New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-17
MR. CHANDLER ON TIE FISHERY TREATY.
FACTS AND FIGURES URGED AGAINST THE CON-

yENTIoN IN STRONG SPEECH.
Washington July l6 Special )-Senator Chand-
Ter proved to-day that even the most threadbare
subiect-one that seems to have been discussed
until nothing remains apparently for either side
to say-can have new light thrown upon 1t by
q man of originality, daring and application The
Fisheries Treaty has been pending in the Senate
for several weeks now. Mr. Hoar, to all appear
ances, had exhausted the subject in his mastery
speech of last week The efforts of others, com
pared with his comprehensive survey, seemed to
have addressed themselves to special phases OF
the matter only. After his speech it was not
thought that any one else would contribute much
that was new to the subject. But this is pre-
ciscly what Mr. Chandler did.
In n speech which was not too long and yet
not short enough TO lay its author open to tho
suspicion of having given the subject merely casual
consideration, he managed to crowd III logical
sequence u number of facts and figures, the bare
statement of which was an arragnment OF the Ad-
minlsration which IT will take its best champions
in the Senate to answer satisfactorily. There
seemed to be five points to which Mr.. Chandler
addressed himself to show the resentment with
which every patriotic citizen should regard thlS
| treaty:
Its negotiation was preceded by series OF
outragcs, committed premediaedly for the purpose
of placing the United States in "a dsadvantageouS
nositioD vet no mention is contained in the treaty
| of those outrages.
Gle questioned the power OF the President
| to appoint the two ncgotiators' Messrs Putnam
and Angel, without violating the Constitution
| and cited formidable array OF precedehtS 10 sup
ale denounced the treaty as an alliance on the
part of the Democratic party and the Engllsh
| Government ,,u;.., c,o.os
| tn revise its Customs according TO DrlllSn
dictatiCn. a., .
! of the Administration TO throw the Monroe DOC
| trne overheard, and abandon 1t as completely 10
| the north OF the United States as 1t had already
| been declared dead letter to the south g,
Mr. Chambers choice of words, dictlon' ana
delivery were slngulary happy and Impressive
| OF Mr. Pugh's speech, which preceded ME- Chand-
main. a repetition of what Mr.. George had de-
| claimed Saturday and that, like all the speecheS
on the Democratic side of the Senate j, seeiHeu
| TO have been inspired by sense or oDllgatlon
| for favors received in the past, and hope lor
others to be reapcd in the future.
The treaty Mr.. Chandler said was dishonor ING
to the Nation in many particulars. 1t was Ma,
| tioual dshOnOr, because II had Deeh nesoUaIcu
after series of wrongful seizures and outrases
on American fishing vessels Tor the purpose oi
| forcing upon the United States dlsadyantageous
| bargain and because by it the United States was
forced by Canada into the alteration OF It's customs
| laws II was National dishonor, because parU
of the negotiations WAS conducted ny the repre-,
| sentativcs of England. not alone with the Unitcd
| States Government, but avowedly with one ponti-
| cal party of the country Never before hau Tue
emissaries of q foreign Government openly chSaSVu
| in negotiations with one political parry Inc
treaty was National dishonor because two OF the
so called penipotcniarics appointed ny the ffesl-
dent without The advice and consent oil 'he oc""e'
were not constitutiOnally selected $3.50
He said that Mr. Chamberlain would nave con-
ced,ad substantially all that the American tovern-
ment claimed. But it SO happened tnat Nir. pay
ard was even more anxious than Mr. Chamberlain,
so that his desire to protect the rights OF American
| fishermen and the National honor was overcome.
But there must have been in the surrender
more than the vanity and decreptude of Mr.; Bay
ard and it was impossible to resist the conclusion
! that a combination had been formed among the
leaders of the Democratic party to sacrifice the IN
! fercsts of New England fishermen and to break
down the American tariff ystem. The utteranccs
of Sir Charles Upper proved that TACT. lhe
great object Of the Dcmocratic-Brltsh alliance was
to pass the Mills bill to keep me Democratic pariy
| in power, and to destroy the American tariff
lie declared that the Monroe doctrine had been
deliberately abandoned by the present Admins
tratjon 70 the south the Pnama Canal was be-
! ing constructed while the Administration was de
fcating the Nicaragua Canal scheme. 10 the north
tie Dominion Of Canada was growing stronger ana
more powerful than had ever been dreamed or
She was perpetrating outrages on American ilsli
cry vessels and was forcing the United States u
treat with her on unequal and degrading terms
How long, he asked, was the protection OF Amcri,
can industries and the defence OF the NATIONAL
honor TO be trusted to such an Administrations
WHO WILL BE POSTMASTER AT WEST POINT
Washington July lot is understood that the
senate Postal Committee is unanimously opposed tc
the confirmation OF George G.. MccLlcm TO be Post
master at West Point, N Y. There seems to DO ne
charge against tho nominee, but the people of IVES
| Point favor the retention OF Augusta H. Gerard who
has been their postmaster for twenty years. and DC
| not want Mechcm who lives ten miles away.
| GENERAL GIEEIN NOT YET READY TO Df
RELIEVED.
Washington, July lG--Gencral Greedy said today