Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-28

80 lar on the OtutT rlut tDal
he asks authority to cripple all Ou'
commercial relations with Canada
from PasssmaquGddy bay To Vancou
yer Island. Having for thres years
offered 10 waive the rights Of the fish
ermen aud the national dignity at the
same time, the president desires now
TO cross over TO the other side Of the
question and out Herod Herod in his
demands for redress. He seems eager
to-day 10 discharge whole battery Of
Krupp guns In the question, when
last year blank cartridge from u
pocket pistol would have settled the
whole affair. After subjecting the
country for month after month 10 the
humiliation Of an unprecedented sur
render, the presidents supporters
with The zeal of new converts. rather
with the extravagant enthusiasm of
pretenders, are now manifesting sucb
renewed and deep and keen sense Of
the wrongs We have experienced from
Great Britain in Canada In the matter
of fisheries, that they second the pres
ident's extraordinary somersault, and
In the language ofthe democratic heel
ers, they are "thirsting for Canadian
gore"
The "jingoism" of the message IL
totally out Of keeping with the dignity
of the American nation and its chief
executive and can only be interpreted
In one way, and that IL, that il Is q
bold and shameless attempt to recover
to the party The Irish vote, which
once democratic TO the core Is now 60
largely diverted from ii on account of
the British flee trade heresies OF the
democracy. No other consideration
could possibly lead u man with any
brains at all, to so -tultify his own
record and that Of his party, to ask for
the granting of executive power which
he has possessed for over a year, and
to, either ignorsntly or Intentionally,
misconstrue aud pervert one o, the
legal conditions of an existing treaty
with foreign power. Touching this
latter point we quote from a Washing
ton special to the Pioueer Press ar
follows.
The strongest lawyer upon the COM
mittee OF foreign relation has slresd y
pronounced his Judgment upon the
legal argument upon wi ich the pie-i-
dents message Is wholly based. No
one who knows American law or
American lawyers would for miDut,
hesitate TO take the judgement Of Geo.
+. Edmunds, of Vermont, In prefer
en e to that of Grover Cleveland, oi
Buffalo. Mr.. Edmunds differs in toto
from Mr.. Cleveland on the point that
section 20 Of the treaty of Washington
which relates To commercial relations
between Canada and the United
States, other than those Of the fishery
question, has been sbrogsted. On the
contrary he maintains that ii il in
force. II IL il in force the President
has placed himself in the very ext
ordinary position Of having attempt.
ed, IN order TO advance his own per.
sonsl Interests in political campaign,
10
ABROGATE A TREATY
by a statute without notice TO Tn,
other high contracting power 10 the
treaty. Unfortunately for Mr.. Cleve-
land, his secretary of state, Mr.. Bsyard.
a man who was eminent as a lawyer
and statesman before Mr.. Cleveland
was heard Of in this country, even ~
the sheriff Of Buffalo, quite agrees
with Mr.. Edmunds, the chairman of
the senate judiciary committee, in that
article 20 of the treaty Of Washington,
which regulates the commercial rela-
tlons between the United States and
Canada, is still in force. Mr., Cleve-
land was unfortunate In forgettiGg, II
he ever knew, that his secretary o.
state within few weeks, In an Official
communication TO a member of the
senate committee, on interstate com
merce, which communication is now
on the files Of that committee, ha'
given his formal judgment, in answer
10 specific inquiry on the direct sub.
ject that article 90, which Mr.. Cleve-
land says l. abrogated, il in force
Mr.. Bsysrd's own words are these:
"Only the fishery articles Of th
treaty Of Washington were sbrogsted
The remaining articles, comprising
those which relate to commercial 10
tercourse between the United Safe
and the British North American pos
sessions, are still IN force"
Mr.. Cleveland will, therefore, b
compelled to settle this controverte,
Inv point with his own secretary o
state. as well as with Mr.. Edmunds
the chairman OF the senate Judiciary
|, committee. IL will be seen. however
: from Mr.. Bsysrd's frank statement, IL
: what an embarrassing position ~ q
: the fundamental law Of the case th'
. administration has placed itself.
While the increased power that th'
I President asks TO enstlo him TO de
= stroy the international commerce tha
= J IL so important an item to the north
y ern aud northwestern states, will Ger
4 tainly not be granted, the extraordi
y nary request he has made will not fsi
b 10 be understood by the entire chain o
y states whose interests are thus vital,
i mensced by the President thr ,ugl
I selfish and personal motives, and ths
4 the result will be a "Solid North" {
beyond question. The official who II
: the trst days OF his elevation to higl
. Office, solemnly declared against a sec
e ond term. aud who in the last days q
his incumbency can descend to sucl