The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-25
lBOOMERANG 1
cLgvELAND'S MESSAGE ON
THE FISHERIES TREATY
Generally Believed that 1t was u
Bid for the Irish Vote.
He Asked for Powers he Already
Possesses Under the Law,
And His Message was Entirely
Unnecessary.
ue Simply Wanted to Recover
Some Lost Ground,
AID RFSORTED TO A GAME
OgJING0 AND BUFF,
BY Swinging Over to the Repub'
Iina Position iii the Matter,
Hoping to Divert Attention from
the Tariff Issue.
By Swinging Over to the Repub.
Iiraa Position iii the Matter,
I,oOins to Divert Attention from
the Tariff Issue.
No Foundation for the War Scare
that is Being Worked
By Some Democratic Papers
How the Message was Re-
cciycd in Various Sections.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 24.-Im.
mediatcy after the reading OF the jour
nal the message from the President on
the subject Of the rejection OF the fish
erie, treaty was laid before the Senate,
and WIS read in full by the clerk. The
reading was listened TO by the Senators
Oiboth sides with close attention. When
it came to Il close, Mr.. Sherman moved
it be printed and referred to the Com
mttec OH Foreign Relations.
Mr. Edmunds made brief speech az
follows:
must confess my astonishment at
such course on the part OF the Prcsi-
dent. must express my surprise and
regret, not using the language Of the
message the regret OF q partisan, but
the regret Of II citizen, that iOr more
than year, with thcmcans in his hands
10 urcdrrss, he has failed TO take Il step,
anInOw sends uSa message asking that
additional powers bearing, as he sup.
poses. Il broader field OF relation and
covering other topics, be given him; and
lmust suppose, under The principle that
he has already acted upon, that, until
these powers are given him, lie will do
nothing at all.
When the Canadian authorities
nGNlEn To AMERICAN FISHERMEN
the right to tranship their fish from Hal.
iiax to Boston or New York, the Presi-
dent was justified in denying, and it was
his duty to deny, Canada fish transporta-
ton across our country, or any other
Canadian goods, just us iar and rs fast as
he should deem AZ adequate redress for
the wrong committed to us. II was
within the competency, and was the
duty, Of the PresidenttO inform the Brit
ish Government that we regarded that
ggll article Of the treaty US no longer III
force on the one side and not the other
si!c 1t the same time, and ii is that
Thtvh previous Presidents and SeGFe-
Iarcs Oi Estate have done to the honor and
benefit OF the American name and Amer
lean interests.
AlE, Mr.. President, ] think it is
An ISFiSITg PITY
that iii 20 simple Il case an adequate and
iull statute, the force or weakness OF
which, tit has any weakness, has never
been tested by the first step, should re-
main nncxecutcd and in n state of Sin
nOcuous drsuctude," until the President
may see whether Congress will not put
more ammunition into his hands before
he fires the first gun.
Mr., Morgan, after criticising Mr.. Ed
munds for moving an adjournment yes
tenlay when the message was presented
To the Senate, said
1t now turns out, as the evidence
clearly established, that the purpose OF
all this opposition to the President in
respect OF his dealing with these fisher
'rS, had not been to get the government
or the people into better shape, but to
entrap the Executive and put him into
asirllght jacket; to put him where he
would do the bidding OF the minority OF
the people OF the United States, repre-
seutcd in this chamber by the majority,
ald where he should have no option to
dOdnythingeIsc than what they required
and commanded. They had even
threatened the President with impeach.
ment ii he dared to disObey their com
mands and to countervail their will. He
Morgan had not been for retaliation
Tor the purpose Of
DESTROYING CANADA,
much less for the purpose ofiniuring the
people OF the United States. He had
been for putting it into the power oI
oIthe President to retaliate and thereby
convince Great Britain and Canada that
We United States had power enough to
t.s,@eay any wrong they might do, and
thal the United States, meant to execute
us purpose unless they came to some
wise and honorable agreement with it
II any Senator had proposed to do some
'hing. else let him avow it. II any Sen,
aior thought that it was the duty OF the
Resident Immediately to proceed to re.
@'t&tion on Canadian commerce for in
lGHes and wrongs that had been done t
me United States previous to that time
let him avow it.
EDMuNDs SPEAKS AGAIN.
Mr.. Edmunds said that lest by hi
silence lie might be taken to accede t,
what that gentleman had said, he woul,
state that he was very far from avowini
that the President. under the law, wa
loproceed to obtain redress for what hat
occurred before the passage OF the law
unless II had occurred recently, for tn
statute itself provided that the occasion
Tor the Presidents action should b
something that should have lately OF
CURED. The Senate was looking chief
70 The future undoubtedly, but he nigh
say also that he had no expectation tha
Mai was lever for treaty and that wa
9l II was. He thought that It would b.
hlihcnlt for anybody to read the repoI
upon the bill and not understand thg
.ne cases could be much better treate
ny legislation than by negotiation, as a
Gle relations OF the Uaited States wit
San9da, except for two short intervili
nau been carried on by what was calle
ag51Iallation, until the reciprocal relation
adjusted them.
Mr, Morgan said that the Senate
from Vermont had drawn the law, an
he had known OF cases then recent
occurring that vinlnteI ,La troot,,