The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-27
IS RATIFIED.
khe L(ng Hay-PauncefOte Con-
trOYtrSy at last Settled.
|FASBkY'S OWNHANDIWORK
Effect CseveIaE DIS Criticisms of DEM
bcratic Organization.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The Hay
Pauncefbte treaty has been ratified,
and the long struggle against Anglo
mania j the State Department is
temporarily at an end. Secretary
Hav haf kindly agreed to sacrifice
his ow1 feelings and submit the
amendea ! treaty to the British Gov
ernmenS but states frankly that he
does ndt see low Her Majesty can
possiblHaccept its provisions which,
he at 4. first declared, would be
an insult for him even to offer for
her contiderat; N. 1t may beistated,
indeed: that Mr.. Hay would have
withdrawn the treaty had it not been
for Lotd Pauncefolte, the British
Embassador, who did not seem to see
the insiperable objections to it that
Dir. Haf does. As a matter of fact,
the tready does not 60 far enough to
preserve the bare rights of the Uni
Ied STATES, as it still contains the OBJ
iection$ble clause forbidding fOrtif-
sationsj which would enable our
ships 70 leave the canal in time of
war anl 60 to meet the enemy else
where Possibly, the real reason for
opposition to amendment, is shown
by tha following official statement
given out at the State Department.
"Wha&pver Odium there is in con-
nectiors with the so-called Hay-Paun-
sefote greatly rests entirely with the
State department. The compact
was drSawn up entirely by the State
Department and subn itted to Great
Britait with the result that it was
spprofed without change, even the
crossing of ct" or the dotting of 81. ;.
EveryI line, word, and letter OF the
treatyhs as it was prepared by the
State Department" In other words,
Great Britain had nothing to do with
drawing up the treaty that Hay
declartd it would be an insult to
her to amend! 1t was Mr.. Hay'S
love for his handiwOlk that made
him SO oppose the amendment and
not concern, solely, for the country's
welfare. However, the treaty has
been amended and passed and it il
NJ to. Great Britain to act. The
chances are that she will do nothing
until after March 4th, when Con
gress adjourns, and then will open
negotiations with Secretary Hay
who has shown himself SO facile, fol
a new treaty, in which concessions
possibly new strip of Alaska, or
port for Canada-will be traded fol
the right to build the canal. By mex
wintef, Britain may be out of Sou
AfricS and not SO dependent on th'
friendship of the United States, a
she Isl at present.
Nd ddecision is expected from tn
Supr5me Court in the Porto RicaI
caSesh hOr at least TWO mOntnS alLe
Janu@ry 18th, when the second batcl
OF tht ne cases is to be argued. Tn
belief is freely expressed here, how
ever,Ithat the court is radically di
vided on the main question, and tha
the Il Elance of power will finally b
left il the handsof The Chief Justice
The confidence of the administrator
has d cen rudely shaken by the attl
tudebf former Presidents BENJAMIN
Harrison and Grover Cleveland, bot
OF wi bom have great weight with tn
Suppl Ime Court, and by the fact tina
Acknowledgement Griggs, during hi
argyll Inent on Wednesday, was Pile
Withsapparently hostile questions b
Justies Brewer, Harlan, White an
Broin. If these judges are hOstil
to tie Administrations position an
all d the others are agreeable to th
administrations position, it leaves
narrbw majority of one vote. 1t
recalled that President Harrison ap
poinaed Justices Brewer, Shiras an
BroIn, and President Cleveland az
pointed Justices Fuller, White an
PecRham. While no one exPec'
that any of these judges are likely
be i1Auenced by opinions entertalne
by tae distinguished former Pres
dents who placed them on tt
benth, it is nevertheless an lnte
esti4g fact that two-thlrds OF Il
Just ices of the Supreme Cou
owe their appointments to torm'
Pre!idents who are now assallln
the Emperialistic policy OF the AdmI
istr$tion. :,
MIR. Cleveland's views as to Il
futtsre of the Democratic party ma
cauaed considerable comment mel
who're the general criticism Is t
same as thatoffered by Mr. Bryan,
labk of deGniteness as to what :,
conliders the basic principles OF =