The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24
TREATY IS RATIFIED
Cuban Reciprocity Adopted by Vote
of so to Is.

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ratified the Cuban reciprocity treaty
and adjourned sine die today at Is
minutes past 5 o'clock. Practically
the entire day was spent behind clos
ed doors in executive session. Most of
the time was devoted to consideration
Of the Cuban treaty. Several speeches
were made in opposition to the treaty
and in favor Of it, and then promptly
at the agreed hour, 3 o'clock, voting
commenced. Roll calls were had on
a number of amendments, and the
treaty itself was made the subject
of an aye and no vote.
The motion to ratify was adopted
SO to 16, somewhat more than a three
fourths vote, whereas only a two
thirds vote was necessary to secure
ratification.
Following is the vote for the ratifi-
cation of the treaty in detail:
Yeas-Aldrich, Alger, Alec, Allison,
Ankeny, Bacon, Ball, Beveridge,
Blackburn, Burnham, Burrows, Bur-
ton, Clark (Wyoming), Cockrell, Gull
lom, Depew, Dietrich, Dolliver, Dry
den, Elkins, Fairbanks Foraker, Fos-
ter Washington, Frye, Fulton, Gal
linger, Gamble, Forman, Hanna
Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hopkins, Kean,
Latimer, Lodge, Long, McComas, Nc
Creary, McCumber. Nelson, Smoot,
Spooner, Stewart, Stone, Warren, Wet
more. Total, SO.
Nays-Bailey. Bard, Bate, Berry,
Carmack, Clark (Montana), Daniels,
Foster Nouisiana), McEnery, Mallory,
Martin, Money. Morgan, Newlands,
Pettus, Taliaferro. Total, 16.
In making the pairs two senators
We're paired for the treaty with one
against it. The pair list is as follows:
Kearns and Hale with Gibson, Mil
lard and Proctor with Clark (Ark.),
Scott and Quay with McLaurin, Dill
bingham and Clapp with Tillman, Kilt
redge and Plat IN. ", with Patter-
son, Platt Comm and Hawley with
Teller, Mitchell and Clay with Dubois,
Quarles with Culberson. Mr.. Hoar
was absent and impaired.
Immediately after the doors were
closed, a few minutes past II o'clock,
Senator Foster of Louisiana took the
floor, in order to make a set speech
in opposition to the treaty. He spoke
for about two and a half hours. His
address had been prepared carefully,
and on it's conclusion Mr.. Foster very
generally was complimented on the
manner of his presentation of the OPP
position view of the treaty.
In the main his speech was an APP
peal for the protection of the Ameri-
can sugar producing industry. He
spoke especially for the cane sugar
interests of Louisiana, but said that
while the sugar interest was of para
mount Importance in his own state
on account of the cane produced there,
the beet sugar industry had grown to
such proportions that many other por-
tons of the union also were coming to
have a very pronounced interest in the
making of sugar.
He drew a graphic picture of pres
ent conditions in Louisiana, and said
that if the treaty should be ratified
the result was liable to be very dis
astrous to many of his constituents.
Mr.. Foster also made the point that
there was nothing to prevent the in
PRODUCTION 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 were made by Senators Berry
and Carmack. Senator Simmons of
North Carolina spoke in support of it.
Senator Berry based his opposition to
the agreement on the amendment of
ferred by the committee on foreign
relations providing against any fur
Their reduction by treaty of the duty
on sugar while the treaty remains in
force. Senator Carmack opposed the
treaty on general principles, declaring
that it was contrary to u theory of
government.
Senator Simmons was the only dem
ocrat who made a speech in advocacy
OF the ratification of the treaty. He re-
piled at some length to the speech
of Senator Foster, declaring for the
treaty as a mean of promoting friend
~ relations between the United States
and Cuba. He said that he spoke for
the United tSates and not for Cuba,
declaring he did not accept the theory
that the United States is under any