Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-06


the North Atlantic fisheries. lie
regarded 1t a. very important that
that matter should be discussed and
settled. IL involved matter, be said,
that looked to war. lie read the reso-
lutions Of fishing association at Port
land, Maine, praying that the American
Government send armed vessels to the
fishing.gro to protect our fishing
vessels, inasmuch as the Canadian
Government had forbidden American
fishing-vessels to enter Canadian ports
for any purpose except the merest pur-
poses of shelter.
Mr.. Morgan expressed his surprise
that the discussion Of the fisheries
should be inteUected into the discus
sion of the military bill. lie supposed
Mr.. Frye thought this good opportu-
nifty TO express his belligerent views.
The question involved. Mr.. Morgan
said, was one Of commerce, and was
capable of being handled without the
Intervention Of an army or navy either.
Mr.. Cockrell next spoke in opposi-
ton TO the army bill. lie said an in
crease OF the army was not necessary
on account of the Indian troubles, and
that the strength and perpetuity Of our
institutions depended not on a standing
army, but on the respect Of the people.
A standing army was danger to any
republic and was in direct contrayen-
ton Of republican, system Of govern
ment. To-day, if occasion demanded,
we could put in the field from five to
eight or ten million Of as good soldiers
as ever marched to the music of the
battlefield. Whenever the people of
the States, with their own militia,
aided by the President OF the
United States, with the militia Of
other States. could not enforce
rights and redress wrongs in the sew
eral States, then self.government would
be a failure. If English soldiers were
to appear on the coast Of Maine in the
case of the war suggested by the Sena-
tor from Maine Frye the patriotic
citizens Of Maine would Immediately
organize and come forth as militia I'M
der their State officers, and would
destroy any force that it would be
possible to land on the soil of that
State in the next twelve months. The
people Of this republic can successfully
resist all the combined nations of the
earth.
Mr.. Cockrell asserted that greater
fraternity Of feeling existed in the
lnited States to-day from the lakes to
the gulf and from ocean to ocean than
had ever existed in our history, and
never had the sentiment Of peace and
good will among our people been held
in higher regard than it was held to-day.
There might occasionally, he said, be
some local turbulence, as there would be
under all Governments, but the public
sentiment Of the country would sup
press it. All that the country needed
in the way Of military organization was
small compact organization on the In
dian border.
NJ. Sewell favored the increase pro-
posed by the bill-fayored it upon Geo.
nomic grounds.
Mr.. Logan again took the floor in re-
ply to the criticisms upon the bill.
At 4:40 Mr.. Logan yielded for mo-
ton that the Senate go into executive
session. The motion was agreed to.
At $50 the doors were reopened and
the Senate Adjourned.
Before adjournment Mr.. Sewell gave
notice that on Monday the 10Th instant
he would call up the Fitz John Porter
bill.
House OF Representatives.
Under the call Of States large num-
Der Of bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred-amoDg them the
following:
BY Mr.. Henderson, of North Caro-
lima: To reduce letter-postage to one
and one half cents and the price Of pos
tai. cards to one half cent.
BY Mr.. O'Ilara. Of North Carolina !:
For the appointment Of committee to
investigate the alleged homicide at Car
rollton, Miss.
BY Mr.. O'Neill, Of Missouri: To le-
galize the incorporation of national
trades unions.
The Speaker announced the unfin-
ished business to be the motion sub
mtted by Mr.. Eldridge, Of Michigan,
on the first Monday in March to sus-
pend the rules and pass the Mexican
pension bill. The motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill was agreed
to-yeas, 1873; nays, GO. The follow
ing is the text ofthe bill:
Section |. That the Secretary of the
Interior be. and he is hereby, au-
thorized and directed to place the
names Of all surviving officers, soldiers,
and sailors who enlisted and served in
the war with Mexico for any period
during the years 1915, 1916, lS47, and
ls4s, and were honorably discharged,
and their surviving widows, on the
pensicn-rOll at the rate of Is per month
from and after the passage of this act
during their lives.
Section .. That the Secretary Of the
Interior is hereby authorized and d.
rected to make such rules and regula-
tons as are necessary to carry this act
into effect: Provided that where it
shall appear that the discharge is lost
secondary evidence may be permitted,
and where it shall appear that an appli-
cant has received the land warrant
that shall be sufficient evidence Of an
honorable discharge, unless the eyi.
dence shows that he procured it by
fraud and, provided, further, that this
act shall not apply to persons under
political disabilities.
Mr.. Singleton, Of Mississippi, moved
to suspend the rules and pass the con-
gressional library bill. Agreed to
yeas l59, nays CO.
Washington Notes.
rBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.l