Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-21
Fiftieth Congress--First Session,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.

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Fiftieth Congressional Session.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 90.
SRNATE.-After considering a number of
unimportant measures the Senate resumed
debate on the fisheries treaty, Mr.. Morgan
speaking in favor of ratification. He said he
had not heretofore undertaken a consecutive
discussion of what he conceived to be the
real value of the treaty, but had followed
other senators along from time to time in ir-
relevant and unnecessary debate. The fish
ing industry had never depended solely on
the legislation of the United States, nor SOLE
ly on its treaty relations with Great Britain
and Canada, but had been controlled, in q
large degree, by the fluctuations incident to
the fish Observation-Disclosures not to be
accounted for on any well established theo-
ries, but generally referred by scientists to
the temperature of the waters in different
seasons. Much the largest tonnage engaged
in the fisheries appeared by the statistics to
have been during the years of the civil war,
from 1851 to 1866.
Mr.. Morgan then read an extract from Mr..
Blaine's Portland speech on the 10Th of
August descriptive of scene off the coast of
Newfoundland and where the steamer City
of New York passed fishing feet. No man,
he said, ever played the title role of "Chief
Humbug of the Age" with more success than
the eminent chieftain of the Republican par
ty, who in fog undertook to make some
defamation from sick stomach about Re
publican and Democratic treatment of the
fisheries. He did not wonder that he (Mr.
Blaine) was sick.
After Mr. Morgan had spoken over two
hours he yielded the floor lin accordance with
the agreement of last friday so that the op-
ponents of the treaty might present their
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to six being reserved for its friends.
Mr. Hoar said he already stated briefly and
with care the opinion which he entertained
and which the fishermen of Massachusetts
entertained in reference to the effect of the
proposed treaty on their interests. He took
the floor at this time only to call attention to
three or four catch words by which the friends
OF the treaty undertook to fasten on its op-
ponents positions or views which they had
never entertained and which they had con-
stantly repudiated. One Of these was
that there was position for re-
taliation on the Republican side.
Another was that anybody had said that the
time for negotiation had passed in any such
sense as the senator from Alabama had put
upon it. Another was that the grievances of
which American fishermen complained could
not occur again if the treaty were ratified.
What the opponents of the treaty proposed
to say to Canada was this: " We do not de-
sire to interfere with your discretion as to the
degree of measure of comfy and hospitality
to American fishermen, but that measure
must be equal in the ports of both countries.
Mr.. Evarts said that if the treaty were re-
jected, as it would be, its rejection would be
an opening to a quiet and repose. The peo-
pie of Canada were governed by an addiction
to their own interests. The two countries
were not going to weigh and pare their ar
rangements of good neighborhood on mere
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to have its neighbor friendly and to have
mutual commerce established on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts on principles of justice and
right.
Mr.. Gray said that the administration had
endeavored to place the relations of the
United States and Great Britain on basis
not only of friendship, but of Justice to all.
magnanimously. Those who favored the
treaty did not fear war. but they did fear
that the relations of the United States with
Great Britain might lapse into a condition,
not in which she would declare war against
the United States but in which the United
States would be compelled, by just regard
for its own honor and natural reputation to
consider the question of war with her.
Mr.. Morgan spoke till six O'Clock and will
have an hour tomorrow. The Senate then
adjourned.
HousE-In the morning session of the
House Mr.. Breckenridge of Arkansas intro
relates to articles which are supposed to be
controlled by Trusts. The purpose of the
bills is to regulate Trusts through tariff laws.
Among other measures introduced and re-
ferred was resolution declaring that the re-
port of the Pacific railroad commission dis
closes scandalous low breaking on the part of
the management of the Union and Central
Pacific railroad companies, and providing for
the printing of 10, 900 extra copies of that
report.
After long discussion and repeated efforts
to obtain quorum on the Senate bill COM
corning the detail of army and navy officers
to educational institutions, the House re-
sumed consideration of the Chinese bill.
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, advocated the pas
sage of the measure, although its provisions
were necessarily limited by the provisions
of the treaty. He criticised the administra-
ton severely for not seeking to make some
arrangement with Great Britain by which
the entrance into this country of Chinese la
borers, who landed at Vancouver and SNUG
eled themselves across the northern border,
could be prevented. Mr.. Hit said the Senate
had acted well and promptly in dealing
with the question and he only regretted that
the House had not done the same.
Mr.. McKenna, OF California, replying to
the speech made by Mr.. Bynum on Saturday,
ridiculed its manner of delivery. Mr.. By
mum, he said, although fellow citizen
of General Harrison, had rushed for
ward to the task of attacking him in the
service of his (Bynum's) party. It must
have been dire necessity that impelled the at
tack. The gentleman need not worry about
the record of General Harrison and he might
be assured that the people were concerned
not in what General Harrison had been but
in what he was; not in what the Democratic
party had been but in what it was and would
be, and that they could not be juggled from
that concern by any artful politics or artful
politicians. Mr.. Thompson of California ad-
vocated the bill. He pictured the evils which
afflicted the Pacific coast by reason of the i'm,
migration of Chinese, criticising the Republi-
can party for the luke warm manner il
which it dealt with the Chinese question and
gave great credit to the President and Score.
tary Bayard for their successful efforts in se
curing treaty which would prevent the i'm
migration of Mongolians to the shores of thu
United States. Mr.. Vandever of Califernis
also depicted the evils which resulted from
Chinese immigration.
Mr.. Dingeley, of Maine, criticised as thor
ouKh and complete misrepresentation tn,
statement made by MIR. Bynum that the pol
ICY of the Republican party was to open the
doors to the importation of cheap labor ant
to close them to the importation of cheaI
food and cheap clothing. It took some har
dihood on the part of the gentleman to max,
that charge in view of the fact that as
member af the ways and means committe,
he had advocated bill which placed duty
of SO per cent. on sugar and 100 per cent
on rice, two of the necessities of the poor
The bill kept duty of 40 per cent. upoi
clothing and 40 per cens. upon woolel
cloth, precisely the same duty that was nov
imposed. Yet the gentleman had the temer
| ity to claim that the Democratic part
was in favor of cheap food and clothing. Tn
gentleman relied for his statement that tn
Republican wanted to open the doors to chea,
| labor upon the fact that when the countr
was in thrces of war q law was passed to en-
| courage immigration. When the necessit
for the law ceased the law was repealed, al
| though in the Forty-sixth Congress, Deme
cratic in both branches, no action was take