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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-18
MIR. FOSTERS ANSWER
To this communication Mr.. Foster replied as
follows:

To this communication Mr. Foster replied as
follows:
Department Of State. Washington. Dec. 1881
Dear Sir Wilfrid: received on tho goth ult
24th, in which you kindly communicate your an
swer TO the proposition which ! submitted In the
conference which had the pleasure 10 hold with
you your colleague and Mr. Adam. of the British
Your answer IL IT, effect declination or my prop
osition and n renewal OF the proposal mace In the
conference by Sir Louis Davies. and which, at tho
time | stated my Government could not accept
The considerations In support OF your colleague y
proposal, restated by you. have been submitted to
the President and he directs TO express his
Justify him In reversing the position taken by me
In our conference.
during the earlier months OF the year the catch
would not exceed thousand. which you think
would do little harm 10 the herd This might be
the case II II in its normal condition. bur SUCH
a catch now would be approximately equal to thirty
thousand in normal times, and in It's present de-
pleted condition would create n serious inroad OH
by the experts TO which you refer was at a si
more depleted stage than even now exists 1t Is
able for both the lessees and the pelagc sealers
Should the herd reach the Equilibrium pointed
out by you. It will have passed the period when
negotiations will be OF any avail. But In addition
sealing will do the herd II Will also entail on
the United States the heavy expense Of patrol dur
should be reached, as you think possible before
August. the Victoria feet win be al sea an
expense which for the last four years has aver
abed about $4,000 annually.
NO UNREASONABLE CONDITIONS ASKED
In view OF your statement that The Imperial Par.
lament will not convene TIL February we would
be quite willing TO have the proposed suspension
OF sealing take effect at such n date in February
as would enable the necessary legislation to b
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-18
SEAL QUESTION DISCUSSED
BETWEEN SIR Will
FRID LAURIER AND JOHN
W. FOSTER
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS REASONS FOR
REFUSING TO CONSENT TO AN IMMF-
DATE sToPpAGE OF PEtAGIc SEAL
ING. AND WHY PRESIDENT
MKTNI.EY CONSIDERS A
MODUs vIvESDI
NECESSARY

Washington. Dec 17.-Aner the return or the
Canadian Premier and the Minister Of Fisheries
from Washington last month an authorized
statement was given out from ottawa of the
contents Of Sir Wilfrid Lauriers reply to the
proposition OF exSecretary John W. Foster the
American representative in the sealing CONFER
ence This was confirmed by Sir Louis Davies
In public address at Toronto, in which IL was
added that in return for a settlement OF the fur
seal question satisfactory TO the United states
Canada would expect. among other concessions
q reciprocity arrangement which would ADMIT
into the United States free OF duty lumber coal
FISH. barley. eggs. potatoes and other farm prod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-18

Second floor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09

commence the interceptlng sewer work
at an early date.
Anent the politics ut this time dom.
mating the Drainage Board work.
the tip Is given out and backed by Pres
ident Kelly that william Bolienweck
will he the next President Of the board.
He will he elected in December. and
the votes for him will liz Kelly. Wenter.
Smyth. Mallette. Carter and Eckhart.
The plan of the trustees backing Bold.
enweck Is to get him into office without
a pledge and then to commence a rush
campaign for the completion Of the
channel by Jan. 1. 1900. at the latest.
Boldenweck has made statements that
II elected he will eliminate politics
from the board and save II from the pO-
liticul destruction to which II appears
to be rushing now. He wishes to make
II business hoard again. Commission
or McGann wishes II to he that way
now, and promises II a change does not
take place lively row over the failure
Of the trustees to work with the city
on the interceptlng sewer plans.
Mayor Harrison desires that the
work on the intcrcepting sewers should
I've fully under way before the compile.
ton of his first term. Next to the gar.
bage contract. he considers II to be tn,
most important work Of his admins.
trntiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
RECOUNT SEATS HON. AME6
WALSH.

We congratulate Hon. Clayton Il.
Crafts In having been able to stop
crOOkedness In the 18th precinct Of the
Seventeenth Ward" ana Mr.. James
Walsh because he will now receive his
certificate rs alderman for the Seven.
teenth Ward, to which he was honest
~ entitled last April. Aldermen Kah-
Ter ana Blower have gained nOrhiiig
hut unenviable nOtOriety by their dill
ly-dallying methods In counting the
ballots, and justice has ut last been
done Hon. James Walsh, alderninn.
elect from Ward Seventeen. Ever since
the contest began Judge Carter has
had u watch OF two men constantly
guarding the ballots. The watchmep
were william Mil, Frank Wall. \. G..
James, i. II. Sheehan, W. j. II. Neis-
tadt and NJ. &. sullivan.
Speaking of the matter Immediately
after the closing of the recount, Judge
Carter, who was present, said:
"'rhe result OF the recount sul.sran-
tiates the evidence given before mo AT
the preliminary hearing of the charges
against the Judges and clerks of clec-
ton In the 18th precinct. 1t exposes
completely the bOllest attempt to de-
feat the will of the people that has
come to my notice for long time. The
only way to stop this disrcputable and
fragrant system of classification of re.
turns will be to convict and. to the full
est extent Of the law. punish the Off
cials implicated. ! will earnestly urge
the States attorney to proceed against
the indicted officials of the 18th pre-
cinct at the earliest possible OppOrtu-
nifty.
Usually the chain of evidence In
such cases IL broken and a conviction
prOblematical, hut the facts In this
case seem to warrant my saying that
the State will not be hampered by any
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED.

The vacancy In Congress caused by
the death Of Hon. Il. ID. Cooke In to be-
filled In time to enable the successor
to take his seat ut the opening Of the
regular session Of Congress. Governor
Tanner announced this fact the last
day Of September. The date Of the
election II fixed ut Nov. %.
Mr.. Cookies district, the Sixth I'LL.
nOis. comprises oil the town Of North
Chicago, the Twentieth to the TWEEN
ty.fOurth Wards inclusive, ana few
precincts In the southern end Of the
two Lake View wards, the Twenty
NTH and Twenty.sixth. There has
been considerable talk on the side
about not having any election to MI
the vacancy, but there has been no
danger Of that mt any time. We say
danger because such denial Of repre-
sentatiOn to a Congressional district
would be all wrong In Itself AMI
fraught with peril rs precedent.
Twice since the Republican party was
organized have the two parties been
almost evenly balanced In the House,
80 evenly that II took months to elect
u Speaker. One vote In such u cOntin-
gency might determine the Organixa-
ton Of the House. There II no reason
to suppose that there was ut any time
any danger Of such sin OF omission.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
MOVE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL re.
VISION.

The suggestion is made that the Chi.
cagO real estate board take up tho agI.
tation for a constitutional convention.
1t In to be hoped the suggestion will O'
carried out.
The real estate board stands exccp.
tiOnally well In this community. Its
members have taken n deep interest in
certain legislative reforms Of great i'm.
portance to the public as we'll IA to
themselves. The establishment Of the
Torrens system Of land transfers was
due almost entirely to the persistent IF.
forts Of the real estate board. The pas.
sage Of the special assessment law mt
the last session Of the Legislature was
IN great part the result Of It's work.
No other body Of men has beef more
active In the cause Of revenue rcfOril,
or has done more to educate public sen.
tlment to the need for revenue iegisla.
ton. Hitherto. however, efforts In this
direction have been futile. 1t Ii recOg
nized Ivy members Of the real estate
board AZ well az by others that It doc =
not lie In the power Of the Legislature
under the present constitution to pass
a revenue law that will be satisfactory.
The need II for revision Of the con.
stitutiOn no as to permit the csta blish.
ment Of sensible and scientific rev.
enue system. No body II better quail.
fed than the Chicago real estate board
to undertake the work Of agitation for
constitutional convention.
Chicago In more ways than one needs
to be freed from the bonds that impede
Its progress. Revenue reform IL only
one Of the questions which a constitu
tiOnal convention would Ike called up
on to consider. Revision Of the funda
mental law would make possible the
development Of Chicag0's municipal
life where otherwise Its activity mus,
be repressed and perverted ami it,
growth stunted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
TIVE TRIUMPHANT LOOP.

The successful opening Of the ele-
waited loop brings the furthest southern
point Of the business section as near to
the people Of the great West Side ~
the nearest northern point was few
years ago. state street to Van Buren,,
and all the streets east Of the river AMI
between Lake and Van Buren,. now are
In easy reach Of the people who live In
the far southwest or northwest Of the
city. while the Inhabitants Of the GEN.
trail western section have choice be-
tween cable. trolley, and electric SER
vice to all the great stores and to the
chief Office district Of the city. There
In not another city In the world ia
which the street car service II NO rapid,
NO comfortable. and 10 cheap AZ that OF
Chicago. 1t In marvellous that It should
be thus. for two Of the newspapers.
one morning and one evening, have
been persistent for years In vlllfcat!On
Of the promoters Of street railways ana
In efforts to impede their progress. ana
during the last two years another jour
nal hns striven to he more abusive AMI
Obstrusivc thnn its elder brethren. II
any or all OF these newspapers had
acted powerfully upon the pubic opin.
lon Chicago to-day would have a street
Cur service OF the third class. Every
mprOvement-the change from horse
to cable power. the introduction Of cleo
trlclty as a motive force, aud the con.
structiOn Of elevated rOads--hua been
vehemently but vainly opposed by the
three Journals that make extreme pro-
fessiOn Of moving with purpose sin.
gle to the public good.
Hut here We are! And here they are!
The citizens are rejoicing In improved
conditions Of travel; the peculiar trinity
OF newspapers II striving hard to pre-.
vent the possibility Of further improve.
ments. But the improvements will
come In the future. rs they have In the
past, despite denagOgic opposition.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
0EORCE E. COLE IS TO RESi0N.

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09

every day. Probably the best payer
Of all was Dave Brock. still Of the Tri-
bune. as he was always about the best
Of the chess players. although in chess
1t lay between him and tall Book. who
played such parts as Polonius at Nc.
vicker's Theater.
Tom Foley was already thinking Of
baseball. He boarded at Mrs. 1.acey's.
on the site of the north entrance to the
now demolished postOfiice. and after-
ward took Hodes, Craver, Meyerle, Jim.
my Wood. Mart King and the rest Of
the first league thither to board also.
There had been q great tournament the
year or so before. The tin BOBBY horn
had been won by observation-disclosures the
Pecatonica Horn. Nobody could defeat
the Cincinnati red stockings. Think of
1t! They went about two years with
out meeting their match! Of course
Chicago expected the pennant when
Tom Foley went out after Il, and 30 the
Chicago club went South to practice.
AT Memphis. I think 1t was. they pay.
cd on the side of hill. They made 1877
runs and the other side declined to
chase any more balls. In Chicago the
games were played at Dexter Park.
In the stock yards. The season opened
with a signal defeat Of the Rockford
club (Old Anse and Spalding In ~ and
after large final row with Cincinnati
Chicago cOmplacently declared Tom
Foley's team the champions Of Amer.
ica. and lots on Ashland avenue and
36th street were marked up according
~. Excellent Tom Foley! A pleasing
memory out Of other dnys-a man a.
ways gentle rather than urbane, gen.
erous. enterprisine. trustful. and even
| uncOinplaining-the friend OF all who
sorrowed and were heavy laden.
The next year our white stockings
had the late Norman r. Gassette for
their financial hacker. and played on
the lake front. At a critical ana Jul.
verSally asthmaaic moment In some
game on this lake front can still see
George Marsh, a rank outsider, plOd.
ding across the awful field. on his way
to kick to the wnpire--a feat Of auda.
ci0us Observation-Disclosures I never saw
eq,saled. The other day I went into a
book store, and there was our ball.pr0.
noting Norman r. Gassette's library
for sale--a collection Of ancient theOl.
ogy-the books Of Menclus, ZOrOaster.
Menu, the vedas. the Ta.mud, Tar.
gums, lnman's Ancient Faiths, the
Land Of Moab, Journeys In AmmOn,
EtlOm. HOreb. INDIAN. Book Of the
Dead. Asiatlc Society--a row OF these
books fifty feet long. How strange the
contrast! by day travelling with bull
voiced Mart King. and hearing hin,
below ut Hotles; by night journeying
with lsrael from Goshen, through HOr.
eb. INDIAN, EtiOm and Moab, planting
the ark ut Gilgai!
JOHN M'GOvERN.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

Chief of Police Ripley has made II
good selection In placing Captain Luke
i. COlleran mt the head of the detec-
tive service.
Captain COlleran has bean mem
her Of the Chicago force for thirteen
years, ana has made Il record for
shrewdness, daring AMI executive abil-
ity which gives promise OF mos, excel
lent performance In his new ana re-
sponsible position. He has risen from
the ranks through merit, and his ap-
pOintnient as chief OF detectives will
not only be gratifying to his friends ON
the force, but cannot fail to give gen.
eral satisfaction.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
INTERPRETING SEWERS ROW.

Commissioner McGann has notified
the Democratic members Of the Drain.
age Board that any political differences
existing between them and any heads
of departments Of Mayor HnrrisOn's nd.
ministratiOn must not be allowed to In
terfere with the progress OF the work on
interceptlng sewers for the city. He
has declared to them thnt II the Drain.
age Board persists In Withholding def.
mite plans for harmOnixing the main
channel with the proposed intercepting
sewers of the city he will appeal To
Mayor Harrison In the name Of the city
and the taxpayers and on behalf Of the
public health for assistance.
President Kelly Of the Drainage
Board IL In harmony with Mciann; 80
IL Frank Wenter. Alex Jones gets the
credit Of being the one who has hung up
things 50 that the city Il unable to
make progress with its intercepting
sewer plans. ana the work II ut u stand
still. The story ~ It comes 10 Commits.
siOner Mci;ann II rs follows:
Alex Jones ana Frank Davidson, sup.
erintendents Of sewers, nre both resi-.
dents Of the Thirty-fOurth ward. Da-
wilson II II warm personal friend Of
John 4. Heating Of the School Board.
SO Is Mayor Harrison. Heating II a
candidate for clerk Of the probate court
one year from now. Davidson IL sup.
porting him. ana sO, practically. Is the
Mayor. Alex Jones wishes to be cOun-
ty Judge one year from now, hut he can
not win In the nominating convention
II Kearin; from his ward is nominated
for probate clerk. One OF the two men
must step aside and Jones Is determin-
ell that 1t shall be Heating.
Davidson has charge of the intercept
ing sewer work of the city, subject to
the approval Of McGann. Davidson has
had to meet the Drainage Board to Sc
cure from II the main channel plans,
which are to be In accord with the
city's plans. Jones, as the story runs,
In order to weaken Davidson political
ly ana discredlr him with the admins
tratiOn and also to break down his sup
port of Heating, has been having the
Drainage Board plans held back, or,
when given out In piecemeal, made mis-
leading. McGann has detected this,
and while not openly charging 1t to
Jones, has called In the Democratic
members of the board. laid the situa-
ton before them, showed them how
the city was suffering from delay, and
demanded instant action.
The Democratic members of the
hoard are: Kelly, Wenter, Smyth and
Jones. The first two are working to-
getlier, Jones Is freelance, and Smytl
lands every time when he thinks the
ground Is the sOftest. As result OF
the conferences which Mc'iann has
held all the week with trustees, an ac'
tive effort Is now to be made to secure
the completion Of all plans which the
city needs, thus enabling McGann to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
AN EXCELLENT VETO.

The Mayor vetoed Monday night the
Council ordinance to set fifteen men ut
work mt street repairing in each ward.
under the direction Of the aldermen
representing II. He gave three reasons
for his veto. any one Of which was sui.
ficient, and he could have assigned 9th.
or good reasons had he cared to do 40.
The Mayor stated that no apprOpria.
ton had been made In the annual mp.
preparation bill to pay these street re.
pairers. ana hence no provision could
he made for their payment now with.
out violating the state law. In the
next place. the ordinance practically
created offices md appointed aldermen
to nh them. in violation Of charter
provision. And. finally, the ordinance
imposed new duties on the aldermen
without Increasing their pay.
The aldermen Of Chicago are to-day
Overwcrked, and to add to the burden
Of duties expected Of ward fOremen TO
the other cares Of state which harass
them would ie little short Of actual
inhnmanity. aside from the fact that
the dignity Of their Office would be ri.
riously impaired by requiring them to
work with pick and shovel In the public
:borOughfarps.
The Mayor might have added that the
ordinance was not adopted for the pub.
liz good. but Tor the private benefit of
aldermen. who would like to have some
city employees under their immediate
orders. to run their errands and cleo.
tlOneer for them. These street repair.
ers. while paid by the city, would do
little work for II. but great deal for
| their aldermanic bosses.
In spite Of the force Of the reasons
assigned by the Mayor twenty.fOur nj.
dermen voted to pass the ordinance
over his veto. while only thirty.s'x
voted In the negative. The twenty. -four
are NO crazy to get some men on tn"
pny rolls whom they can boss that they
are willing to violate all the laws on the
statute hooks.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09
HENRY o. LYT1ON HOME A0AiN.

Henry G.. Lytton. proprietor Of the
Hub clothing store. returned to the
city Wednesday after n four months
sOjourn In England. France and Ger.
many, with his wife. A considerable
portion Of their time was spent at Nau.
helm. q German watering place that
has become famous for the curative
properties Of the baths In cases Of heart
troubles. like all other wide.awake
business men who visit foreign shores,
Mr.. Lytton caane back firmly convinced
that this Is the best country the sun
shines upon. and that Chicago In the
greatest city In the world.
''Our new tariff law forms the princi.
pal topic Of discussion In business cir.
cles In each Of the countries visited"
said Mr.. Lyttou, land there II much
talk Of adopting retaiiatOry measures
In France. One feature Of the tariff
law-the section that imposes duty
on all articles Of clothing carried by
tourists In excess Of 500 valuation-is
regarded a. most obnoxious by the
French people whom I talked with. I
was much Impressed also with the Gu.
rlOsity manifested In England concern.
inx the feeling Of the people Of the Uni.
ted States toward their mother cOun.
try. I was repeatedly asked whether Il
was true that the United States had
such bitter feeling against England
that a war would he the result. Of
course replied to all such questions ia
the negative, somewhat to the surprise
Of a few.
"What was the first thing noticed
about Chicago when returned? Well
1t may strike you as rather strange
that ! should have been struck first Of
all with the change that has been made
In Jackson street, from a rough, dirty
ana noisy street to a clean, smooth and
comparatively nOiseless boulevard. II
reminds Me ut once OF the streets OF
London and Paris, which. as a rule, art
covered with asphalt. Chicago never
can hope to reach state Of cleanliness
until all OF her business streets are
paved with asphalt. The next thing
noticed was that business had revivel
to a wonderful extent and that every
body was feeling hopeful once more"