The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-17
XLIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.

WAShlNGIOSy fApEu 1Os
In the Senate today bill to relieve the political
disabilities of John Randolph Hamilton of North
Carolina also a House bill to relieve John Tyler
Wood of Louisiana, and D1nwlddle b. PHILIPS OF
Virginia, were passed.
A motion was made by Mr. voorhees,, at 1925
D. M, to go into executive session.
Mr. Dolph said that he had given notice of an
intention to address the Senate this morning on
the bill concerning Indian depredations.
Mr.. Voorhees, withdrew his motion
Mr.. Riddleberger objected to taxing up any phi
or having any business done at this time that
would interfere with the resolution relating to
open executive sessions. 1t seemed to M be de-
termned effort, he said to interfere with the con-
sideratiOn of that resolution.
Unanimous consent having been refused, Mr.
Dolph made motion that the bill mentioned De
On this Mr.. Riddleberger called the yeas and
nays. -, =. - 40
nays 1-Mr. Rddeberger voting alone IN tne
negative. -.
"Indian depredations" BILL and bill (also intro
duced by him) appropriating 100000 to COM
pensate citizens for losses suffered by them
through such depredations The depre,daationms, ,1a rs
maintained that it was the duty of the govern
ment to protect its citizens against Indian depre,
daG9s ama weh u zeos 70 for os
After some remarks by Messrs Edmunds,
Allison, Teller and Dawes, the bills were referred
assent of Mr.. Dawes, who did not see what that
committee could at this stage of the question DO
Mr. CaIl offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That r. A. Finell, the Democrat here
tofore employed as skilled laborer on the Senate
roll of employees, who was discharged yesterday
by the Sergeant-at-arms without cause except to
make place for Republican, be reinstated on the
roll of Senate employees.
Senate Will allow the Democratic minority the
same number of employees with the same proper
tion OF salaries as were allowed by tno nenio-
cratic majority to the Republican minority In
At Mr. Calls request the resolutions were
allowed to lie over for the present.
HOUSE
Mr. Clements of Georgia from the committee on
foreign affairs reported back Mr.. Dingleys re-
solution calling on the President for any inform
alton in his possession relative to the exclusion OF
American fishing vessels from the right to enter
ports of the Dominion of Canada for the purpose OF
trading, purchasing or landing fish caught in deep
water for shipment in bond to the United States
OF doing other acts which the Canadian or other
British vessels are freely permitted to do in the
ports of the United States, also requesting the
President to inform the House what steps have
been taken to bring such unwarrantable and nn-
friendly acts Of the Dominion authorities to the
attention of the British government. 49,.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine said that he had intro
duced the resolution of inquiry to bring the atteI-
tion of Congress and the country to the unwar-
ranted and unfriendly course of the Canadian au-
thorities in endeayoring to prevent American
fishing vessels (Which are authorized by our law
to touch and trade) from entering Canadian ports
and purchasing bait and ice and enjoying other
commercial privileges which are freely conceded
to similar Canadian vessels in our ports. He also
desired to emphasize the fact that the govern
ment intended to have our fishing vessels receive
commercial privileges assured by our reciprocal
legislative arrangements with Great Britain and
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 gave the President the power to withdraw
the commercial privileges in our ports from
vessels of any foreign country which discrimir-
ated against American vessels. The question in
volved was not one relating to the fishing rights
which were determined by the treaty Of 1918, but
one of commercial privileges of American vessels
authorized to touch and trade IN Canadian ports
which was determined, not by the treaty of 1918
as Canadian authorities thought, but by the re-
ciprocal arrangements made since that time.
Mr. Randall of Pennsylvania had no objection
to the assumption suggested that this legislative
part of the government should indicate by its ac-
tion that it meant far the power rested here,
to watch carefully and to retain firmly all rights
of American fishermen. The resolution was
adopted.