The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-20
The Treaty Ratified by Three
Fourths Vote.
EXTRA SESSION ENDED
And Like Mariana in The Moated Grange" /"
Crum Grows "Aweary' Waiting for
the Confirmation That Com
eth No."
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, March 19.-After ratifying
the Cuban reciprocity treaty the Senate
adjourned sine die to-day at fifteen min
utes past five o'clock. Practically the
entire day was spent behind closed doors
in executive session. Most of the time
was devoted to consideration of the Gu
ban treaty. Several speeches were made
in opposition to the treaty, and one in
favor of it. and then promptly at the
hour agreed upon, 8 o'clock, voting be-
gan. Roll calls were had on a number
of amendments and the treaty itself was
made the subject of an aye and noe vote.
The motion to ratify was adopted by a
ballot of so to 16, somewhat more than
a three fourths vote. whereas only two
thirds vote was necessary to secure 4
ratification. The detailed vote follows:
Ycas--Aldrich, Alger Alice, Allison,
Ankeny, Bacon Ball, Beveridge, Black
burn, Burnham, Burrows. Burton. Clark
CWyoming), Cockrell, Cullom, Depew,
Dietrich. Dolliver, Dryden, Elkins, Fair
banks, Foraker. Foster (Wash.), Frye,
Fulton, Gallinger. Gamble German,
Hanna, Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hopkins
Kean. Latimer. Lodge, Long, McComas,
McCreary, McCumber. Nelson, Overman.
Penrose, Perkins, Simmons Smoot
Spooner, Stewart. Stone. Warren, Wet
more.-Total go
Nays-Bailey, Bard Bate, Berry Car
mack, Clark (Mont). Daniel Foster,
Ls.), McEnery, Mallory. Martin, Money,
Morgan. Newlands, Pettus, Taliaferro.-
Total 16.
paired for the treaty with one against
it. The pair list was as follows:
Kerns and Hale with Gibson: Millard
and Proctor with Clark, (Ark); Scott
and Quay with McLaurin; Dillingham;.
and Clapp with Tillman; Kittredge and
Platt IN. ". with Patterson; Platt
tConn) and Hawley with Teller;
Mitchell and Clay with Dubois; Quarles
with Culberson.
Mr.. Hoar was absent and impaired
Immediately after the doors were
cosed a few minutes past II o'clock,
Senator Foster, of Louisiana, took the
floor in order to make set speech in
opposition to the treaty. In the main bis
speech was an appeal for the protection
of the American sugar producing indus
try. He spoke especially for the cane
sugar interests of Louisiana but said
that while the sugar interests was Of
paramount Importance in his own State
on account of the cane produced there
the best sugar industry had grown to
such proportions that many other por-
tions of the Union also were coming to
have a very pronounced interest in tne
making of ST. drew a graphic
picture of present conditions in Louisi-
ana. and said that if the treaty should
be ratified the result was liable to be
very disastrous to many of his consti-
tuents. He appealed to Senator's from
North and South alike to refrain from
inflicting this hardship upon his people.
Mr. Foster also made the point that
there was nothing to prevent the intro
duction of Chinese coolie labor into
Cuba, and said that if such labor should
be introduced, American labor could not
compete with it.
Other speeches in opposition to the
treaty we're made by Senators Berry and
Carmack. while Senator Simmons, ot
North Carolina. spoke in support of H.
Senator Berry based his opposition tc
the agreement on the amendment oTorej
by the Committee on Foreign Relations
providing against any further reduction
by treaty of the duty on sugar. Will.
the treaty remains in force. Senator
Carmack opposed the treaty on general
principles, declaring that it was con
trary to cur theory of government. Sen
ator Simmons was the only Democrat
who made a speech in advocacy of the
ratification of the treaty. He replied a.
some length to the speech of Senator
Foster. declaring for the treaty as {
means of promoting friendly relations be
tween the United States and Cuba HI
said that he spoke for the United States
and not for Cuba. declaring he did rof
accept the theory that the United States
is under any obligations to Cuba, saying
that he thought that we had done all foi
the Cubans that any one nation could
be expected to do for another But. ht
oeheved that with the ratification O
this treaty Cuba's prosperity would bC
materially enhanced and that on account
OF the impressed feeling on the part of tn,
Cubans to ward this country our expor
tations to Cuba. which now amount tc
about S2S.00000O annually soon NAV be
doubled. He said he refused tn accent
the theory that the American suaar pro.
ducing industry would be Injured h,
adopting the reciprocal relation nronosaf
by the treaty and contended that tho on
ly advantage Cuba would have over m,
United States in the production of GU.
gar would be found in the fact that IN,
Cuban soil is somewhat better adante,
to that industry than is ours. Even afto,
the reduction proposed, the duty on C,u
ban sugar he said, would amount tn &
per cent advalorem and he said that rat,