Show CANAL TREATY I 1 PASSES SENATE only five votes were cast against the measure the senate on tuesday voted to rat afy the treaty with the republic of C co gombia lombia for the construction of an is it mian canal the vote tor for ratification was 73 in the affirmative and 5 in ahn th negative the negative totes votes were ivere cast by daniels martin morgan pet and teller the panama canal treat treats between the united states and colombia which was ratified tuesday was bignel signel at washington janavry 22 1903 it v aa as negotiated by secretary hay ilay on tl 11 e part of the united states and thomis herran charge daf daff faires alres on the part of colombia who signed the docu ment on january 23 it was sent to and by sent to the senate on the same date 0 it wa was s re berred to the committee comm atee on foreign relations on the same day and re ported back on february 3 the was discussed at some length during the last congress on march a the day the special session of the selica sen ste te convened the treaty was again re on borei fo an i ie e lations and on march 9 was again re ported to the senate since which time it has been under discussion |