Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-13
GOLDBUGS WERE AGAINST IT
New Mexico and Oklahoma Kept Out by the
 Same Element.
AFRAID OF SIX NEW SILVER SENATOR'S
Senator Morgan Addressed the Senate, in Executive Session, on the Bchring
 Sea Fishery Dispute-An Impor-
 tant Omission Supplied.

Washington, Feb. Notwithstanding the veil of secrecy with which the house territories committee surrounded their | meeting this morning, the fact is known | that a vote was taken on the Arizona statehood bill and that the measure was | defeated by vote of to5. The six gen. | tlemen who voted in the opposition were | Messrs. Hadley of Illinois, Knox of Mas sachusetts, Taft of Ohio and Low of New | York, republicans, and Harrison of Ala bama and Owens of Kentucky, demo- crats. The affirmative vote was by Chairman Scranton of Pennsylvania, Messrs. Perkins of Iowa, Avery Of Mich | igan, Turner of Virginia and Cooper or Texas. The absenteeS were MeSSrS liar ris of Ohio and Lefevre of New York. After some discussion 1t was agreed that | if Messrs. Harris and Lefevre united and desired reconSidera tion of the vote their request would be granted. It Is said that | MT. Lefevre is satisfied with the defeat | of the bill and will not ask for recon l sideration. When seen tonight he stated that he had not committed himself ih the matter and would not say how he would vote. Nobody, he said, had au- thority to state that he would not ask for a reconsideration. It is stated that MT. Harris, had he been present, would nave | opposed the measure.
 The significance of this vote will be better understood when 1t Is remembered that the opposition to the admission of | Arizona is based on the objection that the granting of statehood would increase | the number of free silver advocates in l the senate, and this was the primary | cause of the defeat of the bill. It Is also regarded as an indication of the senti-
 ment of the committee With reference to passage of which, in addition to the Ari- zona bill, would add six new, senators to | the list of free coinage men In that body. House committee on elections No. B. | Mr. Mccall. chairman, today took up the case of Hoge against Otey, from the | Sixth Virginia district. MT. Otey wanted | to reopen the case for the purpose of talk ing further evidence"@ He claims that democratic notaries refused to take fur ther evidence for him and he wants the committee to take the matter in hand 1 and compel them to- take the necessary 1 It is not expected that any action will | be taken by the house foreign affairs committee with reference to the recogni- | ton of Cuban belligerency until the cor | respondence to the house yesterday shall | have been printed and placed In the | hands of the members. It is desired, if @ resolution looking to Cuban recognition comes before the house. that the different | members shall have a proper under standing of the situation in the island so
  | ly discussed. MT. Adams of Pennsyl- | vania who is the chairman of the sub- | committee having the matter in charge. | does not expect to call his committee to- | gether until next week in order that they, as well as other representatives, may | have time. to read and digest the corre- | spondence thoroughly before acting upon | the proposition. F
 The Behring Sea Question.
 Yesterday afternoon in executive ses- | sion the treaty between this government and Great Britain for the settlement of | claims growing out of alleged Behring | sea fishery seizures was laid before the senate and referred to the committee on | foreign relations. The convention was considered this morning by the commit | tee, but no conclusion was reached, the l time being consumed by Senator Nor | gan, who made an elaborate statement | to the committee of his views on the sub l ject, and it's relation to the finding of the
 court of arbitration held in Paris.
 | The convention is signed in behalf of the United States by Secretary of State l Olney, and in behalf of Great Britain by | Ambassador .Pauncefote. It provides for | the appointment of one commissioner by each government, if these two cannot reach a conclusion an umpire or third | commissioner, is to be selected. If the | two governments cannot agree upon this l umpire the convention stipulates that he | shall be named by the president of the | Swiss republic. Whatever is to be agreed upon by this commission is to be binding | between the two governments parties to the treaty. The text of the convention | is unsatisfactory to the committee in | one particular at least, and will be amended. It, provides for the claims of 1 Great Britain against the United States | for alleged illegal seizures and ignores l the possible existence of any claim by citizens of the United States against the l Dominion of Canada or Great Britain. | The amendment will correct this over ! sight.
 This treaty is the outgrowth of the l finding of the Paris tribunal. That high court of arbitration refused to consider l the question of damages, but left that to | the future to determine. Great Britain subsequently claimed specific amount, | and legislative communication to the | last congress urged the appropriation of | a lump sum of $425, 900 to pay these claims The senate, however, chiefly | through the influence of Senator Morgan, refused to allow the appropriation. his contention being that the passage of such | bill was equivalent to an admission that the Paris award had included the | subject of damages. It was then held 1 that the only way the question of dam 1 ages could be settled was by a separate 1 investiga ton. The legality of the claims 1 then presented to this government was denied. The convention brings the mat ter before the senate in what was held by the committee to be the only proper l manner. and. ,itis said5 there will be but l little delay in making al treport to the senate in favor of the treaty after 1t has been SO amended as to protect the rights of the United States equally with those | of Great Britain,
 An Anti-Gsmbling Bill. MT. Gillett of Massachusetts introduced 1 in the house today a bill to prevent state l anti-gambling laws from notification | through interstate gambling by tele- 1 graph, telephone <or othefwise. To ac- l complish this object the measi1re extends | to such gam bin6 she penalties provided l for interstate gambling by mali. ar sz. press. which provide as a punishment