The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-27
IN SENATE AND HOUSE
The Fisheries Treaty Con.
sidered by the Senate
IN OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Representatives Tackle the Okla.
hOma and the Fertilization Bills
Other Notes.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The Senate to-
day passed the Army appropriation bill
with an amendment offered by Senator
Hawley, appropriating $750,00O for an
armory gun factory at the Wahervliet
arsenal; $1,000 900 for the purchase OF
steel for high power coast defense guns;
$500, 900 for the p1rchase Of submarine
mines, and 500 900 for submarine con-
trolable torpedoes. The bill had been
called up by Senator Allison. who
stated that it was important that it
should be passed to-day.
Senator Frye, who had the right of
way with the fishery treaty, yielded to
Allison, but gave notice that considera-
ton Of anything but the Army bill
ahead OF the treaty would not be per-
mitted.
Berry called for a separate vote on
Hawley' s amendment and addressed the
Senate IL opposition to it. He was de-
feated, 81 to 16, and the bill with amend
ment then passed.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the fisheries treaty in open executive
session, and was addressed by Wilson,
of Maryland, in favor of its ratification.
He justified the construction placed
upon the treaty of 1918 by the British
government, and asserted that its re-
lection would launch the American
people on a stormy sea of retaliation,
which it was vain enough to say would
not lead to war. The Republicans were
engaged in what they well knew was
desperate enterprise, in the attempt to
elect President. They feared on the
issue to elect President hung the life
of the party. Unlike the majestic
career of the Democratic Party, which
being the party OF the Constitution as
against Congressional usurpation of
home rule, as against Capitalization OF
economy,as against prohigate eXpendlt-
ure; of labor as against monopoly, had
deserved to, aud had lived perennial
life whilst all other old parties had
stranded on the shores of time. In de-
bate or the treaty the Republican sena-
tors had been enacting the incendiary
role of striving to arouse war spirit
among the people and thereby to gain
the votes of reckless and uneasy spirits,
the rough OF the land. Few were so
simple as not to see through their game.
They thought they could storm and
rave against Great Britain TO such de-
gree as 20 convince some Irish voters
that they were about to hoist the lions
tail. WIN lst all the time to the business
OF the couatry they laughed at the
TRADE as being more than gL5conade
without a pinch of warlike powder in it.
Teller spoke of the edict having gone
out from the White House that the
treaty was to be supported, and said
that eighteen months ago the Secretary
of State had been Turing New England
fishermen into the British trap by tell
y, ! ioh h.
Senator from Maryland (as exponent
OF the Secretary OF STATED now declared
they never had, and which the Secretary
himself, in his letter to the Baltimore
Board of Trade, declared they never
had. The Senator from Maryland, he
said, had gone several degrees beyond
the point which the British officials
and Canadian officials had ever gone in
their efforts to defend the treaty.
Wilson denied that he had taken the
extreme the Canadian said, aud he said
until he had carefully examined the
matter few weeks ago his sympathies
had all been against the treaty, but he
had changed his mind.
Teller replied that he knew very well
what pressure the Senator had labored
under when considering the treaty. He
knew the Secretary of State had consid-
cred it his right and duty to write letter
and have newspaper interviews on the
subject in order to induce popular
favor to come to this treaty. He knew
what all this meant to men who sup
port the administration.
Morgan asked whether the Republic
can caucus had not decided the treaty
should not be opposed by the whole
Republican party and no amendments
to il allowed.
Teller replied that no Republican eau
Gus had ever passed upon the question
whether the Republicans should vote
for it or not. There never has been a
Republican Senate in favor of it,
and no Democrat would ever have
voted for it if it had not come
from the Democratic administration.
AS to not allowing the amendments to
be offered to it, he asked whether there
could be any amendment adopted
which the administration would accept
Republican opposition was not the de-
tails of the treaty but because the
treaty was surrender of the Ameri-
can case.
Morgan objected to the idea that
the Democratic Senators were espous-
ing the Canadian side of the question.
why were they not as much the friends
OF tneir country and its honor as the
Republicans? After further discus
SION, the matter went over without
action.
Two Presidential vetoes were read
and referred and the Senate adjourned.