The Portland daily press., 1886-04-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
Friends of New England Fishing In
terests Very Active.
The Memorial of the Portland Ex-
change Presented in the Sen
ate and House.
Ringing Speech of Senator Frye In
Presenting the Document.
Especial to the PREss.l

Especial to the PREss.1
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The friends OF
the New England fishing interests are very
active Just now. Mr.. Reed of Maine on Sat-
urday presented in the House the memorial
of the PortlandFishing Exchange, asking that
the same restrictions be placed upon Cana
dian vessels entering American ports for
bait that the Canadian government has
placed on American vessels, and asking that
armed vessels be sent to protect the rights of
American vessels. Today Mr.. Dingley pre-
sented resolution calling on the President
for information relative to the proceedings
of the Canadian government in refusing
American fishing vessels certain rights, and
it was referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
In the Senate, Senator Frye obtained the
floor on the army efficiency bill and with an
apology for the depression read the memorial
of the Portland Fishing Exchange, and then
proceeded for about fifteen minutes upon the
relations between the Canadian government
and the American fishing vessels. He said
that the Canadian government was acting
ON the ground that the abrogation of the
treaty of 1872 took things back to the treaty
of 1878 under which American vessels had no
rights in Canadian ports. He claimed that
American vessels had a right to enter any
Canadian port for any purpose whatever ex-
cepting piracy or fishing They had this
right by virtue of the law Of 1866 and procla-
nations both of the United States and Eng
land at that time. He strongly condemned the
of
ly waiting ''he said for the Canadian cruisers
to seize one American vessel which they inn
agine to be fishing within the three mile linn
it, when l shall introduce bill and it won't
require more than ten lines, closing all the
ports on the Atlantic coast and the great
lakes against Canadian vessels. We shall
then see how long they will pursue their
present course" He will endeavor to call
up his resolutions on the fisheries after the
morning business tomorrow.
The Shipping Committee has authorized
Mr.. Dingley to report bill defining what is
meant by fresh fish under the tariff act, the
object being TO prevent the importation of
frozen fish free.
Personal.
Mrs. Charles j. Walker, Mrs. Alfred H.
Berry, Mrs Geo. c. Kicker and Mr.. F. w.
Woodman and wife, all of Portland are with
the Raymond excursion, now visiting here.
Bion Wilson of Augusta, was today admit
ted to practice before the Supreme Court.
Work of the Pension Bureau.
A statement of the business done by the
Pension Bureau during the year ended
March 81, shows that S6,S47 new pension GER
tiicateS were issued; an increase over any
previous year of S411. During the last
month there were issued 1895 new certifi-
Gates.
Nomination Confirmed.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of William L. Trenholm to be Comptroller
of the Currency.
a Rumor Contradicted.
A rnmor was current today that Minister
McLane had been recalled from France,
which probably arose from the fact that he
has been given leave of absence to return to
the United States to attend to some private
business. AS yet however, he has given no
official intimation of the date of his return.
Voted Against Oklahoma.
The House committee on Territories today
reconsidered their action previously takeu,
directing the bill for the creation of the Ter
ritory of Oklahoma to be reported favOrably.
ReDreSenCaUINo BdTU6S SuDullbL6u d IopUtb
adverse to all bills for the creation of this
territory, and the report, which maintains
that the government has no right to the land
under the existing treaty stlpulatlons, was
adopted The minority were given leave to
submit report favorable to the proposition.
Restored to the Public Domain.
The Secretary of the Interior has denied
the application of counsel for a rehearlng in
the celebrated Nolan land grant case of New
Mexico and has directed the commissioner
of the general land office to proceed to take
the proper action to carry out the Secretary,S
order Of January 9, 1886, restoring to
the local land office the plats OF the surveys
of the grant that the same may be thrown
open for settlement About 5000 acres
are thus restored to the public domain.
Nominations by the President.
The President sent today the following
to the Senate
Caleb w. West of Kentucky to be governor of
Utah Territory.
Moses H. Sawyer of Connecticut to be consul at
Trinidad
Secretary Manning's Condition.
DIR. Lincoln says Secretary Manning has
improved very much in the past 4S hours. He
is now able to move his right leg and use his
right arm freely.
a Contest Settled.
90 In the contested election case of Campbell
VS. Weaver, of the Sixth Iowa district, the
House elections committee today decided by
a party vote in favor of Weaver, the sitting
member.
Minor Matters.
Senator Teller introduced bill today, to
National Academy OF Dental
Science. Among the inc0rporatorS is Thomas
of Portland, Me.
Senator Hale presented today memorial
of Knights of Labor of Rockport, Me-, in
favor Of the Hennepin canal.
The labor arbitration bill passed by the
House was today received by the Senate
and referred to the committee on education
and labor, Mr.. Blair saying it should have
the very earliest consideration of the COM
mittee.
MAINE.
A Prominent citizen of Eridgton
Dead.
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