The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-13
SENATORS HAVE AGREED
To VOTE ON MONDAY
Hay-PaunCefOte ISthman Canal Treaty the Subject
of FOur-hOur Talk.
SpOOner Money Tma Bacon and Foraker the Principal Speak
ers in the Debate.
III ASHINGTON, Dee. 1.-THE SEN
w ate agreed today to take a vote

WASHINGTON, Dee. 1.-THE SEN
w ate agreed today to take a vote
before adjournment on Monday
on the new Hay-Pauncefote treaty for
the abrogation of the Clayton BuIwer
treaty and opening the way for the
construction of a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama by the United
States.
This agreement was reached after
four hours Of debate sufficiently inter
esting to secure the constant attention
of most of the senators. Senator
Spooner, who was one of the principal
speakers of the day, had just conclud-
ed when Senator Lodge made an effort
to secure a vote 1t developed that
there were other senators who desired
to be heard. the result being that the
date for the vote was postponed until
Monday. The agreement provides for
an adjournment of the senate from
today until Monday and for a meeting
at IL o'clock on that day, one hour in
advance of the usual time The under
standing is that as soon as practicable
after the senate convenes Senator
Lodge shall move an executive session
and that the treaty shall have the
entire attention of the senate until a
final vote is reached before the ad-
jGurnment for that day.
Principal Speakers.
The principal speakers today, be
sides Senator SpOOner, were Senator
Money and Senator Foraker. Mr.
Money, while finding much in the
treaty to criticise. said that as he
found that the fortunes of the proposed
canal across the isthmus inextricably
entwined with the treaty. he could not
see his way clear to do anything that
would prevent or even delay TatihCa-
ton. The particular features of the
new treaty with which he found fault
were those retaining the neutrality
provision of the ClaytOn-BulweT con-
vention and specifying police control
Of the canal when built. He argued
that the effect of these provisions in
evitably must be to limit and prescribe
the power of the United States to con-
troll its own property in case of war.
Senator Foraker maintained that the
provisions of the new treaty met every
objection made TO the original Hay
PaUncefote treaty and cover every es-
sential thing that was included in the
amendments made by the senate to
that document He regarded il as of
the utmost Importance that the clay
ton-Bulwer treaty should be wiped
out. This result was effected by the
convention under consideration.
United States Protected.
He asserted that all rights of the
United States were amply protected
under this treaty and our absolute and
complete control of the canal could not
be questioned by Great Britain or any
other power.
Mr.. FOraker's speech dealt largely
with the legal construction and the
general effect of the treaty He said
that after d careful study of its pro
visions he was firmly convinced that
it could be honestly supported by every
patriotic citizen.
Senator Foraker was frequently in
terrupted by Senator Bacon. In the
course of one of these Interruptions Mr.
Bacon asked if it We're not true that
under the terms of the treaty the con-
struction of Notifications by the Unit
ed states would be an act of war
Mr.. Foraker replied in the negative.
declaring that not only would such an
act not be an act of hostility but that
to build Notifications in case of ne
cessity was one of the inherent rights
of the government
To this Mr.. Bacon responded that
he. for one. would never bring himself
u vote for the ratification of the treaty
with the understanding that his gov
eminent was to violate it.
Foraker's Sharp Retort.
Mr. Foraker retorted sharply TO the
effect that his friend from Georgia
could he no more virtuOus along the
line of maintaining the country's
honor in the matter of keeping its
agreements with other nations than
We're other senators.
Mr. Bacon replied that he had not
meant to assume a virtue that he did
not possess. nor to imply that other
senators were not as jealous of the
country's good name as he himself.
Nj Foraker then declared that ne
had not meant to charge Mr.. Bacon
with an unfair assumption, but simply
to say that, like all other senator's sup
porting the treaty, he felt he was Civ