The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-07


senator from Vermont could not evade that
duty.
Nlr. Gibson opposed the amendment; being
convinced that, on the surrender at tho close
OF the war, the officers of the confederate army
and navy had delivered up all public property
under their control. He had had the honor him
self of being commissioner for the surrender
oil one of the armies, and bore willing testi-
mony to the courtesy and kindness of the COM
mIssloners of the opposing army, and to the
generosity of the terms extended. He sub
mltted that it was not proper, at this late hour
to call in question the validity of the integrity
OF the surrender that was made by the officers
OF the confederate forces on land or sea-
The confederate states had died a noble
death on the field of battle many years ago,
all that survived being that sentiment of honor
which had beaten high in the hearts of the
men who represented that fallen power. For
one he would have engraved on its tombstone,
the epitaph engraved on Shallspeares:
GOOD friend; for Jesus sake for6ear
To touch the dust enclosed here;
Blessed be he who spares these bones
And cursed be he who moves these stones"
Mr.. Dawes said his position in the commit
tee which had examined the whole subject and
his position now, was that the suggestion was
of such peculiar character, and inquiry would
have to be pursued in such delicate way, that
it ought not to be embarked in unless the
president of the United States or the secre-
tary of the treasury should say that he had in
his possession such information as justified
him i'll recommending 1t.
MIR. Call replied to many of the arguments
made against his amendment, and, referring
to the remarks of Mr.. Gibson, said that he did
not sympathize with that senator in the opin-
ion that the dust of the confederacy should be
buried and that its good friends should let it
alone. The confederate states would live in
history for the great and heroic characters
which they had developed. There was no need
to leave their dust undisturbed. Their fame
was written in the immortal pages of history
by such illustrious characters as Lee and jack
son, and he was glad to know that the loyal
heart of the north and OF its soldiers responded
to that sentiment. lie was not ashamed of
the confederacy and did not want its dust to
remain undisturbed. 1t could not be shut down
or overlooked The confederacy had no dust,
but it had the immortal glory of heroic charac-
ter, of noble self-sacrifce.
Mr. Allison moved to lay Mr.. Calls resolu-
ton on the table, and the motion was agreed to
without division.
After the disposal of number of amend
mentS involving small amounts, the bill was
reported back to the senate and all the amend
ments were concurred in, except that appro-
priating $4,000 for the widow of Professor
Baird, on which Mr.. Reagan demanded the
yeas and nays. The amendment was con-
Cured in; yeas 2S. nays IL. The bill was then
passed.
Mr. Allison stated, in response to Mr. Plumb,
that there now remained, undisposed of, five
OF the regular appropriation bills-the army
bill, the navy bill, the sundry civil bill, the
general deficiency bill and the fortiication bill
The navy bill was now in conference,
and would probably be disposed of this week
or early next week. The army bill was now
being discussed in the house on the senate
amendments. The general deficiency bill had
not yet passed the house nor had the fortifica-
ton bill. The former had been partially con-
sidered by the house, but the fertilization bill
had only been reported by the house within q
day or two OF course, it was impossible for
him to say how long it would take to finish the
DIV Put fInp0
portant amendments put on by the senate than
in any similar bill for many years. So that it
could be disposed of very readily, either by
the house concurring in the senate amendment
OF by conference committee He thought it
might be safely assumed that all appropriation
bills should be disposed of next week.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Mr.. Plumb from the committee on agricul-
ture, reported back the house bill to enlarge
the powers and duties of the department of
agriculture, and to create an executive depart
ment to be known as the department of
agriculture. He said the bill was in the same
shape as when last reported and recommtted,
and that he wanted to call it up for action at q
very early day. In the bill as reported, the
provisions of the house bill for the transfer of
the weather bureau from the war department
to the department of agriculture was struck out
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Mr. Beck moved
to proceed to the consideration of bills on the
calendar in their regular order. Mr.. Sherman
moved to proceed to the consideration of the
fisheries treaty in open executive session.
The latter motion was agreed to, yeas "a,
nays q, strict party vote, and the fisheries
treaty was taken up, the question being on
Dir. Norgans motion to postpone its further
consideration till December next.
Mr.. Riddleberger said that the vote Just
taken had settled conclusively the only ques-
ton that could possibly be in controversy from
this time on, in reference TO the treaty; and
that was that the republican party of this
country was opposed to the ratification of the
treaty, and that the democratic party was in
favor of it.
Mr.. Morgan proceeded to address the senate
The remarksiwhch he proposed to submit were,
he said in reference to the phase of the case
covered by his opinion Of the senate, that the
treaty properly authenticated and is lawful and
valid and that time has rot passed for negoti-
alton on the subject of fisheries, The country
was already advised, by the action of The eau
Gus of the republican party, that the treaty was
doomed TO defeat, and the purpose of his reso-
luton was to save to the government of the
United States IS good an attitude as possible
after the rejection of the treaty.
Proceeding to discuss the question in detail,
Mr.. Morgan was so frequently interrupted by
the republican senators that the discussion be-
came q colOQual debate between Alessrs.
Morgan, Hoar, Teller and Evarts. Commence
ing upon the statement in the majority report
that the time for negotiation had passed, MIR
Morgan characterized it as piece Of "outra-
geous presumption" and said that the commit
instruct the president to cease negotiations
than it had to require him to resign his office.
He also spoke of The committee and appeal to
the British government as of unaccountable
presumption and OF infraction OF authority and
dignity on the part of this committee in set
ting itself up to advise the British government.
He paraphrased the closing paragraph in the
report in this manner: 1--WE beg your ajesty
that you will not take this abortion which the
president OF the United States has negotiated
with your commissioner and its rejection rs
being an evidence of hostile purpose on the
part of the United States, but that you viii
proceed in such way as that our fishermen
shall have full commercial privileges and en-
Joy the same rights and advantages in your
Canadian ports that your fishermen do in ours"
II should like" said Mr.. Morgan, "to sec
an Irjshm2n with gullet big enough to gulp
that down. 1t wonld have, like calendar, to
ran from year to year. This little political
fnesse, this attempt TO cast odium and slur
on the president Of the United States, and
then TO turn round to the queen
of Great Britain and beg her for her iayoIs,
is one of the most humiiating attitudes that
any great committee ever took 1t is regular