The Forrest City times., 1904-02-26
THE PANAMA CANAL
 TREATY RATIFIED
Passed the Senate Without Amend
 ment By Vote of 66 to IA.
TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE
Everything Is Ready For the speedy ConsumRtion Of the Treaty nnd Preparations Have Been
 Mnde For Actual Work

Washington. Feb 2l-Thp Tinted States senate Tuesday ratified with out amendment. the treaty with Pan- | anna for canal across the isthmus of that name by vote of GG to IA The result was a foregone conclusion. the interest in the matter being only in the division of the vote on the demo- cratic side. which was not known defl- nitely until the roll was called, all the republicans being for ratification
 Fourteen democrats voted for ratif- cation and | against. Two democrats. Clark, of Montana, and Stone Of Ms souri, were paired in favor of the treaty, and three democrats. Oyerman, McLaurin and Martin, were paired against it, SO in ne total vote 16 dem- ocratS were for the treaty and IT against it. The only other vote was on the amendment offered by Senator l Bacon providing for an arrangement 1 to compensate Colombia for loss of the i territory of Panama This was reject i cd by vote of 24 to 49 IL was a party l vote on the affirmative side, and aso on the negative side with the exception 1 of Mir Robson and Mr McEnerny. democrats, who voted with the repub-
 icans Four democrats were absent when this vote was taken, and no pairs were announced for them. Some re- publicans also were absent on this vote.
 Senator CaIlom Commended.
 Senators generally commend the management Of the treaty by Senator ] Cullom. chairman of the committee ol 1 foreign relations. who has had charge l of the measure during both the plain and stormy sailing. The vote was talk en much earlier than was anticipated at first when it's opponents were rigCr- ously 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 secert papers which were sent to the senate by the president, Senator Morgan made a set speech, which occupied the greater part of the time Senator Culberson made comments on the secret core spOndence. and asserted that it showed that the reasonable time referred to in the Spooner act was known to have expired, both for negotiating the Hay Rerran treaty and it's ratification. Sen ator CulbersOn read latter addressed to Dr. Albert Shaw by the president, dated October 10 1903, in which the president said he saw no hope for any negotiation with Colombia and that he would be delighted should a revolution occur on the isthmus
 The Exchange of Notifications. Everything is ready for the sp,edy consummation of the Panama canal treaty, and both the war and state de- partments have made preparations for the next step. the former by the dis patch of troops to the isthmus and the latter by the completion of ar engagements for the exchange of rati- ications of the treaty, which must take place in Washington. There is no req son why this ceremony should not oc cur within the next 4S hours. NJ. Blu nau-V Varilla, the minister from Pana- ma. was at the state department Tues day in relation to this matter, and very soon after he has made the exchange of treaties will lay down his mission. according to notice he has already giy- cn. His successor as minister here will be Pablo Arosemena. the present head of the constitutional convention and father of the secretary of the Panama legation here. Mir. Arosemena Is de- 6cr.bed as a lawyer of ability and a man of means
 To Bcg;n actual Work.
 The administration intends to press the canal project by all property meth- eds As a cabinet officer expressed it, the next step after the appointment of the commission will be ito scratch dirt" and already such members of the commission as are assured of their places. like Admiral Walker and Mai Gen. Davis. have been giving some at tenticn to the provision of the clerical force and the engagement of engineer ing talent to conduct the actual work of canal digging.
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