Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-05
Statesmen Heap Talk
Representatives Expend Ora.
tory on Retaliation.
CHIPMANS IDEA OF A DIPLOMAT.

MeCrears Defends and Hit Attacks the
Retaliation Bill - The Michigan Man
Senate Incidents-KeiIey Makes a Grave
Charge Against Some Unknown Member.
Investigation Ordered.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 5-During the
debate on the retaliation bill in the house
yesterday McCreary of Kentucky, after in
sisting that the proposed bill was necessa-
ry measure TO enable the president to effect
ually retaliate on Canada, said that the Re-
publican senate in rejecting the treaty had
given notice that no treaty which could be
negotiated would be satisfactory to them, so
the time for negotiation was past, and the
time for retaliation had come Congress
could not be unmindful of the obligations
which the government owed TO the 100, 900
men who managed the 5000 vessels engaged
in the sea and lake fisheries The annual
pl oduct of the business was valued at S45,
000, 900. The time had come when the gov
eminent ought to be in earnest and legisla-
ton should be such as to prove to Canada,
Great Britain and the world that it
was in earnest. 1t was time
that Canadian wrongs should be re-
sented by the United States and suppressed
by Great Britain. 1t was by no means GER
tain that tue president would be required to
issue the proclamation authorized by the bill.
He IMcCrearyl hoped and believed that when
the bill was enacted into law the usual good
judgment of the English and Canadian au-
thorities would be manifested, and all differ
ences won d be arranged without anything
which would break up the cordial relations
which had existed for many years between
Great Britain and the United States But
let the result be what it might, the president
would be supported by the people Of the
United States without regard to party The
men OF the south and the men of the north
would stand shoulder to shoulder in solid
phalanx to defend American rights and
American honor. (Appausel
Hit of Illinois said the twenty-ninth arti-
Gle of the treaty of 1871 had not been abro-
gated, and went into a long argument to
prove his views. He insisted that the preSi-
dent had all the power of retaliation that
| he needed, and charged that the rejected
| treaty was the result of bargain between
the administration and Canada, by which
Canada was TO get free entry for her fish
| through the Democratic party The prac-
teal result of an interruption of the traffic
| in bond would hurt the people of the United
States very materially, especially the people
OF the great northwest, Stop the transit in
| bond, and the Canadian railroads would be
| Overlooking with business The president had
| used the words: Visiting on the offending
| parties" The fishermen were the offending
| parties. Stop the transit in bond, and the
offending parties would be rewarded and
the harbors of Halifax and St John would
be turned into prosperous centres of new
| life and wealth Ii would take away the
| competition of the Canadian lines and would
made the trunk lines master of the situation,
and they would be able to dictate such terms
as they pleased to the producers of the
| northwestern states, He [Hittl would not
readily believe that the president would
ever subject unnecessarily large part OF
the people to such retaliation upon them
| selves
Chapman of Michigan said he was in
favor OF the bill In abiding to the sugges-
ton that two years no tice should be given to
England of the proposed action as a matter
of diplomatic courtesy, he gave utterance to
the following epigram, which was received
with applause and laughter: The nearer q
man approaches diplomat in FORM the
nearer he is to fool: and the nearer he ap-
proaches one in substance the nearer he is
TO a knaye. He did not want he said. tc
be more polite 10 England than self-respect
required Her foot bad been on every
weak neck She had pressed her interests BY
brutality of force, or meanness of diplomacy
as the circumstances of the case required
Everywhere she had been selfish and pitiless
She was the monster money changer in God.
temple of the earth What the honor of our
country required he would concede to her
and not an alto more This bill was in the
pathway of duty, and he would vote for ii
with stout heart and clean conscience
There was long partisan debat,
in the senate over Vests resolution
about Mckee's tariff book, and Plumb
produced similar pubcationon thu
other side of the question, whose al
thor was the clerk of the house COMMITTEES
on ways and means, whose name and titls
were on the title page Plumb said b.
thought Vest had better look after the hous
employees. and Vest said he would treat tn
clerk referred 10 the same way he would
treat McKee-dismiSs him
Blair and Reagan occupied nearly an houI
longer. Reagan considered the hardes
thing they said of him the suggestion tina
he belonged to the category of "cranks
He declined to be regarded as a voluntee
with the senator from New Hampshire.
Teller, in discussing the Chinese bill re
ferred to Representative Scott of Pennsvl
: vania, saying that he was the introducer O
the bill and asserting that he was man VIII
in no sense and under no circumstances ha
the right to speak for American labor
Teller sent to the clerks desk and had rea
SCOTS autobiographicai sketch in the cor
gressional directory.
| The presiding officer Ingalls)-The chat
, takes occasion to remark that while it is III
: | doubtedly in order to refer to the acts of th
other house of congress generally, it is a vie
lsticn of privilege to refer to the individut
character, or the acts or conduct of member
of that body.
Teller then said he would not refer furthe
to a member of congress- but to a member c
!. the Democratic national committee lScottl
: and added that rumor had it that the b
h was move TO affect the election on the Pa
cifc slope. At any rate, he said, he woul
vote for it.