Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-17
WRTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
First Session,
sen ATE.
WAsHINGro

relieved.
10 a motion was made by Mr.. voorhees, Al
i<.Lo 70 go into executive session.
Mr' Dclph said that he had given notice OF
." intention to address the Senate this morn.
ing on the bill concerning Indian depreda
| tions
Mr.. VOORHEES, withdrew his m )tion.
nir' hiddinberger objected to taking up anv
Dill or having any business done at this time
,hat would interfere with the resolution re-
iatihg TO open executive sessions. 1t seemed
10 De determined effort, he said, to inter.
iere with the consideration of that resolu
ton.
Unanimous consent being refused, Mr.
Dolph made motion that the bill mentioned
be taken up.
On this Mr.. Rddleberger called the yea.
and nays.
Mr.. Dolph's motion was agreed to, yeas 43
nays ~ MT. RlddleDerger voting alone in the
negative.
MIR. Dolph then addressed the Senate on
ms Indian Depredations" bill and bill
Saiso introduced by him) appropriating $780,
ooo TO compensate citizens for losses suffered
Dy them through such depredations. The
depredations, he said, covered period from
1900 to 1878. He maintained it was the duty
OF the government to protect its citizens
against Indian depredatons, and when i,
failed to afford protection it should compen.
safe ctizt ms for loss.
After some remarks by Messrs. Edmunds
Allison, Teller and Dawes, the bills were re-
ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
without the assent of Mr.. Dawes, who didn' T
see what that committee could at this stage
OF the question do with the bills.
Mr.. Call offered the following resolutions
Resolved, That r, 0. Finell, democrat,
heretofore employed as a skilled laborer on
the Senate roll of employees, who was dis
charged Yesterday by the Sergeant at. Arms
without cause, except to make a place for a
republican, be reinstated on the roll of Sen.
ate employees.
Resolved, That the republican majority OF
the Senate will allow the democratic minority
the same number of employees with the same
proportion of salaries as were allowed by a
democratic majority to the republican minor
ity in 1879.
At Mr.. Calls request the resolutions were
allowed to lie over for the present.
At 2 o'clock the Interstate Commerce bill
was placed before the Senate, on which Mr..
Camden was entitled to the floor.
Mr.. Voorhees, waived in Mr.. Camden
favor for motion for an executive session
WV ooiu hC "ouiu press thdt HlOtlOu OH tue
conclusion of Mr.. Camden's remarks.
Mr.. Culom said he would press the bill
from day to day until disposed OF.
Mr.. Edmunds remarked that the commit
tee on foreign relations had subjects of spec
ial Importance which the senators understood
for the consideration of the Senate with
closed doors. These subjects had been pend
ing longer than the interstate commerce bill
and ought to be attended to.
Mr.. Camden then addressed the Senate in
favor of the interstate commerce bill. The
country, he said. was daily becoming more
and more impressed with the necessity of the
proprety of a national commission to regulate
the Interstate commerce. He spoke at some
length, and at the conclusion of his remark,
the Senate at 3.07 went into executive ses-
sion and at 5 o'clock adjourned until Mon.
day.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Clements of Georgia, from the com
mittee on foreign affairs, reported back ths
Dingley resolution calling on the Presiden
for any information in his possession relative
to the exclusion of American fishing vessel,
from the right to enter ports of the Dominion
of Canada for the purpose of trading, pur
chasing supplies or landing fish caught ir
deep water for shipment in bond to the
United States, or doing other acts which
Canadian or other British vessels are freel,
| permitted to do in the ports of the United
States also requesting the President to in
| form the House what steps have been taker
to bring such nnwarrantabe and unfriendly
acts of the Dominion authorities to the al
tention of the British government.
Mr. Dingley said that he had introduced
the resolution of inquiry to bring the atten
ton of Congress and the country tc the un
warrantable and untriendly course of the
Canadian government in endeavoriHg to pre-
vent American fishing vessels, which are au
thorized by our laws to touch and trade, from
entering Canadian ports and purchasing bait
| and ice and enjoying other commercial priv
ileges freely conceded to similar Canadian
vessels in our ports. He also desired to EN-
phasize the fact that our government intended
| to have our fishing vessels receive the com
mercial privileges assured by our reciproca
legislative arrangements with Great Britain
or Canada, or else to have our government
withdraw from Canadian vessels in our ports
the privileges denied our vessels in Canadian
ports. The act of 1928 give the presden
| ihe power to withdraw commercial privilege:
| in any port from vessels of any foreign
country which discriminated against Ameri
can vessels. The question involved was no
one relating to fishing rights which were de
termined by the treaty of 1918, but one of the
commercial privileges of American vessel,
authorized to touch and trade in Canadian
ports which was determined not by the treaty
of 1918 as the Canadian authorities though
but by reciprocal arrangements made since
that time.
Mr.. Randall of Penn, had no objection t.
the assumption suggested that this legisla
tive part of the government should indicate
by its action that it meant as far as the power
rested here to watch carefully and to retair
firmly all rights of American fisherman. The
resolution was adopted.
| Mr.. Willis of Kentucky. made an attempt
| to proceed with the consideration of the rivel
and harbor appropriation bill but yielded tr
advance vote and the speaker proceeded tt
call the COMMITTEES for reports of a private
nature.
At the conclusion of the call the Houst
went into committee of the whole on tht
! calendar.
After consideration of the bill for the relic
| of the McMauvill & Manchester railroad th'
House took a recess until 7.30, the evening
session to be for the consideration of pension
| bills.
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