The sun., 1897-12-16
SEALQUESTIoN IN SENATE.
BILL PASSED PRoHIBITINa KILL
ING OF SEALS BY AMERICANA.


teruntionni AErceraent-The Civil Service
Law ana Secretary Cages Proposed civil
Pcnsion List Attacked In tho Mouae.
WARRINGTON Dec. 15.-Tho Sennto to-day
was somewhat more industrious than IL has
been at any previous day OF the present session.
1t sat till twenty minutos past 1, and after q
lively discussion passed the bill prohibiting the
killing OF fur seals by citizens OF the United
States In the waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
The bill was takon up motion Of Mr.. Davis
Rep., Minn.). Chairman OF tho Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, who said that IL was In aid of
pending negotiations. and that tho State De-
partment felt confident that, In duo process of
time, an international agreement would bo
brought about between the United States,
Great Britain, Russa, and Japan which would
effect the desired result Of preventing tho oxter
nination Of fur seals. It was shameful, he said.
TO DO obliged to confess that American citizens
wero, perhaps, as much as the citizens of other
nations engaged in tho practice Of pelaglc fur
sealing.
Mr.. Pettierew Of South Dakota criticised tho
bill as imposing restrictions on American citi.
Gems which did not apply to English subjects,
and said that the acts of English sealers would
have. In moro ancient times. furnished SUN.
cient cause for war. His remedy for the evil
would be 10 kill all the seals. and thus dispose
Of the question. He offered an amendment that
unless Groat Britain shall enter into an agree
ment with the United States that shall bo effec-
tual In preserving tho Alaska seal herd on or
before the LIST of June, $685. tho Secretary of tho
Treasury shall tako and kill every fur seal, malo
and female. on the Pribylov Islands.
Mr.. Davis protested against tho conception
and execution of Mr.. Pettigrew's amendment
and said that the United States should stand
through all this business with clean hands,"
1t was not wise. he said. In legislation OF this
character, to indulge in threats.
Mr. Pettigrew said that tho United States had
tried for four years to get Great Britain to en-
ter into an agreement for the preservation Of
the fur seals. He regarded 1t as humiIiating for
tho United States to await the pleasure Of the
British Government on tho subject of fur seals
or on the subject OF recognizing tho Cuban
patriots. 81 do not know" no said that any
communication will como from the State De-
partment saying that we shall not interfere
with Cuba until Great Britain 10 willing, but
that 10 tho reason We do not interfere, and that
IN all there is to It," He also reminded Senators
that bill on the lines of his amendment had
passed the House in 1885, and that a report in
favor of It had been made by the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
MIR. White Dem., CAL, remarked that the
Committee on Foreign Relations was more beli-
cose last session than 1t was now. [Laughter.l
He thought that the Senate ought to hesitate
before passing this bill. and thus legislating
against Americans.
After further discussion Mr.. Pettigrew's
amendment was rejected. without division, and
the bill was passed-yeas, 81; nays, Ia.
The joint resolution appropriating $3.50. 900
for the relief Of American miners and other suf-
fercrs in the Valley of the Yukon was taken up.
An amendment was adopted authorizing the
purchase and use of reindeer and the importa-
tion OF reindeer drivers. and then the joint reso-
luton was referred TO Tho Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, with the understanding that It
shall bo reported back and acted on to morrow.
Census, bureau was afterward taken. up and
made the text Of a long discussion on tho Civil
the only pronounced defender Of the law. The
question under discussion was the proposition
shs Of tie to the
MT Lodge qpoted from nnsg, nmsgazins, &c, article,
eensus and Other @s Witch S showed
conclusively, he said, that IL would cost a great
the system ps pIoposed 9 By The commttss @ than It
would cost by placing the work under tho Civil
, Mr. Halo iRep.. Me-, gave his opinion (he hAv-
ing been Ohairmap Of the Senate COMMITTEES ON
sus eouid Se much betser DONE eheapy
III Of 81 the oiSf ssTSiss COM
MI. Lodge quoted from a speech of Mr.. Nc.
Rs n ths uss tSs Of
stay. and I that Il the Republican % party was held
to T
Mt Chandler han tRep N al expressed the the
extended unreasonably, and that it needed cur
The discussion was closed with the remark
by Mr.. Carter that Immediately after the holi.
dsyS he would endeavor to secure consideration
More bills were introduced in the Senate to-
day as follows:
aad to Tss
20 run through Chileoot Pass. -,.,. ., A..
inlet way to the
cr 1Re
BY Mr. Perkins-,AmendinG the Copyright law BY
the
% be distributed to Libraries in dnorent parts OF
Mr.. Gallinger asep, N. H. offered a resou
tary Of the Treasury for copies of all GORE
cslisetoss Of Internal Revenue to appoint thslI
oSiSi deputies. either from or outsid" of the
vS 1sas SS iii Hf1 Ss1ss .ssnR e,
rope to nesotiste 'th the holding Of an interna
The speoisI Deficiency biii for mileage of sena
tors and Representatives. and salaries o
HoSse Yesterday Was iaid before the Senate
passed.
speech on civil service reform. made by Mr.: 8. 8
Cox G the MSnss Of S on MSTei
y form for the use Of the Senate.
A bill was reported and passed directing tn,
upon the ubject of a statue to the late Admira
Porter, its general design, reasonable cost ant
appropriate location In Warrington.
House OF Representatives.
The Civil Service law was the principal them
Of discussion In tho House to-day pending
tho consideration of the Legislative. Executiv
and judicial Appropriation bill under tho 1--WE
minute rule
Mr.. Livingston Dem., Ga.) said the law q
administered now is humbug and a frau'
upon tho country. The Commissioners told tn
- Appropriations Committee that the law was be
ing violated now. and had been in tho past. b.
II nrnmnfinn clorka for nuralY nnlitiCal raaAnns