The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-08
TELLER BOWS
NOT To BRITAIN
He Offers Amendment to the
Hay-PauncafOte Treaty.
WOULD ALLOW CANAL
TO BE FORTIFIED
First Vote on the Measure TO BE
Taken Thursday.

Washington. Dec. THE develop
mants in the senate in executive session
today in connection with he Hay
pauncefote treaty We're:
An agreement on the part r the sen
ate u vote next Thursday at 3 O'Clock
on the amendment offered by the COM
mittee on foreign relations, providing
for the policing of the canal
An amendment offered by Senator
Teller, striking out the treaty pIOhlDl-
ton against the fortificatiOn OF the
Nicaragua canal when COnstruSred-
The conclusion OF Senator Morgan S
speech,
A speech by Senator Teller in opposi-
ton TO the treaty.
An agreement for vO-e on the COM
Tnittee amendment was secured soon
after ,He executive ser4ion began. 1t
was reached by unanimous consent, at
a request made by senator Lodge.
Senator Lodge did NOT ask to have a
date fixed for a vote g, the treaty it
SELF. believing that the fate Of the
measure VIII be determined by the re-
suit of the vote on the amendment.
Senator Morgan, in his speech, went
over the same grounds covered by him
yesterday, saying he desired simply to
clear up some misapprehensiOn con-
corning his position
Amendment offered by Teller.
Senator Teller spoke for about two
hours, giving notice of his amendment
at the beginning Of his address The
amendment suggested relates to section
z OF article of the treaty. AS that sec
tion now stands it reads as follows
NO Notifications. shall be erected
commanding the canal or. waters az
jaCent. The United States, however.
shall be at liberty to maintain such
military police along the canal as may
he necessary to protect il against law
lessness and disorder
The Colorado senator's amendment
provides FOR the striking out Of the
first sentence Of this provision. and for
verbal changes in the remaining pOr-
zion. making it read as follows:
The United States shall be at liberty
to maintain such military force along
the canal as may be necessary to pro-
Ject 1t against lawlessness and dis
order"
Need Not Ask Salisbury.
IA. Teller contended that If the Unit
ed States desired to build the canal it
should proceed to do SO without trying
10 secure the consent of Great Britain.
He said that che opinion of Score tary
Hay that the abrGgatiOn of the Clay
ton-BuiUer treaty was necessary as a
preceding performance, after all was
only the opinion of one man. Then he
quoted from public documents in which
former secretaries of state had differed
in their opinions IN this respect He
also showed that in some instances
there had been breaches of the Clay
ton-BulWeV treaty. He quoted SeCre-
Jary EVaTts as saying that the guar
antee Of neutrality is one thing. while
the question Is unsettled. and quite an
other when the canal shall be opened
10 the interests, ambition and cupidity
OF the commercial nations, and is OCCu-
pied by populations of foreign alleg-
lance and discord8nt habits,
Secretary Blaine was also quoted on
the same point
Replying to Senator Morgan. Sena-.
tor Teller expressed the opinion that
Great Britain would never permit her
resentment of independent action By
The United States to lead her 20 begin
hostilities, because material interest in
maintaining peace with this country Is
too great, but he argued that TO ask
English assent TO the construction of
The canal was to admit that that cOun-
try had right to express dissent That
position, he said, never would be ac-
cepted by the people of this country.
Favors Ship Subsidy.
Before the executive session began.
MI Galllnger presented a telegram ad-
dressed TO the president of the senate
from n F Thompson, secretary Of the
southern industrial commission. now in
session at New Orleans, to the effect
that the convention had passed a res0-
luton favoring the early passage by
congress OF "A ship subsidy bin for an
American vessels which shall be eullit-
ably based upon the tonnage actually
carried, besides compensation for car
Tying the mails.
At $50 o'clock the senate adjourned
untii Monday.