The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-20
FILLRAIIFY THE TREATY
Republicans to Press the Hay
PauneefOte Agreement.
Conflict of opinion as to Whether
the Convention Reviving the Clay
ton-BuIyver Instrument Shall Have
Priority over the Nicaragua Canal
Bill When Congress COnvenes.

The understanding among those mem
bers of Congress who have arrived in
Washington is that the Republican legis-
Iative programme for the second session
Of the FIfty-sfxth Congress contenpiates
the ratification of The Hay-Pauneefote
Treaty and the passage Of the Nicaragua
Canal bill. There IS a difference Of opi1-
ion among Republican Senators and Rep
resentatives at present in Washington as
to whether the treaty or the Canal bill
should have priority in the matter OF con-
sideration The weight of opinion appears
TO be that the treaty should be acted upon
first. The Canal bill is on the Senate cal
endar as a special order for December s,
but if the Republican managers desire.
there will be encountered little officially
in DcStponing consideration OF the meas
ure-
All of those Republican Senators With
whom a reporter for The Times has con
versed speak confidently of the ratlasa-
zion of the y-Pauncefote Treaty Ihey
entertain no doubt that affirmative action
will be taken on that instrument. The op-
ponents of the treaty believe that the
two-third vote required to ratify cannot
be obtained by he treaty hackers These
members OF tie Senate who during the
last session and at various times dur-pS
the recess have announced their oppoSi-
ton 10 the ratification of the a5reen1ent
are: Allen, Bacon, Berry, Butler, Cai-
ferv. Chandler. Chiffon, Clay, Coefrel,
Harris. HeitfeId, Jones of Arkansas, Jores
of Nevada. Kenney, McEnery, Mallory,
Mason, Money, PritChard, PettiSreW, SUI
Ivan. Taliaferro, Teller, Tilinan, TURKEY,
Turner, Vest, and Wellington
The votes claimed for the treaty are
Aidrich, AlliSc1, Baker, BARD BeFeFluse'
Burrows, Carter Clark. Cullom, DANIEL,
Davis. Deboe, Depew, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker. Foster, Frye, Gallinger, Doli-
yer. Hale, HAMA, HansbroUgh, HaWIey,
Hoar, Kean, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, NC
Bride. MeComas, McCumber, McLaurin.
Mcmillan, Martin. Morgan, Nelson, Pen
rose, Perkins. PettUs, Plat OF ConheeU-
cut. PI1tt of New York, Proctor, QuaFies'
RaYlins, Dillingham;, Scott, SeWall, ShOup'
Sin on. Spooner, Stewart, ThuTston, War
ren, and Wetmore.
The treaty opponents declare that
their strength increases as the hours
roll by and that they feel sure OF add
ing to this column Daniel, Martin, ara
MEE.aurir They admit that Mr. Pettus
will stand with his colleague, Mr.. MOI
gan. for ratification.
The friends Of the treaty say that they
intend to bring into line every Repubh-
can, even though he personally opposes
the treaty. II this be done, 1t VIII re-
move Chandler, Pritchard Teller.
Mason anG zones of Nevada from Inc
opposition column
1t IS very 2, nesalIy admitted at the
CaDItoI th2s If President Mckinley sends
out the order that the treaty must be
ratified. he Repub leans viii come into
line II the Admi abstraction heutenants
S4zra a M
that he must vote for the treaty there
are few men so bold as not 10 bow to this
command
1t i significant fact that Senator's
Aldri:h, allison, and Hanna, are an
noynci;l- that the treaty VIII be ratified
IN the Nicaragua Canal bill which
passed tt tlouse early in May last 1t Is
provide tat this Government shall deal
directly With Nicaragua and Costa R1ca
on the ground that the alleged cOnces-
sioDaires fave no rights OF interests
which they can convey 10 the United
States This has practically been yeT1-
fed by q statement recently made by
Nicaragua's new Minister to the United
States.
The friends of the Canal bill contend
that its passage should not wait upon the
ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
They hold that the people Of no other
country would have right to object if
construct a ship canal from New York to
San Francisco. on the territory belonging
solely 10 the United States; nor if Mexico,
on her own territory, constructed a canal
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. nor il
Nicara qua constructed a canal on her own
soil from the Caribbean Sea to the Pa
cific Ocean. It is therefore argued that
either one of them could grant to another
state the right to construct a canal SINH
lar to the one under discussion
No one would have the right they say
TO quarrel with Nicaragua in thus dispos-
ing to the United States Of right that
unquestionably belongs to her The fact
that 1t would enable US, in an emergency
and in certain directions, to increase the
efficiency of our Navy does not constitute
such state Of facts as allows our rivals
TO object TO our building the canal. Other
nations are now making large additions to
their naval powers by the use of their
shipyards. We certainly possess the right
TO increase the efficiency of our Navy by
increasing the number of our ships When
we have the ships we have the right to
send them wherever we choose, and the
-eTe fact that, by the rapid transfer
through the Nicaragua Canal Of our naval
vessels TO the Pacific, or from the Pacific
Ocean to the Atlantic, thus Increasing the
efficiency Of given squadron, surely
ought not to be regarded as an undue ad-
vantage that the United States would have
through this waterway.
The only opposition Of note to the Canal
bill in the Housa came from Mr.. Cannon.
Chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
lions, who was actuated mainly by a desire
TO keep down Government expenditures in
Presidential election year, and from Mr..
Burton Of Ohio whose opposition has been
aseribed to various reasons The death of
Coils P. Huntington. 1t is said. removes
one Of the obstacles in the way Of the final
passage Of the BILL though several times
during the last session of Congress, Mr.
Huntington publicly said that he approved
Of the Hepburn bill.
An extract from the report on the bill
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