The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-24
PANAMA CANAL TREATY
RATIFIED BY THE SENATE
WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Counting Pairs, Sixteen Democrats
Voted Yea and Seventeen Op-
posed Ratification.
RECORDED VOTE, 90 TO IA
Republicans Were Unit Both for
the Treaty and Against Ba-
cons Amendment.
LATTER WAS REJECTED
But Twenty-Four Democrats Sup
ported the Scheme to Silence
Colombia with Money.
LATTER WAS REJECTED

WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-The United
States Senate to-day ratified, without
amendment, the treaty with Panama for
canal across the isthmus of that
name by a vote of sixty-six to four
teen. The result was a foregone con-
clusion, the interest in the mat
ter 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 ratid-
cation.
Fourteen Democrats voted for ratification
and fourteen against. TWO Democrats.
Clark. Of Montana, and Stone, of Missouri.
were paired In favor of the treaty and three
Democrats. Overman, McLaurfn and Mar
tn. were paired against it, so in the total
vote sixteen Democrats were for the treaty
and seventeen against it. The Democrats
who were present and voted for the treaty
were: Bason, Berry. Clarke OF Arkansas,
Clay. CockrelI Foster OF Louisiana, Glib
son. Latimer, McCreary, McEnery, Mallery.
Money. Simmons and Taliaferro. The vote
in detail:
Yeas-Aldrich, Alger. Alec. Allison. An
keny, Bacon, Ball, Bard. Berry, Bever-
idge. Burnham. Burrows. Clapp. Clark of
Wyoming. Clarke of Arkansas, Clay, Cock
rell. Cullom. Depew, Dietrich, Dillingham;,
Dolliver, Dryden, Elkins Fairbanks, For
aker, Foster of Louisiana, Frey, Fulton,
Gallinger. Gamble, Gibson, Hale, Hans
brough, Hepburn, Hoar, Hopkins, Kean,
Kearns, Kittredge, Lattimer, Lodge, Long,
McComas, McCreary, McCumber, McEnery,
Mallory, Millard, Mitchell, Money, Nelson,
Penrose Perkins, Platt of Connecticut,
Platt of New York. Proctor, Quarles, Scott,
simmons, smoot, spooner, Stewart Talai-
ferrO, Warren, WetmOre-66.
Nays--Bailey, Bate, Blackburn, Carmack,
Culberson. Daniel, Dubois. German, Nor
gan, Newlands, Patterson, Pettus, Teller.
Tillman-H
ment offered by Senator Bacon providing
for an arrangement to compensate Colom-
bia for loss of the territory of Panama.
This was rejected by a vote Of "a to 40. II
a party vote on the affirmative side
and also on the negative side with the ex-
ception Of Mr.. Gibson and Mr. McEnery,
Democrats. who voted with the Repub-
licans. Four Democrats were absent when
this vote was taken ard no pairs. were
announced for them. Some Republic ans
also were absent on this vote.
Senators generally commend the man
agement or the treaty by Senator Cullom,
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
larions. who has had charge of the meas
sailing. The vote was taken much earlier
than was anticipated at first when its op-
ponents were vigorously trying to secure
enough votes to prevent ratification.
The debate In executive session was gen.
orally the merits Of the treaty with
reference to the secret papers which were
sent to the Senate by the President Sen
ator Morgan made a set speech which oc-
cupied the greater part of the time. Sena-
tor Culberson made comments on the se-
cret correspondence and asserted that il
showed that the reasonable time" re-
ferred 70 in the Spooner act was known
20 have expired. both for negotiating the
Hay-Herran treaty and its ratification
Senator Culberson read from letter ad-
dressed to DIR. Albert Shaw by the Pres
tdent dated Oct 10, 1903, in which the
President said he no hope for any ne
gotiation with Colombia and that he would
be delighted should revolution occur or
the iSthmuS.