St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-06
POWER OF THE PRESIDENT.
The Lower House Discusses the
Retaliation Bill.

Spec1al 10 the GlODe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Discussion
of the retaliation bill took up the time
of the house to day. The senate amend
ments to the fortification bill were nom
concurred in, and conference ordered.
Mr.. Stahlnecker, of New York, rising
to a question of privilege, had read an
article in a newspaper intimating that he
was the member of congress aimed at
by Mr.. Kelly's resolution introduced
in the house yesterday. He said if the
resolution was aimed at himself he pro-
nOunced it false in every particular.
Mr.. Gates, of Alabama, introduced a
concurrent resolution providing for the
final adjournment of congress on the
Goth inst. The resolution was received
with applause and referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means. The house
then took up and after a brief discus
sion passed the bill to limit the jurisdic-
ton of United States district and cir
cult courts. The bill withdraws
jurisdiction from the district
and circuit courts of the United
States of any suit of civil nature, lat law
or in equity, between corporation ere
ated under the laws of any state and a
citizen of any state in which said cor
poration at the time the cause of action
occurred mays have been carrying on
any business authorized by the law Gre
ating it. The house then resumed con-
sideratiOn of the retaliation bill. Mr..
Phelps, of New Jersey, cheerfully con-
ceded the president the additional power
he asked for, but regretted that there
was no more likelihood that he would
use this power than that he would use
the power given him eighteen months
ago. He charged the president with
heaping
FAVoRs ON CANADIAN SHIPPERS
by land and sea in order that they
might compete with their American
rivals. The president was now the
president of the message, not the presi.
dent of the treaty; he was no longer
governor general of Canada; he was
president of the United States, and the
past would be forgiven. Mr.. Belmont
said retaliation seemed to be rendered
absolutely necessary by the present
condition of our reciprocal legis-
lation with Canada. To continue,
said Mr.. Belmont, the privilege
now granted by statute in the face of
existing facts would be to invite further
aggressions from Canada, and would be
notice to Great Britain and to all the
world that our protests in behalf of our
IlSulS MOIC llClO lOt anu AiOO w
be followed by action. Mr.. Davis. of
Massachusetts, said the presidents
message reeked with the spirit of retail
alton. and he did not object to that. He
| did not think the president needed the
| mower for which he asked, but he
would not thwart the president
| in defending American interests in the
manner pointed out by congress, The
sheathed sword which congress had
placed in the presidents hand, he had
not dared to draw from its scabbard.
But the president had become brave.
He had found that the treaty was
TOO UTTERLY ENGLISH,
| and now presented the country with
! genuine Democratic baby, with the
! strawberry mark of paternity on its
! shoulder, and young as it was, if
| pinched ever so little by an English
man, it would cry out retaliation"
Mr.. CogSwell, of Massachusetts, said
| that if it was true of this world, as of
| heaven, that there was more rejoicing
over the repentance of one sinner than
over ninety and nine just men, the
| American fishermen would be just para
! lived with Joy at the knowledge that
! the disgraceful and cowardly policy of
| the administration had been ''con-
fronted'' with a condition which had
changed it into policy of seemingly
manly and courageous determination
that their rights should be recognized
and respected. [Laughter.] Their only
fear would be that
THE CANADIAN CORSAIRS
would regard it as not sincerely meant.
Mr.. Scott, of Pennsylvania, reviewed
the fisheries controversy from its incep-
ton to the present day. The United
States had asked for nothing but what
was right and would accept nothing less.
He criticised the Republican treaty Of