The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-04

by the House the Speaker emparrasss- sss
charged the duties of Speaker satlsfac-
torily was because of the help the house ,.
gave him. Whatever our shoTtconlhhisJb,
was for the best interests of the Amerl-
can people. In retiring from the oIrlce'
he said he found the greatest satiSlas, 5aay,
ton in the resolution which had peeR
adopted (Appiause)
The clock hands had come together
marking the noon honr hrnbt and MleDus MS gaveI
House adjourned sine die.
IN THE SENATE.
When the hours of the recess came to
a close and theAGoors We're open for busi-
ness. the Chamber presented a very ,f Tor
lorn and deserted appearance The. Wee s,t
President was in his seat and the clerks
and official reporters in theirs, ana the
ing the pages in order. but there were
not more than half dozen Senators
present-two on the Democratic side and
apparently no business to be attended to-
Another recess for quarter OF an nour
was ordered: and matters @ drifted along Sag
Mr.. Towie. Chief Clerk of the House.
appeared and ANNOUNCED that the Speak
spt r haa oae of the bs5 His and
he delivered it TO the Senate for the sig>
nature of the Vice President.
announced in n.e at that he had signed it, and it
was Immediately returned to the House
and was by the House uI!pa Eneolling Hags CON- fnv
the signature of the President.
After some ten minutes more passed
in silence. 1t occurred TO Mr.; Call OF
Florida that this was an opportune time
for him to get action on his resolution
as to the doings of the Loulsiana.or Hon,
duras Lottery Company. and he moved
to take 1t UP. but was reminded by MI
Manderson (Rep... Neb,) of the unanl-
,,lSu Wbseh 7 70 business So was to be transacted
except the signing of bills. and action on
conference reports. until eleven o'clock,
Mr.. Call oueried.
'.At eleven O'clock" said Mr.. Harris.
Dem Tenn1 n IN his ,Ss fexersy say dig dlgniedl l
be here; and that then the Senate viii do
Mr. call a rearEed es YeTY aeaea for ohf fhe
what the Senator from Tennessee
'Thee senate,,,' Mr.. Harris snapped back.
mot frequently does what the Senator
from Florida pleases, but what it pleases
-, 1T doc, does ,s1 IS frequently what the sens,
Can replied, rather inconsistently.
''The Senator from Tennessee has no
hope" Mr.. Harris remarked in closing
amusement to the listeners. 'of the Ser
ate ever doing what ne wants
sgnature See Of the antiottery biii and the the
bill amending the Copyright law SO as to
limit the liability of publishers.
At 1915 a resolution was offered by
Mr.. Voorhees, Dem., ,Ind..l for the ap-
pcintment of a committee of two Senat-
ors to join like committee, on the part
of the House to wait upon the President
that the Houses were ready to adjourn.
and announce Senators VOORHEES, and
sherTTaPE TE FFSupR FuR 9sh2f sE2I fREe YRoBP BaPpRSinted-
NOUS consent to take Up the House BIZ
total destruction the fur seal herd, say
ing that it could be passed without de-
lay or trouble.
the Committee on Foreign Relations, OBJ
iected, saying:-'I sat up nearly all night
last night for the purpose of objecting
al cor oonditions P regard e TT It as aes surrender e
on che part OF. the ADMINISTRATION of
very great importance TO this Country
the slightest foundation in fact, law or
justice. And so / object to it.
Mr.. Gray, realizing that the objec-
in that direction.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Morgan, instructing. the committee
on Foreign Relations to inquire into the
claim of Great Britain arising out of the
fur seal controversy, was reported back
with some qualifications from the Com
Mr.. Grey Oen., Del.) asked the Vice
President whether it required unanimous
cred now. and, on being told. that one
objection would carry it over for a day,
he promptly objected.
Mr.. Morgan expressed the hope that
the objection would be withdrawn, and
he went on to state the Importance of the
investigation. He declared, with, much
ss.s56. + tss British Government more than u.
the claim of Great Britain, he said. had
been appraised by Mr.. Tinle, the United
States Government agent at the seal
islands, at $12, 900. and yet Great Britain
Utterly false representations through the
press, he said, had made the Paris tri-
bunal responsible for affairs. on Behring
the fact that that feature of the arbitra-
ton had been Withdrawn from the tri-
bunal. and from the additional fact that
of the Treasury had destroyed the seals
in the North Pacific Ocean. by permit
ting violation of the restrictions of
He thought it due to the Government
On Foreign Relations should make
ton of the subject and that was the
GRAY'S REPROACH.
Mr.. Gray said the Senator from Ala
bama had asked me to withdraw my
objection. I owe it to him, as ! owe it
to the Senate and to myself t9 state
w
The House Of Representatives passed,
with practical unanimity, a few days
ago a bill to protect the American fur
seal herd from further devastation and
destruction. That bill lies upon our.
table. It's purpose was to provide the only
intelligent method by which that end
can be accomplished-the appointment of
commissioners to a jc mt commission COM
posed of delegates from Great, Britain,
(the countries most interested In these
fur seal fsheriesl to investigate as to
the destruction of the seal herd. That
bill ought to be before the Senate for
consideration.
The Senator from Alabama has OBJ
iected even to the consideration of 1t.
I believe that there is majority of the
Senate in favor of passing IT, am afraid
that my honorable and distinguished
sage would cast some imputation or re-
, fiection on the tribunal of which he was
! a member and an ornament. Nothing of
the kind is intended All that 1t proposes
is that we shall have q thorough tnvesti-
cation. by expert commissioners of the
countries interested.
In relation to the $685. offered in set
which we admitted at the Paris Tribunal
lit was far within the estimates made
by the British claimants and by the
agents of the United States. When that
matter was presented. to the Committee
on Foreign Relations 1t was received with
almost universal favor. 1t seemed to us
that the settlement was very advan-
With all due Difference to the Senator
from Alabama, I do not think that the
responsibility which he takes in this
matter is very light one.