Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-06
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
AGREEMENT DISCUSSED WITH
FREEDOM IN THE SENATE.
Communication From the President
Enumerating Benefits of the
Proposed Arrangement.

before which the treaty is pending. held
session which short in time but long
enough TO demonstrate the existence OF
serious opposition to the treaty.
Senators Morgan. Bacon and Spooner
have amendments to offer, each of which IS
certain to provoke discussion both in COM
mittee and in the Senate.
The Presidents second message on the
treaty went to the Senate this afternoon
and in executive session read. The
message is not quite long as the first
one the same subject, but goes into some
details that were not set forth at length in
the previous document.
In today's message the President EMU
merates some of the benefits which would
accrue from the execution of the policy
outlined in the treaty. His argument was
In the line of offsetting the statement made
by opponents of the treaty to the effect
that this government was embarkin1 upon
new and dangerous policy.
After the message was read the treaty
was laid before the Senate and was dis
cussed with considerable freedom by num-
Der of senator's 1t will be necessary to re-
fer the treaty to the committee on foreign
relations. to give the special session
technical Jurisdiction over it.
In this afternoon s debate IN executive Ses-
sion some idea was given of the opposition
which may be expected and which Is well
understood.
The Vice President Epplauded.
The session of the Senate today was open
ed with loud applause for Vice President
Fairbanks when he appeared in the cham
Der to preside. He at once raped the
Senate to order and prayer was offered by
Chaplain Hale. The first order of the Vice
President was to direct the secretary to
read the journal Contrary to the usual
order. the reading was allowed to proceed
TO its conclusion.
The new senator's Piles of Washington.
Buckley of Connecticut: Flint of Cali
fornia Nixon of Nevada. Burkett of
Nebraska, Rayner of Maryland, Carter of
Montana, Sutherland of Utah and Hemen-
way of Indiana, were warmly greeted pS
their colleagues in the Senate.
In response to a resolution Mr.. AlllSon
and Mr.. German named as com
rnittee to notify the President that the
Senate was in session and ready to receive
any communication he had to offer
A recess was then taken until L pm
At the expiration of the recess the com,
mittee reported that the President would
at once send a message.
At LOS Assistant Secretary Barnes ar
rived from the White House, and at 1:o6,
on motion of Mr.. Lodge, the Senate went
into executive session
The Senate discussed the Santo Domingo
treaty until go o'clock, but made no prog
ress in any direction. The seal of secrecy
was not removed from the Presidents mes
sage.
The. procedure outlined by the protocol.
according to the message, is held by the
President to be the only means of protect
Ing the interests of creditors in the United
States who have claims against the Do
minican government. and the only way by
which creditors of European governments
may be given assurance that their claims
will be paid.
The President says that instead of stretch
Ing the Monroe doctrine this procedure is
the only course which will relieve this
country from the necessity of continually
lin ha 1tvtr al in
vasion of European governments. He ar
CUES that 1t is a safeguard against foreign
entanglements.
At 2:33 pm. the Senate adjourned.
Discussion in Committee.
The Santo Domingo treaty was taken up
today by the Senate committee foreign
relations. Daily sessions of the commit
tee will be held until a report is made.
Technically the treaty was not before the
committee. but for purposes of discus
sion 1t was regarded pending. During
the discussion it developed that there was
much opposition in the committee to the
phraseology of the protocol, without re-
lation to the policy involved. 1t was under
stood that Senator Spooner would offer a
number of amendments. and that Senators
Bacon and Morgan would speak against
the policy of making a convention by
which this government would enter upon
a debt-collecting enterprise In the Latin
American republics.
The Protocol Without Friends
In its present form the protocol met with
practically no support. Chairman Cullom
had Ii read and announced that it would
be before the committee as soon it could
again be referred, in accordance with
rule OF the Senate.
Senator Bacon in his discussion reverted
10 the original protocol, entered into jan
uary 81. 1903. by which the United States
appointed a fiscal agent to take charge of
certain customs offices of the Dominican
government for the purpose of paying the
claims of the Santo Domingo Improvement
Company of New York.
On February -. 1905. Senator Bacon Of
fered resolution reciting that protocol
and raising constitutional questions against
1t. The resolution was referred to the for
eign relations committee, and then to
subcommittee consisting OF Senators Fair
banks, Spooner and Bacon. IL died with
the end of the Fifty-eighth Congress, but
notice was given that il would be revived
by its author.
Senator Morgan, about three weeks ago.
submitted to the foreign relations commit
tee a protest against the action of the
President 1t particularly objected to the
application of the Monroe doctrine TO the
Dominican case.
mr. Morgan's Protest
The protest argues the position of this
at lSHBlH anu disputes the
claim of the President. made in a recent
message TO the Senate that unless this
government engages in settling the finan-
cial affairs of the Dominican government
and exercises protectorate over the repub-
lies of the western hemisphere. European
governments cannot be prevented from en-
tering the field
Mr. Morgan declares in his protest that
the advar ced position taken by the Presi-
dent Is not required to prevent this govern
ment from being drawn into an embroglio
with European governments over the Mon
roe doctrine
AFTER the meeting of the committee Sena-
tor Morgan circulated his protest among
the democratic senators. and a number
signed the argument. His purpose Is to
introduce IL In the Senate and have II re-
ferred to the foreign relations committee
for consideration
Senator Bacon endeavored to offer a reso-
luton after a committee had been appoint
ed to notify the President that the Senate
was organized and ready for business. but
he was ruled out of order He agreed to
withhold 1t until after the, President had
been communicated with. The resolution
he proposed was that which inquired into
the original Santo DOMINICAN protocol