The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-18

parent that the afteen-minute speeches
had been concluded. Senator MORGAN
surprised the senate by refrainine
lIom presenting any more individual
amendments and by presenting AN of
tne ntty which DE had prepared On
one block, submitting them. with the
portion OF the text of the treaty which
ne had not changed. as a substitute
ior the whole agreement He did not
demand a rolicau and the substitute
was voted down, viva voce. almost
unanimously
Morgan's Last Effort.
To was now "a few minutes mast
Q CLOCK, and Senator Morgan took the
moor 90 make the last of his long series
on speeches In opposition 90 the treaty.
III accordance with the unanimous
agreement he spoke for an hour. and
lh order o. c1ntine himself to the time
ana 90 make the points he desired 90
make he had prepared his speech I'm adj
vance tie read deliberately. but Jon a
hrni voice. often DEPRESSING in order to
emphasize a point He stopped short al
the expiration of his allotted lime
Wnereup0u Senator CuuOm. chairman
OF the committee on foreign relations.
TOOK the floor. He also read his speech
from manuscript Presenting a carefully
prepared and business-like summary 81
the reasons FOR ratifying the treaty and
Tor constructing the canal Senator
Cullom occupied only about three
Iourths of the hour allotted TO himself
and when he had concluded the cues
Gon as 90 whether the treaty should
%. De ratified was promptly put before
Treaty Ratified.
The hands of the ancient clock in the
rear of the senate chamber indicated
ten minutes of 3 when the rollcal be-
gan. All the senators I'm the city occu-
pied their seats and AN were prompt
boo responding when their names were
called. The vote resulted in the rati-
ucatlon of the treaty by seventy-three
90 nFe. The result was no surprise.
Tor AN had predicted that when the
offered amendments had been disposed
of the treaty would be approved by an
overwhelming majority. Such proved
20 be the case. Indeed. the r0llcau had I
proceeded for some time before a single I
voice was heard iu the negative. the
urst opposition vote being that of Sem
ator Daniel OF Virginia After another (
long lapse Senator Daniel was Joined 4
10y his colleague, Senator Martin. and (.
after them came the two Alabama sem
aJors, Messrs, Morgan and Pettus. Sen I
ator Teller of Colorado also voted I'm /
opposition, and his was the last vote I
ON that side OF the question When
Senator Frye, who occupied the chair 4
announced the result there was no I
demonstration ana. al %. M. the SEN /
ate had adjourned FOR the day. Before /
this result was reached. however. il had /
been decided To meet again tomorrow at /
III O'Clock for the purpose of taking up I
The Cuban treaty and with "a hope of I
concluding it's consideration. i'm order .
that the senate might adjourn finally /
tomorrow.
History Of the Treaty.
The Panama canal treaty between /
the United States and Colombia. which .
was ratified today. was signed at Wash
instou. Jan. %, 1903. It was negotiated /
by Secretary Hay on the part Of the
United States and Thomas Herran,
charge d'anaires. on the part of Colon
hia. who signed the document on Jan.
% 70 was sent To the president. and by
him sent To the senate on the same
date. Ii was referred 10 the committee
ON foreign relations on the same day
and reported back ON Feb. 8. The
treaty was discussed at some length
during the last congress. On March 9.
the day the special session of the sem
ate convened, the treaty was again re-
-erred to the committee on foreign re-
.ations, and on March o was again re-
ported 90 the senate, since which time
t has been under discussion. Neither
In committee nor by the senate was the
treaty amended, and it was ratified as
first negotiated.