Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-12
TREATY DISCUSSED.
Senate Tn Executive Session
 on Canal Convention.
BACON OF GEORGIA OPPOSES MEASURE
vyiIl Not Vote For, Yet Will Not Ob- struct Ratificatfon-Senato CuI- 1om Points Out Good Points
 of New Agreement.

of New Agreement.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-When the senate met yesterday, prayer was of fered by Rev. Herrick Johnston of Chicago, Chaplain Milburn being ab- providing for a holiday adjournment from Dec. 19 until Jan. 6, 1902, was re- ferred to the committee on appropria- tions. The senate then, at 1922 D. m., on motion of MT. Lodge went into ex- ecutive session to further consider the HayPauncefote treaty and at 2:50 p. n. adjourned
 Two speeches on the ay-Pauncefote treaty were made in the executive ses- sion of the senate, one by Senator Ba- con in opposition to the treaty and the other by Senator Cullom, the prospec tive chairman of the committee on for eign relations, in support of it.
 Mr. Bacon replied to the speech made Tuesday by Senator Lodge. He sum med up his objections in the statement that he could not freely accept any treaty which does not place the isth- milan canal entirely under American auspices and American control. This, he said, the pending treaty does not do, nor does it do anything like it. It did not by long odds accomplish what had been accomplished by the senate amendments made to the Hay-Paunce- fOte treaty at the last session of con- gross.
 The Davis amendment, he said, had abrogated all the objectionable provi- Cin of Jlaf %rna fu iafa a n it did not matter what provisions there were in the agreement so long as the United States was authorized, as it was by the principal Davis amend ment, to secure the safety and mainte- nance of the canal by it's own force. That amendment had given this coun- try free hand to do what was neces- sary for the protection and defense of the canal, whereas the present treaty carries all the restrictions which were originally contained in the old treaty leaving out the notifications of the Davis amendment.
 In conclusion MT. Bacon announced that while he had no intention of vot- ing for the treaty he would do noth- ing to obstruct it's ratification
 Senator Cullom congratulated the senate and the country upon the fact that there are two things i'll connec- tion with the new treaty upon which, he said, practically all are agreed. One of these was the desirability of the superseSsion of the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty and the other that of the necessity for the construction of an fsthmian canal.
 He contended that the new treaty radically changes the conditions pre- sented by the first Hay-Pauncefote 1 cessity of such an amendment as that made to the old treaty upon the sug- gestion of Senator Davis, because the i treaty itself would permit the United States under international law to own, manage and defend the canal in any way that it may choose. In other words, he added, in war with Great Britain or with any other power the treaty would be suspended under the l law which governs nations until the war should be concluded, when it would be revived and again enforced. He dwelt upon the fact, which he said was the most important circum- l stance to be considered, that the new treaty supersedes and abrogates the Clayton-Bulwer convention of 1850 and for this reason would be of untold value to the country.
 He contended that the provision in regard to the policing of the canal ap- plies only to its control in times of peace and not in time of war;