The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
COMMITTEES
 CLOSE VOTE Domingo, Treaty to Bc FavOrably Reported. VOTE ON PARTY LnIH Republicans For. Democrats
 Against It. < Mir. MerEa., sf Alas.n., rrese.t.x z Rssesution Beari.s sa ths
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VOTE ON PARTY Lnln

Washir gton. March 9.--The Senate committee on Foreign Relations todnx agreed to report favorable the Gaufo Domingo treaty as amended. Ina vote was on party lines, every Repuh1i- can voting for the treaty and every Democrat voting against 1t. All mems bers of the committee were pren- ent and the vote stood:
 For treaty-Cullom, Frye, Lodxo. Clark, tWyo) Foraker. spooner and Kean.
 Against treaty--Morgan, Bacon. Money. Clark. (Mont) and McCreary. There is one vacancy on the com mittee caused by the election of Sena- tor Fairbanks to the vice-Presidency. All of the amendments agreed upon yesterday were formally adopted and one additional amendment which war offered today was accepted. The latter was one of phraseology merely. It changes the last clause of article seven.
 in which 1t is declared that the present tariff and port duties may not be re-.
 duced except with the consent Of the President of the United States. so long as the whole of the debt which the
 United States government takes charge of shall not have been completely paid.
 In the original protocol the Dominf- can government was prohibited from increasing its export duties or its pub- lie debt without like consent of this
 government. That prevision has been
 amended to read:
 Said export duties or It's public debt
 shall not beN{ncreased with out the con V
 sent of the President of the United States"
 Senator Morgan prescntec resolution
 disclaiining the necessity for ths application of the Monroe doctrina to the case of the Dominican govern
 ment. but it was voted down. It was
 understood that in voting not to re- port the resolution. the members did
 not express an opinion as to It's merits. but that the sentiment of the Senate was shown by the amendments which strike out of the treaty all that part which seemed so dsftne the 4zonra1 | doctrine ann give 1t specific appifca1 | tion to thei San Domingo case. The division of the Senate commfttee on party lines caused considerable gossip among senators as to whether
 that division would be followed in the
 Senate when the treaty is voted upon.
 No one felt authorized to speak for the
 different parties, but the opinion was
 expressed that If the Republicans shalt stand for the treaty it was doubtful if the Democrats would feel like talk
 ing the responsibility of defeating 1t.
 as they could do by a strict party vote. As the Senate stands now there ara
 fifty-six Republicans and thirty-one
 Democrats. with vacancies in Delaware,
 Missouri and Tennessee. It Is expected also that two Republican Senators. Bur ton and Mitchell, will not vote and
 will not be paired on this or any oth-
 CT matter coming before the Senate.
 As two thirds vote is necessary to
 ratify the treaty, 1t will require fifty-
 eight votes to accomplish this end. The Republican leaders in the Sen-' ate still lack assurance of the full supp
 port of their party in the Senate. but
 on the other hand have received inti-.
 nations that a few votes may be se-
 cured from the Democratic side of the
 chamber. The Republican senators who
 do not give their complete consent.
 base their opposition to the treaty
 largely upon the ground that 1t may
 prove a precedent in the future They
 concede that the conditions in Santo
 Domingo are peculiarly evasperating
 and agree ~that some relief appears
 necessary, but on the other hand they
 say that the step now contemplated
 may be used in the future as justifica-
 tion for a similar move in case in
 which the demand is not so press
 ing.