Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-24
58TH CONGRESS.
Canal Treaty Ratified, &c to
"a, by Senate.
House Turns Down Amendments to the
Naval Appropriation Bill.
Only One, for chariestown Yard,
Adopted, Yesterday.

Washington, Feb. 23.-The United
States Senate, today, ratified without
amendment the treaty with Panama
for 4 canal across the isthmus of Pam
anna. by vote of &C to II. The result
was Il foregone conclusion, the interest
in the matter being only in the di-
vision OF the vote on the Democratic
side, which was not known definitely
until the roll was called, all the Re-
publicanS being for ratification.
Fourteen Democrats voted for rati-
faction and IA against. Two Demo-
Gratis. Clark Of Montana. and Stone of
Missouri, were paired in favor of the
treaty. and three Democrats, Overman,
McLaurin and Martin, were paired
against it, so in the total vote 1G Demo-
Gratis We're for the treaty and II against
it. The Democrats who were present
and voted for the treaty We're: Bacon,
Berry, Clark of Arkansas, Clay. Cock
rell, Foster of Louisiana. Gibson, Lati-
mer McCreary. McEnery, Mallory.
Money, Simmons and TaliaferIo.
The only other vote was on the
amendment offered by Senator Bacon,
providing for an arrangement to COM
pensate Colombia for loss of the terri
tory of Panama. This was rejected by
a vote of "a to 40. 1t was parry vote
on the affirmative side and also on the
negative side, with the exception of
Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. McEnery, Demo-
Gratis, who voted with the Republicans.
Four Democrats We're absent When this
vote was taken, and no pairs were an
nounced for them. Some Republicans
also were absent on this vote
Senators generally commend the
management of the treaty by Senator
CullOm, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, who has had charge
of the measure during both the plain
and tie stormy sailing. The debate in
executive session was generally on the
merits of the treaty, with reference to
the secret papers which We're sent to
the Senate by the President. Senator
Morgan made a set speech which occu-
pied the greater part of the time. Sen
ator CulberSOn made comments on the
secret correspondence and asserted that
it showed that the reasonable time"
referred to in the Spooner act was
known to have expired. both for nego-
tiating the Hay-Herran treaty and its
ratification.
Senator CulbersOn also read from a
letter addressed to Albert Shaw, by
the President. dated Oct. 10. 1908, in
which the President said he saw no
hope for any negotiation with Colombia
an that he would be delighted should
a revolution occur on the isthmus.
After the vote on the treaty,
agricultural appropriation bill. More
than two hours was consumed
in the discussion of an amend
ment making an appropriation for
the experiments in stock feeding
against which a point of order was
made by Lodge. The point was finally
withdrawn and the amendment adopt
ed, but not until Rule 16" had made
its annual inroads into the valuable
time of the Senate. The agricultural
bill remains the unfinished business.
The vote of the treaty ratification bill
was as follows:
YEAS:-Aldrich. Alger. Alice. Allison
idge. Bnrnham. Burrows. Clapp. Clark
CVyomingl. Clarke tArkansas). Clay.
G oek. Cnllcm: Depew. Dietrich. Dill
IoIiNSI lITyueIl, ELIkluS, fa1r-
banks. Foraker. Foster Louisiana), Frye,
Fulton. Gallinger. Gamble. Gibson. Hale
HansbrouGh. Hevburn. Hoar Hopkins
Kean, Eearns kittredge. Latimer. Lodge
Long, McComas. McCreary. McCumber,
McEnery. Mallory, Willard. Mitchell
Money. Nelson. Penrose. Perkins. PIatt
(ConnecticuD. Plat New York;. Proctor
Quarles. Scott. Simmons. Smoot. Spooner,
Stewart. Taliaferro. Warren, Wetmorc-
&C.
NAYS:-Bailey. Bate. Blackburn. Car
mack, Culberson. Daniel. Dubois. German
Morgan, Newlands. Patterson, Pettrs,
Teller. Tillman-14.
The pairs on the ratification were:
Quay and Clark (Montana) with Over
man; Foster Washington and Hawley
with McLaurin; Burton and Stone with
Martin.
The pairs were two to one as q two
thirds vote is necessary to ratify n trea-
ty.