The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-15
BLAINE TAKES THE STUMP
Against Cleveland's Message-He
Calls il A Political Move to Draw
Attention From the Tariff.

Lewiston, M, before tie largest aadi-
ence ever A. .nbied in the building, and
one of the most enthusiastic politi,a
gatherings ever knngn in that section of
Maine. Jnhn A. kasson, of Iowa, and
NELSON Dinglsy, of Maine also addressed
any assemhlage. Mr.. Blaine was met at
meanstation by full turnout of the re-
est, tiian organizations of Lewiston and
satisfied over 400 members of local uni.
"A te. organizations were in the pro-
sought rith two bands One of the
more thanrf the parade vas an organiza
to acquire. mt 100 Operatives of the Ara
things in masteihhoe factory in Auburn,
nicely and in their rrttory in Maine. a. !
see truth under all itssas we're 9Nii..bie to
antecedents and conss @a =, occupied
cannot present it in just nnasts. If andros-
which the young mind 900 people heard
il. He must. as he hcrhe meeting open
up to the sun, turn hgressman Dingley
and round, till the pine reached the hall
luster." .ingley's address. His
Education Is bna. :or an ovation.
science, The oyoke IA follows: Fellow
With the meth rswiston. When accepted
.at;on oxnlo;r,s to speak here. this eve
So nh : intended to present some
s . ele.ioa TO interests which the
ST. fisand wage workers of youI city
oAthe maintainence of sound pro
.oolul tariff, but the question has already
Ancre discussed this evening by your dis
Oh nuished representative, Gov. Dingley,
ID | shall be followed by John A. Kas-
Son, long a distinguished representative
in congress, from Iowa, and equally we'll
known for the ability and dignity with
which he has represented his country in
two great empires of Europe. shall
therefore devote the few moments
speak to the consideration of the fisher.
les which may deeply interest thousands
of the citizens OF Maine, and hence in a
large: sense interest the whole country. l
did not have the opportunity of reading
the full text of President Cleveiand's
message on the sui iect, until this morn
ing, and with all due respect to the chief
executive of the nation, I must say that,
considering all the circumstances, ii IL
the most extraordinary document that
was y, er sent from the white house to the
capitol
You have the main facts of the Issue
between Canada and the United States, or
perhaps to speak more exactly, between
Great Britain and the United States in
respect to the fisheries. Ii was our be-
lief and still is that after the articles of
the treaty Of Washington relating to fish
cries had expired, the Canadian govern
ment behaved in an unpeighborly, un-
seemlv and unjust manRer toward our
fishermen, refusing rights which they had
enjoyed by long prescription. In order
to bring the government of the Dominion
of the Just appreciation of the subject
Congress authorized the president in the
spring of 1887 to adopt ut his discretion
policy'of retaliation, directing among
other things that whenever and so long rs
American vessels were deprived of com
mercial privileges in the ports of Canada,
Canadian vessels should be deprived of
like privileges in the ports of the United
States. This, If / ma, indulge in ap
propriate slang, this was genuine "tit-
for-tatn policy in which the punishment
was admirably fitted TO the crime. Presi-
dent Cleveland declined to enforce the
policy and allowed outrage upon our fish
ing vessels TO go unredressed. He was
bent on some form of negotiation with
England, even against the expressed
wishes of the United States Senate, and
in defiance of the large share in the
treaty-making power which the consti
tuition assigns to the Senate. Finally,
without the consent of the Senate, and
practically against its protest, the presi-
dent organized a commission to frame n
treaty that should settle all points of
dispute. He thus gave what was never
INTENDED by the constitutional PARTISAN
side to an inter national discussion.
1t was never designed by the founders
of our government that intercourse with
foreign nations should be conducted by
republicans or by democrats, or by wings
or by federalists: ii should only be by the
nation as whole. We can have our par
tisan differences at home and settle them
on our own soil in our own way, but to-
ward all foreign powers on the globe we
should present one united, indivisible,
American Republic. But this was not
done. The treaty was launched as dem
ocrapic partisan measure, rather than
patriotic American measure, and the
London papers have been following their
usual vocation of enlogizing the deInoc-
racy and abusing the republicans with
greatly increased vltuperation against
the republican party, ever since it was
found that the Senate was bent on main
tanning the national dignity. 1t ia prob
ably apparent from the text of the con.
stitution itself, that the wise man who
framed il intended that the ordinary leg
islative power should be committed to
the aiority, however small, but that no
treaty could be framed without the over
whelming support of public opinion.
They provided, therefore, that it should
require, in all cases, two. thirds of the
senate TO ratify treaty, but desp pite this
the national administration went ahead,
regardless of results, and negotiated q
treaty so repugnant to the American in.
stinct OF national self respect that; in
stead of securing ratihcation by two
thirds of the senate, it was absolutely re-
jected by majority vote. What then
At the fist rebound the president had
leaped too far over on the other side then
he asks authority to cripple ell Cur com
mercial relations with Canada, from Pas
sama auoddy Bay to Fancouver's Island.
Having for three years refused TO
maintain the rights of fishermen and 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 q