The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-17
CANAL TREATY IS RATIFIED
SENATE PASSES IT BY DECISIVE
 TOTE OF s9 roc.


 shortly Before Five o'clock Yesterday J
 Afternoon-Bacon, Blackburn, Gull
 person, Mallory, Teller and TilIman
 the Six Men Who Voted Against the
 Convention.
 Washington, Dec. 16.-The senate to- day ratified the Hay-Pauncefote isth- milan canal treaty by the decisive vote of 72 to 6. The vote was reached a few minutes before 5 o'clock, after al- most five hours discussion behind closed doors. There were no sensation al incidents during the entire time. The debate was confined exclusively to a discussion of the merits of the agree ment and the policy of it's provisions. The principal speech of the day was made by Senator Teller in opposition to the treaty and he was followed in rapid succession by twelve or fifteen other senators who spoke briefly either for or against the motion to ratify.
 Among the other speakers of the day were Senators Clay, Fairbanks, Me- Cumber, McLaurin of Mississippi Gull person. Mallory, Mason, Tillman, Bacon and Bate. Senator Clay was one of the southern seniors who spoke in advoca- cy of the treaty. He contended that the treaty should be ratified because it secured abrogation of the Clayton Bull wer treaty.
 Senator Mason made a strong plea for the treaty, expressing his gratifica- tion that American diplomacy had suc- succeededin securing such 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 pre- senting this amendment he said he was in favor of canal and would vote for the treaty with the Davis amendment. He said 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 but sent us another treaty about identical with the former treaty as mended, ex- oept as regards the Davis amendment He considered that fact the most inn portant feature of the whole contro- 1ersy.
 There was an exceptionally full sen- ate when the time arrived for a vote, but the certainty of ratification had be- come so apparent that there was com- paratively little interest in the pro- ceedings. The votes on the amend ments succeeded each other quickly
 Senator Culberson offered an amend ment to insert the Davis fortification amendment of the last session. This was defeated, 15 to 62
 Senator Bacon then offered an amendment striking out the preamble in reference to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty the words without impairing the general principle of naturalization established in Article VIII of that con- vention;" also the following words in Article IT, relating to the purchase of stock, subject to the provisions of the present treaty." also all of Article III, relating to the naturalization of the canal also all of Article ", declaring against change of territorial sovereign ty. All of this was embodied in one
 
 The treaty then was ratified by vote of 72 to 6 as follows:
 Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bate, Berry, Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows Burton, Carmack Clapp, Clark (Mont) Clark (Wyo), Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe Dietrich, Dillingham;, Deliver Dubois, Fairbanks, Foster 0a), Foster { Washington, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gibson, Hale Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Hetfeld, Hoar. Jones (Ark), Kean, Kearns, Kitredge, Long, Me- Comas McCumber. McEnery. McLau- rin (Miss.), McLaurin (S. O. McMillan, Martin, Mason, Willard, Mitchell, Mon- ey, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt (Conn) Platt (N. Y), | Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Sim mons Simons Spooner, Stewart, Talia- ferro, Turner. Vest, Warren, Yelling ton, Wetmore-72.
 Nays-Bacon, Blackburn, Culberson, l Mallory, Teller. Tillnan-6.
 Bailey paired with Depew and Elkin, i Rawlins paired with Hanna and Sewell. | Those who did not vote and for whom | no pairs were announced are: Daniel, | Jones (Nev), Patterson and Quay.