Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-23
THE NATIONS CAPITOL
BULL RUN.
But the War is Not Over as
Mills Speech Demonstrated.
He Exhausted all 0ratOriCal
Legerdemain to Prove an
lmposSibility,
That the Wolf in the Free Wool Garb is
Of Protection Breed.
The Bill Passes by Vote OF 162 Yeas
to 149 Nays.
The Bill Passes by a Vote OF 162 Yeas
to 149 Nays.
WAsHINGToS, July p.
Senate.

WAsHINGToS, July p.
Senate
The Senate, on motion of Mr.. Sherman
passe d the Freedman's Bank bill apporpriatinl
81 100000 to pay the balance due depositors
The bill was amended SO as 10 prohibit the
payment to anybody but an original deposition
or member of his or her family, or to any
one not in whole or in part of African de
scent.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
alton of the fisheries treaty in open executive
session, and Mr.. Teller addressed the Senate
Referring to the assertions that the -athtude
of Republican senators on the treaty had been
dictated by a caucus, he declared that it had
never been discussed in a Republican caucus
| The Republican senators were against il
from its first publication, and were many
Democratic senators. 1t was safe to say that
tw thirds of the senators were then opposed
To it. If the treaty had come from Repub-
iican administration, he did not believe there
was a Republican senator who would have
supported it, and there was not Democratic
senator who would have supported it if it had
not come from Democratic administration.
He knew that there was not any considerable
number of Democratic senators who would
have supported it, but for the fact that the
power of the administration had been brought
to bear upon them to compel their support of
it. If any senators desired proof that the
administration was the active propagandist of
the treaty he would furnish it. But when
the secretary of state was seen writing letters
and submitting to newspaper interviews in
order to give the public his view of the treaty
and when the commissioners were seen max
;,,,, in dot
port there was no further proof needed in
support of the statement that the whole force
of the administration had been brought to
bear to compel Democratic senators and the
Democratic party to accept the treaty as a
Democratic measure. !,
Proceeding to discuss the treaty on its
merits, he declared that the American rights
to the fisheries were inherent, and were no
more conferred by treaties than were the
boundaries of the republic itself. The Am
erican people were not to be intimidated
BY Threats of War,
or by the suggestion of the difficulties which
might be incurred in the maintenance of that
which rightfully belonged to them.
Mr.. Teller yielded the floor temporarily to
allow Mr.. Vest TO report from the committee
ON commerce IA substitute for the bill passed
by the Senate this morning bat reconsdered)
for an appraisers building in Chicago. The
substitute (like the original bill) appropriates
5000 200 for the purpose, and requires an
open space of at least 40 feet from any other
building. The substitute was passed.
Mr.. Teller resumed his argument against
the fisheries treaty. He referred to the inter-
view with the secretary of state published in
the Baltimore Sun (stating that Republican
senators were actuated by a desire to en-
barrass the administration as undignitied,
and he asserted that there was not a position
taken upon it by Republican senators that
had not been taken by the secretary of state
himself and by the American minister to
Great Britain Mr.. Phelps.
Speaking of the insults offered by Canadian
cruisers to American fishing vessels and of
the hauling down of the American flag on one
of them, he said that 10 decent apology had
been made for the act, and that this fact
ought to make every American ashamed. He
knew that there were men in the Democratic
partv who were ashamed of it, but they had
lost the courage to say what they thought
and what all h@est, brave people were to
think of such transaction. There vas not
a senator who did not know that not nation
on earth would have dared to do the same
thing toward Great Britain. The apology was
not satisfactory, but it was il keeping with
the whole course of the administration in
dealing with the British government. He
could not suppose that the administration
was afraid to demand decent apology, but
had to assume that its administration was not
sufficiently
Alive to Indignities
inflicted on this country. That was the ex-
cuse. and it was probably the only excuse
that could be offered. No treaty should have
been made and no negotiations entered into
until some redress had been at least promised
for the wrongs inflicted by the Canadian
cruisers.
Coming back to the Baltimore Sun inter
view with Mr. Bayard, Mr. Teller spoke of
the allusions therein to Mr.. Hoar's speech as
more fit for a fish market than for a diplo-
matte position. If there was disgraceful
chapter in American history, it was in con-
nection with that negotiation by which it was
undertaken, through the secretary of state,
to assist the Democratic party by allying it
with the Canadian party and with the British
party He didn know what influences had been
brought to bear to have the treaty made. He
did not know whether it was supposed that 1t
would be popular with Great Britain and
Canada. or whether it would or not assist the
Democratic party in the approaching cleo
ton, but he did know that it was a treaty
unfit to be made, and that the whole transac-
ton was one of which the state department
ought to be ashamed
The Senate and the country would not be
influenced by any suggestions of newspapers
whether they come from the secretary of
state or from any other course) that the stat
utes of 1887 would be put in force by the
President in a way to disturb the business of
the country. If the President declined to en-
force it in proper manner, the President
would have TO take the responsibility. All
talk of war was folly. But, even if war did
come, the United States was as ready for war
AS Great Britain was. While the United
States might not have as many guns, it had
means for maintaining its honor and dignity
and would not surrender one jot or little OF
what belonged to it,
AT the close of Mr. Teller's remarks, Mr.
Dawes obtained the floor, and the matter
went over till Monday.
House
! The House met at II o'clock. Long be
! fore that hour, men in carriages, in street
ears and on foot were vending their way 4
the great pillar of marble on the hill, il
which the most notable debate of the century
was about to close. 1t was an inspli N!
sight that met the eye of the visitor I'M
galleries were crowded SO closely that no
another person could find seat. Men all
women for hours stood up in the aisles, arr
every doorway was barricaded by SOLE
mass of humanity. Many there were so ia