The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-29

esnss. he seaase ear4enrnsas sessissssoa
was agreed - prGyssf-lN 9ssr Ii Sass rars fsS
81 sne sNo Aolx1S xs scz1zssSs VI sszsSass.sE.
fsDrHary II. faF the purr<zse 81 coen9sng
tie eSccforxl NctsA
TIE cesanittee 90 he nsssFsef al Calura.
ht&s ta-uagA sgs Shx5rmaa. Hill. sf Ssszsh
ATa1sks, Fnass . stgugxae 20 secure the
k<@k-. which szse rnaes af fhs ho1sse asaera
70 g On the Sssrpn4 ans{ fosslsh As,nCsxy 81
saeh nansh. has the committee en- sppro-
rTsasssssss. nngSxz tnT faaxseFSn8e al Randall
proved soe formidable an A.asax0satsf. and
The aease s.eclinet - consider Z .sixlrs ls4ss-
1tsszss sad The htasS wezt tnssl cesninlttee al
tize wAoiS. kerry, 0f NssssuE4 ia tie
chair. On ate smnaFy ctvn arprn ggi&iaen
bill The psn1ing aaaenanarns, srprofsrs-
stlag SSs6.daa fox investigating the lsest
method OF iFrigating the arsa rsgs aas. was
agreed TO-
I'm point If craer raised hy kfIears. Of
Texas. the clause pEexldiug haS y eaagres-
siezal COMMITTEES % institute inlsiry snto
tae condition 81 Alaska MAS rulcsl cat Of
the hssi
ACtoEaas, of Afary aazSs, Offered "a ansend-
meat np2essasaSsisS &sAEla far the
education e5 saiiafen 81 setaocI age in
Alssas. witnoiis refereeee 80 race. Messe-
lsiss said congress hal becn negsiseui in
its trvaSlnest OF Alksss4 Tasss terratSry lad
no vote and rsa sselsteal snauenes, hns i
sasa al area esssaa - ose-<3xiA Of The ava
~ s = Sifed States Sangrs>s lad hseu
very indifferent wGth respest s0sSiaasal
&nd nshing FagAfs The g0xegnmssns bad
s.en eIlsisSly too ssEee about the fisheries
eH fse cssast of Newfoundland IL was
tue aiiAtofy with rsxaea 20 GAe s;alnaan
Stands. watch stood IA the track III cara
nieTse with Australia The government
snonid take care ef The greisg en- pire OF
AlasSA- Il The destruesios az the xpssn
et salmon - Alaska Was stepped. Alaska
would ssrpay enoagh salmon 81 All al the
nsoaihs of ali he people ia the siylllasd
woriss. Already The eusidsherlss al Alaska
were mere valuable than the eo<sflsAeEies
OF the Atlantic ocean. about wkich the
ws.s wn1sed i. Stats aassa was hssins .roa,.s
eueagh in Alaska 10 waiqa |
the whole Arctic region. Alaska |
vas growing ia population aad rsspnrcsss /
II had population os sa,tsn al knt sSsa !
OF whom were civilized, and YET c9ngrsss i
gave bat rissaaee for the carse Of esiatA
ten.
Randall said that sooner or lsser there /
must 0a an inquiry tnso the ,sousiftloa Of 1
affairs ia Alaska. Ii the allegations wnish Il
rad been made were bat partially true, /
ihe condition OF affairs was 4 disgrace 70 Il
humanity aud the government III the
United States.
Doekery OF Missouri asked anssirnosas
consent io offer as an amendment pro.
vision for \ congressional tnqe5Ty. ia place 1
OF that which bad heea ruled s.slf.
huGhsn OF flltnois ohtecte.i. character
ixlng the proposed inquiry as tasketislg
trip CsEnon of Illinois resepsed this
characterization. Dunn OF Ai.kassas said
be sas convinced the condition of affairs
In Alaska wss net SO bad rs represeit,ea
uiagiey ulMalne said that unless seal lite
was projected In Behring sea and other
waters the time was iaot far dis.
lani when the revenue the goytwnmtnt was
receiving frugn tAe seal fisheri.ss w<sula lie
entirely lost He noticed In 3 dispatch
fnom Ottawa . few days ass, that shese
were 100 sealing vessels now beng lifted
cut for sealing in Behring sea. unlt.sx the i
nshsEies were protected there psoaid be no
stalls left in AlaskaE waters
Accomas's aEns sndment was agrssed 10
mistee rose and the house adjourned.