I shall quote. not at length. from the Senate Document No. 104. which Is a reprint of an article by the senior Senator from the State of Massachusetts. dealing! with the treatymaking powers of the Senatea documentP which I recommend to every Member of the House regardlessi of his politics as affording one of the most interesting. clear. and accurate discussions of the office of the Senate with reference to treaty making that I have been able to find anywhere. "He cites numerous instances similar to the resolution which I now offer. For instance. on March 3. 1835. the Senate passed the following resolution: "Rcsolvcd. That the President of the United States be respectfully requested to consider the expediency of opening negotiations with the Governments of other nations. and particularly the Governments of Central America and New Granada. for the purpose of effectually protecting. by suitable treaty stipulations with them. such individuals or companies as may undertake to open a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus which connects North and South America. and of securing forever. by such stipulations. the free and equal right of navigating such canal to all such nations on the payment of such reasonable tolls as may be established to compensate the capitalists who may engage In such undertaking and complete the work. "On March 3. 1SSS. the Senate of the United States passed a resolution asking President Cleveland to open negotiations with China for the regulation of emigration from that country. and President Cleveland replied that such negotiations had been undertaken. So that. so far as the parliamentary status of this resolution is concerned. it is supported by the precedent both in the House and in the Senate without a break of nearly 100 years. It is perfectly right and proper to instruct the President to open any negotiations which we conceive to be for the bentfit of .the American people." I then proceeded to discuss the propositions in my resolution. as follows: "Now. as to the treaty method proposed. it is my confident belief that such a treaty could be easily negotiated.
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