The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-06
Senate Committee of Foreign
Relations Votes SOlidly
For Favorable Report on Hay
Pauncefote Treaty.
ARE SOME OBJECTIONS.
But Not Enough to Cause a Dis
sentiBg Vote.
Chester I. Long on House Ways
and Means Committee.

Washington, Dec. 6.-The senate COM
mittee on foreign relations today voted
to report favorably the new Hay
Pauncefote treaty providing for the
construction of an isthmian canal.
The committee was in session nearly
two hours, and went over in detail the
provisions of the convention. No votes
were cast against it, but it was crl1-
cised very sharply by Senators Money
and Bacon, who found in it many OF
the objections which they urged against
the old treaty. They took especial ex-
ception to the provision continuing IN
force the neutrality provision of the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty, and also made
objection to the clause specifically au-
thorizing the United States to police the
canal placing a limitation upon the
power of this country to absolutely con-
troll it. The contention was made that
the effect of the treaty as sent to the
senate would be to deprive the United
States of control of the canal in case
of war. Especial attention was called
to the provisions in the preamble of the
pending treaty. reserving article OF
the C1aytOn-Bulwer treaty from the re-
peal provision of the new treaty. The
portion of this article of the old treaty
to which especial objection was made
reads as follows:
I'm granting, however, their just pro-
lection to any such canals or railways
as are by this article specified it is al
ways understood by the United States
structing or owning the same shall inn
pose no other charges or conditions of
traffic thereupon than the aforesaid
governments shall approve of as just
and equitable; and that the same canals
or railways being open to the citizens
and subjects OF the United States and
Great Britain OH equal terms, shall also
be open on like terms to the citizens and
subjects of every other state which is
willing to grant thereto such protection
as the United States and Great Britain
engage to afford
Senators Money and Bacon did not go
to the extent of voting against the re-
port of the treaty, and they acknOwl-
edge they are anxious to see it ratified
because of their great desire to have the
canal built Still they insisted that the
treaty as it now stands is very Objec-
tionable in case of the contingency or
war
Senator Frye presided over the meet
ing and he authorized Senator Lodge
to report the treaty to the senate on
Monday next in case there should be an
executive session on that day.
1t was also the sense of the commit
tee that the consideration of the treaty
should be pressed as speedily as possl-
BILE in the senate some senators express
ing the hope that action might be Sc
cured before the adjournment for the
holidays. The committee also voted to
recommend that the injunction of secre-
cy be removed from the treaty.
LONG ON WAYS AND MEANS.
IL, T.
day after the reading and approval of
the journal, Mr.. Gaines, CTenn.) who
has just returned from the Philippines,
appeared at the bar where the oath of
office was administered to him.
Speaker Henderson then announced
the appointment of the following COM
mittees:
Ways and means-Payne. CN. Y) ;Dal-
zel, Pa-); Hopkins, Qll); Grosvenor,
tOhio); Russell, Comm: Steele, Qndo;
Tawney, (Minn.); Mccall, (N1ass.); Long
CKan.); Babcock, (Wis.); Metcalf. Cal)
Republicans; Richardson, CTenn); Rob
ertson Ga3: Swanson; Mcclellan (N.
"; New1ands, a(Nevo; Cooper, (Tex)
Democrats.
opriations-Cannon, QlD.; Bing-
ham, Pa); Hemenway, Qndo; Barney,
(Ohio); McCleary, CMinn.); Iittauer.
On. Y; Brownlow. (Tenn); Gardner,
Mich); Burkett. (Nebo Republicans;
(CoD; Pierce (Tenn); Benton, CMos);
and Taylor, (Ala.) Democrats.
Enrolled bills-Wachter, CMO.; Ball,
Oel); Burk. Pa-); Currier, (N H) Re
publicans: Lloyd, (Mo), and Edwards
(Mont) Democrats.
Then at 1906 p. M, the house ad-
journed until Tuesday.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON KNOX
washington, Dec. 6.-The senate COM
mittee on the Judiciary today authoriz-
ed a favorable report on the nomination
of p c. Knox to be attorney general.
by the antitrust league who has filed
protest with the committee in which
especial complaint is made that Mr..
Knox failed to bring certain suits
against organizations said to be trusts,
which he was urged by the league to
institute. The committee considered
this document at some length but con-
cluded that the president should be al
lowed to choose his own advisers, he be-
ing responsible for them. The vote for
a favorable report was unanimous
In each of the committees announced
today the majority representation was
increased one and the minority repre-
sentation reduced to that extent. This
policy is to be followed in the appoint
ments of other committees. Mr.. Met
calf of California is the new Republic
can members on the ways and means
committee and Messrs. Brownlow of
Tennessee, Gardner of Michigan and
Burkett of Nebraska. the new Republi-
can members on appropriations.
Mr. Underwood of Albania, was tire
Democrat dropped from the ways and
means committee The retirement of
Mr. Allen (Miss) from congress made it
unnecessary to drop a Democrat from
the appropriation committee. Mr..
Wachter (Md) succeeds Mr.. Baker of
the same state as chairman of the COM
nittee on enrolled bills. Mr.. Baker was
not reelected.
For Mckinley Monument.
New York, Dec. e.-At the regular