The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-11
The Stars and Stripes Insulted
and no Apology Demanded.
A Scathing Arraignment Of the
Administration i'll a Speech
of Great Power.
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Eastern and Western Farmers
Disseminated Against by
the Mills Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July lO.-In the
Senate to-day, after the reception of a
number of reports from committees, Mr..
Dolph gave notice that he would to-mor-
row address the Senate on the Fisheries
treaty.
Mr.. Hoar then took the floor and de-
livered Il long and carefully prepared
speech on the treaty. Mr.. Hoar said:
make no apology for entering early
upon this discussion. l have seen with
deep regret that the President of the
United States, or some person upon
whose advice he had acted, seems to
think that this object, which the far
sighted policy OF Great Britain and
France thought so desirable for them, OF
transferring foreign fishermen from their
own country to ours, is undesirable.
He has fastened to put himself on re-
cord by letter to the collector at Bos-
ton, signed with his own name, us in
tending to use all the powers vested in
him by law, even under the most strain
ed construction, to prevent employment
under the American flag OF fishermen OF
foreign origin. do not think many
precedents can be found OF instructions
given by the Departments to their SUBJ
ordinates under the signature of the
President. / am sure no example can
be found in our history, think none is
likely to occur again, OF au Executive
straining his powers and departing from
the proprieties OF his station to prevent
an accession Of skilled seaman to
America like that which England and
France so eagerly strove to gain at the
close ot the last century.
l have seen somewhere the charge
that the opposition to this treaty had its
origin in the prejudice OF party. Never
was calumny more unfounded. The
earliest and most earnest voices OF re-
monstrance have come from those emi.
ncnt Democrats who have had occasion
to study this question in times past.
ENGLlsHMEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IG-
NoRID.
Before calling attention to the treaty's
terms l wish to make one other observa'
ton. This is, that the Administration
seems to have consulted nobody. I can
not learn that the progress Of this nego'
tiation any representative Of the inter.
ests to be affected has been admitted to
its confidence.
During this whole negotiation, MS dur
ing that which preceded the Halifax
award and this which preceded the
Geneva award, the leading statesmen Of
Canada were constantly consulted by
the representatives of Great Britain.
Arbitrators proposed by us were rejected
in Difference to Canada's objection. One
OF the British commissioners is under.
stood to have repaired to Canada during
the discussion, which was intermitted
for that purpose. Yet neither my col.
league nor myself, neither Of the distin-
guished Senators from Maine, no repre-,
sentative OF fishing district in the other
House, no member Of this body, the
constitutional adviser OF the President
and the constitutional depositary with
him Of the treaty-making power, is ad.
mitted or consulted in this important
matter until the concessions to Canada
are all made and the President and Sec
retary come before the public with theil
declaration that we have got all by this
treaty that we are justly and equitably
entitled to demand.
IGNORANCE OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
The pending negotiation has to dc
with q good many separate questions
They relate to four principal subjects o.
difference: The extent OF territory in
which the United States possess rights
Of fishery, including shore rights; the
treatment due to our vessels on the
coasts and in the ports Of the British
North American dependencies; the claiu
for indemnity for past grievances in the
treatment OF our fishermen; the aban,
donment OF our established protective
policy for the benefit OF British fisher
men.
In regard to each OF these, the secre
tary Of State seems to have dealt Will
the subject, i will not say in total ig
norance, but in total disregard OF thu
American position and the American
rights. He says, in his letter to gentle
men in Boston, that "the sole Difficult
question to which the treaty relates i
that Of the fishery rights Of one natiol
in the jurisdiCtional waters OF another.
This Is the statement OF the American
case from the British point Of view. Nh
Bayard's letter and the utteranCes OF
few other supporters OF the treaty ar
the first and only statements OF thi
character ever heard on this side of til
Atlantic south Of the Canadian borde
since the continent was settled. W
have always held, and there is abundan
British authority to support our claim
that we were joint owners OF q grea
ocean fishery which our fathers ha
helped to conquer and TO acquire, an
which had been granted to Massachr
sets by her charter.
CAUSE FOR WAR.
Mr.. Hoar discussed at length tn
treaty and British insults to the Amer
can flag and continued:
Secretary Manning declares that 18th
Dominion OF Canada brutally exclude
American fishermen from Canada
, ports" and says that he "hopes thel
never will be such passionate spite di
played in the offices OF this Governmet
r as has during last summer been exhibi
ed in the Dominion Of Canada towaI
well meaning American fishermen"
These are not sentimental grievance
Voyages broke up, vessels condemne