The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-17

- ne Benoees
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambaaaa.
dor, was In conferen.e Aith Secretary Hay
for half an honr at the state department
saturday. The officials have nothing 70
aay touching the future Of the pending
Hay Paunceiote treaty. II h plain, how
ever, that the action Of the senate COM
mittee in bringing in the amendment yes
terday IL regarded by the officials a.
greatly endsngering the Life Of the treaty.
II the senate first adopts the amendment
and then rAtifss ths treaty, Q conclusion
by no means certain In the official mind,
It il said that the president will feel
Obliged TO sign ii, placing the response
bility upon the senate and then leaving
it to the British government 70 accept
Or reject The officials believe the BIitish
all reject the treaty, and in that case
the Clayton Bulwer treaty will prevail
again, lie force having been recognized
according to the officials, not only by the
executive branch Of our government in
preparing this pending treaty, but also
Dy the senate Of the United States, a.
evidenced by the report which accom-
panied the treaty yesteiday when it was
presented 10 the senate.
While the senate had the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill under oonsid-
Grafton . lively debate was preciPitated
by an amendment proposed by Senator
HOar. proposing TO give former Queen
LiIiuokAlAni Of Hawaii 10000 and An
annuity Of $4,000. The Amendment was
tabled finally without division- COckreii
aays the pension doors should be locked.
NJ we are TO pension all the monalehs
dethronod from our islands" he AsseT ed,
I'VE are likely 70 have our hands full"
under 4 special order senate convened
at 10 O'Clock Monday. two hours before
the regular hour Of meeting, 70 be con.
sumsd in the re4ding Of the Alaskan civil
code bill During the two hours the elsrks
read l2S pages Of the bill.
The routine business being completed,
Senator RaAlinS Of Utah addressed the
senate on our relations with the Philip
pineA-
Baron GeverS, the new minister from
The Netherlands, will be officially reoeived
bomoFrow. He bings authenticated eopies
Of the three treaties embOdying the agree
nenia Of The Hague peace conference,
which be viii file with the state depart
ment.
The vote on the substitute resolution
to allow Young. the sitting member, 70
retain his seat resulted: NeAA, 100; nays,
Is9. This caused = great excitement
Speaker Henderson announced bis vote in
favor Of Wise, thus making the vote tie,
$50 to $50. On rOOapituiAtion the resO-
luton allowing Young to retain his SAT
was defeated lss 10 l32- Mr.. Richardson
then moved to reconsider the vote and
Mr.. Weeks moved to lay the motion on
the table.
An important bill reported hast week
trom the public lands committee to ex-
tend the placer mining law Of the United
StAtes, with certain mOdi6cAtiona, to shore
rights, Bleaching, working, etc, in Alaska
~as passed. The bill 10 Designed 10 meet
the conditions obtaining at Cape Nome,
Mr.. Lacey, chairman Of the COMMITTEES,
said the bill Vas endorsed by the Alaska
authorities and miners generally. An
smendmen; was adopted prohibiting cor
PoratiOns from locating clainA
At the conclusion Of Tuesday morn
ing's business in the senate, Senator Allen,
rising to a question Of privilege, said that
be had been miSreprcsented by certain
He~spaPer correspondents who reported
that he had abandoned the free coinage Of
silver. He declared he was a firm believer
and had always been, in the doctrine Of
the free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver at 10 to /. Senator Allen was
proceeding with an elaboration OF his
views when he was interrupted by Sena-
tor Turner Of Washington, who had yield
I'd to him and was reminded that it was
. personal statemen, for which he had
yielded and not q speech. Senator Allen
gave way. but was followed by Senator
Butler, who desired TO make q personal
statement concerning similar matters
Republican senatHgs spent the eally
hour Wednesday discussing aIaong Il en-
selves plans for the continuation 1T the
caucus on the Puerto Hican n,ll. While
many felt bound TO observe the secrecy
imposed in the recent esueas, most OF
them freely admitted that a leallosk With
different shades Of opinion existed. Meme
would admit, however, that there was
any serious doubt Of rcachiny a harmoni.
Gus solution Of the problen. There Il
apparently an incre IseL disposition to
adopt the house revenue bill, leaving the
governmental question presented in the
senate measure to be dealt with later.
After the routine business IN the senate
Senator Turner of Washington, VII he
gan a speech on the Puerto Rican hill,
yielded the floor to Senator Teller, who
expected TO leave for Cuba iRmeiiately.
Senator Teller said the constitutional
questions involved in the discussion Of the
pending bill had been thoroughly elabor-
ated and discussed, but ne believed hem
Of sufficient Importance to be tu'ther
considered.
In the house COMMITTEES on military AZ.
fairs Wednesday Mr., Salscr elllel up his
resolution directing The secretary If war
TO inform the house what iorti3catiSns
Great Britain is erestiNe along The north
ern frontier q the United States, especial.
ly at Puget sound and In the northwest
border Of the country, An amendment
was made striking out tho rotercuce to
Great Britain and makiag Il refer TO any
foreign power"
A motion TO postpone the consideration
Of the matter for week prevailed on q
party vote Of 9 10 ), and the resSlutTon
went over without action.