The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-12-19
WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP. !.
Hay-Paunoefote Treaty...ship
Subsidy Bill.

Washington, Dec 17-No admin
istration has ever received a more
humiliating defeat at the hands of
senate controlled by majority of its
own party than has been administered
to the present one Sy the amend
ments added to the Hay Pauncefote
treaty within the last few days
Instead of cringing to England, as
the treaty, as originally drawn by
Lord PauDcefote. and accepted by
Secretary Hay and Mr. Mckinley,
did, and begging the consent OF
England and all the other European
powers to our constructing the
Nicaragua canal With our own money
and then giving to all other countries
equal rights therein with us, the
amended treaty serves notice on
England that the Claytou.Bclwer
treaty is thereby abrogated that we
are going to dig the canal and co.,
troll and protect it in our own way
and without asking the consent Of
any other power in the world. In
short, when the senate ratltes that
treaty it viii be thoroughly Ameri-
can document, as the public sentl'
ment of the country has from the
first demanded that it should be.
When these amendments were first
talked about the administration foot
ers INDUCED in considerable blufhng
concerning the 6ght the admlolstra-
tion would make to have the treaty
ratified without amendment When
the time came for q show down cid
the administration fight ? Net even
the tiniest little bit On the contrary,
Mr. Mckinley even gave his consent
to the amendment and promised to
forward the tresty TO England after
its ratification, but he told the sens
tors who went to inform him that the
amendments would be added whether
be liked them or not that he was
afraid that England would never.
never accept the amended treaty
that Hay was positively certain it
would not But that doesn't seem
to be worrying the senators. They
cay that if England rejects the treaty
as amended. congress will adopt
joint resolution declaring the Clayton
Bulwer treaty abrogated, and that
the construction of the canal will go
right along just the same as though
England had accepted the treaty
Senator Allen, of Nebraska. has
proposed an amendment to the ship
subsidy bill, authorizing payment OF
bounties ON agricultural products ex-
ported, amounts PANIED being, 10
cents busbel on wheat, so cents
barrel on wheat -four, 10 cents a
bushel on rye 50 cents a barrel on
rye -four, cents a bushel on corn, I
cents pei GENITAL On ground corn, |
cent pound on cotton, cents
poupd on hops, AID 2 cents pound
on tobacco There is. of course, no
probability tina. Senator Aliens
amendment will be adopted. but he,
and many others. regard the PROPOSE
ton as on the same footing with the
object aimed a. by the ship subsidy
bill. 80 far as principle is concerned,
and being q, much better way to give
away public mouey, because it would
be more widely distributed
The republicans of the ways ana
means committee received two DE.
feats while the house was sitting as
a committee Of the whole TO consider
amendments TO the revenue reduction
Bill The house by vote Of 81 to
95 defeated the committee amend.
ment, abclish,ug one sixth aud one
eighth beer barrels, on the ground
that it was discrimination against
the small brewers Of the country.
and By vote of l06 to 80, adopted
an amendment. proprosed by repre-
sentative Fl g. Smith, cf Mich.
requiring all railroad aud express
companies to make sworh statements
monthly OF their business and 10 pay
one cent tax for each bill Of lsding
and receipt issued. Later the CON
mittee assisted by senator Piatt, OF
N Y, who is president of one OF
the Dig express companies, rallied its
forces and got the latter amendment
struck out just before the final vote
was taken passing bill
From being the Gear Of the house
to being unknown to member OF
the oouse is quite plunge for man
to take inside of two years. but the
drop has been made oy Hon Thomas
Brackets Reed, whose law practice
now includes little congressional
lobbying. Mr Reed was just coming
out of the house when representative