Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-08
SHERMAN TALKS FISH.
AN EARNEST SPEECH AGAINST RATE
FICATiON OF THE TREATY.

With Comments on the Influence of the
Irish Vote and the Current Habit of Tall
1wisting-A Compliment from Morgan
Proceedings in Congress-ExHlaining tho
Whisky Trust-Iabor Bills.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug s.-Senator Sher-
man made an earnest and fOrcible speech in
the senate yesterday in opposition TO the rat
itication of the fisheries treaty In the OUTSET
be denied that Republican opposition 10 the
treaty was at the command of party caucus,
nor was it as Vance had asserted -derner
resort" on the part of the Republicans, who
needed no such resort. A controversy with
Great Britain he regarded as infinitely more
important and more luxurious than contro-
versy with any other nation; therefores he
would gladly see i'll the treaty settlement
of the controversy; but the more he exam
ined 1t the more he became convinced that if
ratified it would open new avenues of contro-
versy, lead TO new irritation and therefore
did not accomplish its purpose He was anx-
ious 20 bring about public policy that would
make the relations between Canada and the
United States more intimate, and nothing
pulled them apart except the jealousy of local
interests and the aspirations OF leading men.
Canada he thought within ten years
would be represented either in the i'm
perial parliament OF Great Britain or
in the congress Of the United States. and
III his opinion 1t would be in the congress of
the United States and he favored the policy
of bringing about international exchanges
with Canada OF the freest character, which
would relieve both countries from the neces-
sity of establishing customs fortiiicatlons
along the border
The treaty was not party question, nor
a sectional question Neither was it an Irish
question, and the opposition to 1T was not
| fishing for Irish votes There was a gen
| eral sympathy in this country with the PEG
| pie of Ireland in their struggle for home
rule. Chamberlain was greatly mistaken liz
saying that all the leading men in this conn
try were opposed To the Irish idea But the
| people Of the United States were not going
| 10 get into a controversy with England
| about a matter over which they had no ju-
rsdlcton Sherman had no sympathy with
| what he termed Anglophobia, or in the abuse
| of the British government. Whatever might
be said of that power it was the greatest ele-
| ment of civilization in modern history. Eng
llsh civilization has spread itself all over the
| world and everywhere the seeds of that civ
/
| ilzatiou had advanced the progress Of the
world more than any other known cause
| Coming down 10 a discussion II the details
| oil the pending treaty Ne crlt'cieeh the ioth
section, allowing the iree lh'p''tau OF
| Canadian fish and fish oil as a surrender Of
the right OF the ohltti states 10 leNN taxes
on imported goods, and an insult to this
country Nowhere IN the history oil u'plo'
macy could oe tonnn 50 one-Silen treaty
"et"e'h TWO great ana p'"tf'ui ha''oh9 1t
was di'sface'ul 70 Ai'ivI''ah ulpi'uhacS
ne i2th section was a H'a'iies' Twin 10 the
Mills Dill Inc treaty mi2n' he '"h'inefen
supplement- I" Inc Miii' on anu II I"i""eu
Il line OF p"hcS 10 when Inc Deihpcratlc
party was becoming more ana more commit
tel ana "u,'h "'n'i sur e'.'ei al III" graz
ihnue'i les "' Tue county !" uiilue '"'hte''-
loh WIN foreigners
lie ridlcuied as hugfear Morgans init
nation that Great Britain and the United
states We're going 10 war au'ul III" matter
tue heiuu'ii,a''9 Ta'l7 iht" power enes
""uid inform "reil hii'all III tue hlhnts0