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Call, '\ OLTM XCII-NO. 108. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18. UNITED STATES SENATE RATIFIES CANAL TREATY ; COLOMBIA'S ACTION WILL REMO 1 | POPE’S POEM iS CLASSIC AND VIRILE| BEwW Ye;.‘. m 17~0n | 7 A\ Sunday, March 1, the Pope gave an aundience in his pri- vate lbrary for balf an bour to forty-two of the Cardi- nals. No sddress was delivered, but the Pope referred to his ad- wanced age and approaching end. Before retiring he gave each Cardinal a richly bound pamphlet reviewing the chief evemts of his pontificate, and including a Latin poem of his own composition and five of his most important emcy- clicals. This remarkable celebration of his ninety-third birthday by the composition of & Latin poem showing all the classic virility of his prime is not the least remark- able of the accomplishments of the long reign of Leo XIX. The Independent has recelved & cOPy | of the poem and makes the fol- + lowing trsnslation of it: LEO'S LAST PRAYER. pale in now sets thy its dying Tay, Black night succeeds thy day. Black night for thee; wasted thy | rame; life's blood sustains | more thy shrunkem veins. casts his _atal dart; robed T the grave thy bones ler the cold stomes; Leo sun; But thy freed soul escapes her chain and longs in fight | To reach the realms of light. | the goal she sbeks; er her journey fares. Grant, Lord, my anxious prayers, That with the citizens of Heaven, God’s face and light May ever t my sight; That I may see thy face, Heaven's Queen, whose her love Bt me To Thee, saved through the tan- gles of a perilous way, | home above. t | lift my grateful lay. | I TRIES POWER OF HIS GOLD UPON JUDGE Charles Clark Ad- mits Attempt at Bribery. Quarter of a Million Dollars His Offer to Harney. place affidavit £ $250.- ys he made an offer ey for a, confession of the t Mre. Ada H. Brackett, the s been charged with r se influence over H & z f, was offered $20,000 by att eys and $000 by tance in getting Har- fession.” She agreed keep her word. On vidently influenced says the affidavit, af- consented to make to Harney was of Shores and Shores demurred t but not to the e case because nd get the | politics, fighting | CANONIZATION OF JOAN OF ARC IS CONSIDERED Solemn Papal Proclamation That She Is a Saint Will Be Shortly Issued. - March e t the Va There wa dinals a final se- | and theolo- | this morning to eon- | jer the canonization of Joan of Are. It | con 55 dmitted that the canoniza- | will be authorized. The next step will | papal proclamation that she It is expected this wil im. | e the relations E)v‘.l‘cun France and Vatican e solemr the | general agreement by Only Five Negative Dotes When the Final Roll Is Called. Morgan Holds Out to the Last in Bit- ter Opposi- tion. Se-naTOR TJOHM™ T q rMoxEGAM™ NS 3 S~ ] 1903. PRICE FIVE /CENTS. OF LAST OBSTACLE - ‘ . - ——— = N i > o HE nratification of the | canal treaty by the Senate | practically clears the way for | the purchase of the Panama i route and the completion of the waterway. Colombia’s Con- gress'is yet to ratify the treaty, but ne hitch is expected in that quarter. As America holds an option on the Panama Com- pany’s property it can close the | deal as soon as the southern re- public acts. All of the terms have been agreed to, and there alone remains the payment by | this Government of the stipu- lated f’rfl‘r. STEAM DERRICKS AT VWORK LN THE DEPTHS OF TH® QU CVLEBRA cuT \ e )Y 3 S TR & ~c TYPE-S OF LADQIKE'RS EMPLOYED O THE SECRETARY OF STATE Soo~ | 7)) &5 Cartal W2 | i i FRAMER OF CANAL TREATY, ITS CHIEF OPPONENT AND SCENES ALONG PANAMA ROUTE. | e — — = — 2 ASHINGTON, March 17. — | Senators In anticipation of the final vote I providing that the treaty should not take|lc Senators for using undue minuteness in | began. All the Senators in the city oc- Vithout durq;xg an 1 Or | on the treaty. The proceedings opened | effect until it had been approved by Con-!the efforts to find defects in the agree- | cupled their seats and all were prompt (‘rns‘slng a ‘l l~;r Chmu‘nnfla | with & speech by Morgan, Devoted espe- | gress. Daniel spoke in advocacy of this | ment. in responding when their names were single punctuation mark, the | . . Semate to-day voted to ratify | Clally to the question of the defense of | provision. MORGAN SPRINGS A SURPRISE. | called. The vote resulted in the ratifica- the treaty with the Republic of Columbia | the canal. He criticized sharply the ac-| The fact soon developed that Senator | tion of the treaty by 73 to 5. for the construction of an isthmian canal. The vote for ratification was 73 in the af- firmative to 5 in the negative. The Senate was in executive session when the result was announced, so only the Senators themselves and a few con- fidential employes were present. All the Senators announced themselves as gratified at having the long struggle ter- minated, but none of them manifested ap- preciation by cheers or handclapping. On the contrary, all seemed more concerned about getting away from the chamber than anything else, so that by the time the Senate had adjourned, which it did almo: ely after the result was announced, most of the Senators had left their seats and some of them had donned their hats and overcoats The day was given up almost entirely to imme general debate on the treaty, and, in ad- | dition to the speeches made under the Senators Morgan and Cullom, there were many short ad- dresses and a rather long speech by Sen- ator Danfel of Virginia. The only party vote of the day was taken on the sub- stitute for article 4, which was agreed on by the Democratic caucus and had ref- erence to the acquisition of territory in Central and South America by the United States. There were a number of speeches on this amendment, but it was voted down by an almost two-thirds majority, the ballot footing up 61 ayes to 25 noes. When the Senate adjourned at 7 o'clock there was a general belief that the business of the session would be completed in time to permit final adjournment to-morrow. Some, however placed the date twenty four hours later. SENATOR MORGAN LEADS OFF. There was again a good attendauce of \ | | | tion of the Senate in refusing yesterday to so amend the treaty as to insure Ameri- can control ‘When Morgan concluded Money offered a substitute for the fourth article of'the eaty, which disavowed any intention on the part of the United States to increase its territory at the expense of South or Central America. The by Senator Money was agreed upon by the Democratic caucus, and without men- tioning South or Central America it re- iterated the American doctrine of non- interference with the affairs of all the American_republice, with a view of reas- suring Mexico on that point, and pledged this country to attempt no acquisition of Colombjan territory. This was one of the amendments on which the Democrats agreed to act as unit, and consideration of it was begun early in the day with the view of con- centrating most of the debate upon it. AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED. Speeches were made in support of the Money amendment by Senators Bacon, Teller, Daniel, Morgan, Bailey and oth- ers. They contended for an impartial rec- ognition of all American republics, urg- ing that under the language of the fourth article of the treaty Mexico would be left as the only American republic to which the avowal of non-interference could be held as non-applicable. Senators Spooner and Hoar replied, con- tending that there was practically rio dif- ference between the language of the amendment and that of the article as it stood. Senator Money’'s amendment was. de- feated, 51 to 27, a strict party vote. Sen- ator Daniel then offered an amendment substitute offered | Daniel had offered his amendment for the purpose of making a general speech upon the treaty, and when the fifteen minutes allowed to ‘him for his speech on his own amendment had expired and the amendment was voted down Senator Morgan presented four or five of his amendments, which were each in,turn defeated, but upon all of which Senator Daniel continued to speak. All tdld, he spoke for about an hour. His speech was an arraignment of the Republican policy in pressing the treaty with what he asserted was undue haste. He refer- red to the enormous expenditure that would be required to construct the canal and charged recklessness in rushing into such an enterprise. FIFTEEN-MINUTE TALKS. After Darfel had closed, several other Senators on both sides of the chamber addressed the Senate in fifteen-minute speeches for or against the treaty. Mor- gan asserted that Senators were not thinking for themselves, but were follow- ing blindly in the lead of the Secretary of State. Indeed, he declared, Senators were practically surrendering their own offices. in order to maintain a reputation for party allegiance. Platt of Connecticut was one of the very fcw Senators, if not the only Senator, to announce his entire satisfaction with the treaty. He referred to the fact that a number of Republican Senators had sald that if they had had the making of the treaty they would have changed some features of it, and declared that he deemed the treaty.the best that could have been made and said that so far as he was con- cerned he would not have changed it in any respect. He criticized the Democrat- ‘When, at 4:45 o'clock p. m., it became apparent that the fifteen-minute speeches had been concluded, Morgan surprised the Senate by refraining from presenting any more.individual amendments and by pre- senting all of the fifty which he had pre- pared’in one block, submitting them with portions of the text of the treaty which he had not changed as a substitute for the whole agreement. He did not demand a roll ‘call and the substitute was voted down viva voce, almost unanimously. It was now a few minutes past § o’clock | and Senator Morgan took the floor to make the last of his long series of speeches in opposition to the treaty. In accordance with the unanimous agree- meént, he spoke for an hour, and in order to confine - himself to the time and to make the points he desired to make he had prepared his speech in advance. He read deliberately, but in a firm voice, of- ten digressing in order to emphasize a point. Morgan stopped speaking at piration of his allotted. time, whereupon Senator Cullom, chairman of the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, took the floor. Cullom also read his speech from manuseript, presenting a carefully pre- pared and business-like summary of the reasons for ratifying the treaty and for constructing the canal. Cullom occupied only about three-quarters of the hour allotted to him and when he had con- cluded the question ‘as to whether the treaty should be ratified was promptly put before the Senate. FIVE NEGATIVE VOTES. The hands of the ancient clock in the rear of the Senate chamber indicated ten minutes of 7 o'clock when the roll call the ex- The result was no surprise, for all had | predicted that “‘when the offered amend- | ments had been disposed of the treaty | would be approved by an overwhelming majority. Such proved to be the case, | Indeed, the roll call had proceeded for | some’ time before a single voice was heard in the negative, the first opposition vote being that of Semator Daniel of Virginia. After another long lapse Senator Daniel was joined by his colleague, Senator Mar- tin, and after them came fhe two Ala- bama Senators, Morgan and Pettus. Sen- ator Teller of Colorado also voted in op- position and his was the last vote on that side of the question. When Senator Frye, who occupied the chair, announced the result there was no demonstration and at 7 o'clock the Sen- ate had adjourned for the day. Before this result was reached, how- aver, it had been decided to meet again to-morrow at 11 o'clock for the purpose of taking up the Cuban treaty and with a hope of concluding its consideration, in order that the Senate might adjourn finally to-morrow. HISTORY OF THE TREATY. The Panama canal treaty between the United States and Colombia, which was ratified to-day, was signed at Washing- ton on January 22, 1903 It was negoti- ated by Secretary Hay on the part of the United States and Thomas Herran, Charge d'Affaires, on the part of Colom- bia, who signed the document. On Janu- ary 22 it was sent to the President, and by him sent to the Senate on the same date. 1t was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations on the same day and reported back on February 8 The AEVOLUTION BREAKS OUT N URUGUAY Aparico Saravia at the Head of the Movement. War Spirit Spreads Rapidly Over Three Departments. Government Sends an Army to Meet the Rebel Forces. e Special Dispaseh to The Call MONTEVIDIO, March 17.—A revolution- ary movement has begun in the Depart- ment of Rivera, near the Brazilian fron- tier. Bands can be seen at many points It is believed that the revolution is headed by Aparico Saravia, who figured in all of’ the revolutions last year. The pres- ent revolution provoked by the White or party, which is now divided. the members support | the while others are against | him. The direct cause of the movement was | the appointment of a new prefect for that | department. The Government has sent | troops to suppress the insurrection and has orflered the arrest of Saravia. It is announced that the revolutionists have | destroyed the bridge over the Guinapira, | with the object of impeding the advance of the troops. The Government has es- tablished a censorship over all dispatches to Buenos Ayres. According to the latest advices, the rev- {‘olution has extended ta the depdrtments of Flores and Maldonado. A Government gunboat, with plenty of arms, has sailed | for Roska. . — - | MONTEVIDEO IN DANGER. | Revolutionary A;y Marshaling to Attack the Capital. WASHINGTON, March 17.—News of the revolution in Uruguay was conveyed the State Department to-day in a dispatch from United States Consul Swan at Montevideo as follows “Montevideo, March 17.—Revolution has broken out. Railway destroyed: 3000 men was fonal ome of President, to are camped outside, marshaling to at- tack the city. Revolution Is serious. Luis Alberto de Herrera, assistant sec- retary and Charge d'Affaires of the Uru- guayan Legation. was much surprised to learn of Consul Swan’s cablegram. His last from Montevideo coneerned the election and inauguration, on March 1 last, of the new President, Jose Battle Ordonea, who succeeded President Juan Cuestas. This ceremony passed off quietly President Ordonez Is a member of the | Red party, but the fusion of the Red and White parties some years ago party lines have not been strictly drawn. | President Ordonez is described by Dr Herrera as a man of exceptional ability and force and at the time of his electior he was regarded as acceptable to both parties. He is considered by some as too impetuous. “My country now enjoying an era of unparalleled prosperity,” said Dr Herrera to-night. “I regret to learn that friction has -developed. Eight thousand troops, however, are not enough to men ace Montevideo, which Is a city of 250,- | 000 inhabitants. Furthermore, the Gov ernment retains a standing guard at the capital of 3000 soldiers, and I do not for an instant fear that the capital will taken.". @il O treaty was discussed at some length dur- | ing the last Congress. On March 5, the day the special ses- sion of the Senate convened, the treaty ;"as again referred to the Committee on | Forelgn Relations, and on March § wa again reported to the Senate, since which time 1t has been under discussion. Nelth- { er in commiftee nor by the Senate was the treaty dmended and it was ratified as first negotiated. e SAN DIEGO REJOICES. \People of the Southern City De- | lighted Over Canal Prospect. SAN DIEGO, March 17.—News of the action of the Senate in ratifying the Pan- | ama canal treaty was received with great | rejoicing to-night in this, the nearest city of the United States to the western end | of the canal as projected. It Is believed here that the ratification of the treaty, if | followed by the opening of the great wa- terway, will mean more to the people o this city than to any other city of ti country, and a special meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber Commerce has been called for to-morrow { morning, at 9 o’clock for the purpose of ! preparing for a grand Jollification at the | opera-house Friday night. advices since is just be Kansas City Strike Ends. KANSAS CITY, March 17.—After argu- { ments lasting more than eight hours the attorneys and representatives of the striking teamsters and transfer com- panies reached an agreement to-night and tc-morrow every transfer wagom lm the city will be running.

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