The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-08-31
WANTS TO STRIKE BACK.

the Senate, of the Fisheries Treaty-He
Asks for Immediate Legislation to En-
able Him to Put Into Effect, at His Dis
erection, Policy of Retaliation Against
4 Canada-The Senate Takes Occasion to
4 Snub the Executive-A Bill in Accord
ance with the Presidents Recommended
tions introduced in the House.
w AsHINGToS. Aug. 24-The President
i yesterday afternoon sent long message
to Congress in regard to the rejected
fisheries treaty, and recommending that
power be given the Executive to sus-
i pend the laws allowing the transit in
bond across United States territory
/ OF goods going to or coming from Canada.
The President, after referring to the in
4 iuries and annoy ances which led up to the
negotiation OF the treaty, and expressing
| his belief that the rejected treaty was ad
equate. for the settlement of the difficulty
without sacrificing our National dignity,
says: s IN
II am quite conscious th at neither my opin-,
don Of the valuesof herejectea treaty nor the
II motives which prompte5 its negotiation are of
4. Importance in the light OF the judgment of the
Senate thereupon. But it is OF Importance to
note that this treaty has been rejected with
out any apparent disposition on the part of
the Senate to alter or amend its provisions,
and with the evident intention, not wanting
4 expression, that no ne gotiation should at pres
4 ent be concluded touching the matter at issue.
is. The cooperation necessary for the adjust
| ment of the long standing National differences
4 with which we have to deal, by methods Of con-
4 ference and agreement, having thus been de-
| clned, i am by no means disposed to abandon
the interests and the rights Of our people in the
| premises Or to neglect their grievances, and
I therefore turn to the contemplation OF plan of
i retaliation mode which still remains OF
| treating the situation. am not unmindful of
the gravity of the responsibility assumed in
adopting this line OF conduct, nor do fail in
j the least to appreciate its serious conse-
i quences, 1t will be impossible to injure our
Canadian neighbors by retaliatory measures
without nftcting some damage upon our own
! citizens.
/ S" Plainly stated, the policy of National retail
iation manifestly embraces the infiiction of the
i greatest harm upon those who have injured us
with the least possible damage to ourselves.
There also an evident propriety, as we'll as an
4 invitation to moral support, found in visiting
upon the offending party the same measure or
k no of treatment of which we complain and
as far as possible within the same lines. And
above all things the plan of retaliation, it en-
tered. upon, should be thorough and vigorous
"These considerations lead me at this time
to invoke the aid and counsel of the Congress
4 and. its support in such a further grant of
Il -power as seems to me necessary and desirable
to render effective the policy I have indi-.
1 Gated
The President then refers to the Retail
alton act passed in March, 1887, and argues
I that its enforcement in such manner as
would result in the least possible injury
tosour own people would prove inadequate
4 for the accomplishment of the purpose de
4 sired. The message says: :s
while shall not hesitate upon proper occa-
RI hic Qp tn hn
unnecessary to suggest that if such enforce:
ment IS limited in such manner shall re-
suit in the least posslbl injury to our own peo-
pie, the effect would probably be entirely mad
4 equate to the accomplishment OF the purpose
desired.
II deem it my duty, therefore, to gall the at
j nt'on OF Congress to certain particulars in
the action of the authorities Of the dominion Of
4 Canada, in addition to the general allegations
i already made, which appear to be in such
marked contrast to the liberal and friendly po-
sit on of our country as, in my opinion, to call
for such legislation as will, upon the principles
l. already stated, properly supplement the power
TO inaugurate retaliation, already vested N the
Executive.
The message quotes the twenty -ninth
article of the treaty of 1871 allowing the
passage in bond across the United States
!. territory of goods destined for Canada,
and comforting a like privilege upon goods
passing through Canada and des-
tined for the United States. Since
1856, the President says, this privi.
lege thas been denied to American
fishermen, and since then they have not
been allowed to ship their fish in bond
through Canadian territory to this coun-
try. After stating that the value of
British Canadian exports and imports car
ried across American territory during the
last six years was 1870 00O 900 (nearly all
of which was dutiable goods), the Presi
dent says: ~ j.
Ct recommend immediate legislative action
comforting upon the Executive power to sus-
pend by proclamation the operation of all laws
and regulations permitting the transit OF goods
wares and merchandise in bond across over
the territory Of the United States to or from
Canada.
There need be no hesitation in suspendlng
these laws arising from the supposition that
their, continuation is secured by treaty obliga-
lions, for it quite plain that article 90 of
Il the treaty Of 1871, which was the only article
incorporating such laws, terminated the 1st of
July, 1885. The article itself declares that
its provisions shall be in force for the term
of years ment oned in article 80 of this treaty.
Turning to article SO we find no mention Of the
twenty-ninth article but only a provision that
articles IS to 49, inclusive, and article 30
S shall take effect as soon the laws re-
quired to carry them into operation shall be
passed by the legislative bodies of the different
countries concerned and that they shall re-
main in force for ten years from the date at
81 which they may come Into operation, and
further until the expiration of two years after
either of the high contracting parties shall
b have given notice to the other of its wish to
terminate the same.
lam of the opinion that the term OF years
mentioned in article SO referred to in article 20
4hn lf,,asf 4I,o-~
during which articles IS to 25, inclusive, and
| article 80, commonly called the fishery arti-
cles,' shall continue in force uader the Ian
| guage OF said article 3d.
The President also quotes to the same eff
feet from the law passed by Congress to
carry the treaty into effect, and continues:
g In any event, and whether the law of 1873
construes the treaty or governs it, sect on 80
lfof such treaty, i have no doubt. terminated
with the proceedings taken by. our Govern
ment to terminate articles is to 25 inclusive,
, I and article 80 of the treaty. These
!. proceedings had their inception in a
joint resolution of Congress, passed May 8,
|. 1888, declaring that in the Judgment of Con-
gress these articles ought to be terminated and
| directing the President to give the notice 10
the Government of Great Britain provided for
in article SO of the treaty. Such notice having
!. been gwen two years prior to the 1st day of
!, July, 1885, the articles mentioned were abso-
lute1y teFmlHhIGu on the leSL-ndlneQ Gay, ana
L with them article 20 was also terminated.
:" But statutes granting to the people of Can
ada the valuable privileges of transit for their
Z goods from our ports and over our soil.
9 which had been PASSED prior to the
) making of the treaty of 1871 and indepen-
4 dently OF If, remained in force and ever
Il since the abrogation of the treaty, and,
81 Notwithstanding the refusal of Canada to per-
NIT our. fishermen to send their, fish to tbeiy
4 home market through territory in bond,
the people OF that Dominion have enjoyed with
out dimlnution the advantages OF cur liberal
So and generous laws
fs'Without basng our complaint upon a viola
u ton OF treaty Obligations, it is nevertheless
true that such refusal of TRANSIT and the other
| injurious acts which have been. rejected con-
4 stitute a provoking inslstenee upon rights
- neither lnitigated by the amenities of National
II Intercourse nor modified by the recognition Of
8 / our lberality and generous considerations.
1T The history of events connected with this
& subject makes it manifest that the. Canadian
i Government can, if SO disposed, admin ster its