The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

SENATE TO ACCEPT e, q !; !
DOMINIC AN TREATY
Important Matters Is foressS3 ! Con =
d gress Diver ttcnt ton From A.
inaugural Ball. s}5
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syvAsHIStITCN.D 2. e.. Feb. j 8. II no In.
iii gi,ra lion, NJ lllol Is qua the abb
sr,,.binp tonic IN Washing ton u least
q II onfhs BEFORE the event, lis not nearly 90
completely to tie fore u his year, here
IRE TOO many OF her things TO claim Spp lsI'.
liz attention, Though = he preparations ~
for tho ceremony arc going forward on q
srale which indicates very clearly * ina ma 7
4 this VIII be the most 81 ttering Ina gura!
the country has ever seer j the prospec-
Y live show Is not discussed so general az
Il In former years, when the r resident took
tho Ga IN Of office with much less pomp. M
AZ Rates and Treaties
First there wa IS t he proposal to require
5the railroads OF the country to q submit
Their "a tcs Al TO the Interstate Commerce
Commission for d approval. q Ssubject which
sxcited more discussion I han / any other
which has como up since the war. This
MAS finally disposed OF IN the house 2 ~
The passage Of the Townsend Esch bllls
Ehich in reality does the8ratlroads ! no
harm ana the shippers little good. The
ltblll Is In the Senate Committee on Com
JTerce now, and there i Will probably
rest peacefully until the session ends.
though there are hearings on It every
) day. It{may be reported before u the 4th
7 Of March. but this Is Y not at all likely.
short time now remaining Is hardly pos
sible. f s5 v; IS 5tS NJ IL n
Then came the squabble between the
y President and the Sena to over the al'bl !
Stlntion treaties. IA It should be remembered
that there was thing heard OF trouble
over the treaties until after the louise
7 had passed on the rate bill. Itseemed as
though tho President had determined that
4 only one subject at b a 4 time should set
the senators and members by the ears.
Il Southern senator's and members had In
z dicated that there was u I posi- bill lty5 OF
III their opposing the treaties because OF a
clause which might allow he claims OF
foreign holders OF repudiated Southern
bonds to take their cases to The Hague
for udjudcation,I but there was no hint
that he Republican members OF the Sem
ate would break with the President be-
1 cause OF any fear felt that lie was seek
Ing 10 take away from the. Senate Its
4 share OF the control OF tho treaty-making
power. That the Senate did take this
view OF tho matter Is evident from tho
fact thataonly nine senators ted against
I the amendment. OF the treaties, The rest,
q though not the entire membership was
present. voted TO change the verblage Of
H the conventions SO as to retain Ito the
Senate It's full share In the shaping OF
Z the foreign policy OF the country. ,g5
~ am satisfied" said Senator Daniel
E to-day, "thc people Of the country side
with the Senate. x 1, 5 4 \ IS
Santo Domingo Matter,
just as soon as the, treaty squabble had
ended, along came the santo Domingo
protocol, about which there had been q
& great deal Of quiet I TX for a week or
\ two, but about which apparent sllentD
had been maintained. owing to the fact
that the exact nature OF our agreement
with the island republic was not known
outside Of tho w ltei House and the State
Department, & II 81 4,
II Since the protocol has been made public
there Is open discussion and considerable
i diHerence Of opinion. It is denied by q
4 lnajorlty4of the senators, Democrats and
Republicans probably, that tho Presi-
dent had tile constitutional rlghtIto enter
4 Into an agreement with Santo Domingo By
which tiyes OF this government
We're to assume control#of the customs
house. collect all the revenues on imports,
4 turn oyer forty-flYe per cent. to the Dos
lnlniean government, and apply the other
u llfty-fiye per cent. to the payment OF the
4 debts which HE republic owed to foreign
ers, II ~ commended that this agreement
K was In Its Very nature a treaty, and that
I the consent Of the Senate was necessary
before 1t could be put Into effect.
Upon tho other Inland, there Is n large
I proportion OF the Senate, very possibly q
majority, who believe that tho protocol
was right In principle, and that Its fea-
lures should be embedded In y q traaty
which should exist bet Syeen Tho Two
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