The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-02
ARBITRATION TREATY.
TT IS STILL FURTHER EMASCU-
LATED.
Now Beyond the Amendment Stage,
and When Vote Is Taken Tt
Will Be on It as It Stands.

Washington. April mot content
With its work yesterday, the senate to-
day still further emasculated the gen
eraI treaty of arbitration with Great
Britain by striking out the eighth sec
ton entirely and adopt an amend
ment by Mr. Bacon. which is intended
to protect the southern states from any
claim based upon securities issued dur
ing the reconstruction period. Several
other minor amendments were offered,
but rejected, with the exception of one
or two immaterial changes in the verb
iage of the text.
The debate today was devoted almost
entirely to Mr.. Bacon's amendment
that senator making an elaborate
epeech in support of his suggestion. 1t
was antagonized in an exhaustive
speech by Mr.. Lindsay, who discussed
the legal phase of the case, and also
by Mr. Gray. When the vote was
taken the amendment prevailed by a
majority of five votes. 1t adds at the
end of article of the treaty proviso
reading as follows: No claims of
citizen of Great Britain against a state
or territory of the United States shall
be a subject of arbitration under this
treaty.
Mr.. Butler sought to amend the first
article wherein it is agreed that all
questions that fail of adjustment by
diplomatic negotiations are to be ar
bitrated by adding to the words dip
lomatic negotiations" the words ''or by
convention or treaty" his idea being
that this was essential to a full settle
ment of controverted questions. This
was voted down. In like manner the
senate voted down Mr.. Morgan's mo-
ton to strike out article Z, which gov
ems objections that may be made to
the jurisdiction Of the arbitral tri-
bunal.
Mr.. Hansbrough withdrew his reso-
luton mentioned in these dispatches
last night, for the reason that the
amendments of Senator Foraker pro-
Viding for q separate court for each
case submitted, met his contention that
the ratification Of the treaty would be
unconstitutional because of the fixed
and permanent character of the court
contemplated
On motion Of Mr.. Rawlins, article 8.
which provides that the president may
appoint a judicial officer of a state or
territory as a member of the court in
cases in which such state or territory
might be concerned, was stricken out
altogether.
The remainder OF the afternoon was
spent in laying upon the table imma-
terial amendments which were offered
without number. Mr.. Davis pressed for
a day for the final vote, but did not
succeed. Mr.. Chandler said that while
he should probably vote for the treaty
he did not care 20 do so on a day when
the British guns were firing upon the
Christians on the island of Crete. and
seeking to establish upon that island
the permanent rule of the Ottoman en-
pire. Mr.. Chandler asserted that it
would be well in considering this treaty
to also consider the general policy of
Great Britain towards the other ma
tons of the earth
Mr. Hale retor5ed that what Great |
Britain might do elsewhere should be |
taken into consideration here The |
pending treaty was between the United |
States and Breat Britain alone, and Mr.. |