Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-03-14

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peculiar action of Lord Salisbury in
refusing renewal of the modus viven-
di in Behring Sea pending the arbitra-
ton proposed by the treaty signed
last week. The president and his cab
met consider the situation very criti
cal, and much regret is expressed be-
cause Secretary Blaine is confined TIC
his bed with the,grip. Lord Salisbury
actionris Nirtually an insult to this
government and makes the treaty Of
very little seTvice, as there will be
nothing to oarbftrate if this govern
ment allows, the Canadian sealers to
go into the Behring Sea the coming
season, and nothing but force will pre-
vent them, and if we use force we shall
unquestionably have to fight the Brit
ish Navy, and after the fighting is be-
gun the arbitration treaty will not
stop it.
The arbitration treaty was to have
been sent to the senate this week, and
If it goes in and is called up in exec
utive session there will probably be
some very belligerent talk, as there
are senators who, believing that Sails
bury has deliberately and Intentional
ly insulted us, are in favor of refusing
to ratify the arbitration treaty, and of
having the administration inform Sal
isbury that this government intends
to maintain it's rights in Behring sea
by force if necessary. For the first
time in years a night session of the
cabinet has been held, the president
being determined to do nothing rash
ly and at the same time to leave moth
upholding of American rights and
American honor. He will show the
world that he will deal with powerful
Great Britain in precisely the same
spirit he did with weak Chill.
Well, well! wonders will never
cease. Senator German says, and he
evidently expects the country to be-
heve him, that he never had an hours
conversation with Senator Hill in his
life, and never had any consultation
with him on any subject. German is
very shrewd in detecting the way of
the wind, politically speaking, and he
seldom speaks for publication without
having a definite object in view. Some
say his object in making the present
statement is to announce his desertion
of Hill, and others that it is merely
dodge i'm HiQ's favor.
The Hill boomers are making prep
aration for demonstration in force
in the South, which section the Cleve-
land men have all along claimed as
their exclusive property. Discreet
Hill agents have been working up a
weeks past, and how we'll they have
done their. work is shown by the invit
ations to visit that section which Mr..
Hill has recently received and is dali
ly receiving from it's prominent cities.
A tour will be arranged for him, per-
haps it would be nearer exact to say
by him, which will take in all the
points where his agents report prob
ability of capturing any delegates to
the national convention.
Jerry Simpsons attempt to intro
duce the Mrs. Lease style of stump
speech ON the floor of the House was
a fiat failure, and Jerry had to with
draw his supplementary language
and apologize to the House for hav-
ing used it. His apology was a SLAM
der on the good people ofKansas, for
he tried to leave the House under the
that the use of bad Ian
guage was so common in that state
that he should not be held responsible
for having used it. The Objectionable
language was used in running de-
bate on the bill allowing railroads to
give special rates to commercial trav-
elers, when Simpson referred to Sen
ator Cullom, the author of the inter-
state commerce law, as an ubiquitous
Attorney
The democrats of the House appear
TO have fully made up their minds
that no private pension legislature
shall get through at this session, for,
Friday night sessions have
been set apart for this purpose, the
democrats purposely remain away and
then raise the point of "no quorum
in order to prevent anything being
done. The same thing might have
been accomplished in a more manly
way by the adoption of resolution
reading something like this: Resolv
ed, That no private pension bill shall
be voted for by the majority of this
House, no matter how just it may be
Senator Hoar, who has been confin-