as may be
in his possession relative to the status
of the republic Of Panama when the
treaty with that country was negotiat-
ed. He said, What we want to know
is, did this government, knowing that
/ revolution was about to take place,
so arrange matters that the revolu-
ton. whether peaceable or otherwise,
should be permitted to go on without
intervention, and whether our nation
al authorities took measures to pre-
vent Colombia from stopping it."
German Contradcts LOOMS.
German followed Hoar. He ridicul.
ed the Panama resolution and claimed
the administration had suppressed in
formation, He also denied some of the
statements made by Mr.. Loomis. In
the course of Germans speech Aldrich
asked him if the democrats would vote
against the canal treaty, and German
replied that as the facts are now
known, and If necessary to do so to
save the honor of the country, they
would.
Foraker followed German. He said
that Hoar's speech should have been
made in closed session. Such a
course would have been part of patri-
otism especially as it criticised the
President
Hoar and Foraker Clash.
Hoar claiming that Foraker had mis-
represented him, said the President
had not disclaimed knowledge of rev.
olution on the isthmus and this infor-
nation was what he sought. Evidently
there was warm feeling between the
senators although their remarks were
couched in courteous terms
Foraker UphoIds President.
4 Foraker insisted that the Presidents
course was entirely justified and that
4 If he had not acted promptly and pre-
served open transit of the isthmus
the democrats would have criticised
him for derelietion of duty.
Cannon Signs Cuban Bill.
j When the house convened today the
speaker signed the bill carrying into
effect the Cuban reciprocity treaty
using the gold pen provided by the
4 Cuban minister.
4 To Protect Foreign Exhibitors.
4 The senate passed bill providing for
the protection of foreign exhibitors OF
i artistic, musical and literary works al
4 the ST. Louis fair.
/, Cuban Bill Passed.
i The long fight for the establishment
of closer trade relations between the
\ United States and Cuba ended at 6
o'clock yesterday when the senate by
a vote of 81 to IS. passed the house
bill to make effective the tariff reduc-
tions proposed by the Cuban recipro-
city treaty. III
i The pledge which William Mckinley
made as condition to the acceptance
by the Cubans of the Plat amendment
has been carried out by the American
government. This has not been ac-
complished without struggle. Indeed
; the contest has been one of the most
stubborn Legislative fights in recent an
nails of congress. t
II The vote in detail was as follows:
4 Yeas 5Aldrich, Alger, Allison, An
kenny, Bacon, Ball, Beveridge, Black
burn, Burnham, Burrows, Burton
Clapp. Clark of Wyoming. Clay. Cock
, liver, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Fo-
raler, Foster of Washington, Frye
Fulton. Gallinger. German, Hale, Han
ma, Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hoar, Hop
kins, Kean. Lodge, Long. McComas
McCreary McCumber. Mitchell Mel
son. Oyerman, Penrose, Perkins, Plat
of Connecticut, Platt of New York
l ri los
Smoot, Spooner, Stewart, Stone, Wet
4 more-57.
| Nays-Bailey, Baird, Bate, Berry
Carmack, Culbertson. Daniel. Dubois
Foster Of Louisiana, McEnery, McLau-
rim. Mallory, Martin. Newlands, Pet.
tus. Taliaferro Teller, Tillman-1S.
\ Pairs-fIawley with Clark of Mon
i tana; Willard with Clarke of Arkan-
sas; Kearns with Gibson; Warren with
Money; Quay with Morgan, and Kit
I fridge with Patterson.
i Republicans United.
i The contest began in the republican
h party. At the 6nish the republican
party was unanimous in favor of the
legislation, and the opposition had
shifted to the democratic ranks. Dem
! ocratic Inconsistency on important ma
tional question was never more plain
II ly evidenced than In the present in
stance. The democrats of the house
1 commended that the reciprocity propos
ed was good democratic policy, and
with the exception of men from sugar
producing states voted for the bill
Democratic members OF the senate to
the number of eighteen nearly two
i thirds the democratic strength in the
senate-co ntended yesterday that the
I. bill was unusually undemocratic and
voted against Ii.
Democratic Inconsistency.
!. Another glazing instance of demo-
cratic inconsistency was furnished in
: the attitude of that party on the bill
The democrats Of Texas, Louisiana and
Florida, who would deprive the man
ufacturer of the north or the sheen
grower of the west Of his due amount
of protection, yesterday Insisted that
the protection which republican con-
gress has given the sugar planter OF
Louisiana, Florida and Texas should
not be abated.
1t was useless for the republicans
to point out that the states affected
would be benefited in their general
! commerce by the freer trade rotations