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WILL HAVE A VOTE
CANAL TREATY's PROSPECTS SEEM
TO BE CLEARING.
PROBABLY ON NEXT TUESDAY
SENATOR'S WILL VOTE UPON CUES
TION OF RATIFICATION.

F1xpeeted That an Agreement to
Vote ON Tuesday Will he Reached.
senator Morgan's Active Opera
tfon Will, 1t Is Expected, be
Sbunted by Permission Accorded
Him to Have His Canal Speeches
printed in the RecOrd-Specula-
tiOn as to Cuba.
Washington, March 11.-Decided pro-
gress was made to-day towards reach
ing an agreement for vote on the
colombian Canal Treaty, and when
the Senate adjourned a few minutes
before 4 O'Clock there was a general
understanding that tomorrow. in all
probability, some hour next Tuesday
would be definitely agreed upon as the
time when vote should be taken upon
the treaty and all amendments. All
statements to this effect were. how
ever, accompanied by the announce
ment that there are yet some details
to be arranged, leaving it impossible
to absolutely conclude the agreement
before tomorrow. There is. however,
no doubt in the minds of leading sem
ators that the vote will be taken on
Tuesday.
The arrangement was brought about
largely by Senator Frye, who by vir-
ture of long service with Mr.. Morgan
on Foreign Relations, has come to be
on terms of great intimacy with the
Alabama senator. No other senator has
so far shown any disposition to delay
the final disposition of the treaty, so
that all that was necessary was to Sc
cure Mr.. Morgan's assent to the taxi
ing of the vote The negotiation was
begun early in the day, and after Sem
ators Frye and Morgan had been clos
eted for sometime. the latter sought
out Senator German and talked over
the. situation with him. The results OF
these and other conferences was the
announcement at the close of the days
session of the strong probability of
vote on Tuesday.
Insists on Getting Into the Record.
Senator Morgan exacted consent to
the printing in the Congressional Rec
ord of the remarks which he has pre-
pared, giving the speeches he has
made in the executive sessions of the
Senate on the treaty. These speeches
are contained in the pamphlets sent to
the Senators Yesterday by MIR. Morgan.
TNay have -haes, read by a nuaaber of
the Republican senator's who say they
find in them nothing Objectionable and
that there is no reason why they
should not be printed except that they
bear upon a treaty, which is always
considered strictly executive. They
generally, however, advise that permits
sion be given to print in order to save
time, which they consider now more
important than the conservation of
senatorial eloquence.
Democratic senators have practically
agreed unanimously to urge an amend
ment to the twenty-third article of the
treaty relieving it of all question as to
the right of the United States to con-
troll the canal, and they express con-
fidence in obtaining some Republican
votes for it. Many senators also eX-
press the conviction that the change in
the treaty committing the United
States to a policy of nom acquisition
of Central American territory should
be eliminated as entirely out of place.
The indications are, however, that the
treaty will be ratified without modiIi-
cation in any particular.
Democrats Want Cuban Amend
ments.
The agreement made to-day does not
bear upon the Cuban treaty in any re-
spect, except that it opens the way for
its early consideration in the Senate,
and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons will meet tomorrow in order to
take it up with the view of reporting
1t to the Senate.
The Democrats will make an effort
to amend the Cuban treaty, both in
committee and in the Senate so as to
require action by the House, and they
are also threatening to antagonize with
the French reciprocity treaty which is
quite Objectionable to many Republican
senators. The indications however,
are that the Cuban agreement will soon
be reported by the committee. That it
will have such smooth sailing in the
Senate is not quite certain. Four or
five Democratic senators are unfavora-
bic to it, but while there is only one
Republican senator who has announced
his intention to vote against it, there
are number who are Indifferent to
!ts fate.
Is Doubt About Quorum.
1t appears now as if it would be diff
fcult to hold a quorum of the Senate
in Washington while the treaty is I'M
der consideration. If a quorum cannot
be held it will be impossible to secure
opposition to require this conformity
With the rules of the Senate.
Senator Morgan continued his re-
marks in the Senate to-day in regard
to the canal treaty, but most of the
time was given up to the reading of
documents by the clerk at Mr.. Nor
CAMS request. The few remarks made
by him related to the unsantary con-
ditions in the vicinity of the Panama
route and to the division of money to
be paid to Colombia by the United
states. The Guatemalan and Mexican
eXtradition treaties were ratified.
The understanding among members
OF the Committee on Foreign Relations
IS that none of the reciprocity treaties
before the committee shall be reported
Tor consideration this session, and that
the Cuban treaty will be the last to
receive the attention of the committee