The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-06
FAVORABLE TO
CANAL TREATY. .
Prompt Action by Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
TO BE RUSHED THROUGH SENATE
Alr. Morgan Prepares to Fight for
Passage Of His Bill to the Ilx-
cIusioa Of the One Intro,
duced by Mr.. Perkins.

The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
Iations today. by unanimous vote, decided
to favora5Iy report the new Hay-Paunce-
fOte Treaty. This. it is assumed, rracti-
caIly means the ratification Of tha com
pact The treaty viii 6e presented to the
Senate en- Monday and, in the opinion Of
those who are pushing The matter. the
agreement viii be ratified before the holi-
day recess.
Only One Absentee.
There were fve Republicans and three
! Democrats present when the Committee
on Foreign Relations met this morning.
Senator Frye of Maine presided. The
other members who attended we're scaa-
tors Cunom. Lodge. Clark. and Foraker.
all Republicans. and Senators Bacon,
Money, and Morgan, all Democrat. sena-
tor Daniel Of Virginia was the only alb
sentee- The result was expected. as the
new compact had found favor with every
member Of the upper body except Senator
Mason Of Illinois, and it is thought he
will not vote against the treaty. He op-
poses it generally en- the ground that il
is unnecessary and that the United states
should 90 ahead and build the canal
without consulting any other nation
About Ready fer Work
Everything is ROW about ready fer the
construction Of the isthmian canal. New
protocols have been signed with NIcara-
gua and Costa Rica, by which the two
Istam:an Republics bind themselves to ao-
ceDt the terms of the new Hay-Pau2ce-
fote Treaty For The first time it can be
said that an inter-oceanic waterway is
row assured Il is admitted tnat the
treaty VIII be ratified within month,
and & bill for the construction OF The canal
VIII then be taken Up
Here comes The only trouble anticipated
IN the entire programme Senator Nor
gan. 10 whose Efforts the present situa-
tion AID the progress made IS largely due,
has introduced his old canal bill and pro-
poses making a strong fight for its ras-
sage to the exclusion Of any and all other
bills. As Chairman Of the Committee on
Inter Oceanic Canals. he has power to
reject all other measures. and this he pro-
poses 10 do.
Senator Perkins Il Factor.
Senator Perkins, Of California. who
owns d number Of trans-PEcifc and
South American steamship lines, has also
introduced a canal bill. which has the
backing Of many influential Republican
Senators. The Perkins bill calls for the
Nicaragua route, aRJ appropriates S120.-
e60,0o0- It also proposes commission.
10 the creation Of which Mr. Morgan is
opposed. There will be merry war
over the measures, one Of which must
be passed.
Senator MoFgan's bill is simply skeIe-
ton, to be followed later by a measure
in detail When this is passed. giving
authority TO proceed, he VIII produce an
elaborate measure providing for every
cut, lock, and curve in the waterway.
The BiIE of Senator Morgan.
His bill, introduced originally yeas
ago, and now re-introduced. is as fol-
Io=s:
That the President of the United States
be. and is hereby authorized to acquire
from and 70 conclude agreements with
the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
or either Of Them fer and in bpna1f OF
the United States, for the full. control Of
such portion of territory now belonging
to Costa Riea ana Nicaragua as nav he
desirable and necessary en- which to ex-
caYate, construct govern, regulate. po-
lice. and protect a canal CT such depth
and capacity as vii; be sufficient for the
movements OF ships Of the greatest ton
mage and draft now in use. from a point
near Greytown. cn the Caribbean Sea. bv
the way Of Lake Nicaragua, to Brito on
the Pacific Ocean; and such sum as NAV
be necessary TO secure such necessary
rights, privileges, and control is hereby
appropriated cut Of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The Perkins Measure.
Senator Perkins bill takes the whole
matter out of Mr.. Morgan's hands, It
viii in all probability be unfavorably re-
ported by Mr.. Morgan's committee.
After the treaty had been agreed upon
this morning, Senator CuIlom stated that
it would be "jammed'' through at once.
Some of Us dislike the form Of the
treaty" said he. but We are all anxious
for the canal, and it VIII be the first big
thing we viii take up"
Senator Bacon Of Georgia, one of the
Democratic members of the committee.
offered the only proposition looking to
the amendment Of the treaty. This was
the so-ealied Davis amendment, which
was voted into the old treaty by the Ser
ate last winter. It provides that nothing
in the treaty shall prevent the United
States from applying measures which the
United States may find necessary for Sc
curing by its own forces the defence OF
the United States and the maintenance Of
public order.