The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-10
CANAL TREATY Is REPORTED.
ALL nut THREE or SIXTY VOTES
NEEDED ARE PLEDGED.

n Those Cannot he secured. Republicans
WIN Propose Amendments 70 Meet
the Observation-Disclosures Morgan Opens
the Debate-(hances for Cuban Treaty.
! WASHINGTON. March s.-Sixty votes are
necessary to rstify a treaty in the Senate,
and a canvass made by the Republicans
this afternoon shows that pledges have
been received from nearly that number
| OF Senators to vote for the Panama Canal
convention reported favorably to the
Senate to-day by the Foreign Relations
Committee, with only one dissenting vote,
that Of Mr. Morgan OF Alabama.
II the Republicans find that they cannot
secure the remaining three votes required,
they may themselves propose to amend the
treaty. no as to make more positive the
territorial jurisdiction of the United States
over the zone OF the proposed canal and
their power to fortify It.
The Administration has considered the
advisability OF reopening negotiations with
| Colombia looking to an amicabie arrange
| ment for the amendment OF the treaty on
the basis suggested. but 1t has been decided
| not to adopt this course now. Should the
! Democrats ia the Senate, under the lead OF
Mr.. German. line up in opposition to the
! treaty a. IL stands, making 1t impossible
! to command the desired three votes then
/ the treaty will be amended by its friends.
! For the present matters will be allowed TO
! drift until il is learned just what the Senate
] democrats. as a body. purpose TO do.
, Senator Morgan Is already showing signs
! of weakening. and has expressed a will
| ingness to allow a vote TO be taken In a
week or ten days provided he can have
! a vote ON his proposed amendments and
that the injunction is removed from his
speech in opposition TO the ratification
! of the treaty. His suggestion has been
taken under Achievement by the Republican
! leaders, who will have no objection to the
/ publication OF his speech after such por-
tons as deal to O frankly with the foreign
relations Of the United States have been
, eliminated.
When the Panama treaty had been re-
ported and read in the Senate to-day In
executive session Mr.. Morgan called at
tention to the fact that the act OF Congress
aut horizing the President to negotiate
the treaty. commonly called the Spooner
act ;. was not attached to the treaty, though
the treaty states that the act Ia attached
to and made a part OF the treaty itself
MT. morgan also k1il u WINS tdut W
know whether or not the Spooner act had
been translated and was thoroughly under
stood bv the Colombian Government as
being the basic law upon which the treaty
rested He therefore offered a resolution
calling upon the President TO transmit
TO the Senate a copy OF the treaty and the
Spooner act IN spanish that 1t might DO
compared with the English version. Tho
resolution also asks the President for In
formation a. 70 the reason Why the spooHsr
There was no objection TO the Morgan
resolution and II was agreed 70. II Is pos
sible that the information desired may be
sent to the Senate Tomorrow.
The principal matter 20 be thoroughly
understood between the two Governments,
said Mr.. Morgan, was the language OF the
Spooner act contained in Section 2, author
ling the President to acquire from Colon.
bia perpetual control Of the canal zone.
The treaty, according 10 Mr. Morgan. did
not provide for this perpetual control. and
did not therefore fulfil the purposes OF
the act OF Congress.
Another matter raised by Mr. Morgan
was that the Senate had not received in
formation Of the extension Of he New
Panama Canal Company's option. He
had noted In the press that such option
had been extended, but the Senate had not
received notice.
There was no further discussion Of the
! adjourned until Tomorrow when IL will
be considered.
The treaty would be gladly amended by
the Republicans II they thought the amend
ments would be accepted by Colombia and
that no delay would Ire CAUSED. Some Of
them do not approve Of the Joint tribunal
that II proposed Ia 10 established in th.
canal gone 20 administer laws TO he passed
by the United States Of Colombia ~ oocasion
may demand. But the present desire Of
hs.A atulpant Il to I0ttfN the trpafy
AZ II stands with the understanding on
the part of the S@nste that II II should prove
impracticabb' Ia actual WORKING, or
friction should Ariss- bet ween the United
States and Colombia over ils provisions.
the United Stst~s will asss n their nigh, to 20
ah.Ad and build the canal, beaying the
diplomsti" questions Ia M S..ttled later
hut u should l~ Understood that the s,.er-
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