The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-21
CANAL. TREATY.
HAS PASSED 'THE SENATE.
Took an Hour and Ten Minutes to Complete the
E!kius Amendment Turned DoRn-Foraker Provision
/ Made a Part ofsthe Treaty. s
BRITISH GOVERNMENT BE.NOTIFIED OF ms PASSAGE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-After
spending the greater part Of the past
fortnight ID consideration OF the Hay
Pauncefota treaty for the modification
Of the Clayton Bulwer convention Of
1850. the senate to-day. consumed only.
one hour and ten minutes In amending
1T, and ratifylns It as amended. Dur,
ing the time there were six roll calls
and several viva yoce votes. The first
five OF the roll calls we're. On amend
rnents offered by Individual senators
and the last one on the resolution to
ratlfy: the treaty as amended. All the
amendments. except those offered by
Senator Foraker and reported by tho
committee on foreign relations were
voted down by mnjoritias averaging
about nineteen. The atlficntion reso-
luton was adopted by a vote of % to IS.
The senate was In executive session
for about an hour before the time for
voting arrived, listening to the speeches
by Senators Thurston. Gallinger VOL
cott and Bard, explanatory of their at
titude.
Lodge the Pilot.
Senator Lodge. who as member Of
the committee on foreign relations, has
piloted tile treaty through the senate,
since the death OF Chairman Davis. lost
no time in demanding that the voting
begin when o'clock arrived. The for
elgn relations committee amendments
were read first. *
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 suf1-
Client territory and sovereignty over
the same. upon which to build. manage,
operate defend, fortify. protect and con-
troll said canal, or for any other pur-
poses as the United States may deem
bess'in It's own interests"
1t was lost by vote of25 to As.
Amendments Turned Down.
The other amendment roll calls were
as follows: 4.
On Mr.. Buffers amet imcn, to strike
out section 7 Of article, ?, prohibiting
fortifications-2s yeas 10 a nays.
On Mr.. Mason's amendment author
lzlng the protection OF che canal as the
United States MAJ deem proper--oo Is yeas
to A nays.
On Senator Bard's amendment! rGserv-
Ing the right OF the United States to
discriminate in the canal traffic in favor
OF American vessels-T yeas to 43 nays.
On Senator Tlllman's amendment au-
thorlzing the defense OF the canal and
the maintenance Of public order by the
United states-27 yeas to 43 nays.
Senator Foraker withdrew his amend-
ments because they were the same as
those reported by the committee on for
eign relations; Senator Penrose his. be-
cause It was practically with Senator Ell
kins, and Senator Bcyerldge his. be-
cause It was covered by the second of
the committee amendments.
How tho Vote Stood. q.
All the amendments suggested hav-
Ing been acted upon! and those Of the
committee adopted. Senator Allen asked
for the reading OF the treaty as amend
ed. This request was complied with
and the vote was taken upon the treaty
itself, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison, Bacon, Bever-
idgc. Burrows. Carter, Chandler, Clay,
CuHom. Deboe, Dillingham;. Elkins,
Fairbanks Foraker. Foster, Frye, Gall
llnger. Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Har-
rls. Hawley, Hoar. Jones, tNev.) Kean,
Kenney. Lindsay. Lodge, Mcbride, Nc
comas, McCumber. McEnery, McLau-
rim. Mcmillan, Mallory, Morgan, Nelson,
Penrose, Perkins, Pettus. Platt, IN. w;
Pritchard. Proctor. Quarles, Scott,
shoup, Spooner, Stewart. Sullivan,
Taliaferro, Thurston. Turner, Warren,
Welmore. Wolcott-55.
Naya-Allen, Bard. Bate, Berry, But
Ter. Cockrell. culbrrtson, Daniel, Heit-
field. Martin, Mason, Money, PettIgrew,
Teller. Tillman, Turley, Vest. yelling
ton-1S. - "