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FEN V)IES AGAINST N
DAVIS AMENDMENT TO HAY-PAUN-
CEFOTE TREATY is
ADOPTED
Ind THAT DOES NOT SATISFY
LEARNED SENATORS WANT TO
MAKE MANY RADICAL
CHANGES
HANNA ON SHIP SUBSIDIES
Consumed the Time of the United
States Senate During the
Open Session Yes
terday.

Open Session Yes
terday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 13-In accord
ancc with previous programme the SEN
ate. in executive session, took a vote at
8 o'clock today on the amendment to
the Aay-Pauncefote treaty, author zing
the United States to defend it's interests
in the canal. The senate did not close
its doors until o'clock, and there was
then left only one hours time for dis
cussion of the provisions of the amend
ment. The vote was taken by yeas and
nays, Go votes being cast in favor of the
amendment and II against it. The mega
tive votes We're as follows: Baird, Bev-
eridgc, Frye, Foster, Hansbrough, Lind
say, Mason, McCumber, McEnery Nc
Bride, Morgan, Money Stewart Tillman,
Wellington, WolcOtt and Gallinger.
After the amendment offered by the
committee was passed upon various other
amendments received the attention of the
senate for a brief time, but none of them
was acted upon.
The committee amendment which is
adopted is a provision to be inserted after
section of article of the treaty, and is
as follows:
THE AMENDMENT.
1T is agreed however, that none of the
Immediately foregoing conditions and
stipulations in sections numbered ]. 2, 9,
and of this article shall apply to
measures which the United States NAV
md necessary to take for securing by its
CWn forces the defense of the United
DER
The committee amendment no sooner
had been adopted when various senator's
took the floor to suggest further amend
ments. The amendment which probably
attracted most notice was offered by
Senator Elkjns, and is as follows:
Nothing in this treaty shall be con-
stfued to prevent the Gnitsd States from
acquiring sufficient security and sever
eighty or prevent it from building, GT-
Grating, maintaining, controlling and de-
tending the said canal (referring to the
proposed Nicaraguan canal, or for any.
other purpose that the United States may
deem for its best interests.
Otter amendments were suggested by
Senators Tillman, Allen, Money and
Thurston. Senator Thurston's suggestion
provides that the United States may de-
feEd the canal and, Senator Tillman's s
makes the committee amendment adopted
by tOday's vote apply to all the provi-
sions of article 2. This would have the
effect, it is believed, of multiplying the
provision of section of the article pro-
Nld1ng against the fortification of the
canal Other amendments were offered.
striking out sections 8 and of article 2
Senator Teller said that if Senator Ell
kins' amendment should be ADOPTED he
would not press his amendment for the
modification of section so as to omit
provision against the fertilization of the
canal.
Senator Lodge, in charge of the bill,
was not Slow to recognize the futiIity of
trying to secure further consideration for
the treaty as amended during today's
session, and as soon as the amendments
Were all submitted he moved an adjourn
ont INIT
vailed
MORE CHANGES WANTED.
Previous to taking the vote on the
committee amendments Senator Elkins
occupied the greater portion of the SEN
ates time with a speech advocating
radical alteration of the treaty. He
announced himself as favorable to the
committee amendment, but said to his
mind, that amendment did not go far
enough TO meet the wishes of the Amer
lean people. He believed he said, II ar
II the canal was to be constructed nv
the government of the United States the
people would demand complete and abso-
lute control over the canal itself and
aIso The right to exercise their own
Judgment as a nation, not only in ac-
QulFIhS property in connection with The
canal, but. if need be, in securing SOW
efelgnty over it. He contended that to
pursue this course involved no violation
oil international rights, and in defense of
Lhls position said the United States had
Ihaoe an offensive and defensive treaty
WIN france IN 1893, and soon afterwards
had Iepud1ated that obligation He also
c4ted other precedcnts and authorities
Soihe Oh them being from English
sources in support of this position. He
argued IN snort, that changed conditions
warrant a change in conduct and in no.
slIloh inc speech was listened To with
much interest, and at it's conclusion a
motion was made to have it made nub1ic
ppJecuoh, however, was raised, and the
order was not made
AFTER the senate adjourned for the dav
the Repuoacah committee on order Of
business held a session to decide unon
the future line of action with reference
TO the treaty as amended. After mi,
committee mad concluded its conference
Senator Lodge, who was with the
committee stated that the senate wouId
proceed with the treaty and that he
would continue his efforts to have it rati-
fed
HANNA ON SHIPS
For nearly three hours today Mr. Han
ma OF Ohio, addressed the senate uno,1
Ihe pending snip subsidy bill. While he
mad spoken heretofore on the floor of
The senate, his effort today really was
mis- first formal speech to the hod,
since he became member of it. since
coming to the senate Mr. Hanna has
devoted much time and labor to the
preparation of the ship subsidy bill and
as he is regarded by his colleagues as
one of the best informed public men on
the question, his speech was given un-,
usually close attention. Senators on
both sides of the chamber remained in
their seats throughout the delivery of
the address. He spoke without manu-
script and his delivery at times was
forcible and intense. At the conclusion
of the speech he received the cordial
congratulations of many of his col
leagues
BY special order the senate convened
today at Il O'Clock. The announced pur-
pose of the early convention was to en-
able Mr.. Hanna, of Ohio, to address the
senate on the ship subsidy bill before
taking up the special order of today-the
further consideration in executive session
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Taking up the bill, Mr.. Hanna said the
pending measure was believed to be the
most practical legislation that could be
enacted upon the subject He then
sketched rapidly the rise of the shipping
industry of the Great Lakes. He had,
he said, been connected with that indus
try for nearly forty years. and had
seen it grow from a compare lively in