The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-17
WORK IN CONGRESS
The Fate of the Fisheries
Treaty Sealed.
NO rosrrosEaEsr GRANTED.
The Fertilization Eli Passes the
Hease. and she Army Bill Is Ap-
proved by The senate-9embe-s Of
the House Largely Absent. Lack
ing After Their Fences.

WASHINGTON. Aug. Moran :
motion % postpone the fisheries treaty
arltIl Decen5 Der was defeated to-aay
by street party yoie--yeas p. navs
2. Reagan then took The soer on the
Presidents annual message. During
hl- remarks Reagan Qaoted from
bisllae's Portland speech of yes ;ersis.y.
an extract IN relation u trusts. and
said Blaine had taken il upoa himself
10 Ti1ieuse cleyelaaa's nsesSaee On tbs:
subject and now posed as an apolcgi,t
and defender Of trusts. These re-
marks OF Blaine would. with the
money and corporation interests Of
the country, add new feather 10 the
plume of that gallant knight aud en-
dear him anew 10 the hearts of the
money leriS. The American peoale
we're 10 be congratulated that the
claws Of iuoaopeiistie oppression had
been allowed 20 protrude from the vel
vet gloves under which they had been
concealed. Blaine's lubilation had
once more overcome discretion.
Blair complained that the extract
read by Reagan WAS not a full repor;
OF Biaine's remarks on the subject OF
trusts, and sent TO the clerks desk
and had read report from the New
YORK Tribune. Ths conference rep9rt
on the army appropriation bill was
then taken up.
German, one OF She conferees, stated
the grounds on which he had declined
to sign the report and ON which he
would vote against il. He admitted
that it was great improvement on
the bill, but the main feature TO which
he had always objected and still OBJ
jecied. was that the entire appropria-
ton for construction ordnance was
placed in the hands of the officers. and
that TO opportunity for competition
was offered 10 inventors or contractors
or owners of large steel establish
ments. He de Jared that he would.
before the matter closed, offer a resoln- Z
ton fer the appointment OF q select
committee 70 investigate the whole
subject, and he believed such Iuvesti- /
CATION woald discloSe a chapter OF in {
competency and extrayaganee, exclu- +
siye of private enterprise, on the
part of the ordnance corps that
would be riyaled oaly by the recent
disclosures As TO the ordance depart- /
ment of the English army.
Allison. member of the conference /
committee, said il never entered his /
mind that this would be the exclusive 4
work OF army officers. The first !,
delivery OF steel was 10 he Is rsonths !
from this time, and he had il in his /
mind and supposed that such was the 4
state OF the conference committee,
that there would be still two or three 4
sessions OF congress in which to state /
the question a To whether the con-
struetion of guns sholld he given to /
private e-tahii -hments or should be /
done at Watervliet arsenal He was
not in favor Of absolute exclusion OF /.
private contractors.
Finally the discussion closed and
the conference report on the army ap-
preparation bill was concurred in
yeas 80. nays IL.
The house fortiication bin was pre-
senied and referred to the committee /
on appropriations.
The senate then went into open ex-
ecuiiye session on the fisheries treaty, /
and the presiding officer directed the 1
treaty to be read by sections.
The first article having been read. I
Mr.. Gibson rose to address the senate. I
He spoke against retaliation and in
favor of arbitration. ani in closing
moved that the pending treaty be com {
mitted TO the committee ON foreign /
relations, with instructions TO report !
such amendments to the treaty as
would remove antiquities and remedy
defects in IL, or else report plan OF
arbitration for the determination and
settlement of all di iiculties in con-
meet on With tie iisi e les.
Frye stated that there old not seem
10 be much more debate 10 take place
on the treaty, and ast ed unanimous
consent % an order that all debate on
the treaty shall close Monday evening
next and vote on the treaty and such
amendments as might be proposed 10
1t should commence at IL O'Clock
Tue day. Morgan said: We will
take that proposition under advise
ment" "