The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-08
THELIGHT
Iunocrats Want Secret Debate
on Yang Yu's Treaty.
crvsLIcANs Ask pusl,c,rY.
rs - the Drftish Bsrsng oss Treaty
Hes xasvn -Aasssss WIN
Nss Wssn sesispa

eUAtHtSSfoS tf1y. April Tins 2e9
FIRST Saturday session OF the senate
ing the regular ssss,on Of congress.
ere was some expectancy In the senate
- the opposition 70 the tariff bill might
manifestsd In manner similar to that
1yesserdsy, bat the journal was read and
proved and routine business proGrGesed
|Skh few Interruptions
Hoar called the attention OF Morgan to
btispateh In the morning papers saying
|(hss the British parliament had passed m
- Intended 20 carry out the provisions of
|1he award Of the Bering 80 tribu-
I'd, bat according 70 which ships
|sA5ch might have sailed without
(tresisdgs Of the passage Of the bill
b the dispatch correctly reported the tsxt
II the parliament bill IL was simply IN
Esvssson OF the principlss OF the award Of
- Paris tribunal. He asks Morgan - to
~ truth Of the dispatch and suggested II
E&vas true some supplemental Legislation
loud be passed by congress.
Moran explained that some weeks aeo
r. Julian Pauncefoss. the British smbas-
|e66or, had submitted to the state depart
En6nt the draft Of the act Of parliament
ENAich. TO the best Of his recollection, COR
Expended exactly with the language Of
Ia: quoted in the dispatch. There were
soms features Of this proposed act which
Evsss opposed. be used the word advised.y,
n the fair Interpretation OF the awards,
#esd those provisions Of the proposed act
(prs firmly rejected by the secretary
FL state, and the British govern
|asnt was 20 informed. About the
|bDms time he learned from the newspapers
Hss bill had been introduced In parlis-
Trent for the purpose Of giving effect TO
| - award of the Paris tribunal. But
|phesher IL correspondsd with that sub
nistsd by Sir Julian Pauncefoss to shs
! nate department he did not know.
lAorily afterward he learned that the bill
I ~ been Withdrawn for the purpose Of re-
nedsiing Il. and he still hoped that such
~ fact, and that the text contained in
- dispatch was that Of the unamended
| "a, which had been given out by mista ke.
{N lao p. m. the senate went into *.
Gotivc session and at 4:20 adjourned.
The senate considered the Chinese
iss session this evening on . motion by
MITCHELL Of Oregon to debate the treaty in
fepen session, but without accomplishing
|sny hing. There was more or less Incl
dental reference TO the merits Of the treaty
|n such, but the DEBATE turned largely
Upon the propristy of discussing the ques-
lion with open doors. % the world at large
might know what had transpired. and tho
|Dsnstors favorable to this proposition con.
|Dnmed the greater part OF the time Of the
Eesssion.
Mitchell. Perkins and Stewart were the
Principal speakers. They based their
|orxument upon tho Importance Of the
|mbject to their constituents, and dwsit
|spon the injustice Of such an enactment
= that proposed without giving the peo-
BE who were 30 largely interested full
Information n to tho reason for the pro-
|asdings. They displayed moro or less
|hsiing over the question.
Perkins said the country was at present
IA great distress and there we're 81, 600
|snite men out Of employment In Califor-
|iia. II would be . great injustice at any
|time, and especially at such time as the
present, to open the doors to Chinese inn
migration, a. this treaty would do il rati-
lied by tho senate. He said Il would
|aulIify all tho anti Chinese lsgisiation OF
|she past ten years, II accepted In its pres
lent shape. and he thought the country
|should know these facts and hear the
arguments in favor of the treaty.
Mitchell. who Is an advocate OF open
|sssslons on oil occasions, spoke very much
| h the same strain, but elaborated on the
|psopristy of the consideration Of the treaty
10 open session.
Stewart wanted the widest publicity In
tiseussing the subject. and spoke in gen.
|aal terms about the undcsirsbiiity of Chi
ssse immigration.
Chandler asked him II II would not be in
De Interest of silver IL relations could be
etsblished with China which would ex-
had the commerce of the United States In
iAst country. whereupon tho Nevada sens-
ts hranched of into somewhat general
tscussion of silver. Morgan. Gray and
fa.mer all spoke briefly on tho other side
Il the question. devoting themselves
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