The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
WASHINGTON.
THE CRUSADE STILL CONTINUES
Wash. Jones Helps to Gust Another
Democratic Member.
Shelley, of Alabama, Unseated, his
Opponent Having Died.
Guiteau's Case-The Oregon Election
The Tariff Commission.
The Modification of the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty.
AN ARKANSAS TOWN BURNED

dispatches received from Memphis
announce the almost total burning
of the town of Pocahontas, Ar
kansas.
OREGON LEGISLATURE DEMOCRATIC.
Dispatches from Portland, Oregon,
indicate the reelection of Congress
man M. G. George, Republican, by
about 1000 majority. The Demo-
Gratis claim majority in the state
Legislature.
SHELLEY, OF ALABAMA, UNSEATED.
The house committee on elections
to-day disposed of the Alabama con-
tested election case of Smith VS..
Shelley, by the adoption of resolu-
ton which declared that Shelley,
the sitting member, is not entitled
] TO a seat, and recommended that. in
/ consequence of the death of contest
ant, the seat be declared vacant.
Jones, of Texas, Greenbacker, voted
with the Republicans OH the adop-
ton of the resolution.
GUITEAU's COUNSEL PERSISTENT.
Charles Reed, Guiteau's counsel,
|
a correction of the record in
Guiteau's trial, but failed. His OBJ
ject is to bring about such an amend
ment of the record as will enable
him to apply TO the supreme court
for writ of habeas corpus. Alter
his failure to-day he had another
conference with Guiteau and deter
mined upon some further step, the
nature of which he does not disclose.
He announces his intention not TO
cease his efforts as long as his client
lives.
COMPOSITION OF THE TARIFF COM
MISSION.
The Indications at present are that
the tariff commission will be com.
posed of the gentlemen whose
names follow: Wheeler, of New
York Hays, of Massachusetts; Oil
yer, of Pennsylvania Garland, of
Illinois Amber, of Ohio Phelps,
of Missouri; Underwood, of South
Carolina Porter, of the District of
Columbia, and Duncan S. Kenner,
of Louisiana.
THE CLAYToN-BULwER TREATY.
A copy of dispatch from Secretary
Frelinghuysen to Minister Lowell,
upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
was received by the senate to-day.
The dispatch acknowledges receipt,
through Sackville, of the
first of two former dispatches
from Lord Granville in regard to
the treaty; and states that he has
been instructed by the president to
transmit opinions entertained III
this country regarding traditional
and continental policy of the United
States in connection with the treaty,
which are, that the canal across the
Isthmus for vessels OF all dimensions,
and every character would expose
our western coast, and attack and
destroy our isolation thus obliging
us to increase our defences and pos
sibly compel us, contrary 10 our
traditions to take an active interest
in the affairs of European nations.
Lord Granville i'll his dispatch of
November 10, 1881, in refer
ence TO the canal is determined by
the Clayton-BUlwer treaty of 1850,
and that her majesty's government
rely with confidence uyon the OBJ
servance of the amendments to, and
that treaty. An important object
| which the United States had in view
in this treaty was 10 dispossess
| Great Britain of settlements in Gen.
trail America, and the United States
was tenacious that Great Britain
should not extend further her occu-
patton of threatening military or
naval stategic points along their
maritime frontier. To assure this,
the parties to the treaty Jointly
agreed not to exercise dominion
over or fortiiy or colonize Mica
ragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito
coast, or any part of Central Amer
lea. Great Britain, however, exer-
cises dominion over Belize, or Brit
ish Honduras, and the impression
prevails that since the conclusion of
The treaty of 1850 the English in
habitants have spread iuto the
territory of neighboring repub-
lies, and occupy land which be-
longs to one of the republics,
but over which the government of
her majesty assumes TO exercise con-
troll. Such dominion seems to be
inconsistent with that provision of
the treaty which prohibits the exer-
else of dominion by Great Britain
over any part of Central America.
At the time of the conclusion OF the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, England's
privileges in Belize were confined to
a right to cut wood and establish
saw mills, and were conferred by
treaties in which Spanish sove-
reignty was recognized. Upon the
conclusion of the treaty, Sir Henry
date of June 20. 1850, that the
treaty was ratified with that I'M
derstanding on the part of her
majesty's government, and that
it did not apply to her majesty's
| settlement at Honduras and its
dependencies. Clayton answered
under date of July 4, 1850, that he
so understood, but that he must not
| be understood to either affirm or
deny the British title therein. Each
of these declarations'was made after
the conclusion of the treaty by joint
action of the president and senate,
and that the declaration was not
made to or accepted by them. The
United States have never given their
assent to this conversion of British
settlement in Central America,
under Spanish American sover-
eighty, into q British possession
with British sovereignty. Parties
to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty antici-
pated that the canal by the NIcarau-
guam route was to be at once begun,
and it was under this aDtici-
patton that the United
States consented to waive exclusive
and valuable rights which had been
| given to them, that they consented
to agree with Great Britain that
they would not occupy, fortify, col
onize or assume dominion over any
part of Central America, and that
they consented to admit her majes-
| ty's government. at some future day,
to a share in the protection which
they have exercised over the isthmus
of Panama. The government and
the people of the United States,
though rich in land and industry,
were poor in money and floating
capital in 1850. The scheme of the
canal, even without the complication
of Mosquito protectorate, was too
vast for the means of the Americans
of that day, who numbered then
less than half they do now. They
went to England, which had what
they had not, surrendered their ex-
elusive privileges, and offered an
| aouoI ahara If all they had IN those