The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-28
ADOPTED RETALIATION,
Frye's Amendment to the shipping iii
Adopted by Congress.

Frye's Amendment to the shipping i'll
Adopted by Congress.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 2s In tho
house Thursday when Dingley, from the
conference committee submitted the report
on the shipping bill, Breckenridge of ken-
lucky thought consideration should be post
poned until the members of the house had
examined the bill carefully The question
involved in the Frye amendment was
broader than it looked 1t not only con
ferred a privilege, but imposed duty upon
the president, to withdraw from foreign
vessels certain commercial privileges, when
those privileges had been denied to Ameri-
can vessels in the country to which such
foreign vessels belonged. The supposed
need for the provision rose out of the recent
troubles with Candada, but there
was nothing in the bill about fish
ing vessels Thsre was no hurry
for the passage of ths bill There
was no danger of war, and the ex ecutive
had the matter OF settlement of the fishery
trouble under consideration, The object OF
that provision was TO enable the president to
place an embargo upon Canadian vessels
He would 60 as far as anyone to protect the
fishing interests, but wanted to be clear as
to what he was doing, He did not believe
in revengful or retaliatory legislation. He
had no doubt that the Canadian difficulty
would be satisfactorily settled Two great
nations like the United States and England
would not fall out about matters which
could be settled by negotiation.
A lively dabate ensued during which
Dingley argued that the necessity for the
!. hn. +Nl
the recent deniii of privileges to United
States vessels in Cana1a; and that it ought
to lie put on tie statute books with refer
ence to the present difficulty. Breckenridge
said he was iii favor of the most free and
untIammeled commercial relations and
was therefore in favor of letting Canadian
vessels come into our ports as freely as
Canada allowed our vessels to enter her
ports
Dunn explained that the Frye amendment
did not pretend to settle the pending trouble
with Canada. lie was not accustomed to
make the American eagle scream but be
was for his..country and for his country in
terests
Belmont inquired whether tine provision
was not a general one; whether it did not
confer merely a discretionary power upon
the president Dunn replied afiirmativeiy.
Reagan hoped the conference report would
be adopted and the English government
notified that the United States meant to in
Sist on equal privileges for its vessels to
those accorded Canadian vessels
Reed said the pending proposition was
simply to arm the president with the right
to deprive the Canadians of tho privileges
of which they deprived citizens OF the United
States The report was then agreed to
without division
In the senate Miller submitted the confer
ence report on the bill abolishing fees, etc
in connection with American shipping.
This is the Lili which embodies the Frye
amendment granting by presidential procla-
nation TO vessels Of foreign countries only
such privileges as are enjoyed by Americar
vessels in su, h foreign countries, referred +.
in the house report aboye.l Miller explained
that the bill as agreed to in conference was
substantially as it passed the senate The
conference report was concurred in. The bill
Is nov ready for the presidents signature.