Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-14
WASHINGTON.
A Few More Blasts on the
FiSh-HOrn.
SENATORS GRAY AND BECK SPEAK
Cold Facts About Fish, Fresh, Free
and FrOZen-PensiOns for
the Deaf.

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, August 13.-The Senate
resumed consideration Of the Fisheries
treaty in open executive session and was
addressed by Call in support of its ratifi-
cation.
At the close of Calls speech the pre-
siding officer, Cockrell, announced the
question to be ON Morgan's motion to
postpone consideration of the treaty till
December. Mr.. Hoar called for the yeas
and nays. Mr.. Gray said he desired to
say something on the motion. He then
began speech in favor of postponing
consideration until December.
GRAY's SPEECH.
He said it had become evident from
outgivings on the Republican side OF the
chamber that the treaty was not to be
ratified at this session. The treaty was
being discussed in the midst of an excit-
ing political campaign, and the Demo-
cratic Senators had been told that they
were arguing the British side of the case
Wins should not consideration of the
treaty be postponed to more quiet ses-
sion? No interests involved could possi-
bly, be affected injuriously by the pro-
posed postponement. The fishermen
whose rights were the subject-matter
OF the treaty were pursuing their
vocations now unmolested and undis-
turbed under the protocol attached to the
treaty. AS to the taunt that the Demo-
cratic Senators were arguing the case Of
Great Britain, Mr.. Gray said that no
taunt was 50 irritating as that to Demo-
crat. The Democratic party had no hos
tility, and no policy in relation to foreign
matters that it was ashamed of. 1t has
always been ready to press to the ex-
treme everything that concerned the
country's rights and honor.
Beck by consent of Gray criticised
some recent remarks of Frye as to the
practice of the Canadian fishermen in
sending frozen fish into the American
market free of duty, under the tariff
clause of "fish free for immediate con-
SUMPTION" and said as long as fresh fish
could only reach Boston and Portland,
and the people there got them cheaper, it
was eminently satisfactory to the New
England Senators; but as soon as fresh
fish could be sent to Ohio and Kentucky,
it then became an offense in their eyes.
The whole thing was in the interest of
the Gloucester syndicate, which even the
laboring men of the country were pro-
testing against as a set of frauds. He
referred in that connection to the duty on
Bessemer steel, on which Carnegie had
been given bonus of 81 500, 900, so that
he could build churches and schools, and
could carry on his carriage throughout
Scotland the
WARWICK OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
The power behind the throne, who had
now come back to this country to belittle
all the rest of the Republicans.
George obtained the floor and read
from the Boston Herald the report of a
meeting of the Deep Sea Assembly of
Knights of Labor, held at Gloucester,
and of resolutions adopted protesting
against the Fish trust, and favoring
competition as the only remedy against
such trusts.
Hoar said that he nor the Senator
from Mississippi knew anything of the
character of the persons who composed
that Assembly of Knights of Labor at
Gloucester, but that the picture which
they had drawn of the fisheries and fish
ing interests, and of the laboring men
and capitalists of Massachusetts, was a
slander in general; a SANDER in every
detail there was not basis of truth in
it. He spoke of the prosperity of the
working man and woman of Massachu-
sets, and described their homes as
homes of comfort and love and blessing
and patriotism and intelligence.
George rose to reply, but Beck thought
the discussion might as we'll 60 over till
tomorrow. Adjourned.