Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-30


barbarous island of the sea. The sehoons
Molly Adams rescued seventeen dying me
and took them into a Canadian port, but wa
refused the privilege of buying -four to fee
her starving crew, and this occurred in tn
nineteenth century in country called civi
lied and christianized. This terrible act Q
inhumanity was committed to get the Amer
can markets. Seventy-fve years ago Capt
Quigley, who Illegally seized the Mario
Grimes, would have been displaced by tn
government or there would have been a dec
laration of war. Referring to the retaliator,
measures, he declared that all the republican
members meant by that was that the Presi
dent should notify Canada that if American
vessels were not admitted into Canada
ports, Canadian vessels would not be admit
ted into American ports. The Presiden
could disregard the advice of all men VIII
understood the matter, could absolutely sto
| all intercourse between the United States an
Canada and jeopardize the interests of th,
whole northern border if he pleased. Tn
President ought, if the treaty is rejected, us,
as much of that law as in his judgment as al
honest President ought to be used to protec
the people of the northeast from outrage an,
injustice. Mr.. Frye referred sarcasticall,
TO the meetings of the plenipotentiaries a
| Washington, in rooms furnished with tel
dollar orchids, and themselves living lik,
princes. All have to say about the treaty
is, that it is the most disgraceful, humiliatin.
and cowardly surrender that the American
| republic cever made in its whole history, no
excepting the treaty of 1918.
| Mr. Frye complained of bad air and a hal
hours recess was taken. Then the bill t,
revive the grade of general was passed by a
vote of 81 to Z. The bill enacts that the
grade of lieutenant general of the army be
discontinued and merged in the grade OF
general, which shall continue during the life
time of the present lieutenant general, aftel
which such grade shall cease. The Presi-
dent is authorized to appoint with the advice
and consent of the Senate, a general of the
army
Mr.. Frye then resumed his argument.
The first eight articles of the treaty, he said
related entirely to delimitation. Nobody
had asked for delimitation. Great Britain,
about 1928, in pursuit of her aggressveness
towards the United States, declared that all
her bays were to be measured from headland
to headland, but instructed the colonial Off
GERS not to enforce it. And for the whole of
seventy years it had never been
enforced, except in two instances
those of the Argus and Washington,
seized in ls43, in the Bay of Fundy. The
arbitration commission had decided that
neither the Argus nor the w ashington was with
the British waters. That claim of Great
Britain was not sustained by the law or treaty
Mr.. Frye quoted from the speech of Sir
Charles Upper in the Canadian parliament
on the 10th of April, to the effect that if he
were to explain the advantages Canada would
ta~s xl,~k Ii Ia
be used in the United jtates against the
treaty. The ninth article declares that moth
ing in the treaty should interrupt the free
navigation of the Gut of Cause by United
States fishing vessels. But the Gut of Cause
had never been closed in the history of the
world No nation had ever dared to close it,
or ever dreamed of closing it, yet the Presi-
dent congratulated Congress that at last the
Straits of Cause were free. Frye declared
that he believed if Secretary Man
ming had lived the treaty would
never had seen the light of today,
because Manning had wisdom and courage.
Bayard wrote letter of instructions to Mr..
Phelps in 1887 in which he said it was
bold and brave declaration that the United
States were entitled then to commeycial
rights and commercial privileges in all the
ports and harbors of Canada. Yet in less
than six months he came TO the Senate with
a treaty which declares that we may have
these privileges Oh payment OF million dol
lars a year. the amount Of duties to be re-
nitted on Canadian fish This was COM
plete surrender of the position which the
country had occupied for 40 years. 1t had
on these privileges and they had
been enjoyed until about two years ago.
The treaty admitted that Canada in refusing
them had been right and the United States
wrong. 1t admitted that if the United States
desired to enjoy those privileges it had to
buy them from Canada instead of claiming
them under the laws of Great Britain and the
United States. If the United States accept
ed this it could never go back to the position
it occupied before the Plenpotentaries met
If trouble should arise now Canada could
say that the President and Secretary of State
had declared in the treaty that the United
States had no right to demand such privi-
leges. year ago the Senate and House
were all for the rights of American citizens.
Nobody talked as a party man. Now the
President, Secretary, and the democratic
party take practically the Canadian side of
the controversy. A most grievous wrong
has been wrought by this treaty making.
The steps taken can never be retraced, and
in the long future we shall never be permit
ted to stand where we stood only year ago
when we claimed here in the Senate that we
would defend the rights of American fisher
men against Great Britain or any power
on earth. We have surrendered that right.
We have said through the President in sol
emn language that the treaty is just and
fair, and all that could be demanded by the
United States. Hereafter and forever our
mouths are closed. Again declare that the
treaty is dishonorable, humiliating and
cowardly surrender. AT the close of Frye's
speech Gray obtained the floor to make
speech upon the treaty but upon further con-
it was postponed till Monday,
June IL. a motion to postpone it until
December was next entered by Morgan and
is now pending. Motions to publish the pro-
ceedings in executive session, past and fu-
ture, in the Congressional record were also
agreed to. The Senate at ?. NJ. proceed
ed to executive business and adjourned until
Thursday.
House.
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal the House went into committee of the
whole on the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill
The consideration of the bill consumed the
of the afternoon, with no material
changes made in it. The committee finally
rose and reported the bill with amendments
to the House. No quorum voted and the
House adjourned until Thursday.
Notes.
Secretary Fairchild has appointed Capt.
Edward Burgess, yacht designer, of Boston,
president of the board on life saving appli-
ances, vice Capt. X. Bailey, deceased.
NARROW ESCAPE.