Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-07
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
Senator Sherman Against Ratification
THE OHIO EXPOSITION BILL.
Under Consideration in the House,

The Senate.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. Jones
(Ark.h instructing the committee on finance to
make an investigation of the cotton baggtng pool
| was taken up and adopted.
The senate bill to remove the political disabili-
ties OF Julian Myers, Of Georgia, was reported
| from the Judiciary committee and passed.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills and resolutions were taken
from the calendar and passed:
The Senate joint resolution granting permission
| to ofncers and enlisted men or the Army, who are
Society, the National Association OF Veterans OF
| the Mexican War, the military order OF the Loyal
Legion or the Grand Army OF the Republic. to
| wear the badges OF those orders on all occasions
| OF ceremony.
The senate bin providing for the printing Of
TSs panIcasionS @ upon private orders
unbound journals OF the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives and to provide for their distribution.
The House bill TO place Gen. Win. +. (Baldy)
Smith on the retired list as colonel OF the Army
with an amendment changing the grade OF colonel
70 that OF major OF engineers-tne rank which he
held when he left the Army.)
The Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for post
ONCE building at Mammoth Hot Springs, in the
A resolution for the printing OF extra copies Of
the tarn bill as passed In the House compared
with existing law was discussed for q short ume
the cUmmltLee on finance.
Mr. SHERMAN ON THE FISHERIES TREATY.
The Senate, at O'Clock, resumed the considera-
tion OF the fisheries treaty in open executive ses-
| sion, and was addressed by MI Sherman in oppo-
| sitlOn to its ratification.
He said he had made up his mind not to engage
! In the debate, but the remarks Of the Senators
from Alabama and Delaware (Mr. Morgan and Mr.
salisbury referring TO what had occurred In the
comnlttee-ro0m on foreign relations had made him
change his mind He denied their assertions that
the course pursued by the republican Senators On
party caucus, and assured those senators that, SO
| tar as he knew, there had been no caucus
decree, no caucus order. and no pro-
slightest degree the action OF any Senator as to
Offering amendments. The only subject OF con-
ference had related to the question OF considering
the treaty In secret or In open session. AS TO the
charge made on the other side that the policy OF
ne republican party was to make an appeal to the
remarks made without any foundation.
THE GREAT CONTEST ABOUT TO BE wAGgD
before the people of the United States would turn
| on other questions They would DO the same old
questions talked about for the last twenty
years the duty OF Congress to protect
| first the industries OF the country from
second, the rights OF United states citizens at
home and abroad. These questions would enter
into the campaign and would probably control the
| results
Opposition to this treaty was not a dernier res.
sort on the part OF The republican party. That
party needed no sucn resort standing. as 1t
sues presented, and which would be further
presented during the present session. He regarded
controversy with Great Britain as Infinitely
more important and more Injurious than contro-
versy with any other nation, for of all the people
who inhaoit The tn GLOBE Lhe people Of the United
most intimately allied by every tie OF consan-
guinity, Of history, OF fatth or institutions, OF
similarity OF character and disposition, OF ances-
try, and OF everything which tended to make ties
between separate nations Therefore, he would
have been glad TO see In the pending treaty SETTLE
ment OF the controversy, and LIE had approached its
consideration with desire to find In IL such set
tlement; but the more he examined 1t the more he
would open new avenues Of controversy, lead to
new irritations, and therefore, not accomplish its
purpose.
TWIN SISTERS
He had q strong desire to maintain the most
cordial relations with the Dominion OF Canada.
He looked upon that Dominion and the United
States OF America as twin sisters. that had the
same Institutions. that were governed by the same
ideas and that lay along side OF each other
establish a "bar sinister" between the two 70
peoples. The history OF Canada was becoming
Of the Tned States as %ss
growing In strength and power ana as the United
States was growing In population. The people on
same descent. the same birth, the same ideas, the
same aspirations and the same interests. Their
ciaIy 60 as between the state Of Ohio and % tSe
Province OF Ontario, and their relations were
as close as those between the states OF Ohio and
Kentucky. Citizens OF Ohio had large pecuniary
interests in Canada, where they owned mines and
forests and other property, amounting Pc haps
to hundreds OF millions Ohio sent Its coal to
Canada and exchanged with it O vast multitude
OF things And he was willing and anxious
to accomplish and bring about a public
relations between the Dominion Of Canada and the
United States All the interests OF both peoples
tended IN that way, and nothing pulled them
the aspirations Of leading men.
House Of Representatives.
THE OHIO CENTENNIAL KxPOsrTIoN BILL
Mr.. Outhwaite (Ohio), In an earnest speech, ap-
pealed to the House to permit him to call up for
immediate consideration the Senate bin making
an appropriation to enable the several Executive
Departments to participate in the Ohio centennial
exposition to be held in Columbus Ohio, in Sep
tember and october next
Mr.. Oates Ala.). who, on previous occasions, has
To ne eD
going into the show business he would not now
object, but would content himself with voting
So there being no objection, the bill was taken
up for consideration.
Mr.. wise Wa.) ofiered an amendment providing
that II there shall be any surplus Of approprta.
tions made to enable the Departments to paftici-
pate In the Ohio valley centennial exposition 1t
resented az the EXPOSITION to Be held az a Hususs % S
Ga, and Richmond, Va He urged his amendment
In brief speech, and his argument was earnestly
Mr.. cannon Qll.) said that one reason why the
committee on appropriations had not reported this
to enable the Departments to make an exhibit at
Cincinnati, which was in the same state Colum-
bus and within flve hours ride OF that city, and
where the exposition was TO be held at the same
time as that at Columbus. IL was time that Con-
gress should determine what policy should govern
II In such matters. Heretofore the policy has been
eYD0SlttO0S International a