The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-06-17
The Canadian Side.

Those who wish to read the Canadian side of
the fishery question will find it clearly and
ably presented in the Westminster Review for
April, 1856, under the caption of 1.-THE Fishery
Question Its Imperial Importance" The
writer is Mr.. Jno. Geo. Bourinot Clerk of
the Canadian House of Commons, Il frequent
contributor to the leading English periodicals.
Nj. Bourinot reviews the fishery question
from the beginning of the eighteenth century
and summarizes the various negotiations and
treaties in which this country has taken part
He maintains. and with formidable array of
authorities. that the three miles limit must be
taken from headland TO headand, thus eN-
GLIDING our fishermen from the bays. Refer
ring to President Clevcands recommendation
that Congress provide for the appointment of
a commission he says: The Canadians have
always felt-and President Cleveland evidently
feels the same way-that the fishery question is
Intimately connected with the commercial rela-
tons of the TWO countries. and that il should
be arranged in the shape of new Reciprocity
Treaty like that of 1s5i." What Mr. Bourinot
says of the importance Of the Canadian fisher
ie- as furnishing naval reserve to be drawn
upon in time of war is equally tue of our own
fisheries, and for this reason, if no other, our
fishermen should be protected, and not ,acr-
feed.
There We're serious riots last week in Belfast,
Ireland, melted and conducted by the oppo-
nontS of Irish Home Rule. The Orangcmcn.
it appears. took this means of expressing their
qualification At the defeat of Glad>tonc> meas
urr. The Premier and Parnell were hung in
ctiigy. houses Were sacked and people murder
ed. Tie police had finally to fire on the mob,
adding to the list Of killed and wounded. This
demonstration of the anti-homc rule clement
ought to strengthen the position of Mr.. Glad
stone AT home and abroad.
senator kcna, Of West Virginia, chairman
OF the Democratic Congressional Committee.
says of President Cleveland that ''bcfore the
last year OF his presidential term is reached ii
is probable that there viii be little left for the
most nredeemcd spokesman to coyet.' This is
Democratic civil service reform with biz c, a
big ;, and bio L. And what do the dear
Mugwumps think Of It?
The farmers are happy just now. They got
their crops in two weeks earlier than the
average good hay crop i assured, and the
fruit trees have bIo>somcd profusely. Good
weather in hay in@ j. necessary. however. to
ensure Il good hay crop and between the
blossom and the fruit lie many dangers But
the outlooE now is excellent and il is best to
look on the bright side.
Captain Andrew Leighton. of Gloucester Il
veteran fisherman and owner of nearly twenty
vessels, says cmphatirally; I'VE have no
government. The Canadians continue their
they shall not" Another owner remarked that
le thought Secretary Bayard had shown SUI
prcmc contempt for the fishermen of New
England.
We publish on the first page the remarks of
Congressman Mjlikcn in the debate on the bill
to tax bogus butter, or olcumargarine. The
opposition to the tax came from parties inter-
e>tcd in The sale of the counterfeit article
The bill did not receive very strong support
from the Democratic majority in the House.
The Burksport Clipper says truly: "Such
talk as is found iii the Proc. Ace and some of
the metropolitan Journals on the fishery qllc>-
ton is not only arrant NONSENSE but unpatri-
otlr." of course it is; and such talk j. only
found in the Democratic press