St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-27
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
Acrimonious Debate in the Senate
Between Senators of Both Part

Acrimonious Debate in the Senate
Between Senators of Both Part
les.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The senate
passed the army appropriation bill to-
day.
The discussion of the fishery treaty
was resumed.
Mr.. Teller gave notice that he would
tomorrow ask the senate to take action
on the bill proposing to refer to the
court of claims the celebrated claim of
William McGarrahan to the mines
worked by the New 1dria company, in
California.
The senate then took up the
fisheries treaty, and MIR. Wilson,
of Maryland, spoke in favor of its ratif-
cation. He said if the treaty were to be
rejected. then the only honorable rem
edy left would be an appeal to arms
and not resort to petty and cOntemptl-
bic species of retaliation, which would
only fill the Golfers of few New Eng
land d'owners of fishing vessels by, ac-
cOrding to them, that which they valued
next to heavenly bliss, the monopoly of
the American fish market. He Justified
the reasonablenesS of the British con-
tention as to the construction of the
treaty of 1878; said there was not ma
ton on earth that would not claim eX-
elusive Jurisdiction of such noble bays as
thebayS of Chaleur, which was essen
tial to its national honor and security.
He drew parallel between the British
right to exclusive jurisdiction in these
bays, and exclusive Jurisdiction OF the
United States in the Chesapeake and
Delaware bays. There was no power
,,,fn Tod ft,n, thn
United States in maintaining the prin
ciple Oh which the treaty rested, both
now and in the future, especially with
reference to the great Northwestern
fisheries whose importance time would
develop. Was it, he asked, fair or hon.
esteor logical When a treaty was pre-
Sented that removed many grounds
on which American fishing YES
sells had been harrassed, to claim
as an insuperable objection to
that treaty that the United States was
already clearly entitled to all the ad-
vantages offered under its highly doubt
full construction of existing treaties.
Mr.. Wilson then considered the political
phase of the discussion, and said Re
publican senators had been enacting the
incendiary role of striving to arouse a
war spirit among the people and there
by to gain the votes of restless and
uneasy spirits throughout the land.
They had pursued the un-American
policy of appealing to some OF the old
world passions of foreign-born citizens.
Mr. Fry said that he would ask the
senate to meet at II a. IN. Saturday,
Monday, and Tuesday, and until the
| vote was reached on the treaty, adding
| that shortly tariff bill would be before
| the senate, and would occupy all its
| time.
Mr. Teller commented upon what he
I called ''SOme of the remarkable state
| ments' in the speech of the sanator
| from Maryland. He had gone several
| degrees beyond which any British Off
| cial or Canad ian official had ever gone,
| in his effort to defeat the treaty. Mr..
| Wilson denied the statement.
After further acrimonious cOllOquy
between Senators Teller, Wilson and
Salisbury, Mr.. Morgan, in referring to
certain remarks by Mr.. Teller, said:
| Senators miscalculated the temper of
the American people if they believed
that the people would respond to such
| trash and stuff, such slangwhanging
and vituperatiOn and consciousness.
| If he were president of the United
| States he would withdraw the treaty
| from consideration, until senators got
their minds clear enough to consider it
OH its merits" Further discussion en-
sued, participated in by Senators
Evarts, Teller, Hoar and Vance. The
matter then went over without action.
Two presidential vetOes were read and
referred, and the senate adjourned.