The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-03-25
CUBAN TREATY RATIFIED.
But il Must Be Ratified by the
House.
Senator Bacon Succeeds il
Amending the Treaty
So as TO Put Coarse Cotton Goods.
Manufactured Chiefly by Southern
Mills, on the Same Footing as the
Fine Cotton Goods Manufactured
in New England.

Fine Cotton Goods Manufactured
in New England.
Washington, March l9.-After form
ally approving the Bacon amendment,
providing that the treaty shall not
become effective until approved by
the Congress, and after adopting also
another amendment introduced by SEN
ator Bacon, which materially affects one
of the South's greatest industries, the
Senate this afternoon ratified the
| Cuban reciprocity treaty.
As to final ratification, there never
has been doubt since the committee
of foreign affairs, upon the insistence
of the Democrats, accepted the first
mentioned amendment. There vas
| some doubt for short while today,
however, whether there would be !.
quorum of the senate present, so many
Republicans having left the city, but
there were many more than enough
Senators present on the final round
up, the treaty being ratified by the
vote of 80 to l6.
Of chief Importance to the South
today was the acceptance by the com
mittee, and the adoption by the Sen
ate, of an amendment which Senator
Bacon had been quietly pressing. This
gives to the coarser grades Of cotton
fabrics, which are made principally
in the Southern States, the same per-
centage of advantage which is given the
| finer grades of New England manufac-
ture. In the original treaty there was
IS per cent discrimination against
the coarser grades, as compared with
| the finer grades. The finer grades i'm
ported into Cuba were to be accorded
80 per cent reduction of the duties
in the. general Tariff Act of Cuba,
while the coarser grades were to be
given but % per cent reduction.
| Senator Bacon and other Southern
Senators construed this an an uncalled
for advantage given the finer grades
of New England mills, but some of
the New England Senators seemed to
think this was all right. Senator
Bacon insisted, however, and as his
contention was backed by other
Southerners, who stood with him, the
committee finally accepted his amend
ment, and it was incorporated into the
treaty, This puts all grades of cotton
fabrics on plane of equality.
Washington, March 19.-After rat
tifying the Cuban reciprocity treaty
the Senate adjourned sine die today at
Is minutes past 5 o'clock. Practical
ly the entire day was spent behind
closed doors in executive session. Most
of the time was devoted to considera-
tion of the Cuban treaty. Several
speeches were made in opposition to
the treaty and one in favor of it, and,
then, promptly at the agreed hour,
8 O'Clock, voting began. Roll-calls
were had on number of amendments
and the treaty itself was made the sub
ject of yea and nay vote. The mo-
| tion to ratify was dopted by a ballot
of so to 16, somewhat more than than
three-fourths vote, whereas only a
two-thirds vote was necessary to secure
ratification. The detailed vote fol-
lows:
Yeas-Aldricb, Alger, Alice, AL
Blackburn, Burnham, Burrows, Bur-
ton, Clark of wyoming, Cockrell,
OullOnl, OepeW, -DAoeAiCh, DoAii' oA'
Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster of Washington, Frye, Fulton,
Gallinger, Gamble, German, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hopkins,
Kean, Ltimer. Lodge, Long, McComas:
McCreary, McCumber, Nelson, Over
man, Penrose, Perkins, Simmons,
Smoot, Spooner, Stewart, Stone, War
rem. Wetmore-0O
Nay-Bailey, Bard, Bate, Berry,
Carmack, Clark of Montana, Daniel,
Foster of Louisiana, McEnery, Nal
lory, Martin, Money, Morgan, New
lands, Pettus, Taliaferro-l6.
In making the pairs two senators
were paired for the treaty with one
against it. The pair list was as fol-
lows: Kerns and Hale with Gibson !:
Millard and Proctor with Clark OF
Arkanas Scott and Quay with Nc
Laurin; Dillingham; and Clapp with
Tillman; Kittredge and Platt OF New
York with Patterson; Platt OF Con
necticut and Hawley with Teller; Nit
chell and Clay with Dubois; Quarles
with Culberson. Senator Hoar was
absent and impaired.