The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-29
TREATY is APPROVED
CUBAN SENATE ADOPTS 1T WITH
OUT A CHANGE.
VOTE ON MEASURE IL TO 9
FINAL ACTION BY THE SENATE
WAS LONG DELAYED.

Questionable Time Limit Over
Which Majority of the Foreign
Relations Committee Demurred
Dispensed with Through secre-
tary Hays Cabfegrnm That
Special Session of the United
States Congress VIII BE HeId-san-
gully Fears Annexation.
Havana, March 2S.-The treaty of
reciprocity between Cuba and the
United States, as amended by the Sem
ate of the United States, was approx
ed at o'clock tonight in the Cuban
Senate by vote of II to 9. This ap-
prevail is absolute, and is not hampered
by any conditions, the questionable
time limit amendment having been dis
pensed with through the receipt of the
cable message from Secretary Hay, in
which it was positively declared that
President Roosevelt would call a spe-
cial session of Congress prior to Dec. 1.
The purport of this assurance was
transmitted to the Senate by President
Palma and read at the beginning of the
session, an understanding having been
reached previously with Senators Bus
tamente, Capote and DOLE, composing
the majority of the Foreign Relations
Committee, that the objectional con-
dition in the report be eliminated. This
was done by the Offering of amend
ments by other administration sena-
tors, substituting the unconditional
adoption of the amendments to the
treaty by the American Senate for the
qualified acceptance contained in the
original report.
Was Long Delayed.
Final action was delayed for a long
time by the discussion of an amend
ment offered by Senators Sanguilly,
Tamayo and Recio, requiring the House
to pass upon the treaty. This was
voted down. 5 TO 10.
An amendment to order a substitute
for the committees report was then
offered by Senators Frias. Monteagudo
and Betancourt. This approved and
ratified all the amendments of the
Senate at Washington and recommend
ed that the Cuban executive take ac-
ton conducive to obtaining effective
reciprocity as soon as possible. To
this substitute report was added the
following:
This recommendation must not be
taken as an amendment to or a modi-
fication of the treaty"
Senators Bustamente, Capote and
Dolz announced their acceptance of the
substitute report, while Senator Zayas
and a committee argued against it. The
contention of the last named was the
uncertainty as to the action of the
American Congress.
Arguments of SanEuiIIy.
Senator Sanguilly, in a long and Inn
FASHIONED speech against the ratifica-
ton of the treaty, impressively pic
tured the gradual absorption of Cuba
by the United States, in which he said
the present action was one step. He
argued that 1t was disgraceful for
Cuba to be a party to such a scheme.
Senator Bustamente, in a brief an able
final speech, cited various incidents of
history to show that neither weak or
wicked nations make commercial
treaties, and predicted with certainty
the results in this case.
The vote was taken separately on
each section of the substitute report.
The vote on the unconditional rati-
fication of the treaty was II to 8;
on the recommendation to the execu-
tive it was IL to 9.
The present session of the Senate
then adjourned. The ratifications will
be exchanged by cable.
United States Minister Squires said
this evening to the representative of
the Associated Press:
THE ratification of the treaty with
out amendment is due almost entirely
to assurance given by President
Roosevelt that he will call an extra
session of Congress before Dec. 1. This
action of the President will be ap-
preciated and accepted by the Cuban
government and people as another evil
dence of sincere friendship and inter-
est on the part of a man in whom they
have ever had urbounded faith and
confidence"