The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-26
CANAL TREATY
IS RATIFIED
ey an Overwhelming Vote the
Senate Passes Pact With
Panama Republic.
NEARLY ALL PRESENT
Vote on the Treaty Bill Was Taken
Much Earlier Than Anticipated
No Reason for Delay in Elk
change of Notifications.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The United
States senate ratified without amend
ment the treaty with Panama for a
canal across the isthmus Of that name
by a vote of &C to IA. The result was a
foregone conclusion, the interest in the
matter being only in the division OF the
vote on the democratic side, which was
not known definitely until the roll was
called. all the republicans being for rat
lhcation.
Fourteen democrats voted for ratif-
tation and fourteen against. Two dem
tcrats, 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 sixteen
democrats were for the treaty and
~teventeen against 1t. The democrats
who We're present and voted for the
treaty we're:
Bacon, Berry, Clark of Arkansas,
Clay, Cockrell, Foster Of Louisiana,
Eibson, Lattimer, McCreary, McEnery,
Mallory, Money, Simmons and Taliafer-
TO.
h only other vote was on the
amendment offered by Senator Bacon,
providing for IN arrangement to COM
pensate Colombia for loss of the ter
fitory of Panama. This was rejected
by a vote Of "a to 40. 1t was a party
vote on the affirmative side and also
on the negative side, with the excep-
lion of Senators Gibson and McEnery.
democrats. who voted with the repub-
leans. -Four democrats were absent
when this vote "a taken, and no pairs
were announced for them. Some re-
publlcans also were absent on this vote.
Senators generally commend the
management of the treaty by Senator
chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, who had charge of
The measure during both the plain and
stormy sailing. The vote was taken
much earlier than was anticipated at
first, when it's opponents We're vigor-
Dusly trying to secure enough votes to
prevent ratification.
The debate In executive session was
generally on the merits of the treaty
with reference to the secret papers
were sent to the senate by the
president.
Senator Morgan made a set speech
occupied the greater part of the
time. Senator Culberson made COM
ments on the secret correspondence,
and asserted that it showed that the
time" referred to in the
Spooner act was known to have ex-
pired, both for negotiating the Hay
treaty and it's ratification. SEN
ator Culberson read from a letter adj
dressed to DR.. Albert Shaw by the
president, dated October 10, 1908, in
which the president said he saw no
for any negotiation with Colon
bia, and hat he would be delighted
should a revolution occur on the 18TH
mus.
How the Vote Stood.
The vote on the ratification of the
treaty was as follows:
Yea-Aldrich, Alger, Alice, Allison, An
keny. Bacon, Ball. Bard. Btrry. Beveridge,
Burnham, Burrows. Clapp, Clark of Wyo-
ming, Clarke of Arkansas. Clay, Cockrell,
Cullom, Depew, Dietrich, Dillingham;, Dol
liver, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster of Louisiana, Frye, Fulton, Gal
Gamble, Gibson. Hale, Hans
brough, Hepburn, Hoar, Hopkins, Kean.
Kearns, Kittredge, Lattimer. Lodge, Long,
Emery. Mallory. Millarld. Mitchell, Money,
Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Platt of Con-
Quarles, Scott. Simmons, Smoot, Spooner,
Stewart. Taliaferro, Warren, Wetmore-6S.
Nay-Bailey, Bate, Blackburn, Carmack,
Culberson, Daniel. Dubois, German, Nor
gan, Newlands, Patterson, Pettus, Teller,
TIllman-14. ,,ZI
The pairs on.the ratification were:
Quay and Clark Of Montana, with Over
man: Foster of Washington. and Hawley