Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-26

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ACTION OF rHf SENATE.
While discussion RACES over Che stain. a, A.,
Teriug sen trsaty, nov supposed 70 be hiaden
in the innermost consciousness NJ shs s.,.,.
the statement caA once more be positively
made that the treaty. with q modus vivendi
attachment, viii be ratified early next week
Every precaution that the Senate could take
was taken 70 keep secret It, proceedings yes
terday. -
As on the previous day every one Of the exec
utive employees, with the exception of Secre-
tary NcCook sad Sergeant-at-A Arms Valentine
were excluded; in short. every avenue through
which information could escape was believed
to be closed. Yet The STAR of yesterday after
noon contained the announcement Of the
action Of the Senate.
MopUs y1vxxDI ATTACHMENT.
It was fully developed in yesterdays sub
rosa discussion that the treaty will be ratified
and the formal ratification may take place
Monday, unless some OF the speeches yet to be
made are longer than those in charge of the
treaty expect them to be. There is no op-
position to the treaty, but yesterday it
was easily apparent that several Senators desire
with thoroughness. This may. delay action
until Tuesday, but the probabilities are
that the executive session of Monday
afternoon will settle the whole matter. As to
the desirabihty-the necessity--of a renewal of
the modus vivendi there are no two opinions,
takes place within the next forty-eight
hours the treaty will make its
public debut, with proviso in its makeup that
will make the treaty nothing more than a
diplomatic ornament unless the modus is re-
newed. Senators who have given the matter q
great deal OF thought are convinced that arbi-
tration can only be founded safely on the con-
ditions which existed before the late modus
vivsndi expired.
WILL SUPPORT TIE PRESIDENT.
President Harrison. il 10 stated will have no
reason to complain of senatorial action in this
matter. There II absolute uuanimity as to
supporting him in all he has done or seems
likely to do, in fact some few Senators
republicans and demoerats-have intimated
more rapidity and greater vigor and yet have
been In touch with popular sentiment
NO POLITICS IN THE DEBATE.
In every debate on the treaty-and especially
was this 20 yesterday. has been an en-
tire absence Of anything that could possibly be
construed into political movement; the party
lines were all down. -.
ALL QUIET IN TIE DrRARTAENra
There were NO changes in the Bering sea
situation today % far as the State Department
was concerned. No communication has been
received from Lord Salisbury in answer
to the Pfesfdent's latest note ana until some
answer does come IL h not thought likely that
anything definite will be done by the executive
branch OF the government
Notwithstanding the sensational stories that
have been published recently about the great
excitement and activity noticeable about the
Departments business really seems to be NOV
ing along in about the same matter
ot,fact sort Of way, ss before the
ical stage. At the Navy Department where
one would imagine admirals and commodores
hurrying around from room to room in
breathless haste and tumbiing over heads
OF bureaus in their eagcrncss to launch gun
boats and get ready for action the picture is by
no means what IL has been painted. In point
OF fact 1t wyuld be difficult matter to discover
any unusual excitement whatever
The Gtuaton, it is true, IL sometimes dis
cussed by small groups in Office rooms or corri-
dors, but that IL abont all Ships are ordered
from place to place as Of old, payments
are made on sfips in course of construction,
the white squadron, now in the South Atlantic,
has not been ordered to Beriug sea and will not
be. Ip fact the only suggestion of
grim -visaged war comes from an enterprising
:, iiP C""e' WIZ uas "ritten 70 the Secretary OF
the Navy Offering to sell his vessel to the gov
ernment, with the assurance that If she were
htted out with dynamite gums and torpedoes
she would make very effective man-of-war
AN AMIcABLE SETTLEMENT EXPECTED.
A member OF the cabinet said today that he
saw no reason for supposing that the present
complications with Great Britain in regard to
the seal fisheries will not be settled amicabiy
He added that il would be the height
OF folly for two countries having SO
much In common to quarrel over a matter
they have agreed to settle by arbitration.
He felt confident that Great Britain will either
consent to a renewal Of the modus vivendi of
last year. or that il she does not 10 this she
will not interfere with or resist the efforts O:
this government to preserve the seals pending
the arbitration uroceedinos