The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-09
CANAL TREATY
To BE RATIFIED
Senate win Probably Take Ac.
ton During the Week.
WILL BE LITTLE OPPOSITION
ONLY BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE
UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAYS

Washington, Dec. S.-The only
measure of Importance which the SEN
ate has on its calendar for the pres
ent week is the new Hay Pauncefote
treaty, making provision for the abro-
cation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
ana opening the way for the unob-
/ structed construction Of an isthmian
canal by the United States. Acting
/ for the committee on foreign relations,
Senator Lodge will ask the senate to
go into executive session tomorrow
/ for the consideration of the treaty and
I each day thereafter until the COnVen-
] ton is disposed of.
It can be said that at this time the
prospect is very strong that the treaty
/ viii be ratified. and IL now looks as
I if this result would be secured after
comparatively little delay. There will
/ be some debate and some features of
/ the document will be criticised as IN
/ desirable, but there is no probability
/ o. organized opposition.
| The criticism will be along the lines
| indicated by Senator's Money and
| Bacon, in the committee on foreign
! relations, at its meeting on Friday last.
I No senator thus far, however, has
shown a disposition to carry his OBJ
/ JectiOns to tk~ point of ultimate eff
/ fort to defeat ratification. The prin-
Z cipal authors of the criticism of the
/ treaty are southern senators who are,
( generally, very anxious for the con-
| struction of the canal. They find that
/ all canal legislation will be tied up
until action can be secured on the
/ treaty and they are on this account
! less liable than they otherwise would
/ be to do anything to delay action upon
the treaty itself.
Treaty VIII be Ratified.
/ The most active friends of the treaty
4 nov claim that ratification win be Sc
cured during the present week, and the
/ opinion is very general that ratisica-
! ton viii be obtained before the Christ
/ mas holidays.
/ Beyond the consideration of the
/ treaty very little business will be I'M
/ dertaken before the holidays. It is now
! generally agreed that the question of
/ reciprocity viii go over until January,
probably without so mueh as being
/ mentioned, and it may be added that
/ from being for a time the subject
J most likely to attract early attention,
/ 1t has taken a position among the
]
urged.
/ When the reciprocity treaties do
( come up for consideration there will
/ be persistent opposition to the agree
/ ment with France and to that with
! Great Britain covering the West IN
( dies. There is not so much feeling
/ over the conventions with the South
! American republics.
/ The present outlook also is against
! any immediate action in the senate
/ looking to tariff legislation for the
! Philippines, and there are some indf-
J cations that the senate will wait upon
1 the house of representatives in this
matter Probably the Chinese exclusion
/ act viii be reported from the commit
/ tee during the week.
/ The nomination OF Attorney General
/ Knox will be reported at the first ex-
/ ecutive session. but immediate con-
/ fiTmation probably will be antagonized
/ by some Send tors.