The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-18
OnIy Five Senators Voted Against the Measure While SeVenty-
 three Were for t
MORGAN SAYS MEMBERS
 BLINDLY FOLLOW MR, HAY
Every Amendment Is Voted Down and Not Even a Change In Punctuation Is Made In the Instrument.
 Will Adjourn Today.

Washington, March 17-without dotting an fl" or crossing "t" even without changing a single punctuation mark. the senate today voted to ratify the treaty with the republic of Colombia for the construction of an isthmian canal. The vote for ratification was 7s in the af- firmative to in the negative. The senate was in executive session when the result was announced. that only the senators themselves and few confidential em- 1 ployes were present. All the senators an- nounced themselves gratihed to hava the long struggle terminated, but none of them manifested their appreciation by cheers or handclapping. On the contrary, all of them seemed more concerned about getting away from the chamber than any thing else, so that by the time the senate could adjourn, which it did almost im- mediatey after the result was announced, most of the senators left their seats. and some of them had donned their hats and overcoats
 The day was given up almost entirely to general debate on the treaty, and in addl-
 
 general agreement by snators Morgan and 1 Cullom thre were many short addresses and rather long speech by Senator Daniel of Virginia The only party vote of the day was taken on the substitute for article 4. which was agreed upon by the democratic caucus and had reference to tho acquisition of territory in Central and South America by the United States, ] There were number of speeches on this amendment, but 1t was voted down by an almost two-thirds majority, the ballot footing up 51 ayes to 27 noes. When the senate adjourned at o'clock there was a general belief that the business of the ses- sion might be completed in time to permit final adjournment tomorrow. Some, how i ever. placed the date uwenry-rour hours l later.
 Executive Session Agreed On. l No sooner had the senate met than an executive session was agreed upon. Im- i mediately after the doors were closed, the l Panama canal treaty was laid before the i senate. There was again a good attend l snce of senators in anticipation of the l final vote on the treaty. The proceedings l opened with speech by Senator Morgan, devoted especially to the question of the defense of the canal. He criticized sharp | ly the action of the senate in refusing to | so amend the treaty as to insure Amer l ican control.
 1 When MT. Morgan concluded, Senator 1 Money offered a substitute for the fourth article of the treaty, which disavows any intention on the part of the United States l to increase It's territory at the expense of South or Central America. The sub l stitute offered by MT. Money was agreed on by the democratic caucus, and with | out mentioning South or Central America | foa ha Af,aa .4- non-interference with the affairs of all the American republics with the view of reassuring Mexico on that point and pledges this country to attempt no ac. quisition of Colombian territory. This is one of the two amendments on which ths democrats agreed to act as a unit | Speeches were made in support of the , Money amendment by Senators Bacon, Teller, Daniel, Morgan Bailey and others. l They contended for n impartial recoeui- l ton of all American republics, urgina that under the language of the fourth | article of the treaty. Mexico would bs | left as the only American republic to l which the avowal of -encroachrnent could be held as non-applieable. Senators | Spooner and Hoar replied. eontending that there was practically no difference be. tween the language of the amendment and that of the article as 1t stands
 Senator Moneys amendment was de.
 
 Wanted Congress to Ratify It.
 Senator Daniel then offered an amend ment providing that the treaty should not take effect until 1t had been approved l by the congress.
 Mir Daniel spoke in advocacy Of this provision.
 The fact soon developed that Senator l Daniel had offered his amendment for the purpose of making a general speech upon the treaty, and when the fifteen minutes allowed to him for his speech l on his own amendment had expired ana the amendment was voted down, Senator | Morgan presented four or five amend- ments, each of which in turn was de- fested, but upon which Senator Daniel l continued to speak. All told, he spoke for about an hour. His speech was an ! arraignment of the republican policy in ! pressing the treaty with what he assert ed was undue haste. He referred to the enormous expenditure that would be re- /. quired to construct the canal and charged l recklessness in rushing into such an en- 1 terprise, as he declared was being done. After Senator Daniel had closed several other sena tors on both sides of the cham Der addressed the senate in fifteen-minute speeches for and against the treaty.
 Among those who spoke against 1t was Senator Morgan, who devoted himself l especially to the question of the necessity for adequate defense of the canal. which he said could be assured only by the United States.
 | He asserted that senators were not l thinking for themselves. but were fol- lowing bindly in the lead of the secre- tary of state. Indeed, he said senators were practically surrendering their own 1 offices in order to maintain a reputation for party allegiance
 Senator PIatt Satisfied.
 Senator Platt of Connecticut was among the speakers. He was one of the very few 1 senators, If not the only senator, to an- | nounce his entire satisfaction with the treaty. He referred to the fact that a number of republican senators had said
 fconslnued on Second Paoel