The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-19
FORAKER DEFENDS
PENDING TREATY
Senator Morgan Also
Urged Its Ratification.
Us A BOUNDEN DUTY
Which We Owe Both to Nicaragua
and Costa Rico.
VARIOUS TREATIES RATIFIED.
The House Spent Day i'll Consideration
of the District Of Columbia Busi-
ness : Fillbus,crin@ Was
INDUCED in, a:id Finally
Recess Was Taken
Till To-Day.
VARIOUS TREATIES RATIFIED.
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(By Associated Prcss)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Again to-day
the Senate had under discussion the Hay
Pauncefote treaty in executive session. No
business of consequence was transacted in
. open session.
= Mr. Iillman, of South Carolina, had read
the following resolution:
Resolved. That the President be, and is
hereby requested if not in his judgment
incompatible with public interest, to fur
nish the Senate all information and copies
of all correspondence between this Gov
ernment and the Government Of Colombia,
showing what steps, if any, have been
taken by this Government to secure
treaty between the two Governments, or
a modification by Colombia Of existing
treaties or. concessions, with the view OF
securing to the United States the right to
construct a canal over the territory of CO.
lombia between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans
At 12:3D o'clock the Senate went into
executive session. The Senate then rau-
fed five treaties OF comparatively Nttie
consequence. These included an agree
ment. supplementary to the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty itself, and extending the time
within which it may be ratified.
Under the terms of the original treaty
the time for ratification expired hVe
months ago The agreement fayorabty
passed upon to-day eAtenGs tEe ulie uiitil
the +th of March.
i other treaties ratified were as fol-
lows:
Extending fer one year the time within
which the commercial treaty with the Ar
seentine Republic may be ratified and the
same extension for the treaty with Great
Britain. for reciprocity with Jamaica and
the new extradition treaties with Bolivia
and Chilli.
TuIMAN's RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered earlier IN the
day by Mr. Tillman was then agreed to,
after being amended at the instance OF
Senator Morgan so as to call for all the
correspondence with the Panama Canal
Company, including all offers on the part
of that company, and all negotiations
with it concerning the Panama Canal
The friends of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty occupied most of the time in the
consideration of that treaty, Senators
Foraker and Morgan being the speakers
| Senator Bard. of California. gave notice
of an amendment he will offer to the
treaty providing that the United States
shall have the right to discriminate in
favor of American goods shipped through
the canal in American vessels engaged in
the coastwiSe trade"
TRIBUTE. TO HAY.
Senator Forakers speech was a defense
| of the Hav-Pauncefote treaty, and he took
occasion to praise in high terms Secretary
Hay, whom. he said, in falling into the
nrl1y foil Il
historic precedents.
| Every administration since 1850 had given
some recognition to the Clayton-BulWer
treaty. To further show the attitude OF
this nation, Mr.. Foraker quoted the iif-
teenth article of the treaty made between
| the United States and Nicaragua in re-
gard to the canal in 1861, as positive and
definite declaration for neutrality in deal
| ing with the canal.
Mr.. Foraker 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 its
neutrality in time oS peace, he said. but
| we reserve the right to do with it as we
see MT in time OF war, except that we
cannot fortify it..
But, he went on, there is no prohibition
against our closing 1t in war time. He
found great Significance in the difference
stantinople treaty re!atins to the Suez
| Canal and the language employed in re-
| iation TO the Nicaraguan Canal and dwelt
| upon the fact that the Suez treaty con-
| tains provision that in time of hostSli-
| ties that canal shaI be open. to the ships
Of belligerents, although the Ottoman En-
| pre-, through whose dominion the canal
vas to be constructed, should be one Of
the bellgerents. That provision had been
omitted from. the Ht,y-Pauncefote treaty,
Mr.. Foraker said. ard he argued that the
omission could be Interpreted in no way
except as concession of difference in
intent.
SAFETY OF, CANAL
| He also contended for the safety Of the
canal. even though. it should not be forti-
| fed. for it was absurd, he said, to sup
| pose that any enemy would attempt to
sail its SHIPS through a canal 1T5 miles
| long and owned, controlled and policed by
| this country when actual hostilities were
| in progress.
Senator Morgan traversed much of the
| ground he had already covered. He said
that the ratification of the eHay-Pauncefote
| treaty is a debt We owe to Nicaragua and
! Costa Rico Those. countries, if they
| should see fit, might rise up and refuse
to allow US to do anything:- hence we
| could not afford sto do anything that would
| offend them.
! At 3:15 p. NJ. the Senate adjourned.
Intlc House.
(By Associated Press)
| WASHINGTON. December 1s.-The House
! devoted the day. to District OF Columbia
business. The whole time was occupied
4 in the consideration of bill to change the
terminal facilities OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad in this. city, and to provide for
uhe elevation of its tracks across the
Mail south of Pennsylvania Avenue. The
opposition was persistent. but after much
tilfbusterine the friends Of the bill sue