The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-28
CLEVELAND AND CANADA
PARTY LINES TO BIZ DRAWN CLOSE
OVER THE MESSAGE.

The House Committee on Foreign AT
fairs Fails to Act for Want of a Quo
rum - Representative Davis Intro
duces a Resolution Calling for Cor
respondence - Congratulations Still
Pouring In.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2T.-The house com.
mittee on foreign affairs attempted to meet
to-day, according to order, to consider the
Presidents message on the fisheries treaty.
Only six members responded to the roll call,
namely. Messrs. McRea, Norwood, Rock
well, Morrow, Dickinson aud Hill. AS no
quorum was present, no efforts were made
to transact any business, and the proceed
ings were confined to an informal discus
zion, which was interesting from the fact
that 1t revealed strong disposition on the
part OF the three democrats and three re-
publican members present to divide
on party lines. The discussion
related to article 90 Of the
treaty of Washington enacted touching
entries OF goods in bond at United States
ports for Canadian consumption. The
Presidents message and tAe accompanying
documents were not at hand when the com
mittee met and it is probable that several
days will be consumed in preliminary dis
cussion bsfore the point of action is
reached.
Chairman Belmont sent telegram from
Bar Harbor. which was read to the COM
mitteemen present as follows:
II will certainly return to take part in the
consideration by the committee of TIE
retaliation bill. l cannot reach Washing
ton Monday, but if there is an adjourned
meeting l will be present"
PLANS OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Senator Edmunds put in in the senate
to-day an amendment broadening Mr.
Hoar's resolution of inquiry as to the ad-
ministration's course respecting Canadas
unfriendly acts.
The republican senators will try to make
the action of the senate turn upon the reply
made TO the Hoar resolutions. Eventually,
however, they will lake Mr. Quay's advice,
whatever Mr.. Edmunds may say, and pass
the Presidents bill.
kilograms of approval and congratula-
tIons still pour in upon the President. He
received many kilograms of congratulation
when he was nominated, when he was
elected and when he sent In his tariff mes
sage, but he has received more about his
Canada message than about the three
other events put together.
There is no truth in the statement so
glibly made by the republicans in the
senate and elsewhere that Che President
has changed ground on the retaliation
question. He w0s just as urgent in 1887 III
his recommendation that If retaliation was
to be pursued, it should be made effective,
as he is now. The democrats of the foreign
affairs committee were ale TO remud the
republicans of the committee of this fact
in the lively little informal discussion they
had this morning.
CALL FOR CORRESPONDENTS
In the house to day resolution
was introduced by Mr. Davis of
Massachusetts, requesting the Presi-
dent to communicate to the house
copies of all communications addressed by
his direction to the government Of Great
Britain demonstrating with that govern
ment against wrongs and unfair treatment
of our citizens by the action Of the Canadian
government in refunding to vessels and
cargoes which pass throught the Welland
and other Canadian canals nearly
the entire tolls if they are
destined to Canadian ports, while those
bound to American ports are not allowed
any such advantages, and against the
breach of the treaty of 1871, whereby Great
Britain promised to the United States
equality in the matter of canal transporta-
ton. The President is also called upJn for
copies of any demand, made by his
direction, upon Great Britain for redress
of such wrongs, and the replies of Great
Britain to such communications and de-
mands.
AN EFFECT OF THE MESSAGE.
ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. 27-Orders were
given out this morning to the contractors
to stop work on the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic extension to West Superior.
That road has made an agreement to use
the Northern Pacific tracks. The immediate
cause Of this is supposed to be the Pres-
dents retaliatory message, as the South
Shore is virtually owned by the Canadian
Pacific.
CHAMBERLIN DON'T COMMENT.
LONDON, Aug. 27.-Joseph Chamberlain,
on being questioned by press ccrrespon-
dent in relation to the rejection of the
fisheries treaty by the United States senate,
said he did not propose to comment upon
the senate's action, which had long bsen
foreseen.