New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-14
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GfS" rs. .scoNFExEScs"f
Ian. Il Speeiap-The frse Trace
81. uouse have "a peck Of trooosc On
.e"o ~hov are unable to obtain any SATISFACTORY
a"I-,no,;on as TO Whist the kepaehe~hs 'n'en" :"
iuio.. ~ ,be shadow Of Randall everhanss 'nen'
In order probably to ptovSNe ara set af3"at.
Repupn cs .s.se nav be found tn The Star" Oh
800 day 1t reads as toii""s'
a suference between number OF Repneissns was
.0la last night, ct which there was general discus
.o, Of the Presidents message and Oh the posey Oh
ara marty A member who Was present expressed
a., ,niea TO a star" reporter that they, except,
b.iLv two or three Members weah all act to-
l,Ser and follow a cir leader Both parties arc feel
d. aboat them all sides With great caution, and the
i,Ss~,,ssa, members arc keeping their counsel
NOES than usual Generally the aePuniiea ans nave
IN sllo to find out about how Mr. Randall wouiu
,ead and could make their calculation accordingly
But ho is entirely non-committai now and they can
make nothing out OF him IL the tasth aeesae mir
up In tho House early, the Democrats viii get INA
opponents creator dis dvaniago than they So nv
il they wero given more time ana cSmmittce to get
ready for fight possible ..ns,d
Thor ehaaces for getting Dill ,So sesoIution
much upon promptness. Tho reason inc Ways and
referring the Presidents message 10 tne ter,av
Means eommi,co passed through 'nS S,rssio1 OF the
without provoking the expected a'sru' ns rrenared
message Was that the Repubiica ans were not pioP'"
90 euier into such discussion , 49, will no able
n n believed BIZ the leaders that thcy VIII ~ ILL
before long agree upon line 81 pU xst almost an
cnstc them 70 meet the pemoers ,,ev have accom-
unbrokcn front As yer, ho"eNo'' 'N'
plished snch agresrnenr- =, ,,,blcons took
or course. no conference OF Requirements 'oo"
Mace. Is has become the fashion oil certain neo
trade newspapers to call mere lnciden'"i 0onfe
.o,ion Of two or three Republicans a confer
ce > and in that sense there may have been q
conference" Wednesday night Inc p1n1aslaayyin
is as fault in another particular. nde Tbey
sgA Ennf
i,ncvy where he stands, does everybody VINO h's
takcu the trouble to read his public utterances.
Whether the Democrats shall he able 70 snow
'rited 'front.' on revenue questions will depend
wholly upon whether Mr.. Mills and his l9nowcrs
surrender TO the pennsy vanian and MS y s
The latter will not yield an lnen-lt woniI IS
worse than folly for them to do so when they hoo
the KEY OF the situation - :; - c+o+o
No il is not the Republicans VINO arc III h'ro
Of nervousness and uncertainty II rs the u9 2
nant Democratic faction of which Chairman htils
is the leader. That faction cannot n%Re ,,
revenue bin which is the hand1work OF Wits
and his col ca gucs Of the Ways ana hei1hs Oqn'-
mittee II is whispered that the eharl.tn va" aS
bnen already forced to the conclusion that the au
yslorcr,- hin upon which he spent so much tiihe'
must be abandoned. It's pity
VITO VIII, RE THE FISH COMMISSIONER?
cAypIpArE FERGUSON AND HIS VALUABLE SEX
VICES TO THE COMMISSION AS Yacht OWNER
W.su1SGrov. Jan. 49, CSpeciGh.-The declina-
,io, If Mr. Coode TO serve as United States COM
missioner Of Fish and Fisheries has aroused much
interest on the part Of the intimate personal friends
of the late Commissioner Professor Baird III
L aroused by the candidacy Of Major l. Is. FER
cusop. who has been exhibiting a letter that ne
secured from Professor Baird last Spring in when
the Professor urges tie President TO appoint MN
lFergusonl as his successor IN case the question:
arises This candidate is one who IS Wei known
70 the several specialists Of the Fish commission
int affrnl
rs man who does not possess the leat lnteAectlai
conocitv whatever In the early years Of the
wor, of the Commission when Professor Dalru
began his labors in a modest manner ana WIN
small annual appropriations from Congress, MAJOR
Ferguson, who the son-ln-aw OF the It,e H 20
crn0r Swami, OF baltimore was then Sta,e I asn
commissioner Of Maryland. gave the Unlteu States
Fish Commissioner valuable aid BY tenuefin8 Ghe
Use of his private steam yacht, and IN seVeraI olheI
equally effective channels tor OnIs h@nust III
service Professor Baird was natuItiidy -I"t0. -
and made Ferguson lis assistant. linen as Tue
work OF the Commission grow. and into us CROWN
Professor Baird called in 81 cclallsts IN the seEcl
by9ncbcs of econ jmie and technical lchthyoiogy,
IS these gentlemen made progress, they an cainJ
INTO conflict with Ferguson, whom they found
.roble 70 understand or even appreciate their
rorir Rather than wound the feelings OF ITO
feseOr RairL who felt bound out OF r'sdIu NJ
mast services. TO retain Ferguson, they us Us,
kept silent, else resigned quietly anu lou.T RI
nldvment elsewhere knowing that Professor balru
Sas in feeble he,lth and that any undue eAci"n'eA'
OF worry might cause him serious Illness. 11,oe
The appointment Of Professor CToode by ile IIeS
don't onnorentlv settled everything all right men
IN became evident to Mr.. Goode that the eAIT ia
les Tins 6evolved upon him. would destroy hls
health utterly; and he was compelleu 70 lillUa
The President that he could not aceePo ,ne t1,c
Then the difficulty Of getting good man 20 Tar
his burden without compensation as froIessot ~
Raird had done was removed by the passage on
the Hale Bill yesterdhhy Las do PETxIo''
Now among the several candidates urging uhGli
claims reappears the candidate ferguson VIII Ils
letter above mentioned. The friends OF trolessos.
De r6 lrnev- that the letter written IN one OF
those extreme feeble intervals that charaeIeFFlleu
the last official efforts Of the late honored OH
missioner and they regard il as letter unWorth-
liz begged from a generous man under elrclm-
stances that need not he defined. lhey decldrg
that many matters, which relate TO the o1nclal
racorl of Ferguson will be at made the SUD-
irct Of a Congressional Investigation II ne pe alr
pointed and that the result cannot ne goqd or ally
rav be else than positively harni4l 20 Ihe iucur
cool results of the Commission. In snort, ~ WI
order the removal OF this man after long exhI ,
ition of his positive incompetence mas oeen ii"No
GRIEVANCES OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN
CANADrs SEIZURE OF AMERICAN sFINEs AT rh'
GREAT rAKEs-TUE TALsMA AS TTsr CASE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 peciaD-Congressf
r-binman has presented to Secretary Bayard th'
grievances of American fishermen along the Grea
Lakes who claim that Canadian officials are pre-
venting them from fishing IN Canadian water
and in border streams which have always been re
parled as debatable ground. They present as
test case the recent seizure by Fish COMMISSIONS
Marx. Of Canada of seines and fishing apparatu;
valued at 500. 900 owned by Mr. I"Sm3 one %
H. moSt nrominent fishermen on the Lakes, with
hcadguarters at Detroit. These had been IN use
AT the mouth of the ST Marys River ana mac
slightly encrOached on Canadian waters; III
rntire out6t was conliscated and 1alslna has thus
far received no satisfaction from Canadian author
ities Secretary Bayard at once communicate
with the British officials, protesting against Ch'
seizure. -, II,
II is probable that the matter viii eventually
have TO be considered by the Fisheries C0Mnis
.ion nov in session here for the extensive laI<t