The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-21
V)IE On TBE TREATY
SENATE ADOPTS THE AMENDED
HAY-PAUNCEFOTE
AGREEMENT
as ALTERED By SEiAT9R DAVIS
NATTER NOW RESTS WITH PRES
IDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
THE CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT
And Great Britain Will Probably
Take Her Own Time
in DigestinE
Them.
as ALTERED BIZ SRlATaR DAVIS
THE CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-After spend
ms the greater part of the past fortnight
in considering the -Pauncefote treaty
for the modification of the ClaYton-Bul-
%er convention of 1850, the senate today
consumed only one hour and ten minutes
an amending it and Tatifying it as
amended. During the time there were six
fOll calls and several viva voce votes.
The first five of the roll Gals were on
amendments offered by individual SEN
ators, and the last one on the resolution
to ratfy the treaty as amended. Ali the
amendments except those offered by Sen
ator Davis and reported by the commit
tee on foreign relations were voted down
by majorities averaging about 49, The
ratification resolution was adopted by =
vote of So to is.
The senate was in executive session for
about an hour before the time for voting
arrived, listening to speeches by Senators
ThurstOn, Gallinger. Wolcott and Bard,
explanatory of their attitude. Senator
Bard cOntended for the adoption of his
amendment giving preference to Ameri-
can ships passing through the proposed
Nicaraguan canal Senator Gallinger
spoke in defense of the treaty, as it orig
tn;Nly came from the executive. Senator
Wolcott said that the original treaty
would have been agreeable to him, but
added that he considered the agreement,
as it had been and was about to be
amended, preferable to no treaty at all.
Senator Thurston strongly advocated the
treaty, saying that, as Great Britain
owns and governs a very large portion
of the territory of North America, it was
perfectly right and proper that that
country should be consulted in the mat
ter Of the construction of an isthmian
canal When Senator Mason asked if it
were not also proper that Great Britain
in that event should pay part of the cost
of construction, he replied that the secur-
ing Of the canal itself was the one great
desidcratum, and that compared to the
benefit the waterway would be to the
worlds commerce, the cost of construc-
ton was Of little moment
Senator Lodge, who, as a member Of
the committee on foreign relations, has
piloted the treaty through the senate
since the death of Chairman Davis, lost
no time in demanding that the voting be-
gin when 3 o'clock arrived The foreign
relations committee amendments We're
read first. Senator Lodge himself sug-
gested a verbal amendment to the first of
these, adding the word "conventfon''
after the word which," so as to make
the amendment read which convention
is hereby superseded" He explained
that suggestion had been made that
without the addition of that word the
amendment might be construed as apply
ing only to article Of the Clayton-Rul-
wer treaty whereas, he said, it was in
tended to apply to the entire treaty.
The amendment was accepted, and the
two committee amendments then were
both accepted without division
All the amendments suggested having
been acted upon, and tnose of the COM
mittec adopted, Senator Allen asked for
the reading of the treaty as amended
This request was complied with, and the
vote was taken upon the treaty itself, re-
sulting as follows:
THE VOTE.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Bever-
idge, Burrows, Carter, Chandler. Clay
.Cullom Deboe. Dillingham;, Elkirs. Fair
kbanks. Foraker Foster Frye GaIlinger
Haze. Hanna, Hansbrough Harris Haw-
icy, Hoar, Jones (Nev), Kean, Kenny,
Lindsay Lodge, Mcbride, McComas, Ne
Cumber, McEnery, McLauren, McMillin
Mallory. Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Per
R R Pettus. Plat N. ~. Pritohard
Stewart Sullivan, Taliferro, Thurston
turner, Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott-55
N2ys.-,Allen: Bard, Bate, Berry. Butler
Gockrell, Culberson, Daniel, HeitfeId,
Martin, Mason, Money, Pettigrew. Teller
IjIlman, Turley. Vest, Weliington-19
me text OF the treaty as amended is
as follows:
THE TREATY.
The United States of America. and her
MAJESTY the queen of the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland en-
press Of india being DESTROYS to facilitate
The construction of a ship canal to con-
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and
to that end to remove any obIectinn
which may arise out of the convention Of
April -, 1880, commonly called the CLAW
n-Bulwer treaty. to the constructors 1f
such canal under the auspices of the
government of the United States, without
jmpairing the general principle" OF
neutraliZatio established in article. VII!
tS) of That convention, have for the mn
pose appointed as their plenipotentiariieess.
The president of the United States: John
Hay, secretary of state of the IJnit5d
States of America, and her majesty tI;~
queen Of Great Britain and Ireland en-
press Of India the right honorable Lord orc
Pauncefote, G. B. c., G. c. NJ. &. bcr
majesty's ambassador extraordinary ana
plenlpotentiary to the United States
VINO, having communicated to each
other their full powers which were foI1nii
TO be in due form, have agreed upon the
following articles: '-'0
Article I-It is agreed that the canal
may be constructed under the ausninnc
OF the government Of the United States
either directly at its own cost, or bx
ght or loan of money to individuals or
corporations, or through subscriptio;; -
or to purchase of stock or shares, and