Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOar Abuses the Fisheries
Treaty.
A TORRENT OF AIRY ELOQUENCE.
California Statesmen Discuss the
Pr0priety of Reducing the
Duty on Raisins.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-In the Senate
Sherman offered resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the Committee on
Finance to inquire into and report in con-
nection with any bills raising or reduc-
ing the revenue, that may be referred to
it, in such measures as it may deem ex-
pedient, and to set aside, control, re-
strain, or prohibit all arrangements, con-
tracts, agreements, trusts or combina-
tions that tend to prevent competition in
the manufacture or sale of articles of do
mestic growth, or the production or sale
of imported articles that design or tend to
foster monopoly, or advance artifcially
the cost to the consumer of the necessary
articles to human life; with such penal
ties and forfeitures as will tend to pre-
serve freedom of trade and production,
and the lowering of prices by such COM
petition, and the full benefit designated
and hitherto conferred by the policy Of
the Government to protect and encoIlr-
age American industries by levying du-
ties on imported goods.
FISHERIES TAKEN UP.
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the Fisheries treaty, and
was addressed by Hoar in opposition to
it. He said nearly every important
maritime power of ancient or modern
times owed the foundation of its com.
mercial prosperity and naval strength to
it's fisheries. The desire of Canada and
Great Britain to contract within the least
possible limits tire fishing ground tc
which the Americans shall have access,
and possess themselves, without obstruc-
ton, Of a calling which brought to the
great American market it's supply ol
fish for food and fish-oils, has vastel
purposes than mere struggle for 9
profitable industry, important as tina,
may be. England has already taker
possession of all the great routes of com
merce, and is now adding land route
across Canada. To keep open this i'm
portant highway at both extremities
the 10000 fishermen of the Dominion
must form an almost indispensable ele
ment of greatest strength. They woult
issue out from Halifax at one end of thu
great continental line, and from Van
couver Island at the other, forming, il
time of war,
A PERPETUAL MENACE
To the commerce and coasts of tht
| United States. This was a struggle OF
the part of Great Britain and Canada tt
increase their naval strength ant
diminish that of the United States; to in
crease the number of naval schools
whose graduates would be a constan
threat to American commerce in time o
war, both on the Atlantic and th,
Pacific. Turning his attention to thu
treaty, Hoar said there is not to be found
as far as he can hear, single fisherman
who does not deem its provisions an ont
rage. There never has been more un
founded calumny than to charge that thu
opposition to the treaty had its origin il
party prejudice. The earliest and mos
} earnest voices of remonstrance had come
from eminent Democrats who had occa
sion to study the question in time. past
This series of insults to the American
flag, this policy of persistent unfriendli
ness and refusal of common internationa
hospitalities had been inaugurated fo
the purpose of compelling change il
domestic legislation. 1t was for that tina
Congress, without distinction of party
and with nearly unanimous approval O
the people, had placed in the hands O
the President, simple, direct, peaceful
but ample and most effectual
MEANS OF REDRESS.
Instead of using that means, the whole
American complaint was postponed to &
remote and most uncertain future
Neither apology nor compensation
neither indemnity for the past nor se
curity for the time to come was post
poned. The Americans are not quarrel
some people, but we can never live il
peace with Canada if we allow her te
think that the methods she has taker
for the last three years, are the ways tc
gain concessions from US. We can never
live in peace with England if we permit
her without instant protest to try once
more the experiments in our forbear.
ance, which pervaded the Revolution
which pervaded the War of 1872, which
accompanied the War of the Rebellion,
The rejection of the treaty is in the in.
terest Of true, thorough and lasting
peace. Hoar recited the history Of
American diplomacy from the days Of
our infancy down to the breaking out Of
the late war, referring particularly to our
experience with England and France,
and General Grants notice that any
American citizen with a claim against
Great Britain should bring evidence to
him, and the result thereof. Those we're
days when the American citizen held up
his head in pride of his citizenship.
Those were days when the flag, beauti-
full as flower to those who loved it,
terrible as a meteor to those who hated
it, flowed everywhere in peaceful seas,
and was honored everywhere in friendly
ports. No petty British officer hauled It
down from the American masthead, no
Canadian minister of justice laughed in
the face of the American citizen when
GRANT WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
confess that after much meditating
on these things, take little satisfaction
when think of Grover Cleveland. do
not like the policy which everywhere
robs American citizenship of its glory. 1
do not like the methods of fraud and
crime which have destroyed the popular
elections in SO many Democratic States.
| do not like this conspiracy between the
old shareholders and English manufac-
turers, to strike down the wages of the
American workman and the comforts of
the American workman's home. / do
not like your refusal to maintain the
American navy, and fortify and defend
the American coast, and l like no better
the present treaty. 1t leaves the Ameri-
can sailor to be bullied and insulted
without redress, and abandons the
American rights to fisheries, older than
the Nation itself, which the valor of our
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