Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-02
In OPEN SESSION.
THE F1sHERIEs TREATY IN THE
SENATE.

th s.r
il. senator Frye's Sarcastic and Forcaful
% Arraisnment Of Secretary Bayard-
:. sherman's Diatribe ON the Postal
re- Service.
at WASHINGTON, May ga message was
read rom the President. returning without
MS approval the bill ~appropriating SIS. O
= Ior q public building at Youngstown. Ohio.
q sherman said the people OF youngstown
n and its vicinity and the people OF Ohio
y would be surprised at the character OF the
message just read. The people would like
J the President to be impartial. Younes.
town was one OF the most aourisb;no
Q towns in the United States, with nrobahlv
$4,000 inhabitants and with a postal rev.
: enue OF seme $4,000. The reasons given
! IN the Presidents message seemed to him
8 TO ne paltry mot a polite phrase, he adj
mitted). He understood that the Presi-
} dent was in favor oil the bill reported by
the Senator from Missouri, (Vestl. allow.
Ing postofice buildings in towns OF 4.OoOi
or 1900 inhabitants and for which he
lonefman) intended to votefor when it was
put in
PROPER FORM.
he d~isapproved Of the way in which veto
power was asserted in small matters NOT l
affecting constitutional power, nor any
question OF discretionary power. Congress-.
ne said, ought to rise above such level. J
with the utmost kindness to the President {
lIOr ne liked him IN many resDectsJ he u.s. I
serted that If the President were thus al i
IoWea 70 veto measures that were psssed :
unanimously and where the principle was :
clear, Congress would be abnegat;ne ;ts c
power and surrenderingi it's authority. Sher- b
mans remarks were replied to by Vest and o
Gall, and after considerable debate the 4
message was referred to tine committee on .
public buildings and grounds. 4
Henderson, from the Committee on n
Military Affairs, reported the bill to revive T
The grade OF General of the United States h
Army, lie said that it's purpose was to re- n
viye during the life time Of the present d
Lieutenant General OF the army the grade n
OF General as the Army. Both these grades re-
were to cease with the life of Lieutenant n,
GENERAL Sheridan. He would not take nm n
the time in referring to the occasion which
tne Dill was a proper one for immediate
consideration and he therefore asked the
consent to have the bill now !,
considered. Berry objected and the bill -
placed on the calendar. tn
Sherman moved that the Senate do now th
to consideration of the fisheries dp
treaty in open executive session. The =
motion was agreed to and the presiding '
officer declared the Senate was now in omen Se
session for consideration of &c
FISHERIES TREATY. far
That treaty was open to amendment and Uni
hat the Senator from Maine Frye was "a
Untitled to the floor. Frye said the ques. bel
ion now before the Senate involved the str
,lgnity and honor OF a great republic and act
he rights of citizens. It could not ha q cha
cured by the president OF the United Sta tes plo
atimating that in the event of the failure pui
] the treaty he would resort to the law ass
inch CONGRESS had passed in which way lorl
s it SHOULD put in jeopardy and might de. doc
'orth. 1t could not be belittled nv intar' hol
furnished to the Boston Herald nor
= letters written to q banquettiDg party
New York, in which it was declared that Z
very man who opposed ratihcation OF the Wei
nrs;"a;co IN = ~ oons:o'eo ny per Da,
'und ignorance, nor by administration "A.
apers fippantly and ieeripgly suggesting FOR
lat 1t would be better to buy up Leu
YAHKE FISHERMEN ~
i'd their feet. The question before the
"t'S Ohouau CiSlHSub VI JUG OulUGQ / HAM
:ates Fishermen but still c~itizens) be pro- EM
cted against injustice and wrong and out I
sed by a n~eighboring nation, emboldened 10
it only because under the agis OF mighty rs
'wer beyond the seas. Our country had lis
1t protected it's fishermen, SO Canada IL
by every conceivable outrage. "
'ong and injustice to drive our vessels mi
ray. he declared the nodus viveBdi was Ssp
ny secured to us upon the payment OF !ai
90 per ton commercial privileges, -
lich We were already &ully entitled
He said ii the Canadians continued W.
cir o~utrages in season 70 and out Of psto
ason and Congress OF the United States S@;
g just on the point OF passing a retalia-
ry act IN response to a petition from w.
3 fishermen of New England, when dip. ing 6
macy was again resorted TO, resulting In ne e
? treaty OF 1871. We had just emerged Cure
I'M a terrible conflict, during which Great mmenSnassa
itain clearly desired that this country @ @be
ould be cut in Two. She wanted the
uthern market and she had not the
,htest hesitation in regard to our rights, ~w,
After referring to the settlement of the w
claims and next to the fisheries ny
atty, Frye said at last notice was given III
the termination of this treaty, and then ofthe
his country had simply stood on it's alars
hts this thing would have ended. There
uld have been peace and we would have
d rights we were entitled to. One Sena- sH]
Bayard, however, had an itching palm Const
diplomacy and it delighted his very sympl
IL to be engaged in dinlomatic CORE. per bt
He was profoundly ignorant -
Uhe hshery matter then as could be TIL
,ved without the slightest difficulty and Ind,
presumed the Secretary himself would lives
nit it There was a gentleman
SIR LIONEL WEST
o was not ignorant of the matter and he shilol
suaded Secretary Bayard it would be
months before Congress met, that it ~
o right in midst of the fishery season., ~
] that there would be conflicts between
lermen of the United States and Canada, -
/ that very likely that might lead to
with Great Britain, and Bayard said
at can l do, | will do anything you say,
! he devised modus vivendi, secretary
hout any right to do it under the con-
:ution. TIL President then recommend.
the appointment OF the commission,
the Senate did not approve and the -
RACES against American vessels were
ommenced. Frye referred sarcastically
the meetings OF plenipotentiaries in
shington and the result and concluded
that | have to say about this treaty is
most disgraceful, h~umiliating and cow
ly surrender which the American public n N
ever mad in it's whole history, not ex-
ting the treaty of 1918. At this stage
lis remarks he (Frye) complained that IA
air was exceedingly oppressive and sug-
ed that il the Senate would give its
sent he would finish his speech to.mor-
!. There being some dissent to this, re-
was. taken for half an hour and the
cry doors and windows were ordered to
opened.
t the close OF the recess the bill to revive
grade OF general in the United States
~ was again taken up on motion of
Berry said he had objected to sciatie
consideration because he believed the Lumba
should not pass. He did not believe Rteuu
the nrnner time To lepisIata on the suh. r..