Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-13

Af. Cleveland's Able Reply to the Anu1feI

Cieve1and's Able Reply to the Apu1fsh
Republican Senators.
Mr. Edmunds q short time since
igravely intimateds that the President of
1he United States was under the influ-
ence of foreign and adverse interests,
and threatened that in due time he
would be called to account for the
usurpation Of Unconstitutional powers
AN negotiating treaty with Great
Britain on the fisheries
Like his party colleagues of the SEN
ate. Edmunds was then dOmineering and
1nsolent- He and they are now gasp
ing for breath.
That treaty the Senate rejected alb
solutely, thereby preventing further
negotiations. The President had done
all in his power to secure by peaceful
means, approved by the common sense
OF mNnkind. the rights of American
fishermen in Canadian waters. The
Senate would neither accept nor amend
the treaty. Their criticism was Of the
kind which, finding fault, proposes no
Improvement. They hoped to discredit
the President before the country as an
executive who, unable to procure the
Qualification of his treaty on disputed
point, would sink into noxious desue-
tnde- They believe him unwilling or
unable to give efficacy 60 the law of
March, 1877, providing that in case
American fishing vessels in Canadian
ports were denied treaty privileges Or
, An any way harrassed the President
might deny to Dominion vessels any
entsance into American ports, and,
further, prevent entry at American
ports OF any Canadian product.
The President advises Congress that
DE shall not upon occasion hesitate to
give this act full effect, but he sug-
gests thaS as the object of retaliation
Is to inf1ict the maximum of injury
upon your adversary at the minimum
of cost to yourself, the powers of Che
Executive ought to be enlarged in this
connection for the attainment of two
useful ends, whereby retaliation shall
be something more than the cutting off
of ones nose to spite ones face.
Canada refuses to permit our fisher
men to ship their catch in bond from
n Canadian to an American port. The
fish catch is not comparatively of
great value. The whole subject is one
tercst outside of the ittoral cf New
England. But when we rctaliate let it
be done to some purpose. Goods, wares
and merchandise to the value of some
$27O.OOO,OO are annually Brought into
American ports for Canadian con-
sumption, or shipped from Canada by
rail. to be exported at Portland. or
Boston, or New Cork. BY comfy
0hey are not subjected to American du-
2ies- Legislation. to this effect was had
eladeS CLAUSE of the Treaty of Wash
ingtOn. which clause fell with those of
Che same treaty regarding the fisheries,
when, more than five years ago. we
served che 3leedfuh two gears notice
&has tho fisheries clause should be at
an Gnd. The gentlemen of the Senate
vad given this clause no thought. The
-SresSdenS. having made study of the
NWhole question. found shat without
Sny violation of Greatly stipulations
this privilege of eransit might be
Withdrawn, Ghereby delivering q sreu
mendous blow upon Canada without
particular harm So ourselves The
blow would DE the greatera BECAUSE
when the st. Lawrence is closed by
ice. the American seaports are almost
n necessity to inland Canada.
cortland, Meo the metropolis of
Senator Frye's State. is a terminus of
the Grand Trunk railroad. O. foreign
corporation, which woald largely euf-
Ger by the refusal of the privilege
granted by our law to enter goods for
Canada free of duty. Senator Frye
6as been one of the most blatant cham
plOns of the cOd-fshers, who put out
largely Srom Maine. Frye was alb
solutely Indifferent regarding the effect
upon tho, lake ports of an embargo
upon intercourse with CanaGas but
CHEN the Presidents message suggest
ed the feasible and far moe desirable
suspension OF the Free TRANSIT act
whereby Portland would suffer more
than Milwaukee OR Chicago, Frye was
as startled. confused and dumbfounded
as the first cod caughe bs !. hools off
the Newfoundland banks.
Edmunds, who meaaccd the Presf-
dent with impeachment because he had
assumed to proceed on his 0wel enOti0a
TO procure an understanding between
Britain and America on the fshericet
question, and procured the rejestion
of the treaty, at the same time bidding
the President carry out the Resaliatorg
law, was thrown clean ora his beam
ends by message proposing 3 plan
whereby the Vermont Central, AZ
which Mr.. Edmunds so q. counselor.
should lose much OF ias profitable sraa-
&c between Montreal end New Hork
-rnd Boston.
The second poins in Che Presidents
suggestion for retaliatory Measures
upon Canada relates to the coils paid