Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-03
President Hayes and Secretary Evarts
on the Fortune Bay Treables. a

President Hayes and Secretary Evarts
on the Fortune Bay Trsables. a
WAsarsarG~, Nay II.
The Speaker laid before tie House a
message from the President transmit
ting, in compliance with q resolution OF
the House of Representatives, copies Of
the correspondence with the Govern
ment of Great Britain in relation to the
alleged outrage on American citizens at
Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, together
with the report from the Secretary of
State on the subject. In the message
the President says:
In transmitting this correspondence and re-
| port 1 respectfully ask the immediate and
I careful attention Of Congress 70 the failure OF
accord between the two Governments as to the
ticles of the Treaty of Washington, as dis
closed in the correspondence and elucidated
by the exposition OF the Secretary of State. ]
concur in the opinions of that report as to the
measures proper to be taken by this Govern
ment in the maintenance of rights accorded
our fishermen by the British concessions In the
treaty, and in procuring suitable action towards
securing indemnity for the injury which this
interest has already suffered. Accordingly,
recommend to Congress the adoption of those
measures with such attendant details of legis-
lation as in the wisdom of Congress may seem
expedeut. RUTHERFORD b. HAYES.
The accompanying report of the Sec
rotary of State consists mainly of a
review of the correspondence and
elaborate discussion of the arguments
advanced on both sides of the contro-
versy as to the true measure of treaty
right from the earliest period of its
history. Secretary Evarts says: 1
1.-THE position of this Government was noti-
fed to fhe British Government in September,
ISas is Sbsry r;as % % %
conceded by the Treaty of Washington are to
be exercised wholly free from restraints and
now set up as authority over our fishermen,
and from any other regulations of fishing
that tna' Se
this issue the position of the British Govern
ment is now notified to us by the dispatch of
roT to ibese nps Of or
Salisbury says: These regulations. which
were IN force at the date or the Treaty of
by subsequent statutes and are binding, under
the treaty, upon citizens of the United States
States fishermen, in landing for the purpose
of fishing at Tickle Beach, i'll using a seine mt
the prohibited time, and in barring herrings
treaty privileges, and were engaged in unlaw-
full acts
Secretary Evarts, in conclusion, says: at
was repeatedly stated Dy the American MEM
bers Of the Joint High Commission at wash
ington, in discussing the proposals regarding
the Canadian fisheries that the United states
desired to secure their enjoyment, not for
their commercial and intrinsic value but for
the purpose of removing source of irritation.
The experience of our Fortune Bay fishermen
in their first attempt in the sixth year OF the
running of the treaty to exercise on the coast
of Newfoundland full freedom to pursue
their adventurous Calling which Her Maiesty's
Government said had been honorably acquired
for them by their own Government, is exhlb-
tied in the papers now submitted, as is also its
treatment of their grievances, and this
Governments presentation of il ac-
corded by Her Majesty's Government.
The British Government claimed before the
Halifax Commission the sum Of $4,000 per
annum during the twelve years of the treaty
period, or a gross sum Of $1,4i000 for advan-
lege proper on the Newfoundland coast alone
conceded by treaty over and above the coun-
ter concessions of our inshore fishery and the
remission of duty on their fish products. The
Halifax award Of So, 10000 for the Dominion
of Canada and Newfoundland together have
a%d tSe y s sas
been received by Newfoundland as its share of
the money payment made by the United States
under the British view of the exposure of our
fishermen at Fortune Bay to the pen,
a ,IIe Of the he. infraction Of Provincial
own opinion and that of this Government,
the full freedom of the fishery accorded
the Violence offered them, and wanton de-
ton Of their drausht Of flsses, find any P war
color of which the British Government has re-
fused them any indemnity. In this attitude
correspondence, the violent expulsion of our
fishermen from their fishery on the 9th of
january, 1873, by the coast fishermen of Now
foundand, seems to be justified IL not es-
poused. This position, too, Of that Govern
ment necessarily carries warning that any
future attempt by our fishermen to exercise
OF i'm srft IN
the local fishing regulations will be resisted by
the authority Of the British Government. as
well as exposed to the violence OF the coast
.Under this unhappy and unexpected fall
ure of accord between the two Governments
to by the Tpesiy or
as developed I'm this correspondence, II be-
comes the imperative duty of this Govern
taken to maintain the rights of our people I'M
der the treaty, as we understand them, and to
obtain redress for their expulsion from the en-
ishing of these privileges calls for the recon
sideration of treaty equivalents already parted
Great britain, that subject necessarily must
be remitted to diplomatic correspond
ence; The only continuing consideration,
for the expected enjoyment of treaty
concession, Is the remission of our Gus
Tine Thesis h
respectfully advise that it be recommended to
Congress to reinforce the duti les upon fish and
fish-oil. the products of provincial fisheries, as
they existed before the Treaty of Wash ngton
came into operation to SO continue until the
two Governments shall be I'm accord to the
Interpretation and execution OF the fishery ar
ticles of the Treaty of Washington, and the
adjustment of the grievances of our fishermen
from an infractiOn of their rights under that
treaty. This measure will give to our fisher
men, while excluded from the enjoyment OF
inshore fisheries under the continued enforce
ment of the British Interpretation Of the
treaty, a restoration of a domestic market for
the products of their own fishing industry as
it stood before its freedom was thrown open to
provincial fishermen in exchange for the free
fishery opened to our fishermen. i
~ respectfully advise also submitting to the
consideration of Congress the propriety of
authorizing an examination and auditing of
the claims Of our fishermen for injuries suf-
fered by the infraction or denial of their
treaty privileges, with view OF some ulti-
mate provision by a convention with Great
Britain or by this Government for their in
demnity.'
BERRY SCoGGINs had committed
murder at Townsville, Ca, and was