New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
THE PROTOCOL REPORTED.
, STRICT PARTY VOTE.
Committee Recommends Ratification
Outlook IN the Senate.
rrRoM TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU,

xz-,-hircton March 9-The Committee IN
-.-.ign relations reported the Dominican pro-
-, ~ the Senate at noon to-day. with the
-.,5r,ents already outlined In these dispatches
- minor amendment offered to-day. The
g.. =, the motion to report was on strict marty
- every Republican voting for the treaty
- gerry Democrat against it. All the men,
:, The committee were present. and the
,.o,s stood as follows:
he MANIFESTATIONS CuIlom FRYE Lodge
,,-apt Wyo), Foraker, Spooner and Kean.
Cis. I,rsf the treaty-Senators Morgan, Bacon,
80 Clark tMont) and McCreary.
There is one vacancy on the committee. caused
he election OF senator Fairbanks to the
presidency.
,,,boueh the vote on party lines that is
hid 20 indicate that there will be party
-.4s,oa in the Senate when motion to ratify is
ss As already announced. Senators Clarke
- arkansas and Newlands of Nevada will
sopbtless vote for confirmation and there is
,rs,v likelihood that the Senators from Louis
tsns will co so. The managers on the part Of
tbe majority say the action of the Foreign Re
ls-ions Committee IS net final but insist that
further amendments may be made in the Sen
ate and are Of the opinion that eventually the
n-o;ocol will be revised as TO command the
support Of q considerable number of Democrats
Among the Democrats il is admitted that they
would be unwilling to assume responsibility for
defeating the entire arrangement by party
vote. and now that the Monroe Doctrine has
been eliminated from the agreement, it is not
nearly 50 Objectionable TO them as before
AS the Senate stands now. there are ffty-six
Republicans and thirty-one Democrats with
vacancies II Delaware, Missouri and Tennessee
Il & expected also that two Republicans
Messrs Burton and AIitchell-win not vote and
coming before the Senate. As two-thirds vote
IS necessary 10 ratify the treaty. II will require
ffty-eght votes TO accomplish this end.
The Republican leaders still lack assurance of
tie full support Of their party in the Senate
hut have received intimations that some votes
nay be secured from the Democratic side The
Republican Senators who do not give their
complete assent base their criticism of the
treaty largely on the ground that II may prove
e precedent in the future They concede that
the conditions In Santo Domingo are peculiarly
exaspefating and agree that some relief appears
necessary, but they fear that the step now
contemplated may be used In the future as
Justification for q similar move in a case in
which the demand is not so pressing To meet
these objections it has been suggested that a
resolution might be adopted at the same time 4
vote Is taken on the treaty which would set
forth the conditions in Santo Domingo. and de-
clare the opinion Of the Senate that the action
in the present instance is intended TO stand
alone and not to be used as a precedent A
Republican member Of the Committee on For
eign Relations is the author OF this suggestion.
but il has not yet taken definite shape and may
never DO so The desire is rather to secure such
amendments 10 the treaty will make it ac-
cspta Die TO tWo-thirds Of the Senate, thus rem
dsring a special declaration unnecessary.
Although the treaty was reported TO the SEN
ste il received no consideration to-day for as
soon as the reading of the journal
pleted Senator German announced the death Of
Senator Bate and the Senate Immediately ad-
burned.
The amendment adopted by the committee to-
DAY IS one Of phraseoIogy merely. It changes
tbs last clause Of Article Z, in which it is de-
clared that the present tariff and port duties
may not ne reduced 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
Dominican government was prohibited from in
crsssing It's export duties or its public debt
without the consent OF this government That
provision has been amended TO read as follows:
Said export duties or it's public debt shall not
Be increased without the consent of the Presi-
cent Of the United States
Senator Morgan presented a resolution, dis
claiming the necessity for the application Of
the Monroe Dostrine to the case Of the Do
minioan government, and asked to have il
ADOPTED by the committee and offered in the
senate for consideration. The sentiment in the
committee was against the adoption of the
resolution, and ii was voted down 1t was un-
oefstooa that in voting not TO report the reso-
-luon the members did not express an opin-
ion as 10 its merits. but that the sentiment Of
me senate was shown by the amendments which
strike out Of the treaty all that part which
seemed 10 define the Monroe Doctrine and give
Il specific application TO Santo Domingo.