The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
IS ACCEPTED BY CUBA
RECIPROCITY TREATY RATIFIED
 BY THE SENATE.
No Conditions Attached to It-Presi- dent Roosevelt Will Call Con- gress Together Prior to
 December.

Havana, March &.-The treaty of reel prccity between Cuba and the United States, as amended by the Senate of the United States. was approved at o'clock tonight in the Cuban Senate by a vote of F to g.
 This approval Is absolute and is net hampered by any conditions, the ques- tionable time limit agreed to having been dispensed with through the receipt of a cable message from Secretary Hay, fin which 1t was positively declared tha. President Roosevelt would call A sp.ctat session of Congress prior to Decem- Der l.
 The purport of this assurance wa. trar smitted to the Senate by President Palma.
 Final action was delayed for A Ionr ti.he oy the discussion of an amendment onered by Senators Sausuilly. Tamavo and Recero, requesting the House in pass upon the treaty Senator sanxuilIv argued that while the constitution was hot explicit on this point, that the rep resentatives in C0nSres@ Of the people oasht to be consulted as weu as the com merelal interests whose opinions the com mittee had sought so eagerly He cited the actions of the United States as a precedent and said the committee evf- dently was afraid that the treaty would be defeated if submitted to the House.
 senator Dolse admitted that this was a good reason and quoted the constitu- ton to show that deference to the view was not required. The amendment re- during the House to pass on the treaty was defeated by a vote of to l5. An amendment to, or a substitute for the committees majority report was then de ferred by Senator Frias. Montea guido and Betancourt This approved and ratified all the amendments of the Senate at Washington and recommended that the Cuban executive take action conducive to obtaining effective reciprocity as soon as possible. To this substitute report was added the following: This recommends ton must not be taken as an amendment to or a modification of the treaty"
 Senators Bustamente. Capote and Dolse announced their acceptance of the sub stitute report, while Senators Zeyas and another committeeman urged against it The chief contention of the last named was the uncertainty as to the action of the American Congress.
 Senator SanguIlly. in a long and i'm passioned speech against the ratification or the treaty fmpressively pictured the gradual absorption of Cuba by the United States, in which he said the present ac- ton was one step. He argued that 1t was practically disgraceful for Cuba to be a party to such a scheme. The speak CTS wit and elOquence caused occasional bursts of approving applause from the spectators and when he concluded he was greeted with roar of applause in which all the Senators joined.
 Senator Bustamente. in a brief and final speech. cited various incidents of history to show that neither weak nor wicked nations make commercial treaties and predicted with certainty the results of this case.
 The vote was taken separately on each section of the substitute report The vote on the unconditional ratification of the treaty was F to g; on the recommen- datiOn to the executive it was II to g. The session of the present Senate then adjourned. The ratiioations will be ex- changed by cable.
 United States Minister Squiers said this evening to the representative of the As sociated Press:
 The ratification of the treaty without amendment Is due almost entirely to the asurances given hy President Roosevelt that he will call an extra session of Con gress before December 1. This action of the President will he appreciated and ac- cepted by the Cuban Government and people as an additional evidence of the most sincere friendship and interest on the part of a man in whom they have ever had unbounded faith and conf dence"