The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
ALASKAN TREATY RATIFIED
ACTION OF THE SENATE IN EI-
 ECUTIVE SESSION.
Very Little OppOsitiOn-senator Teller Declines to Vote for the Meaaare Be. IieviDg the Dispute Already Settled Senator Mason Also Opposed-Freneh Portion of the Treaty.

Fortlon or the Treaty
 Washington, Feb. 11.-In an executive session which lasted only an hour and half to-day the senate in addition to confirming a large number of nomina- tions ratified the Alaskan boundary treaty and came near taking similar action on the commercial treaty with Greece, which was reported by Senator Cullom, of the committee on foreign re- 1ations. The Greek treaty was read through by the clerk and then Senator Cullom asked that the resolution of rat ttcation he acted upon, but Senator Hoar of Massachusetts objected. He said that he desired an opportunity to examine the provision in the treaty concerning consular trials. He explain ed that he had no objection to the gen. eral purport of the treaty, but said as the provision was read it seemed to him to be loosely drawn and he wanted an opportunity to read it carefully before
 
 purpose of the Greek treaty is the reg ulatfon of commerce between Greece and the United States. It contains full pro- vision for the control Of the consular service along the lines laid down in the recently negotiated Spanish treaty.
 There was no delay in securing action on the Alaskan treaty and very little opposition to it was manifested. Sena- tor Teller said that he considered the Alaskan boundary so well determined as to make it not a mater of dispute. Therefore. while he would not delay it he would not vote for it. Senator Ma son made few similar remarks, add ing that he considered the procedures proposed by the treaty non-American. The ayes and noes were not called, but there were several voices heard in the negative when an informal expression was called for. The ayes were so much more numerous. however, that the de- cision of the cair was to the effect that ratification had prevailed was not chal- 1enged.
 All the provisions of the Alaskan boundary treaty except one paragraph from the French portion of the treaty have heen published heretofore by The Associated Press. An official transla- tien of this paragraph, which was an extract from the Russian-Anglo treaty of 1925, incorporated into the new Alas kan treaty. has been made and is as follows:
 It is moreover agreed that no estab- lishment shall be formed by either of the two parties within the limits which the two preceding articles assign to the possessions of the other. Consequently, British subjects shall not form any es- tablishment either upon the coast or up- on the mainland strip, comprised within the limits of the Russian possessions. as they are designated in the two preced- ing articles: and, in likewise, no estab- lishment shall be formed by Russian subjects beyond the said limits."
 Senator Cullom asked the senate to give up the day tomorrow after the conclusion of routine morning business to executive work and no objection was made. Senator Quay. who has charge of the statehood bill, gave his assent with others. It is Senator Cullom's in- tention first to take up the Panama canal treaty and to follow that with the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The un- derstanding still is that Senator Morgan will discuss the canal treaty at some length.