The sun., 1901-12-07
FORNEWCANALTREATY
Senate Committee to Report Favor.
ably Hay-Pauncefote Agreement.
SOME CRITICISM DEVELOPS.
Senators Money and Bacon Find In
IL Many of the Objections
They Urged Against the
Old Treaty.


committee on foreign relations has
voted to report fayorably the new Hay.
Pauncefote treaty providing for the
construction of an isthmian canal.
The committee was in session for
ALMOST two hours and went over In de.
tail the provisions of the convention.
No votes We're cast against it, hut it
was criticised very sharply by Senators
Money and Bacon, who found in II
many Of the objections which they
urged against the old treaty. They
took especial exception to the provision
continuing In force the neutrality pro-
vision Of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
and also made objection to the clause
specifically authorizing the United
States TO police the canal as placing 4
limitation upon the power Of this coun-
try to absolutely control It.
The contention was made that the
effect of the treaty as sent TO the sen.
ate would be to deprive the United
States of control OF the canal In case
of war. Especial attention was called
to the provision In the preamble Of the
pending treaty reserying article OF
the Clayton Bulwer treaty from the re-
peal provision of the new treaty.
Senator Frye presided over the meet
ing. and he authorized Senator Lodge
to report the treaty TO the senate Oh
Monday next in case there should be
an executive session on that day.
Ii also was the sense of the commit
tee that the consideration Of the treaty
should be pressed as speedily as possi-
hle III the senate. some senators ex-
pressing the hope that action might be
secured before adjournment for the
holidays. The committee also voted
to recommend that the injunction OF
secrecy be removed from the treaty.
! House Holds Brief Session.
There was large attendance on the
/ floor when the house met, but there
wcpe only few spectators in the gal.
leries. After the reading and approval
! Of the journal Mr.. Gaines (TennD. who
! has Just returned from the Philippines
4 appeared at the bar, where the oath OF
4 office was administered to him. Speak
/ or Henderson then announced the np.
pointment Of the following committees
Ways ana means Payne (N. ", Dal.
/ zell (Pa.), Hopkins Qll9, Grosvenol
] f0o, Russell (Conni. Steele dndl
rawney (Mnn1. Mccall (ATassl. Long
lKanA, Babcock (Wis.). Metcalf tcall
Republicans: Richardson crenn1, Rob
ertson fLaD. Swanson 6a.D, Mcclellan
I (N. W. Newlands (Nev,, Cooper (Texl
Democrats.
Appropriations Qll.l, Blng
ham paJ. Hemenway Gndl. Barney
! (Wis.l. Moody (Alass.l. Van Noorhis
/ (09, McCleary (Minnl. Littauer On. "
Br0wnlow (lenn.}, Gardner tMlcht
Rurkett CNebl, Republicans; Living
ston (Ga), McRae (Ark.), Bell (Colo)
/ ttlal, Democrats.
Enrolled Bills. Wachter (AId.l, Hal
tDelJ, Burk tPa.D. Currier lN. HI. Re
! publicans; Lloyd (Mo). Edward'
tMonl, Democrats.
Then. at 1906 y. m. the house ad
ionrned until Tuesday.
In each of the committees just an
nounced the majority representation
Was increased one and the minorit,
representation reduced to that extent
This policy is to be followed in TIL
appointment Of the other committees
Mr. Metcalf (Cal, is the new Republic
an member on the ways and mean
committee and Messrs. Brownloy
iTenn1, Gardner fAIichp and Burket
(Nebl the new Republican member
on appropriations. Mr.. Tnderwoo,
ttlal was the Democrat dropped fro1
the ways md means committee. I'll
retirement Of Mr. Allen tMiSs) froI
congress mad" il unnecessary to iro
2 Democrat from the appropriation
committee.