The sun., 1900-12-16
vOT1 OS TREATY DELAYED.
Senator Lodge Fails In an Attempt to Rave
Day FIXED.

WARRINGTON, Dso. i5.-Owns 10 the hll-
bust.rtna Lactics Of certain Senators on tbs
Democratic side OF the Chamber Senator
Lodge In charge OF tho tiay -Paun cefots
canal treaty. failed again to-day In the at
tempt To have a day Axed for voting on tho
treaty arnendments There is. Of course
10 opposition from any souroe to tho amend
,osnt. recommended yesterda~ b. the For
.!gn Relations Committee. and they will be
adopted In due time. The reason given
FOR opposing the motion for liking the time
for taking a vote Is that II the treaty should
ta dispos-d Of II would clear the way for the
consideration and probably the passage
Of the Ship Subsidy bill. which Senators
Hanna ana Fr,e are verv ANXIOUS to have
voted upon before the no Id recess
The advocates o the canal treaty md the
Perubican Senate = generally are co1rdent
that an arrangement will be made Monday
10 vote VI on the treaty and pending amend
nlents OF later than Thursday a'terr oon
and .o'ne members OF the oN' o'it on share
this belief But there Is 100 q o md 20 the
statement that before the treaty IL dis o,ed
the Senate will be brought face To face with
the issue OF whether further amendment
phall be added. giving authority In plain terms
u the United States to fortlfy the canal The
Jillman amendment. which provides for in-
a.. seventh section OF Article II. instead Of
III. hfth section. may furnish the issue or q
new amendment may be drawn In the no pc
Of attracting some votes that are now with
held from the Tillman proposition.
The Senators In charge Of the treaty have
made a canvass which shows TO their sstisfao-
ton that the fertilization amendment will bs
defeated. but other canvasses made by those
less directly Interested In the outcome makes
It at least doubtful A large number OF
Senators are strongly Impressed with the
belief that 1t would be ncongruous TO adopt
the pendna amendments recommended by
the Foreign Relations Committee and allow
the section forblddinR tho United States to
fortify the canal 70 stnnd. Tho adoption OF
the Tiliman amendment or something like it.
Is regarded as necessary to complete the
work Of making the treaty ono that the Amer
loan people will indorse. and the contest
over tho adoption Of this amendment bids
fair to be the most spirited incident OF the
many that have characterized tho progress
OF this remarkable convention toward q
vots.
Tho canvass Of tho advocates Of the treaty
shows also that siSty-four votes can be de-
pended upon for ratification. but 1t may never
be demonstrated whether this canvass =
correct. for the amendment. will be voted
ratification. and when that vote is reached
TIE 1lllman amendment may have been
adopted aloug with the amendments Of the
Foreign Relations Committee, In which case
u 4 safe 10 say the treaty viii set even more
than the estimated sixty-four votes
" hlc the secre; session to-day lasted
Learly two hours and a half. only one speech
was made on tho treaty. SIR. Teller spoke
on tie general question Of the power Of ma
lions ~ ahrosate treaties 10 which ~
were n marty. II seemed 10 he apparent.
Le s'IG. Nat tho senate did not intend TO
meet the question sunarrly by a proposition
- Htro-o'" tho old Clayton-Bilwcr treaty.
and that Tor that reason he believed II would
be essertill t, incorporate his amendment
which struck from the treaty tho prohih-
two claus" concerning forticcations The
better plan, lu i!0ueht. would be to de-
nounce 'hr treaty Through the ordinary
charrc,s. md i'u- got nd of convention
that had been r.' only obna>ioV. to this
country. hut which had beon re-. catcdly
violated by Grrt' Brltliu, tho other party
2, I.P Cnl-lH.
He favored The l"g.rumg of negotiations
bv the state Do. gy'Hen', looking - the
abroEtriou ~ The Ci1yioa. .Bu.wcr treaty,
and said 1t Sl~ ~ bp.irf that il such ne
soJiItions were begun Great britain would
Ultimately agrcc 70 tho setting aside of the
old treaty and would permit this Govern
mont 10 construct the canal on the American
yl1n and witGnut Great Britain b"irc con-
si.r~cd IN arv Nav whatever. IL thi, couId
r"t b" ACCOMPLISHED, then Mr. I 1ciI"r thought
''Hs ,tovcfum"Nt ought To follow the niece
CCll tha, LAD h""1 - Cclric os' ab,is led Iu
t.. Gao Of iae tr"Itv WIKI fr,l.or. AID
gbru"ltc trc tldvtpu-iiuIwcr treaty bV
specific eIiclmcat oi Congress.
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'heu contracts with other nation- and abTo-
sate thorn without the consent ~ tho other