The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-17
IN THE HOUSE.
Relief for the kionds kers-The Bin to
fro".bi. feiagtc sealing Passed.


fro0.bi. leIagtc sealing Passed.
Washington. Dec. l6.-The house to-day
passed oul appropr.ating Si,o,UO0 for the
rellet OF the people who are IN the luhon
river country, and also the b.ll pass, d by
the senate yesterday TO prohibit pelaglc
sealing by American eftizvns.
The former bill encountered practically
no opposition. AS passed, the sum carried
by II rs to be expended under the d.rvcti. n
ot the secretary of war Tor the purchase
and transportation and u.str button of
subsistence stores. 1t provides that these
subsistence stores may he sold at prfc4
tiNed by the secretary OF war or donats
where the people are unable to pay ior
them. 1t empowers hum to pun chase REIN
deer and employ drivers not Ciuzens of
the United States and afterwards to dis
pose of the reindeer
The bill To prohibit pelagic sealing was
warmly antagonized by johnson of North
Dakota, Louu of California, HtpDurn and
others, and in the course of aeuate there
was some exceedingly caustic cr.ti~sm
on the course of our Bering sea negotia-
tons, past and present.
Mr. Cannon. republican, Illinois, brought
forward the bin for the relief OF the
miners in the hlondyke region. and Mr..
Sayers, democrat, Texas. and Mr.. Bailey,
democrat Texas, spoke IN favor OF It.
Mr. Cannon submitted to the house a
statement prepared by DR.. Sheldon ia k
SON one Of the agents Of the co4nmiss on
ers OF education who was in tie Is on
dyke r. gion as late as sept Is. Il at there
would be no suffering as tar up the fiv, I
as Fort Yukon, but that the food supply
on the upper Yukon would not last be-
yond March. and he inuorscs the r, COM
mendation of the secretary of war that
food be sent in by reindeer VIA Dyea.
Mr Cannon said: Whether tn Sc
miners were in American or British terri
tory, whether they are Amt ritan OF Brit
lSl subjects If they
would not become the Amo rican COZ gr SO
TO hesitate about voting tbs m rDhe4.
(Applause) The bill was passed wi hout
division, although there Were scattered
noes when the speaker called TOR the neg
ative vote. Secretary Aiger was on the
moor during the debate.
Mr. Hit, republican. Illinois. chairman
of the committee on foreign affairs Sc
cured unanimous consent for the eonsid-
GRAFTON of ths bill passed by the senate
yesterday TO prohibit peIag.c sealng by
citizens of the United States. lie esp aiu-
ed its scope and the purposes and the
Necessity for its enactment
Mr.. Hopkins, republican, Illinois,
thought that time limit should be p aced
on the operation of the act, so that in
case the negotiations with Great Britain
should collapse our citizens should not
be at a disadvantage.
Mr.. Johnson, republican, North Dakota
made vigorous speech of an hour in OPP
position to the bill. lie argued that the
effect of this bill and the negotiations
now being conducted would be the boil
STEERING up of the two Great Britain n
dustries. one in the Bering sea and one
ip London. The present herd was not
worth protecting. The purpose was to
build up "A new herd He declared that
Canada would only be too willing to join
US in prohibiting pelagic sealing on condi-
tions that would allow her to write our
tariff laws. lie was particularly sarcast
in his references to Hon. John w. .s-
ter, whom he termed the great surr n
derer. So great was his repu' ion n IN
line. he said. that China had paid him
100000 for surrendering to Japan. Mr.
Johnson, as another phase of the cues
tion, described the destruct on of the food
fish by the seals. The recent increase in
the catch at the fisheries on the Pacific
coast and at Alaska he attributed to the
diminution of the seal herd If these