New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-22


Constitution of the United States or that
! il is otherwise perilous."
THE BACON AMENDMENT.-As was
to be expected, Senator Bacon presented
an amendment Of his own to the Root reso-
luton. The Senator from Georgia is not
satisfied with the general ana possibly
more sweeping language OF the senator
from, New York. but would 20 into details,
specifying the admission OF aliens 10
American schools. the alleged Indebtedness
of any state and the Monroe Doctrine ana
finally providing that nothing In sald
treaty shall be construed to impose any
obligation. legal or moral upon the senate
to waive ITS constitutional right to consider
and determine each and every question en-
| tering into the treaties proposed OF sun
mitted in pursuance thereto. including the
question whether the matters in dispute are
arbitrable." or course. the Bacon amend
ment would have practically the erect OF
multiplying the conventions ana VIII De
stoutly resisted by the administration. The
Root resolution. on the other HAND, does
not appear TO present any material GROUNDS
| for objections, being as il is In entire ac-
cord with the understanding now enter
tanned by the administration OF the mean
ing and purport of the conventions.
Whether there may be presented any serl-
Gus objection to Mr. Roots resolution by
/ the other parties to the conventions re-
mains TO be seen. None Is expected. and In
any event IL Is believed that ii will consti-
tute basis on which IAN agreement can be
reached-unlesl, of course. the "unholy al
lance" OF Democrats and insurgents is re-
yived TO defeat the conventions because OF
tho fact that they are certain TO contribute
materially to the popularity and political
prestige of President Taft
DOMESTIC DIPLONACN..-Circat as have
been the diplomatic achievements of the
present Secretary Of state. there l. some
reason 10 believe that he has not complete
IN apprehended the farreaching power OF
domestic dipomacy, nor the persuasive
mower Of good dinner and a rare vintage
over high judicial body like the Senate
Less sensitive than womans honor only
IN degree is the sensitiVeness Of the Senate
where its constitutional prcrogatives arc
concerned, and nothing proves quite 50 ef-
fective in allaying undue senstiveness as
the exercise of that hospitality which none
can more gracefully dispense than the Sec
rotary Of State. Consultation over the
coffee ami cigars would often go far IN
pave the way for prompt ratification of
the important conN entions. and 20 persuade
the Senate that it's advice and consent were
being duly sought In the case OF the re-
cent japanese treaty. perhaps Secretary
KnoX's most important achievement
White House dinner at which all the facts
were laid before the members Of the Com
mittec on Foreign Relations IN absolute
confidence, resulted. first, ia friendly DIS
cussion. i'm which il was possible TO meet
all objections and then i'm obtaining the
cordial approval Of the Senate with an eN-
pedition which amazed those Who had not
realized the amount of domestic diploma
cN." with which the President and the Sec
rotary Of State had creased the wheels
of prosress" NCr does II require any long
stretch of the imagination to picture a ike
gathering, at which the true purport OF tho
peuding treaties might have been FUZZY eN-
planned. objections met, Senator's persuaded
that they were being duly consulted sad
their advice becomlngly sought, and oppo-
,sition dssipatcd i'm a way far from pos
sibIe between the cold and cherries walls
of the room of the Committee on Foreign
Re lations, after tho conventions were actu
ally completed and practically made public.
In a government where the Senate IL a
part Of the treaty making power do
nestle diplomacy is almost as important
factor as the international variety.
G.. G.. II.