The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
CUBAN TREATY
 IS RATIFIED Senate Concludes Its Extra
 Session. BIC MAJORITY IS SCORED The Vote on the Compact Is
 so to 16. German Comes to the Front and Ef- fects Compromise in controv- ersy Over Making Public
 Speeches on Canal.
BIC MAJORITY IS SCORED

Washington. March 1s-After ratifying the Cuban reciprocity treaty. the Senate adjourned sine die today at fifteen minutes past 5 o'clock.
 Practically the entire day was spent be- hind closed doors in executive session. Most of the time was devoted to con- sideration of the Cuban treaty. Several speeches were made in opposition to the treaty and in favor of 1t and then promptly at the agreed hour, 8 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 rattfy was adopted by a ballot of 50 to Is, somewhat more than a three-fourths vote. whereas only two- thirds vote was necessary to secure a ratification.
 Immediately after the dors were closed, a few minutes after Il o'clock. Senator Foster of Louisiana took the floor in order to make a set speech in opposition to the treaty. He spoke for about two hours and a half His address had been prepared carefully and on it's conclusion MT. Foster very generally was compli- mented on his manner of presenting the opposition view of the treaty.
 Appeal for Sugar Industry.
 In the main, his peech was an appeal for the protection of the American sugar producing industry. He spoke especially for the cane sugar interests of Louisiana, but said that while the sugar interests were of paramount importance in his own State on account of the cane pro- duced there the sugar industry had grown to such proportions that many other portions of the Union were becom- Ing to have a pronounced interest In the making of sugar. He drew graphic picture of present conditions in Louisiana and said that if the treaty should be ratified. the result was liable to be very Aisastrous to many other constituents. He appealed to Senators from North ana South alike to refrain from innicung ths hardship on his people.
 MT Foster also made the point that tbere was nothing to prevent the intro duction of Chinese coolie labor lnto ouoa and said that if such labor should De ln- troduced, American 4apor eou4U ifoN N- pete with 1t.
 Other speeches in opposition to the +reatv were made by Senators Berry and Carnack. while Senator Simmons Of North Carolina spoke in support or It.
 Senator Berry based his opposition to Ehe agreement on the amendment onereo hv the Committee on Foreign Relations ,vovid,np against any further reduction Sv treaty of the duty on sugar while the treaty remains in force.
 Senator Carmack opposed the treaty m general principles, declaring that II was contrary to our theory or govern knent.
 Simmons Supports Treaty.
 senator Simmons was the only Demo- rrat who made a speech in advocacy oI .be ratiAcation of the treaty. He replied ot some length to the speech or senator Toster declaring for the treaty as a .naans of promoting friendly relations be- eu,aen the United States and Cuba lie -oid that he spoke for the United states and not for Cuba He declared ne oio not accept the theory that the Onlteo states is under any obligations to CuDa' saving that we had done all TOT the Cubans that any one naeion oouo | exnected to do for another. But ne pe- ,ia,,ed hv the ratification of this treaty Cyha's nrosperity would be materially en- Sonced and on account of the improved feeling on the part of the Cuoans to"aiu this country, our exportatlons .oo so ooo onn which now amount 10 aoouI $-"'V'N'N'' would soon be douoleu. ua refused to accept the theory tha' .na American sugar industry "ouiu oe snt,rad hv adopting the reciprocal agree nent and contended the only advantage C,1ho xvould have over the Unlteo StateS sn the production of sugar -" found in the fact that the Cuoan 9ot ia somewhat better adapted to 'A"' HI dustry than Is ours. e,,v,ovs,. On the conclusion Of MT 0iiiiin'' speech, voting began o,o.ior, The Committee on Foreign he4d'i"i,' a announeed. through Senator CulloIn' ls' chairman. the acceptance of two aiiienu ments in addition to those already recolh mended by the Committee.
 Reduction on Cereals.
 The first of these was the amendmeh Increasing the rate of reduction on nou' rornmeal and corn imported Into Cuo' from the United States
 senator Nelson spoke yesterday In sup ,ort of an amendment along these lines md Senator Burton perfected the amend nent. The Committee modified tn amendment so as to provide for reduc 1on of 30 per cent. The other amend nent adopted by the Committee was sug ueted by Senator Bacon and fixed uni firm, reduction of 30 per cent on Ameri on cotton goods imported into Cuba
 The only aye and no vote taken on tn Committee amendments was on tn onardrnent adopted some time ago b &[o Committee at the instance of tn Sa.t sugar Republican Senators provid tny against further treaty reduction c tre duty on sugar imported into the Uni ta states for the next five years, c wiile the treaty remains in force. division was called on this amendmer nn1 it was sustained by majority C twrnty-two votes, the vote being forty fo,r for the amendment and twenty-tw aginst fl. the negative votes being cas bV Democrats.
 The other Committee amendments ir cluling those accepted today and tn amndment making thS approval of tn entire Congress necessary to render tn treav effective, then were adopted.
 Aner the Committee amendments wer accepted, the Democrats offered numoe of amendments but they were all vote dOwl by a strict party vote. One of thea