The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-16
a PARTY RERukE.


Republicans Dcnounce Harrisonss Astisn
In tho BehrlnE So Matter.
1t has rarely happened in tbs history
Of parties in the United States that the
executive Of the national government
has been deliberately and Of necessity
rcbuked and humiliated by majority
of it, own party, in the senate. To this
point tho blunder Of Blaine and Harri-
son has brought NE republicans in the
upper houss On the pending issue be-
TWEEN Great Britain and the United
Stats
That bluhder has brought the coun-
try to the verge of war for, unfortu-
nately, cause that does not command
the cordial sympathy of the masses Of
the people. The people on national is
sues are not partisan. This they have
demonstrated repeatedly. They ask
nothing of national administrations ex-
except fidelity to the constitution. and
in conformity with it they will support
any national administration against any
foreign foe.
j unfortunately the course pursued by
the administration on the Behring sea
question has not been characterized by
thet clearness OF argument, that sim
certify Of conviction, that directness of
method and that grave sense of respon-
sibility that should characterize every
transaction of the government of the
United States.
Mr.. Blaine Claimed that we acquired
with Alaska exclusive jurisdiction over
one hundred miles of Behring sea from
the coast line and that within this area
only our vessels should have the right
to engage in seal catching The
British government commended that we
denied to Russia like claim in relation
to Alaska before we purchased that
country and cited our official state
papers In support of this position. Mr..
Blaine repudiated@ British interpreted
ton of the papers. ssss s=z= ~
Our revenue cutters accordingly
seized Canadian vessels in Behring sea.
The British government appealed over
the executive to the judicial branch of
our government and sought to get def
milton of our jurisdictional extent
from the United States supreme court
in the Sayward case. The court threw
out the cause on the technical ground
that the question Of Jurisdiction was
not properly raised in the district court
Of Alaska, whence appeal was taken.
This brought the question back to its
foundation, and, all other resources ex-
hausted. Great Britain proposed that
our claim to one hundred miles should
be for the time conceded, provided we
agreed to reference without appeal of
all questions of law and fact to inter-
national arbitration, the concession be-
ing automatically modus vivendi by
which Canadian poachers were ex-
clnded until May of this year.
Treaty stipulations were then pro-
ceeded with and the secretary of state
for the United States and the minister
Of foreign affairs for Great Britain
jointly signed preamble to q treaty
providing for settlement Of the entire
dispute by a court to sit at Paris. Mr..
Blaine signed this treaty without re-
quiring that the temporary concession
of our claims should be extended until
the arbitration court shall submit its
findings, to which both countries are
pledged in advance.
an iaiiing 70 make extension Oh .ne
noous viVenai a SINE qua non OF ms
signature n 70 .ne proposed treaty mr.
piaine comm''.ea q serious error which
mas o,ousnu US 70 Pussioii'y VI war
with Great Britain. The president, who
did not realize the danger until after
'he siena'ure % mr. niaine haa oeen