The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-20
Cuban Treaty Ratified and
Extra Session Ends.
CONGRESS MUST CONCUR
rhis Amendment Was Made q Part Q
the Convention--Some Discussion (
over Making Speeches on the
CanaI Treaty Public.
~ Aasnniaind prcss.l

n y
- In t,mo vas devoted to consideration
:, +he cuban treaty Several specches
we're made in opposition to the treaty
and one in favor of it, and then, promptiS
~ the hour agreed, o'clock, voting Pc
nan. Roll-calls were had on NUMBER
oF amendments. and the treaty itseit
1.as made the subject Of an aye ana no
vote Tho motion to ratify was adopted
I ~ a ballot OF 80 to 16, somewhat more
than n three fourths vote, whereas only
. two-thrds vote was necessary 70 Sc
cure q ratification The detailed vote
followsi f8 .u,ua
BAnteny. Bacon, Ball, Beyerldge, Black
h,,rn. Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Clark
of wyoming, Cockrell Cullom, Denew.
SDietrich. Dollivcr, Dryden. Elkins, falr-
banks. FORAKER, Foster OF WASHINGTON
FRYE, Fulton. Gallinger, Gamble, Cor
man, Hanna, Hansbrough, Heyourn'
Hopkins, Kean, LAatimer, Lodge, Long,
McComas, McCreary, McCumber, Nelson
oyerman, Penrose. Perkins. simmons
smoot. spooner, Stewart, Stone war
rem, Wetmore-50.
r,ack. Clark OF Montana, Daniel, Foster
1of Louisiana, McEnery, Mallory, Martin,
Money, Morgan, Newlands, Pettus, Talia-
ferro-16. IL 81 ii5i 4
4 In making the pairs two Senators were
paired for the treaty, with one against
1t. The pair list was as follows:
s. Kcrns and Hale with Gibson; Willard
ana Proctor with Clark OF Arkansas;
Scott and Quay with AToLaurin; Dill!ng-
ham and Clapp with Tillman; Ktttr!dge
and Platt Of New York with Patterson;
Piatt Of Connecticut and sawtey with
Teller: Mitchell and Clay with Dubois;
FQuarles with Culberson.
Mr.. Hoar was absent and impaired.
SET SPEECH.
" Immediately after the doors were closed,
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 his speech was
an appeal for the protection Of the Amer me |
lean sugar producing industry. He spoke
especially for the cane sugar interests
of Louisiana, but said that while the
sugar interest was of paramount impor-
ftsnce in his own State on account of the
cane produced there, the beet sugar In
dlstry had grown to such proportions
~ that many other portions of the Union
also were coming to have pronounced
Interest In the making OF sugar. He drew
a graphic picture Of present conditions
I'm Louisiana, and said that II the treaty
should be ratified the result was liable
to be very disastrous to many Of his con-
stituents. He appealed to Senators from
K North and South alike to refrain from
inflictlng this hardship upon his people,
Mr.. Foster also made the point that there
was nothing to prevent the introdu elton
Sof Chinese coolie labor into Cuba. and
said that If such labor should be intro
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with 1t. 55 5.l IF
FAVORED TREATY. 53E
& Other speeches IL oppociton to the trea-
Gty were made by Senators Perry and Car
mack, while Senator Sispr. ons. Of North
y Carolina, spoke in support Of 1t. Senator
Berry based his opposition to the agree
nlent on the amendment offered by the
Committee on Foreign Relations. provid-
Ing against any further reduction by trea-
4ty OF the duty on sugar while the treaty
remains in forge. Senator Carmack OPP
posed the treaty on. general principles,
4 declaring that 1t was contrary to our
theory of government. #.&
Senator Simmons was the only Democrat
4 who made a speech In advocacy Of the
IRA LITIGATION Of the treaty. He replied at
some length to the speech Of Senator
means Of promoting friendly relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba. He
q said that he spoke for the United States,
and not for Cuba. declaring he did not
accept the theory that the United States
is under any obligations to Cuba, saying
4 that he thought that we had done all
for tho Cubans that any one nation could
be expected to do for another
y But he believed that with the ratifcn-
ton Of this treaty Cuba's prosperity would
4 be materially enhanced and that on ac-
II count of the improved feeling on the part
OF the Cubans towards this country our
expectations TO Cuba. which now amount
20 about S2S00,000 annually, soon would
oe doubled.
He said he refused to accept tho theory
that the American sugar producing in
dustry would be injured by adopting the
reciprocal relations proposed by the trca-
ty, and commended that the only advan.
tage Cuba would have over the United
States In the production of sugar would
be found In the fact that the Cuban sol
Is somewhat better adapted to that In
dustry than Is ours. Even after the re
duction proposed, the duty on Cuban su
gar, he said, would amount to sixty-fou
per cent, ad yalorem, and he said tina
that rate OF duty would be sufficient I
maintain the industry In the Unite
y States.
VOTING BEGAN.
On the conclusion of Mr., Simmons
Z speech voting began The Committee o
Foreign Relations announced throug
Senator Cullom its chairman. the accept
nnce Of two amendments In addition
those already recommended by the com
nittee. The first of these was the amend
l,ent increasing the rate of reduction O
Enur, cornmcnl and corn imported int
& cuba from the United States to thirt
ger cent, The other amendment adopte
AZ by the committee was suggested by Ser
,tor Bacon, and fixed the uniform redut
hon Of thirty per cent. on American col
II ION goods imported into Cuba.
The only aye and nor vote taken on tn
committee amendments was on the amend
uent adopted some time ago by the con
4 mittee at the instance OF the beet suga
Republican Senators. providing again.
further treaty reduction of the duty @
sugar imported into the United STATE
IL for the next five years or while the trea,
remains In force. A division was Gale
for on this amendment. and II was SUI
tained by majority of twenty-five vote
4 the vote being forty-fpur for the amen
8 nent and twenty-five against It. the ne
tive votes being cast by Democrats. TT
,ther committee amendments. includil
hose accepted to-day and the amen
inent making the approval of the emil
Congress necessary to render the trea
Effective, then were adopted.