The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-08
Unless the Act Is Changed He Believes
Canadian Poachers May Destroy the
Seals Without Fear of Arrest.
VIEWS OF SENATOR MORGAN
Western Statesmen Protest
Against the Chinese Treaty.
Mitchell and Others in Favor of Consid-
ering 1t in Open SessiOn-Harris
Anxious to Push the Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, April This is the first
Saturday session OF the senate during the
regular session OF Congress. There was
some expectancy in the Senate that tie op-
position to the tariff might be manifested
in a manner similar 10 that OF yesterday.
but the journal was read and approved and
routine business progressed without inter-
ruptions
Senator Hoar called the attention OF Sers-
ator Morgan to a dispatch in the morning
papers saying that the British Parliament
had passed an act intended to carry out thu
provisions of the award of the Bersng sea
tribunal, but according to which ships thai
might have sailed without notice Of the
passage of the bill should not be liable %
seizure. He thought IL the dispatch cor
rectly reported the text of the act OF Par
lament 1t was simply an evasion Of the
provisions of the award OF the tribunal,
and would allow Canadian vessels which
might have sailed without notice TO destroy
hundreds Of thousands OF seals without
fear of arrest by simply claiming that they
did not know the act Of Parliament had
actually passed. He asked Mr.. Morgan aa
TO the truth of the dispatch, and. believing
that it was true, some supplemental legis-
lation should be passed by Congress.
Mr. Morgan agreed that the Senator from
Massachusetts, was quite right as TO his
Interpretation of the dispatch and the dam
ger OF the determination OF the Alaskan
seal herd which would follow the opera
tions Of the reported act OF Parliament
He explained, however. that some two
weeks or more ago Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British ambassador, had submitted TO
the State Department the draft OF an act
of Parliament which. to the best OF his
recollection, corresponded exactly with the
language of that quoted in the dispatch.
There were some features OF this proposed
act which Were opposed Che used the word
advisedly) to the fair Interpretation of the
provisions OF the awards, aud those pro-
visions of the proposed act were firmly re-
jected by the Secretary OF State and the
British government was so Informed.
About the same time he learned from the
newspapers that a bin had been intro
duced into Parliament for the purpose OF
giving effect TO the award of the Paris
tribunal, but whether IL corresponded with
that submitted by Str Julian Pauncefote 10
the State Department he did not know.
Shortly afterwards he learned that the bill
had been Withdrawn for the purpose of
remodeling IL and he still hoped that such
was a fact, and that the text contained in
the dispatch was that of the unamended
bill which had been sent ont bv
mistake. II have no doubt" ne declared.
that the government of the United States
VIII find itself in fun state Of prepara-
tion and with full determination that an
the benefits and advantages OF this award
shall be realized by our government IL
may be that we did not get in the award
every principle OF law for which we con-
tended decided in our favor. but we got al
the necessary regulations which are requi-
site for the protection OF the seal herds
which belong 10 US. Good faith on the
part of Great Britain requires hat shs
shall come forward and insist strenuouslv
and as honestly as we intend 10 insist upon
the carrying out Of all the provisions OF
that award"
The incident closed with an Endorsement
by Senator Gray Of the belief expressed by
Mr.. Morgan that the bin mentioned in the
dispatch was the original bill which had
been withdrawn for alteration. AT 20 D.
m. the Senate went into executive session,
and at 4:20 adjourned.