The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27
The Hay-Pauacefote Treaty on the
Canal
PASSES SENATE BY VOTE S. TO 10.
Six Roll-Calls and Several Viva Voce
Votes, and a Number of Amend
ments Voted Down.

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| minutes in amending and ratifying as
amendment, the Hay-Pauncefote trea-
ty for the modification OF the Clayton
| Bulwer convention OF 1850. There were
six rollcalls and several viva yoce
| votes. All the amendments, except
those offered by Senator Foraker and
reported by the committee on foreign
| relations. were voted down by majori-
ties averaging about 49,. The ratifca'
ton resolution was adopted by
| vote Of 55 to IS. The Senate was in ex-
ecutve session for about an hour be-
fore the time for voting arrived, lis
tening to speeches by Senator Thurs
ton, Gallinger, Woloott and Bard, eI-
planatory Of their attitude. The two
foreign relations committee amend
ments we've read first and were accept
ed without division
The first roll-call was upon Senator
Elkins' amendment, declaring that
| nothing contained in this treaty shall
| be construed to prevent the United
States from acquiring at any time suf-
fcient territory and sovereignty over
the same, upon which to build, man.
age, operate, defend, forttfy, protect
and control said canal, or for any 9TH
er purpose as the United States may
deem best in its own interests. ut
was lost by vote OF 25 to As.
Senator Foraker withdrew his
amendment, because they were the
same as those reported by the commit
tee on foreign relations; Senator Pen
rise his, because 1t Was practically
Senator Beveridge his which was
| identical with Senator Elkins, and
covered by the second Of the commit
tee amendments. The other amend
ments were voted down by decisive
majorsties. The vote on Senator TILL
mans amendment, authorizing the de-
fence of the canal and the maintenance
OF public order by the United States
was II yeas to 43 nays. The treaty was
then read The vote upon the treaty
itself, as amended, resulted as FOL
lows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bason, Beve-
ridge, Burrows, Carter, Clay, Cullom,
Beboe, Dillingham;, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foreaker, Foster, Frye, Gallinger,
Hale, Henna, Hansbrough, Harris,
| Hawley, Hoar, Jones, OF Nevada;
| Kean, Kenpey, Lindsay, Lodge, Nc
Bride, McComas, McCumber. McEnery.
McLaurin, Mcmillan, Mallory, Nor
gan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus,
Pla1t, Of New York; Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quarles, Scott, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart. Sullivan, Taiaferro. Thurs
| ton, Turner, Warren, Wetmore, VOL
cott-55.
Nays--Allen, Bard, Bate, Berry,
Butler, CocNell, Culberson. Daniel.
HeMteld, Martin, Mason, Mooney, Petit
grew. Teller, Tillman, Turley, Vest
| Wellington-1S.
The pairs on the treaty vote were as
| follows, two Senators for the treaty
being paired with one against ht, in
accordance with custom Depew and
| Sewell for, with Rawlins against;
Clark and Simon for, with Chiffon
against; Deliver and Baker for, with
Towne against; Caffery and Platt, OF
Connecticut, for, with Jones, OF Arkan-
| sas, against, Kyle was absent and up-
paired.
The text Of the treaty as amended
states It's objects as: ITO facilitate the
construction of ship canal to connect
| the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and TO
| that end to remove any objections
which may arise out Of the convention
OF April 10, 1850, commonly called the
CLAYTON n-Bulwer treaty to the construc-
tDcn Of such canal under the auspices
OF the government of the United States
without impairing the general princi-
ple OF naturalization in article s OF
OF that convention" Its provisions fol-
lows:
Article 1t is agreed that the canal
may be constructed under the auspices
of the government Of the United
States, either directly at its own cost,
or by gift or loan Of money by indi-
viduals or corporations or through
subscription to or purchase OF stock or
shares, and that, subject to the pro-
visions of the present convention, the
said government shall have all the
rights incident to such construction,
as we'll as the exclusive right OF pro
viding for the regulation and manage
ment of the canal.
Article 1.-THE contracting parties
desiring to preserve and maintain the
general principle OF naturalization
established in article VIII Of the Clay
tom n-Bulwer-convenio which conven-
ton Is hereby superseded, as the basis
Of such naturalization, the following
rules. substantially as embodied in the
convention between Great Britain and
certain other powers, signed at Con-
stantinople in 1888, for the free navi-
cation of the Suez Maritime Canal, are