The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-17

The REPUBLIC SUfe1U.
18th St and Pennsylvania Ave.
washington. Dec. 1s-The Senate. in Sc
c-et session. this afternoon. ratified the new
Hay-Pauncefote treaty by a nearly ur,an-
trnous vote. The COMPACT was adopted as il
had been prepared by Lord Salisbury and
signed by Secretary Hay. 1t was not
changed by single word OF amendment
The proposed Nicaraguan waterway is
now an assured fact. and a bill for the
construction OF the huge ditch will be
rushed through without delay. Little opPo-
sition was made to the adoption Of the
treaty. The Democrats at the last moment
decided not to obstruct the compact. but
to let it go through uuamsuded, SO that the
canal might be assured There was no
demonstration, and the Republican leaders
accepted the victory as matter Of course
The Democrats hold that in time of war
the treaty can be disregarded, and the canal
fortified and closed to the vessels OF an
enemy.
The principal speech Of the day was made
by Senator Teller, in opposition to the
treaty. and he was followed in rapid sue
cession by twelve or fifteen other SENATOR.
who spoke briefly either for or against the
motion to ratify.
Mr.. Teller of Colorado said that he was
who are really satisfied with the treaty.
With Great Britain in her present mood. he
believed. he said, that it would have been
possible to secure a treaty which would
give entire satisfaction. and he sharply
criticised the State Department for failure
to do SO. He took the position tina, it
would have been sufficient to abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. and said that Eng
land knew well enough that with that re-
suit accomplished she could very we'll trust
the United States to maintain the neutral
ity Of the canal, as this country had been
prepared to DO so for many years
Clay Pleaded for Ratification.
Among the other speakers of the day
were Senators Clay, Fairbanks. McCumber.
Mci-aurin OF Mississippi. Culberson. Mall
!ory. Mason. Tiliman. Bacon and Bate.
Senator Clay was one of the Southern
treaty. He contended that the treaty
should be ratified because 1t secured the
asrogatiop @ OF the Clayton-Bulwer treaty:
Senator Mason made strong plea for the
treaty. expressing his qualification that
American diplomacy had succeeded in Sc
curing such a triumph as was this treaty
over the original Hay-Pauncefote agree
ment.
Senator Bacon's speech was made in con-
nection with motion to amend the treaty
In presenting this amendment he said that
he was IN favor OF canal and would vote
for the treaty with the Davis amendment.
He opposed the treaty because he did not
control Of the canal. He said that Grea.
Britain rejected the amended Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. but sent Us another treaty
about identical with the former treaty as
amended. except as regards the Davis
amendment. He considered that fact the
most important feature OF the whole con-
troversy.
Little Interest in Proceedfnks.
There was an exceptionally full Senate
when the time arrived for a vote but the
certainty Of a ratification had become so
apparent that there was comparatively
little interest in the proceeding. The votes
on the amendment succeeded each other
quickly.
Senator Culberson offered an amendment
to insert the Davis fortifcatton amendment
OF the last session This was defeate6-l5