The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
ON A Y-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY ORDERED
BY SENATE COMMITTEE
NOT A NEGATIVE VOTE is CAST
Senators Bacon and Money, While Not
Opposing the Report Call Attention
to What They Consider Objectionable
sideration by the Senate-Motion to
Revive the Davis Amendment to the
Original Treaty Rejected

Washington, December 6.-The senate
committee on foreign relations today
voted to report favorable the new Hay
fauncefote treaty providing for the
construction of an isthmfan canal.
The committee was in session for two
u and yer over in detail the
provisions Of the convention. No votes
were cost against it, but it was criti-
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 excep-
ton to the provisions continuing in
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 coun-
try to absolutely control it. The con-
tentiOn was made that the effect of the
treaty as sent to the senate would be to
deprived the United States of control of
the canal in case of war. Especial at
tentiOn was called to the provision in
the preamble of the pending treaty re-
serving article VIII of the Clayton
BulWer treaty from the repeal provision
of the new treaty. The portion of this
article OF the old treaty to which es-
pecial objection vas made reads as fol-
lows:
I'm granting, however, their joint pro-
lection to any such canals or railways
as are by this article specified, it is al
ways understood by the United States
and Great Britain that the parties con-
structing or owning the same shall i'm
pose no other charges or conditions Of
traffic t~hereupOn 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 on 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 protec-
ton as the United States and Great
Britain engage to afford"
SenatorsMoney andBacon did not go to
the extent of voting against the report
Of the treaty, and they acknowledge
they are anxious to see it ratified be-
cause of their great desire to have the
canal built. Still, they insisted that the
treaty as it now stands is very objec-
donable in case of the contingency 4
war.
Senator Frye presided over the meet
ing and he authorized Senator Lodge to
report the treaty to the senate on Mon
day next in case there should be an ex-
ecutve session on that day.
It also was the sense of the commit
tee that the &C sideration of the treaty
should be pressed as speedily as posi-
bit in the senate, some senators eN-
pressing the hope that action might De
secured before the adjournment for the
holidays.
The committee also voted to recon-
mend that the injunction Of secrecy be
removed from the treaty. -.
Senator Bacon moved the revival Oh
the amendment to the original hay
Pauncefote treaty which was suggested
bv Senator Davis. then chairman OF
the committee, and adopted by the sen
ote THAT mendmen provided that
nothing in the treaty should apply
to measures which the United States
NAV find it necessary to take for secur-
ing by its own forces the defense OF tne
ITnitad states and the maintenance of
public order
The amendment was voted down.