Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-13
SENATE TAKES FAVORABLE Ac.
TON ON ALASKAN BOUND.
AIRY CONVENTION.
PO>lTlON VERY SLIGHT
Senators Teller and Macon Make .
Few Remarks Ceroeatory to Ia
Measure, but No Serious Hostility
Is Manfested-No Oeiay in scorr.
ing hction--Greck Treaty Co-ae. Us
for Ciacussicn.

Washington. Feb. 12.-In an c~eon-
two sassion which lasted only IN hcrr
aId Z hs'f the senate IN addition t.
ocadrmire iarSe number of ncmiae.
tions. ratified the Alaskan boundary
treaty and came near taking similar
action on TIE commercial treaty With
Greco which was reported by Sena-
tor Cullom from the committee on for.
eien relations
Tie Greek treaty was read throigS
by the clerk and then Senator Cullorl
asked that the resolution of ratifico-
tlon BE acted or. but Senator Hoar
Of Massee hgsetts objected He sa,a
that he lesirel an opportunity to ex-
anime the provisions in the treaty
conceTn'na consular trials. He ey-
planned that he had no objection to
the gorerai purpose of the treaty hut
said that. as the provision was read it
seemed to him to be loosely drawn.
and he wanted an opportunity to read
II carefully before giving his assent to
It. The princi.nl purpose of III
Gree treaty is The regulation of com
States. It contains full provision f8r
the control of the consular service
alorg the lines laid down in the 70.
Gently negotiated Spanish treat.
There was no delay in securing ac-
ton On the Alaskan treaty. and ve~y
little opposition TO ii was manifestcl
Senator Teller said that he consider
ed the Alaskan boundary so well do
70, i,1 Al 70
of dispute. Therefore. while he would
not delay il. ne would not vote for it.
Senator Mason added a few similar
remarks adding that he considered
the procedure proposed By the treatv
non-American. The ayes and navs
were not called but there were sever
al voices heard in the negative when
an informal expression was called for.
The
Ayes Were So Much More Numerous,
however. tnat the decision of the chair
to the effect that ratification had pre-.
vailed was not challenged.
| All the provisions Of the Alaskan
boundary treaty except one paragraph
| from the French portion of the treaty
have been published heretofore bv the
| public press. An official translation e.
this paragraph, which was an exJract
from the Russian-Anglo treaty Of 1872:
| incorporated into the new Alaskan
treaty has been made and is as fol
lows:
1t is moreover agreed that no es
| tablishment shall be formed by either
Of the two parties within the limits
which the two preceding articles as
| sign to the possessions OF the other
Consequently British subjects shal
not form any establishment either up
on the coast or upon the mainland
strip. comprised within the limits o.
the Russian possessions. as they are
designated in the two preceding arti
cles: and. in likewise, no establish
ment shall be formed by the Russian
subjects beyond the said limits
Senator Cullom asked the senate tc
| give up Thursday after the conclusion
of routine morning business. to ex
ecutive work. and no objection was
made Senator Ouay who has charge
of the statehood bill. gave his assent
| with others II is Senator Cullom s
intention to first take up the Panama
canal treaty and tc follow that v''
the Cuban reciprocity treaty Tho
understanding still is that Senator
Morgan will discuss the canal treaty
at some length