The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-25
SENATE AMENDS AND RAIlFIES THE
HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY
full TEXT OF THE INSTRUMENT
All Amendments Except Those of the
Committee Either Withdrawn or
Voted Down-The Final Ratification
Adopted by a Vote OF Fffty-Ffve to
Eighteen-How the Senators Voted
The Clayton-Bulver Treaty super:
sided by This One.

Washington, December 20.-The SEN
ate consumed an hour and ten minutes
this afternoon in amending and ratify-
ing as amended the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty for the modification of the Clay
ton-Bulwer convention of 1850. There
were six roll calls and several viva
Voce votes.
All the amendments, except those OF
fered by Senator Foraker and reported
by the committee on foreign relations,
were voted down by majorities averag
ing about 10. The ratification resolu-
ton was adopted by a vote of 55 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.
The two foreign relations committee
amendments were read first and were
accepted without division. The first
roll call was upon Senator Elkins'
amendment declaring that nothing
contained in this treaty shall be con-
strued to prevent the United States
from acquiring at any time sufficient
territory and sovereignty over the same,
upon WHICH 10 Dullu, uldHdSC, OPCidIC,
defend, fortify, protect and control said
canal, or for any other purposes as the
United States may deem best in it's own
interests" 1t was lost by a vote of 25
to As.
Senator Foraker withdrew his amend
ments because they were the same as
those reported by the committee on for
eign relations, Senator Penrose his, be-
cause it was practically Identical with
Senator Elkins', and Senator Beveridge
his because it was covered by the sec
ond of the committee amendments.
The treaty was then read. The vote
upon the treaty itself as amended, re-
suited as follows:
Yeas-AIdrich, Allison, Bacon, Bever-
idge, Burrows, Carter, Chandler. Clay,
Cullom, Deboe, Dillingham;, Elkins,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, CAT
Iinger, Hale Hanna, Hansbrough, Har-
ris, Hawley, Hoar, Jones, (Nevada,)
Kean, Kenney, Lindsay, Lodge, NC
Bride, McComas, McCumber, McEn-
cry, McLaurin, Mcmillan, Mallory, Nor
gan, Nelson, PenroSe, Perkins, PettuS
Platt, of New York; Pritchard, Proctor
Quarles, Scott Shoup, Spooner. Stewart
Sullivan, Taliaferro, Thurston, Turner
Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott-55
Nays-Allen, Bard, Bate. Berry, But
Ier, Cockerell, Culberson, Daniel, Heit
field, Martin, Mason, Money, Pettigrew
tOn-1S.
The text of the treaty as amended
states it's object as 'to facilitate tn
construction of a ship canal to connec
Rthe Atlantic and Pacific oceans, am
to that end to remove any objection
which may arise out of the convention
of April 10, 1850, commonly called tn
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the conStruc
ton of such canal under the auspice
= Of the government of the United States
without impairing the general prin
ciples' of naturalization established i
Article VIII of that convention" 1t
provisions follow:
Article I. 1t is agreed that the cana
may be constructed under the auSpice
of the government of the United State:
either directly at it's own cost, or b
gift or loan of money to individuals Q
corporations or through subscriptio
to or purchase of stock or shares, an
that subject to the provisions of tn
present convention, the said governmer
shall have and enjoy all the rights in
cident to such construction as we'll q
the exclusive right of providing IL
the regulation and management of tn
canal.
Article IL The high contracting pal
ties, desiring to preserve and mainitai
the general principle of neutralizatio
established in Article VIII of the Clay
ton-Bulwer convention, which conver
ton is hereby superseded, adopt as tf
basis of such naturalization, the TO
lowing rules, substantially as embodie
in the convention between Great Bri