New-York tribune., 1888-08-25

the Senate thought IT WIS unfit to give nim A.
think y an infinite pt, hat IN so simple Of
which has never yet been tested by the first step
should remain unexecutcd until the President may see
his hands before he fires The first gun
senator Hoar followed and said
The whole subject matter OF the relations OF the me
ruary last I'm treaty which the President had sent to
the Senate, and which he the head OF the Depar'nc,
OF state and every Democratic Senator who had dea.
with the subject declared removed every cause OF
offence. And they had been told when they po,L'eo
grievance after grievance and insisted on their re
moval, that they were proposing retaliation, that |
that most abhorrcnt and sbomina6le thing
TO be thought Of and that IL they dd no, look
out they would get the country into war. II this
thing now set forth, and which had been affirmed by
TO address themselves to the subject that Canada has
been all this time violating the treay OF 1871 IN re-
lion facilities. II that was true how
happened it that the Admnisira,ion, IT c1,,.oi, IT
Had the President believed all the time that he was
urging this treaty complete solution OF this mattor
that was not complete solution ana mat 'hl' grave
The message repetition of the policy pursued
IN regard the purchase Of bonds. THIS Admins
aton wanted 10 pile up great surplus in the Treas
my in order that It might be used as an argument for
the attack on protective system. And accordingly
after the surplus was piled upand distributed among
the National banks without interestoths treslneh, m
have authority 10 expend II In buying bonds Mnen
BON bra 3ranpnes Si tUns sd a Sbt he said We'll
guess / have' and proceeded make his purchases.
iierc were Two unquestionablc Ghe Treasury
circulars affirming the power suspend this bust
the Administration sees IT. ana yer WIN Una,
power the President allows It to slumber during al
these years when he informs us. these outragcs
the part of Canada were going on ana no" CONES oi
in ard asks the Senate and House OF RepfcsenauvGIi Wi
TO grant him power which he knows perfectly wei
be has the right to exercise ld he ca atr9'e 9 ,s
or 81 Did he cali attention 70 It when he signed
tie aa. a Of ss7 sIen passed Ss sc6 by tn the E Two
If the patriotic spirit of the majority Of the senate
WSnd a ho peTcr have heard from the Executive sp Of
desire TO defend their rights In relation W 'o s'
| TEN of transportation :,
Mr. uoar concluded by saying that, for himself
and he had no doubt for the Republicans oil the senate
he was in favor of giving the President any authory
in regard TO this matter if on examination II shoulu
| be found TO be needed.
Mr. Morgan said that more careful and precise
! arraicnment Of a Government was never made than
| was made by the Foreign Relations Committee OF
Great Britain charging IN its report the actual VII
ful intentional violation of the treaty OF 1919 lnd'
= report was made on January 49, 1885, anu upon -
was based the act Of March 3, 1857, which the sell
ator from Vermont. Mr.. Edmunds now insanceu a.
mandatory law requiring the President to enter upon
retaliation and abandon the resort TO his consutu-
tional right to attempt To get through WIN 'hc'o
troubles with Canada in the exercise OF the uea.S-
making power. The act OF March was carei"iy
prepared by the Senator from Vermont so as 10 hro"
the entire responsibility for action upon the fiesl
don't II was left I'm the discretion or the Pre9ush'
to do or not 10 do as he thought best In the deDate
OH the passage that law. the senator ilohi -SoOu
Mr. Vest wanted to know whether II Was inc p-- po'o
., force the Government OF tie United states ln'o
retaliation as a result OF the action OF Coueio' , ~
IIo,,o of representatives had passed law similar
| m its TONE TO that of tho senate, but Containing
stimulation that the President shoulu nave 'no s
| nv prucamation 10 exclude railway uauo ii' 80
tn,. into the United States and thereby smut ou' ~
,letelv Intercourse between the people. Inc Pio
/ fncff
-, ,o,te,ence read by the Senator from NerAoht'
had no relation the passage Of goods III uonu
and forth between these countries Ina" 81 . =.
- It, ~ he dismissed of according to the treaty OF
1871 and upon the laws Of the Onl'eu o'"'eS - - :.
/ " 49,. toatv The Senate conferees objected
=, co,tArrinp this enormous power upon 'ns iieSr
AM aud the objection based on the srounu .na'
, # was too near an approaching 10 sc'uai No. ,'
The poston was taken In the senate 'nA 49,
,, ,,robntts intercourse a position mas pecu
reached where II cannot fes'lA ~
g Morgan continued; .. 30
what mower was It which the conferees oonsen1d "
deny President IT was tbe see people Of Canada
and the people the United states SO lar "a - ot want
ming OF railway power in the hands of the
IP,dent N forbid intercourse absolutely as NC t
OF df declaration of war by Congress measure
could be put on the statute book whioh was ~ ar
all its & Pee Seope of Mexico and the United stse
+ shond not pass the border that & tor nd that there
should not uelVe 80 Standardization between the two
countries would place the Uneu id S he necessary
. o,titudc toward Mexico that war wOuIu uc
g rt,Iin months time Congress had not the p powo
u MhT LILA Tho American people back from an imaglhaf,
10 hqiu m re cnactmnot Of that kind until It brought tn
war nower to bear and there was an acruai p., 70
tween me tU hroggbf forward the bill containing th
i. festrc it occurred 10 mo that lot no Ppecd Pu, II
e be ressi[eI % afe tbe question Of the rasshpment
l goods in bond had not been even aiiuuou W hs.n m
T. eonrarv the report showed that 1t haa .ho v pt th
IoIi"f ~ tbe COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations that .n
v citations between the United states anu os a.. m
sven ina lna Spoeb The United states without paymen
z of duty. and thar goods from the Oin'e" ''"' s
in Issss7 when the senate was p%ropOs,n1 % man an
4 rtaiiation law II looking forward 20 some nea
e d cTnry man on the floor knew that the time Scuo
N a. a,v between the two countries. j. was obsa
Dr. tory on the United states ana upon Csaa nc ,o comT
in cver conclusions reached between the wv ,1 H
s vbcber by rel aiation by consensus OF opln4I
N should be stated in an agreenen.' nSooY. ny ., N
of i,cI states and Canada In the fisheries were 'nos
s. of iont enantsinteress which coulq d nou De -
as ,taation law as law looking to treaty as resl,
IS Inc senator from Vermont has discussed IL a. 90 "a ma M
~ NrH @ % tbc mower Of the President TO retaliate an
p thereby convince Great Brain ana osnaoS Snrt,e VIII
'0 power I the Inifcd statos meant to execute 4
nd rnrposA unless they came 70 some Wise anu !N'' "
, honorable agreement wlth IT,
e. Mr. Edmunds said that lest by his silence ne mig
h. no taken 10 accede 10 what the gentleman hau sdp'
nj r,o,ld state that he far from avowhS 'h"' u
re President under the law, was 10 proceed t" OBTAIN
dress for what had occurred before the passage Oh u
rd o unless if had occurred recently; for the sta'u
le uself provided that the occasion Tor me rr''n ~
u, action should be something that shonid 'he" Ia'o
a. - .o,,rod I3c thought that II would be dicu
ne e ,hodv to read the report upon the bill ana u
Understand that the could be much better teat'
TO h LEGISLATION than by negotiation, as all the reiato
III f tho United states with Canada except FOR t"o sho
'o intervals had been carried on by what was oacu
IL ,,latlon untn reciprocal relations adjusted then'
,. ,,or,on said that the senator from Vermont hi