The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-30
FRYE FUMES OVER FISH.
TIE TREATY CALLED COWARDLY
AND HUMILIATING.

A Declaration That the Headlands
Theory Was Never More than a
Tbeory-The Administration Charged
with Allying Itself with Canada
further Consideration Postponed to
June l.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-In the Senate
today the numerous bills from the House
# representatives were presented and re-
farred. and at LIS O'Clock the Senate went
into executive session with open doors, and
rroceeded with the consideration of the
fisheries treaty.
Senator Morgan asked leave to make a
motion. but Senator Frye, who had the
eoor. declined to give way.
Thereupon Mr.. Morgan gave notice that
rnon the conclusion of Mr.. FrYe's remarks
ba would move postponement of the treaty
till December.
Mr.. Frye then addressed the Senate upon
the treaty.
The galleries were about half full of spec
tators The only occupants of the diplo-
matte gallery were the Hawaiian Minister
and his wife.
Mr.. flV6 SDOhO ullUll s9s ~ y ClOCk, LQbl,
complaining that the air was exceedingly
oppressive, and that he was unable to pro
coed with his speech, a recess was taken for
half an hour in order to have the Senate
chamber ventilated by the opening of the
gallery DOORS One of his last remarks was
that the treaty was the most disgraceful,
bumiliating and )wardly surrender that
tbe American republic had ever made liz it's
whole history, not excepting the treaty of
1878
NEVER MORE THAN A THEORY.
Mr.. Frye later renewed his argumer
against the fisheries treaty, dwelling at
some length on the headland's theory, and
arguing that it was never more than a
theory; that it had never been reduced to
practice, except in two cases, when it was
overruled; and that it would have remained
settled had not Secretary Bayard obtained
new light and opened it,
GRIEvOTs WRONG ALLEGED.
In conclusion he said: "a year ago in
the United States Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES we were all for the rights
Of American citizens; we were united to a
man Nobody dreamed of raising politi-
cal issue in the matter, nobody talked as a
party man in relation to it, and where are
We to-dayl The President of the United
States taking practically the Canadian side
| Of this controversy; the great Democratic
party of the whole nation arrayed on the
side of Canada and against American fish
ermen | say to you, Mr.. President, that
most grievous wrong has been brought by
this treaty making. say that these steps
that have been taken can never be retraced;
that in the long future, we shall never be
permitted to stand where we stood one
year ago when we claimed, here in this
Senate, that the rights of American fisher
men would be defended against Great
Britain, or any other power on earth.
SURRENDERED THE RIGHT.
I'VE have surrendered that right. We
have yielded it. We have said, (through the
President of the United States,O in solemn
language, that the treaty is just and fair,
and all that could be demanded by us; and
hereafter and forever our mouths are
closed. Again declare, that this treaty is
a adishonorable, humiliating and cowardly
| surrender"
At the close of Mr.. Frye's speech at 5
O'Clock, Mr.. Gray obtained the floor to
make speech upon the treaty, but further
consideration was, on motion of Mr. Beck,
VINO SAID that he and other Senators desired
10 attend the St Louis convention, post
poned until Monday, June H.
Amotion TO postpone until December
next was entered by Mr. Morgan, and is
now pending.
Motions to publish the proceedings in ex-
ecutlve session, past and future), in the
congressional Record we're also made and
agreed to-
lhe Senate then adjourned till Thursday.