Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
EXTRA SESSION ENDS.
SENATE RATIFiEs CUBAN !. REcl.
PRoclTY TREATY AND AD.
+ JoURNs SINE DIE.
On Final Vote Fifty Senators Favor
the Convention and Sixteen Oppose
1t, Two-thirds Vote Being Neces-
sary-AIl Committee Amendments
Adopted Before Final Action Is
Taken on the Treaty.

Taken on the Treaty.
Washington, March 20.-After ratl-
flying the Cuban reciprocity treaty the
senate adjourned sine die at 1925.
Practically the entire day was spent
behind closed doors in executive ses-
sion. Most of the time was devoted
to consideration of the Cuban treaty.
Several speeches were made in oppo-
sition to the treaty and one in favor of
it and then promptly at the hour
agreed on, 3 o'clock, voting began.
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 adopt
ed by ballot of so to 16, somewhat
more than three-fourths vote, where
as only two-thirds vote was neces-
sary to secure a ratification.
The committee on foreign relations
announced through Senator Cullom, it's
chairman, the acceptance of two
amendments in addition to those al
ready recommended by the. commit
tee. The first of these was the amend
ment increasing the rate of reduction
on -four, corn meal and corn imported
into Cuba from the United States. AS
offered it provided for a reduction of
40. per cent; but the committee modi-
fed the amendment so as to provide
for a reduction of 80 per cent. The
other amendment adopted by the COM
mittee was suggested by Senator Ba-
fynS 1,nifnr.,, valuation, Of
80 per cent on American cotton goods
imported into Cuba. The only aye
and no vote taken On the committee
amendments was on the amendment
agreed to by the committee at the in
stance of the beet sugar Republican
senators providing against further
imported into the United Sta ties for
the next five years, or while the treaty
remains in force.
Amendments Adopted.
A division was called for on this
amendment and it was sustained by
4 majority of % votes. the vote being
A for the amendment, % against it.
The other committee amendments, in
Guiding those accepted during the day,
and the amendment making the ap-
prevail of the entire congress necessary
to render the treaty effective, were
adopted. After the committee amend
ments had been accepted, Democrats
offered a number of amendments, but
they were all voted down by a strict
party vote.
After Senator Newlands withdrew
his amendment authorizing the United
States to issue an invitation to Cuba
to enter the union and become state
thereof, the motion for ratifying then
came up, offered by Senator Cullom,
and prevailed, so to 16.
When the result had been footed up,
the figures were announced from the
chair and the presiding officer stated
as the treaty had received the neces-
sary two-thirds vote it had been rati-
fed.
Senators Allison and Cockrell were
appointed committees to wait on the
president and to notify him that if he
. had no further communications to
make, the senate was ready to adj
journ.
When Senators Allison and Cock
rell returned from the White House
Senator Allison announced as the re-
,, suit of their mission. that the presi-
dent had no further communication
to make to the senate. He thereupon
moved the final adjournment of the
senate and this motion prevailed with
out division.
In the open sessions of the senate
but very little legislative business