The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-07
ANTI-CHINESE AND
CANAL BILLS IN HOUSE
More Vigorous Laws Are Advocated Against the
immigration of Coolies
Measure Providing For Work to Begin Waterway Across shmus
at Nicaragua

The committee was in session nearly
two hours and went over In detail the
provisions of the convention No votes
were cast against il. but it was criticised
Bacon. who found i'm II many of the Oh
iections which they urged against the old
treaty
They took especial exception to the pro-
vision continuing i'm force the neutrality
provision of the Clayton Bulwer treaty.
and also made objection to the clause
specifically authorizing the United states
to police the canal as placing a limitation
upon the power of this country to alb
sOlutely control IL. The contention was
made that the effect Of the treaty as sent
to the senate would be 10 deprive the
United States of control of the canal in
ease of war
Especial attention was called to the
provision in the preamble OF the pending
treaty reSerVing article s Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty from the repeal provision
Of the new treaty. The portion Of this
article of the old treaty 90 which es-
pecial objection was made reads as fol-
lows:
In granting. however. their Joint pro
lection to any such canal or railways as
are by this article specified ~ Is always
understood BY the United States ana
Great Britain that the parties construct
I ing or owning shall impose no other
charges or conditions of traffic thereupon
than the aforesaid governments shall APP
prove 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 on equal terms
shall also be open on like terms 70 tne
citizens and subjects of every other state
which is willing to grant thereto socn
protection as the United states ana Great
Britain engage to afford
Senators Money and Bacon did not 90
to the extent of voting against the re-
/ port of the treaty. and they acknowledge
| they are anxious to see it ratified because
/ of their great desire 20 have the canal
built. Stiff. they insisted that the treaty
as it now stands is very oolecuonaole li
case of the contingency or war
/ Senator FRYE presided over the meeting
and he asked Senator Lodge TO report llle
/ treaty to the senate on Monday next lh
/ case there should be an executive session
on that day.
/ Ii also was the sense Of the committee
/ that the consideration of the treaty
! should be pressed as speedily as possible
/ i'm the senate some senators expressing
J the hone that action might be secured be-
fore the adjournment for the holidays.
/ The committee also voted to recommend
i that the Injunction of secrecy be remover
/ from the treaty
! Senator Bacon moved the revival OF th=
I amendment TO the original Hay dullct-
fote treaty which was suggested oy sen
ator Davis. then chairman OF the eoinl
/ noittee. The senate amendment preFioeu
I that nothing in the treaty should apply
to measures which the United states mas
/ ind if necessary to take Tor securing nl
! IFS own forces the defense or the cana
/ and the maintenance O- pubic order.
THE amendment was voted down NlNs
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