New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-30
A SHAMEFUL SURRENDER.
THE FISHERIES TREATY ANALYzED BY SEN
A1OR FRYE.

THE FISHERIES TREATY ANALYzED BY SEN
A1OR FRYE.
a REPRESENTATIVE OF AMERICAN IDEAS SPEAKS
IN BEHALF OF THE YANKEE FIsHERMEN-
THE FISHERIES QUESTION in THE LiGhT
OF HISToRY-A REBUxE TO COMMITS
rsr YslESsAra 70 Tns TsisosEI
WAsHINoToN, May 29.-H there still be left
within them sparh Of patriotic pride, OF II tney
be animated merely By an ordinary sense OF |usuce,
the blood Of Democratic Senators must have tingieo
as they listened to the recital by Senator Frye
TODAY of the brutal course pursued by Canada In
Its treatment of Yankee fishermen, Of the pusil-
laniu,ous attitude of the Administration and the
wretched surrender to British demands by Secre-
,Ary Bayard Of American rights and privileges
The Fisheries Treaty had at last been taken up
for consideration by the Senate in open session.
In anticipation Of lively debate the galleries were
crowded. notwithstanding The oppressive heat.
After an Intellectual attempt on the part OF DIT.
Morgan to stave of consideration Of the treaty oy
moving its pestponement until December next
Mr.. FRYE obtained the floor. He has the ad-
vantage of strong voice and earnest delivery
Il is impossible to deny his sincerity he
fully conversant, moreover, with oil the iaos
bearing on the case. He has made the suoJcoV "
specal study. His historical knowledge OF 'no
controversy, which extends over hundred years.
"a exhaustive He has~ll the statistics ana ngufeS
at his fingers ends. To-day he was at MS oes"
EsPousING THE CAUSE OF GREAT BRITAIN:
Nothing finer, nothing more impressive notnins
appealing more strildngly to the patrlou' ieelne'
of his audience could be imagined thah his III
trodnctorv remarks in which he paid t' Great
Britain the tribute she justly deserves Oh 'ahhs
care of the meanest Of her subjects In the luf'nes'
A. al ar w
whatever sacrifice called for.
The galleries broke out in loud applause once
ar twice when Senator Payne attempted IN
dwelling way to defend Mr. Bayard's shameIul
surrender and Mr.. Frye denounced the ONO sena-
tor for espousng the cause OF Great brluai III
Throughout, Mr. Frye laid great stress upon Ohe
fact that this was not, as some parocmal staoesmen
from the South seem TO think local issue mercy
o wrong done to Q handful OF Yankee nsnerMne ai
but a 9geStaiqN1 oil Na'i0hai Importance 'p'''N
Messrs Morgan and Gray who seem to have
been selected e the To bes this as
much as they Gould, but not WIN a grSas qg Ma
Bayard as If they held his brief and were ms
paid attorneys, was in strong and almost lids, DIS,
gushing contrast to the earnestness with wnich
Mr. Frye pleaded the case OF sne eeed ne ay tbs
treaty aside temporarily and take IT up again
on June IL, to allow some Democratic statesmen
who wish to attend the ratlhcauon meeting IN
debate.
HAVE YANKEE FISHERMEN NO RIGETsi.
Mr. FRYE in opening his speech, declared that
this powerful Republic had utterly neglected the
rights OF the fishermen. When the war Tor Inde-
pendence was over we met to frame treaty OF
peace, and Great Britain accorded US the right OF
fishing on the Grand Banks and other banks over
which she had no more control than over the mid
ocean. Again victorious in the war of 1872,
we mot to make treaty Of peace. Great Britain
said: " You have forfeited every right that you
ever had in these northeastern waters we hau
men then, patriotic and COURAGEOUS men, who said
70 Great Britain emphatically: You put that
into the treaty Of peace and we never Will make
peace with yous That treaty was entirely silent
as to this fishing right The treaty OF lSlo was
negotiated when we were struggling under burdens
Of the war of 1872 and when Great Britain mad
Just conquered at Waterloo We made dlshon-
orable surrender Of our rights; but we qua nave
courage enough to insist that II our fshermen were
driven. by stress Of weather, into any OF those
surrendered waters they should be sheltered. The
United States grew in power, population anu ini-
.portance Great Britain and Canada looked at
our markets with avsrcious eyes and Determined
to possess them. And so Canada began py every
conceivable outrage, wrong and injustice 10 drive
our vessels away, to seize ana 10 search tnein
Under the treaty of 1904 we were pth;o orr s
atarS With free entry to our markets for their
fish Mr. Frye traced the gradual decrease OF our our
fishing trade down to 3Stndg Us se free Of duty
He then outlined the course OF tne alpiolppa;H nay
In connection with the claims against HreaU aTing
S. 500 600 to Great Britain, she refused 70 aplo-
gate the treaty. Finally the time came iOf t tho
notice to be given to terminate the Treaty. gnu me
President gave notice tnat I'D looo wv A W
treaty Except that Of $50.
MIR. pAYARD's DIPLOMATIC CRAZE.
Secretary Bayard had an itching palm Tor dl-
plomacy. He was profoundly Ignorant OF tne
fishery matter But Sir Lionel West persuaded
Secretary Bayard that there would be conhlcts
between the fishermen of the United States ana
the fishermen of Canada that might lead TO n war
can / dop / will do anything that you say
and be granted the modQs vivendi without any
right to under the Constitution me Lres Ers;
sent in his message to Congress; ana ne tffye'
had the honor of offering another resolution t de
ciaring it to be the sense Of the Senate tnas 1ne
United States wanted no rlShery e. ananimousIy
passed In the next year and half l 29 american
Vessels were seized under every conceivable pre-
tenc they mere t drvc% o TO ss treated So barba
onslv that a Democratic Secretary OF the Treas
ury Mr. Manning declared the treatment 10 De
brutal Mr. Frye cited IN us osess tbst had
been seized or refused hospitality under Gus,
tressing circumstances. Referring TO the act OF
rasort 10 retaliatory measures he declared that
ali that the Republican members meant was that
the President should notify Canada that II amer
fcan vessels were not admlted lnto Oauau.an1
ports. Canadian vessels would not be admitted
into American ports. -
A cowARDLY AND pIsGRACEFUL SURRENDER
Mr.. Frye referred sarcastically to the meetings
of the penipotentiarics at Washington; tneir
rooms filed with costly orchids; themselves living
like princes, and having much elegant leisure
on their hands, and, What was the resuitr'
c s,,e a' Of the treaty The mountain labored;
there is the mouse All that have TO say about
the treaty is that it is the most disgraeefu, hu-
initiating and cowardly. surrender which the
American Republic has ever made IN it's whole
history. not excepting the Treaty Of SIS" The