Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1904 — CAN GO TO DIGGING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAN GO TO DIGGING

Nothing in the Way Now of “Scratching Dirt” on the Isthmus of Panama. '•ft " " BEJTATE RATIFIES THE TREATY Only Fourteea Votes Being Cast Against Ratification. Troop* Are Ordered to Prepare to Sail for Panama- Everything Ready to Begin the Great Work. Washington, Feb. 24. —< The United States senate line ratified without amendment the treaty with Panama for a canal across the isihmus of that name by a vote of 6G to 14. The result was a foregone conclusion, the interest in tbe matter being only in the division of the vote on the Democratic side which was not kuown definitely until the roll was called, all the Republicans being for ratification. Fourteen

Democrats voted for ratification and fourteen against. Two Democrats, Clark of Montana and Stone of Missouri, were paired in favor of the treaty, and three Democrats—Overman. Mcljiurin and Martin were paired against it, so In the total vote sixteen Democrats were for the treaty aiy) seventeen against it. Democrat! Who Voted Aye. The Democrats who were present and voted for the treaty were: Bacon, Berry, Clarke of Arkansas, Clay, Cockrell, Foster of Louisiana, Gibson, Latimer, McCreary, McEnery, Mallory, Money. Simmons and Taliaferro. The only other vote was on the amendment offered by I’acon providing for an arrangement to compensate Colombia for loss of the territory of Panama. This was rejected by a vote of 24 to 49. It was a party vote on the affirmative side and also on the negative side, with the exception of Gibson and McEnery, Democrats, who voted with the Republicans. Culbertson Reads a Roosevelt tetter. During the final debate Culberson made comments on the secret correspondence, and asserted that It showed that the “reasonable time’’ referred to in the Spooner act was known to have expired, both for negotiating the HayHerran treaty and its ratification. Culberson read from a letter addressed to Dr. Albert Shaw by the president, dated Oct. 10, 1903? in which the president said he saw no hope for any negotiation with Colombia, and that he would be delighted should a revolution occur on the isthmus.

DISTANCE SAVED BY THE CANAL.