The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-15
Knox and LafOIIette Must
Come TO The Rescue
CONSCIENCE MADE HIM Do IT
secresaFy Treasury Receives $4,000
In Cash From Man Whose Con-
science Hurt Him-other
Washington News.

Roosevelt-Loomis San Domingo treaty
Is in bad way. There Is said to be a
suspicion at the White House that the
republican senator's are not working
among the democratic members as hard
az they might; that the President is not
getting the support that he would be
supposed to have right at the beginning
of his administration.
Be this as 1t may it is said to be
fact that the administration has not
yet been able to secure pledges from
sufficient number of democrats to raitfy
the treaty. Senator McEnry of Louisi-
ana is declared to be the only democrat
who is certain to vote for the treaty.
Stone of Missouri, Clark of Arkansas,
and Newlands of Nevada are said to be
for the treaty in administration circles.
but the democratic senators say they
have not decided to so vote. and that
Newlands and Clark are especially doubt
full. McEnery and Clark are both absent
Even should the four democrats all
vote for ratification the result would still
be doubtful, as there are several re-
publicans who cannot be present and the
democratic membership is almost to
every absentee is as good as a vote lost.
Nominally the republicans have fifty
six votes In the upper chamber, and the
democrats, since the death of Senator
Bate thirty-one. Actually there are only
fffty-one republican votes present in
Washington. This results from the fact
that Senator Aldrch, who is absent In
Europe, has not been sworn in for his
present term; that Senator Knox is In
nd bau M In.
Senator-elect LaFolette has taken no
steps toward qualifying, and Senators
Burton and Mitchell are under indict-
ment and win not vote. The democrats
will not pair with them, and 1t is Of
course impossible for pairs to be arranged
for senators not yet sworn in. Urgent
appeals are being sent TO Knox and La
Folette to show up, and either one or
both may yield to the pressure. If they
do not do so, it looks as If the treaty is
beaten.
In administration circles especially the
Roosevelt -Loomis circle, contra-disting-
uished from the Hay circle, it is said that
the President will probably find some way
out of the difficulty, even IL the treaty
is beaten. 1t is said that the failure of
the treaty would still leave in effect the
arbitral award of July a. under which
this country could take possession of
creditors, II Is claimed, would almost in
evitably seize the remaining ports under
the long neglected agreement made with
them by the Dominican government to de-
vote the custom receipts of the largest
two ports to defraying Indebtedness to
European creditors
The interesting fact was recalled today
that President Grant early in his last
administration was strong advocate Of
c..
ferred to 1t in several of his messages to
Congress.
Among other reasons for it's annexation
President Grant said 1t would furnish
''congenlal home" for many of the "eman-
cipated race of the south, where their
civil rights would not be disputed"
Big Addition to Conscience Fund.
The receipt of $4,000 by the Secretary of
the Treasury today from a man in Jer-
sey City. N. j., to be placed to the credit
of the conscience fund is believed to
be the second largest contribution ever re-
ceived by the government from that
source
The other big contribution occurred
while Mr. Carlisle was Secretary of the
Treasury and amounted to s14.225. 1t
came from London, England. being sent
by a Catholic priest at the request of one
OF MS pdFlSnOnBTS WHOSE COnSCl6uce,
smitten by a dishonest transaction cut
of which he had made that much, desired
the amount returned
Another large conscience" contribution
occurred about fifteen years ago, and
amounted to $4,000. The sender enclosed in
an envelope the halves of eight $1,000 bills.
saying If their receipt was acknowledged
he would return the other eight halves,
which he did in the course of few
days.
The latest contribution was sent in
cash. the London contribution came in
the form of bill Of exchange.
About half the money received by the
treasury from this source comes through
ministers of the gospel who first write
the department explaining the case. The
department receives annually anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 from persons with
troubled consciences
Wants Anderson Confirmed.
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