Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
N TREATY RATIFIED.
The H-ay-Pauncefote Treaty Ratified b
the Senate BY the Decisive
Vote of 72 to 6.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE senate.
yesterday, ratified the Fay-Paunce-
fote isthmian canal treaty by the de-
cisive vote of ~ to 6. The vote was
reached a few minutes before hvs
o'clock, after almost five hours dis
cussion behind closed doors. There
were no sensational incidents during
this entire time. The debate was
confined exclusively to a discussion
of the merits of the agreement and
the policy of its provisions.
The principal speech of the day
was made by Senator Teller, in arPo-
sition TO the treaty, and he was fol-
lowed in rapid succession by twelve
or fifteen other senators, who spoke
briefly either for or against the mo-
ton to ratify.
Among the other speakers of the
day were Senators Clay, Fairbanks,
McCumber, McLaurin, of Mississippi:
CuIberson, Mallory, Mason, Tiilman,
Bacon and Bate
Senator Clay was one of the south
ern senators who spoke in advocacy
of the treaty. He contended that the
treaty should be ratified because 1T
secured the abrogation of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty.
Senator Mason made a strong plea
for the treaty, expressing his :%sratifi-
cation that American diplomacy had
succeeded in securing such n triumph
as was this treaty over the original
Hay-Pauncefote agreement.
Senator Bacon's speech was made
in connection with a motion to amend
the 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 opposed the treaty because 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, hut
sent us another treaty about identical
with the former treaty as amended:
except as regards the Davis amend
ment. He considered that fact the
most important feature of the Whole
controversy.
There was an exceptionally fullsen-
ate when the time arrived for a vote,
but the certainty of ratification had
became so apparent that there was
comparatively little interest in the
proceeding. The votes on TIE amend
ments succeeded each other quickly.
Senator Culberson offered an
amendment to- insert the Davis forti-
fication amendment of the last ses-
sion. This was defeated, Is tc 81.
Senator Bacon then offered an
amendment striking out of the pre-
a1nble in the reference to the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty the words without
impairing the general principle Of
naturalization established III Article
VIII. of that convention" also the
following words in Article II. relating
to the purchase of stock subject tC
the provisions of the present treaty.
also of Article Ill, relatino2 20 the
naturalization established in Article
of Article ", declaring against
change of territorial sovereignty.
All this was embodied in one amend
ment and defeated, Is to 60.
The treaty then was ratified by a
vote of ~ to 6, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bate
Berry, Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows
Burton, Carmack, Clapp, Clark
Mont.), Clark (Wyo.), Clay, Cock
rell, Cullom, Deboe. Dietrich, Dilling-
ham, Dolliver. Dubois, Fairbanks
Foraker, Foster (La.), Foster (Wash.)
Frye. Gallinger. Gamble, Gibson, Hale
Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Heit'
feldt. Hoar, Jones (Ark.), Kean
Kearns, Kittredge, Lodge, McComas
McCumber, McEnerey, McLaurir
NIissl- McIaurin rs. CT. Mcmillan
Martin, Mason, Willard, Mitchell
Money, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose
Perkins, Pettus, Platt Comm, Plat
IN. ", P%ritchtrd, Proctor, Quarles
- Scott, Simmons, Simon, Spooner
Stewart, Talifero, Turner, Vest, War
rem, Wellington, Wetmore-72.
Nays-Bacon, Blackburn Culberson
Mallory, Teller, Tillman-6.
Bailey paired with Depew and Elk
kins; Rawlins paired with Hanna ant
Sewell.
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