The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-26
CANAL TREATY
IS RATIFIED
BY 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

mo reason for Delay IN Gx-
change of Notifications.
Washington, Feb. 25.-The United
States enate ratified without amend
ment the treaty with Panama for a
canal across the isthmus of that name
by a vote Of 66 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
idcation.
Fourteen democrats voted for ratif-
cation n fourteen against. Wv dem
pcrats, Clark of Montana, and Stone Of
Missouri. We're paired in favor of the
lreaty, and three democrats, Overman,
thcLaurin n Martin, were paired
Igainst 1t, so in the total vote sixteen
democrats were for the treaty and
teventeen against 1t. The democrats
who were present and voted for the
treaty We're:
Bacon, Berry, Clark OF Arkansas,
Clay, Cockrell, Foster of Louisiana,
Gibson, Lattimer. McCreary, McEnery,
Mallory, Money, Simmons and Taltafer-
TO.
The only other vote was on the
amendment offered by Senator Bacon.
providing for an 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
pm the negative side, with the excep-
ton of Senator's Gibson and McEnery.
democrats, who voted with the repub-
tCAnN. hn11rf fo1n0erofS uara ohcorf
when this vote was taken, and no pairs
were announced for them. Some re-
publicans 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 had charge of
the measure during both the plain and
stormy sailing. The vote was taken
much earlier than was anticipated at
first, when its opponents were vigor-
Ously trying to ecure enough votes to
prevent ratification.
The debate in executive session was
generally OF the merits of the treaty
with reference to the secret papers
which were sen to the senate by the
president.
Senator Morgan made a set speech
which occupied the greater part of the
time. Senator Culberson made COM
ments or the secret correspondence,
md asserted that 1T showed that the
reasonable time" referred to in the
Spooner act was known to have ex-
pired, both for negotiating the Hay
Herran treaty and it's ratification. Sen
ator Culberson read from a letter adj
to DR.. Albert Shaw by the
president, dated October 10, 1908, ii,
which the president said he saw no
hope for n negotiation with Colom-
bia, and that he would be delighted
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mus.
How the Vote Stood.
The vote on the ratification of the
treaty was as follows:
YeazAldrich, Alger. Allee. Allison, An
keny, Bacon, Ball, Bard, bsrry. Beyeridge.
ming, Clarke of Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell,
Cullcm, Depew, Dietrich, dillingham;, Dol
liver, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker.
|i4ssT. e aa nSaisia1 aIIba rGye' H Ea'son, H sas-
brough, Hepburn, Hoar, Hopkins, Kean.
k5eaMrns, KittIedge, Lattimer; Lodge, Long.
Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Plat Of Con.
9uarles, Scott, Simmons. smoot, spooner,
Nay-Bailey, Bate, Blackburn, Carmack,
Culberson, Daniel, Dubois, German, Nor
gan, Newlands, Patterson, Pettus, Teller,
~Tlllman-14.
The pairs onethe ratification were:
Quay and Clark OF Montana. with Over
man; Foster of Washington, and Hawley
with McLaurin; Burton and Stone with
Martin.
The pairs were two to one, as a two
thirds vote is necessary to ratify a
treaty.
The vote rejecting the Bacon amend
ment was "a to 40, as follows:
Yea-Bacon, Bailey. Bate, Berry. Black
burn. Carmack, Clarke of Arkansas, Clay,
Cockrell, Dubois, Foster of Louisiana,
German, Latimer, McCreary, Mallory.
Money, Morgan, Newlands, Patterson,
Pettus, Simmons, Taliaferro. Teller. TILL
Nay-Alger. Alice, Allison, Ankeny.
BAH. Bard, gsyeridge, Durham Bar
Dietrich, Dillingham;, Dolliver. Dryden,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Full
ton, G%allinger, Gamble. Gibson. Hale,
Hansbrough. Hepburn, Hoar, Hopkins,
mas, McCumber, McEnery., Willard.
Mitchell, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Platt
of Connecticut. Plat of New York, Proc
tor, Scott, smoot, Spooner. Warren, Wet
The na.ra on the Racon amendment