The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14

the tribunal, he said. but Great Britain
conveniently sought 10 overstate them.
Through negotiations the state depart
ment agreed to pay $4,000 for dam
ages, and President Cleveland recon-
mended that the sum be appropriated.
Congress refused to make the appropri-
alton. At this point Senator Morgan /
turned his attention to Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador, |
and his "doleful plants to Lord Kim
berly.
Mr.. Morgan was scornful and sarcas-
tic. He quoted from Sir Julian's report |
to Lord Kimberly that republicans and |
populists and A democrats had voted |
against the appropriation. and his com
ment attributing the action of the house
to the necessity of party expediency.
Senator Morgan declared contemptu-
ously that it was getting TO be the fash
ion abroad to attribute everything that
did not please them to the influence of
party politics. He characterized Sir
Julian's remarks as unjust and often
sive in the case of the house.
But not content with these reflec-
lions on the house." said Senator Nor
gan, ''he refers to senators by name in
an ungracious and insulting manner.
He does this under the cover of the
British flag"
After quoting Sir Julian's comment
on his (Morgans) characterization of
some Of the alleged British claimants as
'recalcitrant and rascally Americans"
he declared that the British ambassa-
doris structures were based on the mis-
taken notion that the British naviga-
ton laws should cover violations of the
United States statutes. Crimes against
the decalogue could not, he SAID be
found in the koran. He denounced the
action of the American marauders in
Bering sea who had placed themselves
under the protection of the British flag
as guilty of surreptitious piracy. He
! did not object to the English ambassa-
dor criticising his course, either as
senator or as a member of the Paris
tribunal, in his private communications
to his government, but he emphatically
protested that he had no right to give
his criticism to the American papers in
pamphlet and thus forestall a reply.
Senator Morgan was exceedingly iron
ical in his reference to the indiscrimi-
nate nature Of the claims England had
| bundled together and asked us to set
tie for a lump sum-" The proposition
to pay a lump sum-" he said, ought to
be too revolving to lie on the Christian
stomach of the English ambassador
The correspondence laid before the
| house, Senator Morgan said, demon
strated that there were no negotiations
over the alleged claims and evidently
little investigation. England had sim
ply jumped at the lump sum" PROPOSE
ton made by Secretary Gresham for the
settlement of claims that had neither
justice nor morality beyond the asser-
ton set up, but palpably false, that the
award Of the Paris tribunal made it OBJ
ligatory upon the United States to sat
isfy any claims for damages which
Great Britain might make.
Senator Morgan insisted that 1t was
the duty of the senate to obstruct the
action of the president in the attempt to
ride down the power of the senate in ne
gotiating for the settlement of any in
ternational controversy without its ad-
vice or consent.
In concluding, Senator Morgan again
returned to his assault upon the British
ambassador for his rough criticism OF
himself, of which he said he was per
haps "unbecomingly careless"
At the conclusion of his speech, which
occupied two hours, Senator Morgan
asked a vote on the adoption of his reso
luton instructing the foreign affairs
committee to examine into and repor
: upon the liability of the United States
to Great Britain for the seizures. Tn
resolution was then read and adopted
r without dissenting vote.
Senator Caffery of Louisiana, re-elect
, ed at the expiration of his short tern
= for the full term of six years, wa
sworn in.
: The first bill of the session to be pass
- ed was one granting to the state o
| Pennsylvania permission to occupy tn
, United States court rooms at Scranton
f and Williamsport during certain
{ | months.
/ Senator Cullom of Illinois gave no
. tice that he will address the senate to
e morrow on the Monroe doctrine.
= Among the bills introduced was on
/ by Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, grant
n ing a pension of $3.50 per month to tn
a widow of the late Secretary Of Stat
q Gresham.
: At $3.50 p. m. the senate went into eS
ecutive session, and at 1857 adjourned.
The senate in executive session a
1886 p. m. confirmed the nomination c
Rufus H. Peckham of New York to
associate justice of the supreme coul
: of the United States.