Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-14
WASHINGTON.
Dolph's Speech on the New
Treaty.
EXIGENCIES OF A FOREIGN WAR
To Subsidize or Not to Subsidize
That is the Question-Cap-
ital Cuttings.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The Senate to-
day passed the House bill approving
certain acts of the Twenty-se venth Leg
islative Assembly of the Territory OF
New Mexico as to it's funded indebted
ness.
George concluded his speech of yes
terday on the Fisheries, and Dolph then
addressed the Senate on the same sub.
ject.
DoLPH ON THE FISHERIES.
He quoted from the official correspond
ence of Minister Phelps and of secretary
Bayard to show that the overt acts of
the Canadian Government against Ameri-
can fishermen had been fragrant vic.
lation Of treaty rights, and had been re-
sorted to for the purpose Of driving the
United States into admitting Canadian
fish free. He asserted that it was pro-
posed by the pending treaty to surrender
the American position concerning bays
and harbors, the American claim to re-
ciprocal commercial privileges, and to
purchase partial commercial privileges
| for American fishermen with an annual
remission of duties to the amount of a
million dollars. He claimed that under
an arrangement with Great Britain in
| 1880, American fishermen were entitled
to full commercial privileges in British
colonial ports, and said if this were not
so, the United States should say to
Canada, "With what judgment you
judge, you shall be judged, and with
what measure you mete, it shall be
measured to you." Such commercial
relations had been practiced by the
| United States since the foundation of the
Government, and such relations had
been authorized by Congress by the act
of March Sd, 1887. He quoted at length
from speech of Senator Morgan, when
show that the Senate then thought
retaliation was
A PEACEFUL MEASURE.
He alluded to the fact that the Repub.
lican majority in the Senate had been
charged with being governed by political
considerations and asked how the sudden
change in Morgan's position was to be
accounted for. What, he asked, had put
British arguments Gas to the construction
of the treaty of 1879, in the mouths Of
the Senators on the other side of the
| Chamber II was politics, he said.
The decree had gone forth that the State
Department and administration must be
sustained in this matter. The Republi-
can majority in the Senate had been
threatened with free Canadian fish if the
treaty were not ratified, but he could
inform the Senators on the other side
that was not the way to secure free Ca
madam fish. 1t was the ratification of
the treaty that would lay the foundation
for free fish. He was mistaken in the
temper OF the American people if they
would be driven into such concession:
IL he were to vote against the treaty on
political grounds, or if he were to vote
for it because, as had been charged, the
President would (if it were rejected) exc
cute the act of March 3, 1897,
bringing bankruptcy on the country, or
because, as had been intimated on the
| other side OF the chamber, the rejection
OF the treaty would be made pretext
Tor the declaration of war by Great Brit
ain. he would be unworthy of his posi-
ton as Senator. The only American
battles with Great Britain would be bat
ties of diplomacy. Great Britain would
get by diplomacy all the United States
was weak enough to yield. Even if the
rejection of the pending treaty should be
made
PRETEXT FOR WAR
BY Great Britain, that argument was not
worthy of consideration by the Senate,
When it came to pass that the most i'm
portant acts OF the highest legislative
body in the country were controlled bv
fears of a foreign war or by
threats OF executive proceedings
that would involve the country in
financial distress and ruin, our Republi-
can institutions would indeed be in dan
ger; but the danger would be from
within and not from without. He did
not fear war with Great Britain. The
sentiments of the two countries is in favor
OF peace and of peaceful means for
settling differences was so great as to
prevent war. Great Britain would not re-
sort to war with the United States be.
cause it was not to her interest to do SO.
he was Tree to admit with the exposed
coasts OF the United States, and with it's
unprotected coastwise commerce, the
country did not want war with Great
Britain, and he was equally sure Great
Britain could nots afford war with the
United States. The fortified naval sta
tions at Halifax, Bermuda and Esouimalt
were menace to American commercer
but no forts could protect the Canadian
frontier, and the
GREAT IR0NCLADS OF ENGLAND
Could not protect her commerce on q
hundred seas. At the call of even the
present pro. English administration in
case OF war, armed men would spring
into the field from every State and terri.
tory to make a conquest of the Canadian
Provinces, and a few months of hostilities
would find an American privateer on
every sea where British merchant ves-
sci was to be found. While war was
brutal and barbarous, there were some
things more to be dreaded than war.
nation could emerge from a costly and
aapgnlnary war with its honor unfair
nished, its love of liberty intensified and
its foundation of prosperity strengthed:
out when it yielded to unjust demands,
it lost its own self respect and the respect
of other nations.
Call offered resolution, which was
adopted. calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for evidence in the Treasury
Department, relating to the property Of
the United States Cor to which the United
States has valid claims), held in adverse
possession against the United States.
with his recommendations on the suh.
ject. Adjourned until Monday.