Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-07-28
Fiftieth Congressional Session.

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the Canadian Pacific railway went over til
Monday next without action
Mr.. Sherman (Rep., o. gave notice that
as soon as the sundry civil appropriation bill
should be disposed of he would insist on get
ting the fisheries treaty out of the way, and
he hoped to do so early next week.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
alton of the fisheries treaty in open executivs
session, and was addressed by Mr.. Salisbury
(Dem., MIDI in favor of its ratification. Dem
ocratic senators, he said. had not opposed the
open executive session FROM any
apprehension that the public discus
sion of the treaty would iniure the
the contary, they believed that full under
standing of it wonld commend it to the ia
vorable judgme Mt of the country as a wise
and just settlement of a controversy which
had at times threatened the harmony and
peace of the whole country. Who ever was
willing to continue such state affairs when
trouble could be honorably prevented was
and to the highest demands of patriotic duty.
The treaty, while securing to the United
States valuable rights and privates hitherto
denied and which no previous administration
had been able to secure, gave mp nc. un-
disputed right nor any privilege that could
be justly regarded as of the slightest value.
The objections to the treaty were too insig-
ni6cant to be interposed to prevent the set
Element of long standing controversy, and
the suggestion that under 1t that controversy
might be continued and aggravated was so
absurd that 1t was surprising that any SEN
ator would venture to make such an asser~
ton. As to the headland theory which Re-
publican senators had represented to baye
long since been abandoned by Great Britain,
Mr.. Salisbury showed by quotations from
American, English and Canadian public men
that it had never been abandoned and never
could. Even Mr.. Prescott, who had been
very severe in his criticism of the pending
treaty "a little mortified, perhaps, because
he had not been employed as ore of the ne
the headland question was then an exist
ing question between the two governments.
He would not say that claim on the part of
England was correct, but only that she had
insisted upon it and that the asser-
ton the she had Withdrawn from it was con-
tradicted by the repeated declarations of her
public men. For nearly seventy years Eng
land had denied the right on the part of
American fishermen to enter the bays and
other waters over which her Jurisdiction ex-
tended, except under treaties. The pending
treaty settled that controversy and would (if
ratifed) prevent the possibility of disagree
ment between the two countries after on the
subject was not a matter of great importance
to settle disputes of long standing, which
had threatened to disturb amicable relations
and which (remaining unsettled) might put
in peril not only the commerce, but the
peace of both countries. He declared that the
President could have made no settlement of
the question that would have met the ap-
proval of majority of Republican senators.
They would have agreed to no settlement
that would have deprived them of the oppor-
tunity of appealing to the -prejudices of a
class of voters against England. It was votes
that they wanted not settlement of the con-
troversy. To what base uses had the Senate
come at last-abdicating its high functions
as part of the treaty, making power and de-
basing and degrading its executive power to
q political machine. He defended the Secre-
tary of State against the assaults made upon
him by Republican senators and declared
that no man who has occupied that position
has labored more honestly than he to pro-
mote the interests and maintain the honor of
the country in it's relations with foreign
countries and that but few of his prede-
cessors had manifested an equal fidelity and
ability in the discharge of their duties. It
might be, he said, that Mr.. Bayard's success
in insuring an honorable adjustment of q
long standing controversy which his Repub-
1ican predecessors had been unable to secure,
had lin part at least) inspired such assaults
upon his character and upon the treaty
which he had negotiated.
At the close of Mr.. Saulsbury's speech the
fisheries treaty went over without action and
the Senate proceeded to the consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill. Among
the amendments reported by the COMMITTEES
on appropriations and agreed to by the Sen
ate was one for public building st Bridge
port, Conn, $150,000 (site and completion
For lighthouses, beacons. fog signals: On
Crab Tree ledge, Maine, $13, 600; at Lubec
Narrows, Me-, $12, 900; at Deer Island, Mass.
$4,000; at Stonington harbor, Conn, $4,000
The House bills for light at the mouth of
Otter Greek, Lake Champlain, and for 9
liehtship off Great Round ShoaI, Mass, were
reported favorably to the Senate to-day.
The comptroller of the currency has au-
thorized the First National bank of Stafford
Springs, Conn, to begin business with cap
itsl of $50, 900.
A large sum of money in the hands OF
United States Marshal N. P. Banks at Boston
to be used in paying jurors, witness fees and
his own expenses was recently attached to
pay debts of the marshal. The latter referred
the matter to the first comptroller for his
opinion, and the latter to-day decided that
MONEYS to be used to pay the jurors and wit
nesses cannot be attached, and the marshal
is simply disbursing agent for the govern
ment. Neither can the marshal's share be
attached until after the vouchers are APPROX
ed by the government.
Among other amendments reported and
agreed to were the following: Increasing APP
preparation for repairs of lighthouses from
$500, 900 to 1925, 900: increasing appropria-
ton for salaries of lighthouse keepers from
$685., 900 to $500, 900; increasing the appro-
pristion for the lighting of rivers from $685.
600 to $3.50, 900; increasing the appropriation
for the Office force of the coast and geodetic
survey from $124, 600 to S1S4, 900. increasing
the appropriation for distinctive paper fol
United States securities from $50, 900 to $50,
900; inserting an item of $4,000 for ex'
penses of enforcing the alien contract labor
laws; inserting an item of $4,000 for ex-
penses of collecting revenue from customs
for 1889 in addition to the permanent appro
priation.
When the paragraphs in relation to the
new library were reached the Senate without
action on them adjourned at $50 till to
morrow at II an.
HoUsE-In the House to-day Mr. Natsor
Dem, Ind.) asked consent that the order as
signing to-night's session for the considera
ton of private pension bills be 30 modified al
to admit of the consideration of general pen
sion legislation, but objection was made.
Mr.. Townshend Dem, Ill. } from the com
mittee on military affairs, reported back thu
army appropriation bill with Senate amend
ments, and it was referred to the COMMITTEES
of the whole.
COMMITTEE WORK.
AlLQOuRu GUS I1Oue0 COuu1tbSo Oh COkA4
merce has already directed report to b.
made to the House on the Senate bill t.
amend the Interstate commerce act, tn
subject was reopened this morning for tn
purpose of enabling Representative O'Neil
Rep., Penn.,) to offer an additional amend
ment providing that after ninety days from
the passage of this act it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier to engage in tn
transportation of passengers or propert.
between the several States and /, terri
tories of the United States or betweei
any place in the United States ant
foreign country over any route which in
cludes as part thereof railway or waite
route outside of the United States, withou
first having procured q license. This is tn
amendment which which was intended t
| counterfeit the effect of the interstate com
merce law on Canadian routes. After a Ion
discussion the amendment was rejected by
vote of to 4. The committee remained i
session all the afternoon considering a doze
private war claims, which subsequently pass
ed, and at 8 O'Clock took recess until
O'Clock.
The House at it's evening session paase
thirty six private pension bills and at, 1913
adjourned.
Mrs. Cleveland at Marion.