The sun., 1900-12-21
THE TREATY IS RATIFIED.
,oTg WAS 81 TO ~. SIX MORE THAN
rUy NECESSARY TWO.IHIRDs.

Dave, 10 Control and Defend the Canal
r,,.o, nv rortincations, and 'supsrssd-
,r." the Clayton -Buiwer Treaty a"
-. O,h.r Amendments Are Defeated.
r,,o,ox. Dec 2o.-The Hay-Paunce-
,o,. o,roi treaty, sent to the senate rso. ''
Ivy Ivy .. ,o,ia.d by ,hnt body to-day. the
,'o,. he,ng IS TO is. ELK more than tho neces-
WV hitch is two-thirds OF tho
snS senators voting Had tho full
=, .,yh,v-siy members been pres-
40 ro,es would have been re-
,,,sd Eight Senators were paired IN iaVor
-. ,,.o,y. ono did not vote Kyle OF south
,. ond four were paired against H.
'rs. odvooo,.s OF ratification had nve Vo'es
TO spare had all oil '"e
cnst their votes ~ ,. ,,..,r VA.
nd.d in addition to the Davis amend
ant. 40 as to give the United states the power
~ a.,.nd the canal except 10y foruhcauons
-, en-. adoptlon Of the two amendments IN
,.,,.,roed nv Senator Foraker and reported
~, ,ha Foreign Relations COMMITTEES. ono
s,r,L,no out Article H.. inviting the adher-
oroa ~ the other Powers. and the other deciar-
,,, that this treaty "supersedes- the Clayton
v-Iw.r o,,venuon II ia the opinion OF
Ia Senators whose views are entitled TO
a.o.,ia, veieh. In this matter that Great
p,i,ain will accept the amendments maoe
by the Senate.
rb. discussion preceding Anal action on
IN. treaty was OF short duration Mr, VOL
cott and Mr.. Gallinger each spoke briehy IN
,.ror NJ ratification. Mr.. Thurston also
~ .ds q speech along the same line and during
hs advocacy OF the original treaty called
o,,ention TO the fact that Great Britain was
largely Interested in the isthmian canal ior
the reason that she already owned almost haii
OF the North America continent.
Mr. Mason asked If Great Britain was so
largely interested why IL was that that ma
ton did not stand some of the expense that
would he attached 10 the prosecution or such
agreat work.
Nv Thurston replied that the United States
assumed that expense because this Govern
,nent reserved TO itself the right to manage
and control the canal, and that so far as its
management and control were concerned II
va. distinctly American institution.
Two minutes after o'clock the bell rang
for the first yea and nay vote ms wa'
taken on the amendment proposed by Mr..
Ekins. which provided for the insertion OF
the following at the end Of Section OF Article
H., after the Davis amendment;
-But nothing contained in this treaty shall
be construed to prevent the United states
from acquiring at any time sufficient territory
and sovereignty over the same upon which
10 build. manage, oi crate. defend, protect
and control said canal or for any other pur-
noses that the United States may deem
hest for its own interests
This amendment was voted down by .s
20 25. the only Republicans supporting it
being Mcssrs Bard. Beveridse, Elkins. Mason
md Penrose
The second amendment acted upon was
that proposed by Mr. Butler to strike out
section OF Article II which among other
things provides that no fortlhcations shall
be erected commanding the canal or the
waters adjacent" This was defeated by a
vote Of ~ to 20. the same Republicans named
above supporting It.
The next roll call was taken upon the amend
ment Of Mr.. Mason. which proposed to insert
after section 7 Of Article II. the following
Provided that nothing herein contained
shall prevent the United states from pro-
ecting said canal in any way it may deem
necessary IL the said the United States shall
construct said canal at It's own expense
This was defeated by ~ TO rs. Messrs.
VI
only Republicans supporting IT,
Tho amendment OF Mr.. Bard. substituting G
the following for Article III. was next take
up:
The United States reserves tho right in the
regulation and management Of the canal to
discriminate in respect TO the charges OF
traffc In favor Of vessels Of its own citizens
engaged In tho coastwise trade
This amendment was likewise defeated by
a vote Of &s to 27. it receiving the greatest
number OF Republican votes OF any that had
been offered. they being Senators Bard, Bcv-
eridge, Elkins. Mason. Penrose and Perkins.
The last yea and nay vote was taken Oh an
amendment offered by Mr.. Tilman. which
proposed the Insertion of the Davis amend
ment heretofore agreed 10 at the end OF sec
ton 7 Of the second article. instead uf at the
end Of section 8. for the purpose of nulliiynz
the non-fortfcation clause of section :
This was defeated by a vote Of a. TO p. the
Republicans voting for il being Nessrs Bard,
Beveridgc. Elkins. Mason and Ponro~e.
Mr. Penrose withdrew an amendment he
mad previously offered. which was simiia r
TO that OF Mr. Elkins. which had been voted
down. and Mr. Beveridge Withdrew his amend-
ment to strike out Article H.. because the
committee had reported one that was identl-
cal with II. For the same reason Mr. FORAKER
withdrew his individual amendment Of the
same tenor An amendment by Mr. Allen
changing the phraseolosy OF Article 1. by
striking out, in connection with the means
.or the securcment OF funds for the construc-
,ion Of the canal, the words "or by gift or
loan Of money To individuals or corporations
or through subscriptions to or purchase "f
stock or shares. was re ecied by u viva voce
vote
BEFORE the final vote was taken Mr. Teller
made A determined but futile effort to secure
, tuodiI,c ition OF section /, 50 as to declare
that the canal should be free and orcn IN
time ot w,r to the vessels of commerce u'
all nltipn,. clmindting the words IN time
oi pctce' and striking out altogether any
reference To- ships OF war g. time OF peace
He also moved TO strike out entirely sec
ton. and I. rhich relate to the right OF
vessels Il war b"liigerents in the matt n
of rcvictull.iu- t; t1k!ng on stores in the
clnll. their progress in the canal, the r"cu-
lation~ with respect to prizes and the dis
ambqrkation os troops and munitions of war
vhilc IN transit through the canal
Wi;h respect 80 the hith section. he also
sought to strike out the provision That YES
sells Of war OF q bclgercnt shall not remain
in such waters (adjacent to the canal within
the thrcc-milc limit longer than twenti :
four hours at any one time except ia case OF dis