Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-18
ssvsnty-Three Members Answer Yea to
Final Question Put.
AMENDMENTS ARE REJECTED
Morgan Bunohss Proposals Into Complex
Substitute.
COMBINES DESIRED CHANGES AND TEXT
Viva VOoe Division Results in Al
mSst Unanimous Rejection and
After Further Speeches Agree
ment Goes Through.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE senate
met at II oolock today and went into ex-
ecutive Hession after the journal was read
and approved.
Shortly after the doors we're closed Mr
Money offered a substitute for the fourth
article Of the treaty, which disavows any
intention on the part OF the United States
to increase Its territory at the expense OF
South OF Central America.
This one OF the two amendments Oh
which the democrats agreed TO act as a unit
Would Recognize All Americas.
Senators Bacon. Teller. Daniel Morgan
Bailey and others contended for an Impair
tial recognition Of all American republics
urging that under the language Of the
fourth article OF the treaty Mexico would
be left the only American republic to
which the Avowal Of on-encroachment
could be held as non-applicable. Senators
spooner and Hoar replied cuntendlng that
there wss practically no difference between
the language Of the amendment and Of the
article.
The amendment was then defeated by 25
TO 27.
Senator Daniel then offered an amend
ment providing that the treaty should not
congress
The fact was soon apparent that he
offered his amendment for the purpose Of
making q general speech on the treaty. and
when the fifteen minutes allowed him had
expired and the amendment was voted
down, Senator Morgan presented four or
five OF his amendments which were each
in turn defeRted but upon all OF which
Senator Daniel continued to speak. All told
he spoke for about an hour.
His speech was arraignment Of the re-
publican policy in pressing the treaty with
what he asserted was undue haste. He re-
ferred to the enormous expenditure that
would be required to construct the canal
and charged reclJlessnesB in rushing into
such an enterprise
Obey Hays Cracking whip.
Mr.. Morgan asserted that senators were
not thinking for themselves, but follnv'ipg
blindly in the lead of the secretary of state.
They were practically surrendering their
own Offices in order to maintain a reputR-
tion for party allegiance.
Senator Platt QOonn1 was one OF the very
few TO announce his entire satisfaction
with the treaty. He referred to the fact
that a number OF republican senators had
said that If they had had the making Of the
treaty they would have changed some Of it's
features and declared that ne considered
II the best that could have been made.
When, at ABS, it became apparent that
the fifteen-minute speeches had been con-
cluded, Senator Morgan surprised the SEN
ate by presenting all the fifty amendments
which he had prepared in one block, with
hose portions Of the treaty ne did not de-
sire TO change. as a substitute for the
whole agreement. He did not demand a
roll call and was voted down viva voce al
most unanimously.
II was now q few minutes past and
Senator Morgan took the floor to make the
last of his long series Of speeches in oppo-
Eition TO the treaty. In accordance with
the unanimous agreement nc spoke Cor an
hour, and to make the points he desired
he had prepared his speech In advance
He read deliberately but in firm voice
often DEPRESSING in order to emphasize q
point. He stopped short at the expiration
OF his allotted time, whereupon Senator
Cullom. chairman Of the committee on for
eign relations. took the floor He also
read his speech from manuscript, present
ing q carefully prepared and businesslikt
summary OF the reasons for ratifying the
treaty and for constructing the canal.
Senator CullOm occupied only about three
quarters OF the hour allotted TO him, and
when he concluded the question as Il
whether the treaty should be ratified wa,
promptly put before the senate. All tn,
senators in the city occupied their seati
and all were prompt in responding wher
their names we're called. The vote resulted
In the ratification OF the treaty by 7S 10 .
The report was no surprise, for all hat
predicted that when the offered amendment
had been disposed OF the treaty would b,
approved by an overwhelming majority
Such proved 70 be the case.
The roll call had proceeded for some tim,
before a single voice was heard In the mega
tive but then Senator Daniel CVRD spok,
the fHteful may" and after another lonl
lapse he was Joined by his colleague. Sen
Etor Martin After them came the tw
Alabama senators, Messrs. Morgan and Pet
tus and Senator Teller OF Colorado
When Senator Frye announced the resul
there was no demonstration, and by tn
senate had adjourned for the day
Before this, however, II had been decide
70 meet again tomorrow al II TO take u
the Cuban treaty with the hope Of con
cluding It's consideration and finally ad
iourning by night.
History of the Treaty.
The Panama treaty ratified today wa
signed at Washington on January %
was negotiated by Secretary Hay for IN
United States and Thomas Herran, charE
d'RffRires for Colombia.
ON January % Il was sent 10 the presl
dent and by him TO the senate on the sam
date. II was referred TO the committee o
foreign relations on the same dRy and re
ported back on February 8. The treaty wa
discussed at some length during the lRi
congress
on March o, the day the special sessiu
convened, n was again referred TO the con
mittee on foreign relations, and on Mare
again reported 10 the senate, since While
time II has been under discussion Neitht
In committee nor hy the senate n
treaty amended, being ratified as frst n'
gotiated.