Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-18
18TH CONGRESS.
Senate Ratifes the Panama
Canal Treaty, 70 to 5.
Senator Morgan's Amendments Pre-
scented in Bunch and Rejected.
Senate Will Probably Dispose of Cuban
Treaty, Today.

Washington March 1.-THE Senate
| met at II O'Clock and went into eX-
ecutive session as soon as the journal
was read and approved.
Immediately after the doors We're
closed the Panama treaty was laid be-
fore the Senate. There was good at
tendance of senators in anticipation OF
the final vote on the treaty The pro-
ceedings opened with a speech by Sena-
tor Morgan, devoted especially to the
question of the defense of the canal
He criticised sharply the action of the
Senate IN refusing, Monday, to so
amend the treaty as to insure Ameri-
can control
When Morgan concluded Senator
Money offered a substitute for the
fourth article of the treaty. which dis
| avows any intention on the part of the
United States to increase its territory
| at the expense of South or Central
America. The substitute offered by
Senator Money was agreed on by the
Democratic caucus and without mem
| tioning South or Central American, it
reiterates the American doctrine of
non-interference with all affairs of all
| the American republics, with the view
of reasSuring Mexico on that point, and
pledges this country to attempt no ac.
QUESTION of Colombian territory.
Speeches were made in support of the
Money amendment by Senators Bacon.
Teller, Daniel, Morgan, Bailey and
others. They contended for an impair
tfal recognition of all American repub-
lies. urging that under the language of
the fourth article of the treaty, Mexico
would be left as the only American re-
public to which the avowal of nom m
croachment could be held as nom appli-
cable. Senators SDooner and Hoar re-
piled. contending that there was prac-
tically no difference between the
language of the amendment and that
of the article as it stands
Senator Moneys amendment was de-
feated. 80 to p, strict party vote.
Senator Daniel then offered an
amendment providing that the treaty
should not take effect until it had been
approved by Congress. Daniel spoke
in advocacy of this provision.
The fact soon developed that Senator
Daniel had offered his amendment for
the purpose of making a general speech
upon the treaty. When the amendment
was voted down, Senator Morgan pre-
scented four or five of his amendments.
Each in turn was defeated but upon all
of them Senator Daniel spoke. His
speech was an arragnment of the Re-
publican policy in pressing the treaty
with what he asserted was undue haste
He referred to the enormous eXpendi-
ture that would be required to con-
struct the canal and charged reckless
ness in rushing into such an enterprise.
After Senator Daniel had closed sew
eral other senators on both sides of the
chamber addressed the Senate in Is
minute speeches for and against the
treaty.
senator Platt, Conn.,. was among the
speakers. He was one of the very few
senators to announce his entire salts
faction with the treaty. He declared
that he considered the treaty the best
that could have been made.
When, at 4.25 p. NJ. it became an
parent that the 15-minute speeches had
been concluded, Senator Morgan sur
prlsed the Senate by refraining from
presenting any more individual amend
ments and by presenting all of the so
which he had prepared in one block.
submitting them with the portion of
the text of the treaty which he had
rot changed as substitute for the
whole agreement. He did not demand
roll call and the substitute was voted
down, viva voca, almost unanimously.
1t was few minutes past o'clock.
when Senator Morgan took the floor to
make the last of his long series of
speeches in oppositin to the treaty In
accordance with the unanimous agree.
ment, he spoke for an hour, and in Or
der to contine himself to the time and
to make the points he desired to make,
he had prepared his speech in advance.
He stopped short at the expiration of
his allotted time. whereupon Senator
Cullom, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations. took the floor to reply.
He also read his speech from manu-
script, presenting a carefully prepared
and business-like summary of the rea-
sons for ratifying the treaty and for
constructing the canal.
When Senator Cullom had concluded
the question as to whether the treaty
should be ratified was promptly put
Continued on page g.