The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-12-21
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From our regular Correspondent.

From our regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, December 17.-No admins
tration has ever received Il more Illuminating
defeat at the hands of a Senate controlled by a
majority of its own party, than has been adj
| minstered to the present one by the amend
ments added to the Hay-P auucefote treaty
within the last few days. Instead of cringing
| TO England, as the treaty, as originally drawn
by Lord Pauncefote, and accepted by Secre-
| tary Hay and SIR. Mckinley, did, and begging
the consent of England and all the other
European powers to our constructing the
Nicaragequa Canal with our own money and
then giving to all other countries equal righte
| therein with us, the amended treaty serves
notice on England that the Clayton Bulwtr
treaty isthercby abrUgated; that we are going
| to dig the canal and CO troll and protect in our
| own way and without asking the consent of any
power in the world. In short, when the Senate
| rAti6es that treaty ii will be thoroughly
| American document, as the pubic sentiment
| of the country has from the first demanded
| that it should he. WEcn these amendments
| were first called about the a6ninistl alton
| tooters INDUCED in considerable buffirg con-
corning tie fight the administration would
make to have the treaty ratified without
| amendment. When the time came for
| snow down uli Inc administration H8Dt.
Not even the tiniest little bit. On the
the contrary, Mr.. Mckinley even gave his con-
sent to the Amendment and promised to for
ward the treaty to England after its ratification
but he told the Senators who went to inform
him that the amendments would tie GddCd
whether he liked them or not that he was
afraid that England would never, never ac-
ccpt the Amended tresty that Hay was posi-
Er1rt
seem to be worrying the Senators. They say
that if England rejects the treaty as amer ded,
Congress will adopt d joiutrcso}ution declaring
the Cayton-Bulwe treaty ubrogated, and
that the construction OF the Canal will 20 right
along Just the same rs though England had
| accepted the treaty.
Senator Allen, of y cbrusL ., has proposed an
amendment to the Ship Subsidy bill, authoriz-
ing payment of buuuties on agricultural pro.
duets exported. The amounts named being
ten cents a bulhei wheat; fifty cants 9
| barrel on wheat flower; ton cents bushci on
| rye; fifty cents barrel or rye II ur; five cent
| IA bushel on corn: seven cents per GENITAL OF
| ground corn, one Ccnt IL pound on cotton; two
| cents pound on hops, md wv" cents pGunt
on tobacco. There is of course 10 probability
that Senator Aliens amendment will bt
adopted, but H., and many otbers, reg ard the
: propo itiOn as on the Same im0ting 18th the
object aimed ut - the ship-sub5iay bill. 30 fel
as principle is cJncerss,, and being mucl
better way 10 give aw public mancy, bs
cause It would ua mrr: widely distributed.
TIE Rvpuhicaas OF the W,ys ard Mean
Committee eccived two defeats while thu
> House was sitting rs a committee OF the who'll
to consider amendments {" the Revenue Re
ductou BIZ. The House Ivy vote of 81 to 81
defeat the Committee amendment, abolish
irg one sixth and one-cg'th hrer barrels, Oh
| tbs ground that il was discrimination ag ins
the small brewers of the county, and by
vote OF Ice t. 81, adoptod az amendment, pro
: posed by Rcprescnt;i i've II. c. Smith, Of Mich.
) requiring all railroad ~ express companie
4 to make sworn statements monthly of thei
business and to pay one-cent tax for each bill
| of lading and receipt issued. Later the com