St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-24

Bill Empowering President
Cleveland to RetaIiate Against
Canada.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The feature
in the house to-day was the reading of
the presidents message on the fisher
les. Mr.. Grain introduced a joint reso-
luton authorizing the president to veto
specific items in appropriation bills.
The house resumed considerations the
conference report on the army appro-
prlatlon bill, and after considerable dis
cuSson. i'll which the senate amend
! ments providing for the Watervliet
arsenal and heavy steel guns were sub
lectS OF condemnation or support, the
report was disagreed to by vote of So
yeas to 81 nays, and a new conference
was ordered. Mr.. Richardson, of Ten
nessee, submitted the report of the
special committee appointed to inyesti-
gate the management of the government
printing office. The general deficiency
bill was then taken up in committee of
the whole. The point of order made
yesterday on the ground that the order
directing the appropriation committee
to make provision for paying the
French spoliation claims was repealed
by the subsequent adoption of new
code of rules was, after discussion, suS-
tanned by the chairman, Mr.. Springer.
Mr.. Dibble
APPEALED FROM THIS DECISION,
but before vote was taken, the
speaker laid before the house a mes:
sage from the president on the subject
of the fisheries. The reading of the
message claimed the closest attention
from members ON both sides of the
house, and when it was finished, the
Democrats broke out in rounds of ap-
plauSe. The document was referred
to the committee on foreign affairs,
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, securing
unanimous consent to report from that
committee on the subject at any time.
Mr.. Wilson, of Minnesota, immediately
offered the following bill, which was
referred to the committee on foreign
affairs:
An act to empower the president more
efectually to carry out the purposes of an
act to authorize the president to protect and
defend the rights of American fishing YES
sells, American fishermen. American trading
and other vessels in certain cases and for
other purposes, approved March 3, 1887,
and to authorize the president to protect
American interests against unjust discrimi-
nation in the use of canals in the British
dominions of North America
be 1T eDdcteu, ETC., lnat whenever the DreSl-
dent may deem it his duty to exercise any of
the powers given to him by an act entitled
IAN act to protect and defend the rights of
American fishing vessels it shall be law
full for the president in his discretion by
proclamation to that effect, to
SUSPEND IN WHOLE OR IN PART
the transportation of goods, wares or mer-
chandiSe imported or exported from any
foreign country except Canada in bond and
without the payment of duty to or from the
British dominions in North America across
the territory of the United States.
Sec. 2. Whenever the PRESIDENT shall be
satisfied that there is any discrimination
whatever in the use Of the Welland canal
the st. Lawrence river canals, the Champlain
canal, or either of them, whether by tolls
drawbacks, refund OF tolls or otherwise
which is or may be detrimental to the inter
ests of the United States or any of its citi-
zens it shall be lawful for the president in
his discretion, TO issue q proclamation to
that effect, whereupon there shall be col
lected a toll of 20 cents a ton upon every
foreign vessel and her cago passing through
either the Sault Ste. Marie canal or the St
Clair flats canal, and the secretary of the
treasury may authorize and direct any of the
custom officers to collect the tolls levied
under this act. The president, when salts
fed that such discrimination has ceased
may issue his proclamation to that effect in
his discretion, wherenpon the tolls author
lied by this act shall no longer be collected
Sec. 3. The secretary of the treasury is
authorized to make any regulations neefful
! TO carry this act into effect.
The house then, at 5 o'clock, adjourned.