Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-30
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Warming Upon the Fisheries
Debate.
THE TREATY UNDER DISCUSSION.
Senator Frye's Speech = Rank Of
General to be Revived-House
Proceedings.

General to be Revived-House
Proceedings.
Associated Prep Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, May 2s.--In the Senate
message was read from the President,
returning without his approval, the bill
appropriating SIS, 900 for public build
ing at Youngstown, Ohio. Sherman
said the people Of Youngstown and its
vicinity, and the people Of Ohio generally,
would be surprised at the character Of
the message just read The people would
like the President to be impartial.
youngstown was one Of the most -four
ishing towns in the United States. with
probably 10000 inhabitants and with q
postal revenue Of some $4,000. The
reason given in the Presidents message
seemed to him to be paltry (not polite
phrase he admitted. He understood
that the President was in
favor of the bill reported by the
Senator from Missouri (vest), al
lowing post office buildings in towns
of 1000 or 5000 inhabitants,
and for which he (Sherman) intended to
vote when it was put in proper form.
He disapproved of the veto power as
serted in small matters not affecting con-
stitutional power, nor any question Of
discretionary power. Congress, he
said, ought to rise above such a level.
With the utmost kindness to the Presi-
dent, (for he liked him in all respects)
he asserted that if the President were
thus allowed to veto measures that were
passed unanimously and the principle Of
which was clear, Congress would be alb
negating its power and surrendering its
authority.
Sherman's remarks were replied to by
Vest and Call, and after considerable de-
bate, the message was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Manderson, from the Committee on
Military affairs, reported bill to revive
the grade OF General of the United States
Army. He said that its purpose was to
revive during the lifetime of the present
Lieutenant General of the Army, the
grade of General of the Army. Both
these grades were to cease with the life
Of Lieutenant General Sheridan. He
would not take up the time in referring
to the occasion which made the bill a
proper one for immediate consideration,
and he therefore asked unanimous con-
sent to have the bill now considered.
Berry objected and the bill was placed
on the calendar.
Sherman moved that the Senate do
now proceed to consideration of the
FYsheriese treaty in open executive ses-
sion. The motion yas agreed to and the
presiding officer declared that the Senate
was now in open executive session 1eor
consideration Of the Fisheries treaty,
that the treaty was open to amendment
and that the Senator from Maine (Frye)
was entitled to the floor.
Frye said the question now before the
Senate involved the dignity and honor of
this great Republic, and the rights Of its
citizens. 1t could not be obscured by the
President Of the United States, intimat-
ing that in the event Of the failure of the
treaty he would resort to law which
Congress had passed in such way as
should put in jeopardy, and might de-
etroy all tho business interests of the
great North. 1t could not be belittled by
interviews furnished to the Boston
Herald, nor by letters written to ban
quoting party in New York, in which it
was declared that every man opposed to
the ratification Of the treaty, would either
be controlled by personal prejudice, by
partisanship, or by profound Ignorance;
nor by administration papers fippantly
and jeeringly suggesting that it would be
better to buy up the Yankee
fishermen and their fleet. The
question before the Senate was,
should the citizens Of the United States
Fishermen, but still citizens) be protect
ed against injustice, wrong and outrage
by neighboring nation, emboldened to
it only because it rested behind the
Egis Of a mighty power beyond the sea.
Our country had not protected its fisher
men, and so Canada commenced, by
every conceivable outrage, wrong and
injustice, TO drive our vessels away. He
declared the nodus uigendi only secured
to us upon the payment Of $3.50 per ton
commercial privileges which we were
already fully entitled to. He said the
Canadians still continued their outrages,
in season and out Of season. and the
Congress Of the United States was Just
on the point of passing q retaliatory act,
in response to petition from the fisher
men Of New England, when diplomacy
was again resorted to, resulting in the
treaty Of 1871. We had just emerged
from terrible conflict, during which
Great Britain clearly desired that this
country should be cut in two. She
wanted the Southern market and she
had not the slightest hesitation id regard
to right.
After referring to the settlement of the
Ii LAT r~~1 = u
treaty, Frye said: At last notice was
given Of the termination Of this treaty,
and then If this country had simply
stood on its rights, this thing would have
ended; there would have been peace,
and we would have had the rights we
were entitled to. Secretary Bayard,
however, had an itching palm for di-
plomacy, and i delighted his very soul
10 be engaged in diplomatic correspond
ence. He was profoundly ignorant of
proved without the slightest difficulty,
would admit it.. But there was a gentle-
man here, Sir Lionel West, who was not
ignorant of the matter, and he persuaded |
Secretary Bayard that It would
be six months before Congress would
meet, an1 that 1t was right in the midst
Of the fishing season, that there would !
be conflicts between the fishermen of the
United States and Canada, that very
likely that might lead to war with Great
Britain; and Bayard said: "What shall |
l do? will do anything that yovsay;'
and he devoted himself to " n,odus
vivendi. The Secretary did t;3s without
any right to do it under the hstitution,
The President then reU 3hended the
appointment OF COZ kssion, which
the Senate did not apr q 3, and the out
RACES against Amerj e Vessels were re-
410ananced. ~ -