The age-herald., 1900-12-19
.FORAKER AND
 MORGAN SPOKE: Friends of Hay-Pauncefo'e Treaty Occupy the Senate's Time SEVERAL TREATIES RATIFIED Time for Ratifying Hay-Paunce- fote Treaty Was Extended CANAL SHOULD NOT BE FORTIFIED Senator Morgan Says the Treaty Should Be Endorsed on Account of the
 Debt We Owe to Nicaragua
 and Costa Rica.
CANAL SHOULD NOT BE FORTIFIED

Washington, December 1S.-The friends, of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty occupied nearly all of the time of the Senate in executive session today, Senators Foraker and Morgan being the speakers.
 Previous to the taking up of that treaty the Senate, for the purpose of clearing It's calendar, disposed of several other treaties of comparatively little importance. Five conventions in all were ratified. Among the documents thus disposed of was an agreement supplementary to the Hay Pauncefote treaty itself and extending the time within which it may be ratified. Un- der the terms of the original treaty the time for ratification expired five months ago. The agreement favorably passed upon today extends the time until the fourth of March, during which the treaty may be completed.
 The other treaties which were ratified were folows
 Extending for one year the time within which the commercial treaty with Argen- tine may be ratified.
 Extending for a year the time which the treaty with Great Britain for recipro- city with Jamaica may be ratified
 The new extradition treaties with Bolivia and Chilli.
 As to Colombia.
 When the Hay Pauncefote treaty was taken up attention was given to a resolu- ton offered in open session earlier in the day by Senator Tillman calling for the correspondence between this government and the government of Colombia relative to the right of the United States to con- struct canal across Colombian territory. The resolution was agreed to after it was amended at the instance of Senator Nor nIa NA spondence with the Pan-American Canal Company including all offers on the part of that company and all negotiations with it concerning the Panama canal.
 Senator Foraker's speech from first to last was defense of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
 He praised in high terms the services of Secretary Hay. Any fair-minded man, he said, must recognize that in negotiating the pending treaty the Secretary of State had accepted conditions as he found them, and that in falling into the policy of neu- trality he had only followed historic prece- dents. Every administration since 1850 had given some recognition to the Clayton Bull wer treaty, and that document was to be found in the governments latest treaty compilation. To further show the attitude of this nation MT. Foraker quoted the fif- teenth article of that treaty made between the United States and Nicaragua in regard to the caal in 1867.
 MT, foraRer also contended that there IS an implied reservation in the treaty as it came to the Senate to protect the canal from enemies. The treaty guarantees it's neutrality in time of peace, he said, but we reserve the right to do with 1t as we see fit in time of war, except that We can not fortify it.
 Should Not Be Fortified.
 He also contended for the safety of the canal, even though it should not be fortl- fled, for it was absurd he said, to suppose that any enemy would attempt to sail It's ships through canal 175 miles long and owned, controlled and policed by this coun- try when actual hostilities were In prog ress. In this connection he called attention to the fate of the Maine, which was on a peaceful mission and had been anchored in harbor of the country with which at that time we were at peace.
 Senator Morgan traversed much of the ground he had covered in his previous ar kI.x