Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-11
WASHINGTON.
SQUAlLY TIMES IN THE DlPLO-
MATIC DEPARTMENT.
The Seal Fisheries Are the Cause of
the Breeze.
Dignified Senator Hawley Becomes
Justly Indignant.
WASHINGTON, July @.


Things are looking a little squally again
around the state department, and all be-
cause of the seal fisheries. England says,
through her minister, that the United
States must not interfere with Canadian
sealers. and Secretary Blaine doesn't pro-
pose to agree to any such nonsense. Both
sides are determined in their position Al
though negotiations which have been going
on for some months between the state de-
partment on one side and the British and
Canadian governments on the other, repre-
scented by the British minister, have not
attracted very much attention, it is thought
that the negotiations have reached crisis
which threaten most serious complications
to both nations.
When the postal and ship subsidy bill
was up for discussion in the senate the
other day, Mr.. Vest of Missouri spoke
against it and went on TO speak of the late
pan-American congress, and he sent to the
clerks desk and had read clipping from
the New York Herald of Buenos Ayres
correspondent to show what prominent
and intelligent citizen of Buenos Ayres-
Senior Pierra, who accompanied the Argen.
tine delegates TO Washington-thought of
the conference of Mr.. Blaine and the
United States delegates.
AS soon as the clerk had finished the
reading of this very caustic criticism Mr..
Hawley asked Mr.. Vest If he knew who
wrote that and whether it was quite fair
and decorous to have printed such mass
of irresponsible blackguardism.
MIR. Vest replied that the gentleman's
name was given in the communication.
Mr.. Hawley-I reaffirm what / said
that the man who speaks as he does OF
honorable gentlemen, and says of Ameri-
can colleges that DEGREES can be obtained
for $50, says willfully that which is false
Mr.. Vest-That may be ascribed to his
ignorance Of American colleges.
Mr.. Hawley-And TO his ignorance Of
all the laws that govern gentlemen.
Mr.. Vest-He is secretary Of a society
in Buenos Ayres, and accompanied dele
cation from the Argentine Republic to this
pan-American conference.
Mr.. Hawley-And you may add TO that
description that he is a liar and "a black
guard.
Mr.. Vest-That is a question between
him and the senator from Connecticut.
Mr.. Hawley-The senator from Missouri
introduced his friend here.
Mr.. Vest-The article was published in
a New York paper, extracted from paper
in Buenos Ayres, and has gone broadcast
over the country.
Mr.. Hawley-The senator from Missouri
will not indorse what that blackguard
said?
Mr.. Vest asserted that he had not in
dorsed it; and if Mr.. Hawley would con-
tain himself moment he would state his
object in quoting it here. He said there
affects the responsibility, the moral
character or the integrity of any of
the persons mentioned in il. 1t is the
ordinary criticism or public assembly,
and he had it read 10 show the impression
made on a prominent man who attended
that conference in respect TO the personnel
of the conference and its objects. II was
no public exhibition, nothing but self-inter-
est would affect our commercial relations
with the people of South America.
The president has approved the naval
appropriation bill, the invalid pension APP
preparation bill, the postoffice appropriation
bill and the joint resolution providing tenn
porarily for the expenditures of the gov
eminent.
The secretary of the interior has re-
ceived telegram stating that the Potta-
wottamie Indians in the Indian Territory
have signed the agreement with the Chero-
kee commission ceding TO the government
the surplus lands Of their reservation.