The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-07

eaton the irish vote.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The senate to-day
resumed consideration of the fisheries treaty
in open executive session, and was addressed
by Mr.. Vance in favor of its ratification.
He accounted for the remarkable heat ex-
hibited 10y the republicans against the
treaty by telling the story OF a fellow in
North Carolina, who was once caught with
an extra lack" In his sleeve when playing
game of "old sledge," and when in reply
to the fierce denunciation of his ad-
versary, said "Bill, you know we
were six and six, and it was
your deals, and was obliged to do some
thing. So," said he, "a presidential cleo
ton is coming on and the republican party,
which desires once more TO get into power,
and whose chief joy is the flesh pots of
Egypt, knew that the ganlo stood about
six and six, and that the deal was ours, and
that they were obliged to do something"
A GREAT LIGHT.
"'All at once it seemed as if while they
| were journeying TO Damascus great light
shone round about them aud a voice was
heard Let me not be considered profane.
| / do not intimate that that light or that
voice was from heaven. Far from it. |
should rather suppose it to have come from
| the antipodes of that blessed region. But
at all events that light shone round about
those senators, and that voice was heard
| saying: why will you not raise a row
against Great Britain and get the Irish
votep Whereupon they promptly re-
sponded: Lord what wouldst thou have
us to do And the voice again said: Get
thee to a place callea Caucus, and there it
shall be told thee what to do And SO they
assembled in that upper chamber and there
| the voice was again made manifest, and
they were told that their only chance-the
only avenue opened up under heaven
whereby they might be saved-was to raise
row with Great Britain, appeal to the
| Irish vote in this country and TO the votes
of all others whose prejudice against that
country can be made available in the
coming campaign, and that was the course
| adopted.
A REMARKABLE CONVERSION.
"The conversion of these senators under
that vision and the influence of that voice
was the most remarkable that was ever
known in American politics. DigniTied and
staid senators whose convictions in regard
| to the propriety Of secret sessions for the
consideration of treaties were 50 ingrained
| that it had seemed impossible for any
human consideration to change them,
| changed them without spssSgy, without
| preface, merely on a call of the yeas and
nays and so quickly that the seat of that
portion of the human garment which cannot
| be mentioned in public was actually left in
front. They whirled right round, and now
we present to the world this spectacle of
considering the treaty, not in a dignifled
way, not in way respectful to the great
power with which we treat, not in a way
consistent with the dignity of this great
and mighty nation, but as though the issue
was to be decided by ward primary"
NO NEED OF STEWING.
Mr.. Vance quoted at considerable length
| from a newspaper interview with Mr.. Frye
| to the effect that American fishermen re-
9uire nothing at the hands of the
Canadians, and said: 'If that be so, what is
all this fuss abouta why do the heather
rage and desire the people to imagine a
vain thingF" He also quoted Mr.. Frye as
| saying in that interview, that the remedy
was duty on fresh fish, and higher duty
on salt fish, and commented on it by saying
''And SO we may ask as solution of this
whole question, what percentage will
satisfy you9 How much higher duty
on salt fish and how much duty on fresh
fshf There are some offenses against the
dignity of nations than can be assessed in
cash and there are some that cannot. You
heard the senator from Name t(Mr. Frye
describe-in words that burn-the tearing
down Of the American flag by Capt Quigly
of the Canadian cruiser, and you heard him
taunt the senator from Ohio (Mr. Payne),
shaking his fist in his face and telling him
that he was apologizing for man who tore
down his country's flag. You heard all
that. 1t created ripple In the gallery.
SOUNDED VERY wARLIKE.
II thought could already hear the shouts
of columns marching, with swords glim-
mering in the air and banners floating in
the breeze. and could smell powder burned
TO avenge the American flag. But the
wounded honor of that senator could be
amply atoned for by little higher duty
on salt fish and duty on fresh FIST. 1t is
assessable. All of the eloquenoe on this
subject must be understood in political
sense. 1t must all be understood as what
lawyers term "a matter of inducement'-
that is, an order to make the British gov
ernment pay higher damages, If possible
The duty on fresh fish and higher duty on
salt fish will be a salve that will restore our
wounded honor"
PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE.
Mr.. Vance went on to describe the condi-
tion Of the poor people along the coast Of
Nova Scotia and New Foundland, whose
| only source of support was the fish in their
bays, and who found themselves deprived Of
| that by Yankee fishermen, and said that
there was not a citizen of New England
who. if the condition were reversed,
would not find hundred methods Of
repelling Canadian fishermen from trespass-
ing on their rights. As to the pretent.ons
that the deep fisheries were the nursery Of
American seamen, he said that that was
an old mouldy chestnut, as reports showed
that more than so per cent. of the men en-
ployed on the Gloucester and other New
| England fishing vessels were unnatural
| lied Americans, and he quoted from
the extracts and correspondence In the Bos-
| ton Post, Boston Herald and Boston Trans
cript, and from resolutions of the Glouces-
ter Knights of Labor, to prove that fact
| Buster, he said, could not do any
! good. Tho proposition to whip Great Brit
ain. so glibly talked about by senator's, was
not going to aid settlement of the fisheries
question, although 1t might get some votes
OF those who could be controlled by such
appeals.
| A MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE.
The spectacle presented was a melancholy
one. IL had been claimed for the senate Of
the United States that 1t was one of the
ablest and most dignihed assemblages on
earth. The present exhibition would not
bear out that high pretension. II proved
the fact that the senators were created OF
the same clay as other men, and that. IN tho
language Of widow Bedot," senators and
representatives and what not were all "poor
critters" He was sorry TO see it s. He
had not desired ~ speak on the question,