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Show MAY BE AN EXTRA 8ESSION. President Wants to Get Action on Santo Domingo Matter. Washington. Tho treaty betweon tho United States and Santo Domingo, which hns been pending in tho United States seuatu fur ratification since 1905, Is to be displaced by an entirely now treaty, which will bo sent to tho sennto soon after February 1G. Tho Snnto Domingo treaty as negotiated nego-tiated two years ago now ceases, thero-foro, thero-foro, to bo a possible cnuso for an extra ex-tra session of tho senate Tho new treaty, which will bo In a greatly simplified sim-plified form, freed from nearly all tho causes of controversy embodied in the convention that has been pending, may bo ratified before tho oxplratlon of this congress on March. At this stago of tho session, howover, tho slightest resistance would compol postponement postpone-ment ot Its ratification. |