The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-20
CANAL TREATY RATIFIED.
TIE Hsy-Psancefots Treaty Ratified By
the senate ny the Decisive
Vote of 52 tn q.

yesterday. ratified the llay-pannec.
fote isthmian canal treaty by the de-
cisiye vote Of ~ To q. The vote vas
reached few minutes before ~.
O'Clock, after almost five hours H..
cussion behind closed doors. Ih.re
were no sensational incidents turin,
this entire time. The debate was
confined exclusively 10 discuss ~,
of the merits of the agreemen and
the policy Of its provisions.
The principal speech Of ;he lay
was made by Senator Teller. IN nrro-
sition to the treaty, and he WAS fol-
lowed in rapid succession by twelve
or fifteen other senator's, who spok..
briefly either for or against the mo
ticn To ratify.
Among the other speakers Of The
day were Senator's Clay Fairbanks
McCumbcr, McLaurin. Of Miss ssippi.
Culberson. Mallory, Mason. Tilman.
Bacon and Bate.
Senator Clay was one Of he s,n,h-
ern senators who spoke in advocacy
Of the treaty. He contcndcd that The
treaty should be ratified because Il
secured the nbrogation Of The Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty.
Senator Mason made strong nie,
for the treaty. expressing his .,ralnl.
cation that American diplomacy had
succeeded in securing such n lrinniph
as was this treaty over the urieinal
Hay-Pauncefote agreement
Senator Bacon's speech was made
in connection with motion O amend
the treaty In presenting this amend.
mcnt he said that he was ia favor
of canal and would vote FIR the
treaty with the Davis amendment
He opposed the treaty because he lid
not believe il would give the nitei
States full control of the canal He
said that Great Britain rejected he
amended lIay-Pauncefote treaty. tut
sent MS another treaty aboui ileNlcai
with the former treaty as aiDendrd
except rs regards the Davis amend
ment. He considered that fact 'hr
most important feature Of the Whole
controversy.
There was an exceptionally fullscn-
ate when the time arrived cor ,uir
but the certainty Of ratification had
became so apparent that there was
comparatively little interest II, ihc
proceeding The votes on tie asnerl-
ments succeeded each other pnrklN.
Senator Cub, rson offered IN
amendment 10 insert the Da,i. furii-
fication amend ncnt Of the last scs-
sion. This was defeated. Is ,c q
Senator Bacon then offered an
amendment striking out ~ tlr pre-
ainble in the reference TO the lay-
ton-Bulwer treaty the words 'Ni'lnt
impairing the General princiric =
naturalization established IL Article
VIII. Of that convention" also ihc
following words in Article " relating
to the purchase Of stock "SHbi",i tc
the provisions of the present treaty.
also of Articl, Ill. relatnn-s - the
naturalization established in ArticI"
of Article ", declaring AGAINST
change OF territorial snNcrcigaly
All this was embodied in ,nc nmenl-
ment and defeated. n TO co
The treaty then was ratii'ef by
vote Of 80 to 6. as follows:
Aldrich. Allison. Bard. Bate
Berry. Bcveridge. Burnham. Burrows
Burton. Carmack. Clapp. Clark
(Mont.). Clark (Wyo.). Clay tp,k-
rcll. Cullom. Dcboe. Dietrich y ing
ham. Dollivcr. Dubois. Fairbanks.
Foraker. Foster Ua.). Foster CWash1,
Frye. Gallnger. Gamble. Gibson. Hale
Hansbrough. Harris, Hawlcy. het-
feldt. Hoar. Jones fArk). kcan.
Kearns. Kittredgc. Lodge, McComas
McCumber. McEnerey. NcLaHrn
(Miss.). McTaurin 6. CO. McNlllan.
Martin. Mason. Willard. Mitchell
Money. Morgan. Nelson. Penrnsc.
Perkins. Pettus. Platt Comm. plait
IN Y). Pritchtrd, Proctor. Qnarlcs.
Scott. Simmons. Simon. Spnoner.
Stewart. Talifero. Turner. Vest. War
rem, Wellington. Wetmore--12.
Nays Bacon. blackburn Culberson.
Mallory. Teller. Tillman 9.
Bailey paired with Depcw and l''k-
kins Rawlins paired with Hanna anh
Gax.cn