The age-herald., 1897-12-16
MIR. PETTIGREW
 GETS VERY HOT HurIS Bold Defiance at Great
 Britain'S Powers. DEBATING SEALING QUESTION The South DakOtian Demands Immediate
 Action by This Country. MIR. LODGE CIVIL SERVICES FRIEND Laying the "Worm'' For the Taking of
 the Twelfth Census. Fl POSSIBLE RELIEF FOR KLoNDYKERs The House Wrestles With Civil Service Re form When Livingston of Georgia Char acterizes It as Humbug and Fraud
Laying the "Worm" For the Taking of
 the Twelfth Census.
POSSIBLE RELIEF FOR KILOMETRES
The House Wrestles With Civil Service Re form When Livingston of Georgia Char acterizes It as Humbug and Fraud
 DeArmand Shakes Up Republicans.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Proceedings of the senate were enlivened today by an inter esting debate upon the bill presented by the foreign relations committee providing for the prohibition of pelagic sealing by Americans. MT. Davis, of the foreign affairs committee called up the bill pro- hibiting fur sealing in the waters of the North Pacific and presented letters from Secretaries Sherman, of the state depart ment, and Gage, of the treasury depart ment on the subject, advocating the pass age of the proposed measure.
 MT. Davis said the bill was in the aid of furthering diplomatic negotiations. MT. Davis pointed out that there was now no law prohibiting pelagic sealing, and this shameful admission had been made by the representatives of the United States in their negotiations with representatives of other countries looking to suspension of sealing.
 MT. Pettigrew Gets Warm
 MT. Pettigrew, of South Dakota, entered a sharp protest to the passage of the bill, because it deprives Americans of privileges extended to people of other countries. He thought it was time to definitely dispose of the question by killing all seals as fast as
 
 thought the United States had suffered enough humiliation on account of the seal business and he thought the proposed bill ought to be amended that if Great Britain by the first of June next did not agree to a suspension of pelagic sealing this country would kill all seals, male and female, and thus settle the question once for all Mir Pettigrew then offered an tx, lioa wit ,f. marks.
 Mir. Davis protested against the adop- tion of MT Pettgrew's amendment.
 Wants Prompt Action
 Replying, Mir Pettgrew said: 'T am tired of waiting on England in this as in other matters It is humiliating that we should be compelled to do so, not only in the fur sealing but in the Cuban and financial questions. hesitating to declare our inde- pendence because of England's possible op- position. The only interest in protecting the Spanish in Cuba Is that implied In the fact that Lombard street holds the Span- ish bonds. That being the case, we can do nothing for suffering Cuba until Great Britain is willing. Thus it is in financial matters and thus it Is that we send com- missioners to the feet of hook-noscd Jews of London to ascertain If they arc willing if we should do thus and so in the mat ter of our own finances.
 National pride and national honor." he said "are opposed to further diplomatic negotiations upon the seal question. By the passing of the bill, amended as he sug- gested the fur sealing industry in London would be aroused and bring to bear intin- ences on Great Britain which might effect a proper settlement of the question:"
 The amendment offered by MT. Pettigrew was defeated The bill was then passed by vote of 37 to II.
 True to Civil Service
 By agreement the bill to provide for the twelfth annual census was taken up to enable MT. Lodge, of Massachusetts, to submit some remarks upon it. MT. Lodge said he was aware that at the present time it was not fashionable to say anything in support of the civil service law, but that it was considered rather better form to attack the administration of the law. He said he had always been and was now a friend of the civil service law. Presi- dent Cleveland had, at the close of his ad- ministration, made an enormous extension of the classified service. placing about 40,- GOO persons without examination under its protection. Naturally such action so late in the last administration had put the law under a great strain, 'but it is sufficient to me-" said MT. Lodge, that President Me Kinley bravely and courageously dealt with this at the beginning of his admin istratlon instead of waiting until its con cusion as was the practice of his predc- cessor."
 Preparing For the Census
 At the conclusion of MT. Lodges re- marks, MT Carter, of Montana, chairman of the census committee, outlined briefly the provisions of the proposed bill.
 MT. Carter indicated the advisabity of providing for the appointment of the di- rector of the census and his immediate aides as soon as practicable. The meas ure, he disired it understood, was purely preliminary in character, and made no provisions for the great work of the cen sus, which would be provided for in an- other measure to be presented later.
 MT. Carter closed the debate by announc-