The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-17
TREATY ADOPTED,
Senate Passes the Hay-Paunce-
fote Canal Agreement.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE SEN
ate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote 18TH
milan canal treaty by the decisive vote
of Y to 6. The vote was reached after
almost five hours discussion behind
closed doors. There were no sensation
al incidents during this entire time. The
debate was confined exclusively to a
discussion of the merits of the agree
ment and the policy of it's provisions.
The principal speech of the day was
made by Senator Teller, in opposition
to the treaty and he was followed in
rapid succession by twelve or fifteen
other senators who spoke briefly either
for or against the motion to ratify.
Senator Clay was one of the southern
senators who spoke in advocacy of the
treaty. He contended that the treaty
the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty.
TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN d.
PLOMACY.
for the treaty, expressing his gratifica-
ton that American diplomacy had sue
ceeded in securing such a triumph as
was this treaty over the original Hay
Pauncefote agreement
Senator Bacon's speech was made
in connection with a motion to amend
h treaty. In presenting this amend
ment he said that he was in favor of a
canal and would vote for the treaty
with the Davis amendment. He OPP
posed the treaty he did not
believe it would give the United States
full control of the canal He said that
Great Britain rejected the amended
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but sent US an
other treaty about Identical with the
former treaty as amended, except as
regards the Davis amendment. He
considered that fact the most import
ant feature of the whole controversy.
There was an exceptionally full SEN
ate when the time arrived for a Unfa
but the certainty of ratification had
become SO apparent that there was
comparatively little interest in the pro-
ceedings. The votes on the amendments
succeeded each other quickly. Senate
Culberson offered an amendment to in
sert the Davis fertilization amendment
of the last session This was defeated,
Is to So.
Senator Bacon then offered an amend
ment striking out of the preamble in
the reference TO the Clayton-Bulwer'
treaty the words without impairing the
general principle of naturalization es-
tablished in article VIII of that owen
tion''; also the following words in article
II relating to the purchase of stock,
subject to the provisions of the present
treaty.; also of article III relating to
the naturalization of the canal; also all
of article w, declaring against change
of territorial sovereignty. All this was
embodied in one amendment and was
defeated. IS to CO.
The treaty was then ratified by the
following vote.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard. Bate,
Beverage, Berry, Burnham, Burrows,
Burton, Carmack, Clapp, Clark (Mont),
Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe, DIETRICH,
Dillingham;, Dolliver, Dubois, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Foster tLa.), Foster (Wash.),
Frye, Galinger, Gamble, Ginson, Hale,
Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley. Heitfeld,
Hoar, Jones (Ark.), Kean, Kearns, Kit
tredge, Lodge. McComas, McCumber,
McEnery, McL.aurin (Miss.), McLaurin
Is. CO., Mcmillan. Martin, Mason. Mil
lard, Mitchell, Money, Morgan Nelson,
PenroSe, Perkins, Pettus. Platt Comm,
Platt IN. W, Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Scott, Simmons, Simon, Spooner,
Stewart, Taliaferro. Turner, Vest, War
rem, Wellington, Wetmore-R.
Nays-BacOn, Blackburn, Culberson,
Mallory, Teller, Ti1lman-6.
Bailey paired with Depew and Elkins,
Rawlins paired with Hanna and Sewell.