Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-11
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PERPLEXED DEMOCRATS Struggling Over the EIec- toral Count Problem. 4 Variety of Plans Discussed, BUT NO LINE OF POLICY AGREED
 UPON.
 The Fisheries at Newfoundland. A Communication From Her Maiesty's Government.
The Fisheries at Newfoundland.
A Communication From Her
 Majesty's Government.
HE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 The Electoral COunt-yVanted, a Demo-
 cratic cPolicy-Bourbons Putting Their
 Heads Together.
 l WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-A large amount of
 private caucussing has occurred on the Dem
 ocratic side of the House to-day. The action of the Republican joint caucus last evening
 in deciding to oppose by flibustering tactics
 if necessary the passage of the Morgan joint
 rule has made it necessary for the Democrats
 to agree upon some policy regarding the fu- ture of the measure. It may be necessary to call a caucus to consider the matter, but sev-
 eral of the leaders said to-day they hoped to
 be able to come to an understanding without
 going into caucus. The question which con- fronts the majority in the House is whether l the minority shall be allowed to shape the
 course of legislation by dictating terms to the majority, or to insist on the right of the will | of the majority to rule even if important public business has to be neglected There
 is difference of opinion among the Demo-
 crats as to the proper course to be pursued | under the circumstances Some advocate the l immediate acceptance of the challenge ! thrown down by the Republicans and declare ! their willingness to fight over the resolution until the 4th of March, even if by so doing | not single appropriation is made. There is | another and an apparently larger number | who advise that the resolution be laid over from time to time temporarily while the ap- propriation and refunding bills are considered, but that it be brought up and pressed at every spare opportunity. Others recommend that the resolution be laid 1 aside forever immediately and the regular of fha ha oil petition. If the resolution is dropped it will l undoubtedly be because the Democrats know that no immediate necessity for it's adoption exists as there can be no doubt of Garfeld's election. If the resolution was adopted it would be within the power of the next House of Representatives which is Republican, 1 to repeal the rule. There may possibly be a few days fhbustering before the resolution is laid aside for any purpose, but MT. Atkins, chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations, says that he intends to try to ' pass three appropriation bills next week. The Democrats have seldom been able to count quorum of their own members since the For tysixth Congress met It is not likely they will have that pleasure this session. Speaker Randall said to-day that he would entertain no proposition likely to delay the appropria- ton bills, that as soon as these bills any one of them are ready he would use every means in his power to carry them through. The Newfoundland Fisheries-A Commu- nicatIOn From the British Government An Amtcable Settlement of the Com
 troVersy.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-The following let ter, written by Lord Granville to the United States minister at London on the subject of the Newfoundland fisheries, was given to the press tonight:
 FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON, Nov. 27, 1890 To J. R. Lowell, Esq.
 Her Maiesty's government have carefully oonsid- tween their and the government of the United States respecting the disturbance which cured at Fortune Bay the 9th of January, 1878, and they have approached this subject with the most differences which have unfortunately arisen between the governments the construction of the provis United States fishermen on the coast of Newfound- land In the first place desire that there should be tained by fer Majesty;s government respecting the conduct of the Newfoundland fsherme4 States fishermen and destroying and damag- ing some of their nets Her Majesty's gov that this proceeding was quite inexcusabIe and is much to be regretted No sense of injury to their rights however we'll founded, could under the cir cumstances justify the British fishermen taking violence But will revert bye and bye to this fea ture in the case and will proceed to the impor der the treaty of Washington the United States fisher
 men are bound to observe the fishery regulations of
 
 Without entering into any lengthy discussion point bound state that the opinion of Her Majestys government the clause in the treaty of Washington which provides that the citizens of the United States shall be entitled in with Brit ish subjects to fish in Newfoundland waters within the limits of British sovereignty means that the American and British fishermen shall fish in these waters terms of equality, and not that there shall be an exemption of American fishermen from nn nny ea t0 concur in MT. Marcy's circular of the 2sth of March, 1856. The principle therein laid down appears perfectly t provisions Of the treaty which Mr. Marcy had in view. They cannot therefore admit the accuracy the opinion expressed in MT. Evarts' letter to Mr Welsh of the 2sth of September 1878, that the she rights of the United States conceded by the treaty of Washington to exercised wholly free from the restraints and regulations of the statutes of with Mr. Marcy's principle is really Intended Her Majestys government however, fully admit if any such real statutes could be shown to be inconsistent with the express stipulation with the spirit of those reasonable regulations by which American common with British fishermen ought to be bound; faction that Mr Evars at the close of his letter to Mr. Welsh of the list of August 18 after expressing regret at the conflict of interest which he exercise of the treaty privileges enjoyed by States
 ppears to have developed, expressed himself as fol-
 e'There intention part this (the Uni tedstatesl government that these privileges should full and free enjoyment should harm the colonial fishermen, while the differing interestsa nd methods of the shore fishery and the vessel fishery make it i'm
 possible that the regulations of the one should be en- tirely given to the others"
 
 maintained by the United States government that of Her Britanic Majesty in efforts to make those relations matter of reciprocal, convenience and right means of preserving the fisheries at their highest point of production and of consolidating muny of interest by just proportion of the advan tages of profit. Her Majestys government does not interpret those expressions in any derogatory to the sovereign authority of Great Britain in the territorial waters of Newfoundland by which only reg ulaons having the force of law within those waters be made Regarding the proposal they are
 pleased not only to recognize in it indication that the desire of Her Majestys government to arrive at
 friendly and speedy settlement of this question is fully reciprocated by the government of the United States but also to discern in it the basis of practi cal settlement of the difficulty have the honor to request that you will inform MT. Evarts that Her ther discussion and future misunderstanding, quite willing to confer with the of the United States respecting the establishment of regulations under which the subjects of both and equal enjoyment of any fishery which under that treaty is to be used in The duty of enacing and enforcing such regulations when agreed upon would of rest with the power of of the United States fishermen compenss- ton for injuries and losses which they alleged to sustained in of the violent ostruc ton which they encountered from British fishermen state that Her Majesty's government quite willing that they should be ndemnied for any injuries and losses which upon joint inquiry may be found to been sustained by them and in respect which they reasonably entitled to compensation But
 on this point observe that what is put for
 ward by them for loss of fish which had been caught
 which but for the interference Of British fisher men might have been caught by means of strand fish
 ashington they not entitled to resort the pros
 ecution by them of strand fishery being clearly
 Of their treaty privileges Her Majestys govern
 ment cannot doubt that on further consideration the