Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
THE FORTIFICATION BILL OCoU.
PIES THE ATTENTION OF
THE HOUSE.

The Senate still "Harping on MY Daugh
ter" in the Matter of the Fisherie
Treaty-Morgan, Teller, Vest, Dolp,
and Others Take a Hand In the Con
troversy.
WASHINGTON, August 15.-The Senate re-
sumed consideration Of the treaty, Nor
gan speaking in favor OF the motion e
postpone further consideration unit
December. In the course of the colloauy
and after some allusion to Yankees or
one side and ex-slave holders on the Other
between Senators Morgan, Frye, Dawes
and Hawley, Morgan said: "You have not
hestated to sneer at us and say we are
rebels, traitors, men not to be trusted and
who violated our oaths, attacked the
national flag, men whose consciences are
purned with olitical sin, that we all de.
serve to be hanged, and that we are living
now by your mercy and grace, and have
only said, you did not dare to hang any OF
us. You had Jefferson Davis under arrest
and the United States Government did not
dare bring him to trial because il would
have turned out, in the opinion of the
great iurists who would have had to try
him, that he had not committed treason -
The Senate resolution offered yesterday
by Sherman, calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for statement of the amounts
deposited at the National Bank August 1st.
1888, and of the amount and description
OF United States bonds and other securities
pledged for the payment OF such deposits
was passed.
Dawes presented q conference report ON
the bill to accept and ratify an agreement
with the Shoshone and Bannack Indians ss
to the position OF the Fort Hall reservation
in Idaho, and it was agreed to.
The Senate then proceed to the bills on
the calendar and passed the Senate bill for
the relief OF certain parties who have paid
$3.50 per acre for United States Govern
ment lands re !uced in price to $1.25 per
acre by act OF Congress-, approved June
18th, 1850.
The Senate then proceeded to the con.
sideration of the fisheries treaty.
Teller replied to some statements in
Morgan's speech to the effect that during
Arthur's administration many outrages
were being inflicted on the American fishery
vessels and were not been resented by that
administration. He declared there was
not word OF truth in such statement.
During that administration there never
had been a seizure OF single American
vessel for violations OF the treaty of 1918,
but since the present administration came
into power there had been more than
400 American vessels seized and more than
1000 boarded by Canadian and British
authorities. The flag had been hauled
down and no apology had been made for |
it. As to a suggestion that the government |
had not dared to have Jefferson Davis |
tried because the court would not have |
found him guilty of high treason, Teller |
it as "bosh."
Vest said that in his judgment, ever
since the open session on the treaty, it had |
been decreed that no treaty which could |
be negotiated by Cleveland's administra-
tion with the British government could be
ratified by the Senate. Party exigencies |
and necessity OF party warfare demanded /
that the tail OF the British lion should be pub
cly twisted until that royal animal lhowled
again, and 80 loyal a song about "John
Browns Body Wondering in Dust" had
given place to dnlcet tones of ERIN 60
Bragh" (reierring to the recent speeches
Of Senator Stewart on the Chinese
question:. Vest proceed to argue that
the opposition to the anti. Chinese measure
in the Senate in 1881 and 1882 had come,
not from the Democratic, but from the Re-
publican Senators, and particularly from
Mr.. Harrison, the Republican candidate
or the presidency. In this convention he 1
declared that in 1876, seven Cinnamon in
indianapolis (all that were there) were ad-
nitted to naturalization and Immediately
voted for the Republican ticket, when Har-
-ison was defeated for the Governorship of
Indiana by "Blue Jeans" Williams. After
stating that the votes in the Senate on the
Chinese bill, and it's various amendments,
ne said this proved that the presiding Off i
,sr of the Senate was right in saying that
Jhe records OF Sherman, Harrison and
other presidential candidates were awkward
On the tariff; currency and on the Chinese
questions.
Vest also quoted from letter of Harri- {
'on to the Rev. j. /. Brant, st. Louis, {
February 25, 'SS, saying in connection
With bis action on the bill restricting the {
Chinese immigration: ut was little hard !
or me to let 90 an old idea, that there was
q free home for all comers."
Stewart said Harrison had not during
discussions of anti-Chinese measures ut
.ered a word in favor OF Chinese immigra-
lion, and his votes had simply been COM
Ormable to the treaty, but afterward,
when the treaty was being evaded, Harri- |
son voteo for the bill that was acceptable {
to the people on the Pacific coast. His I
record was as unsatisfactory to the people I
On Une racine COaSb as II ne uau dDuscu
The Chinese for forty years.
Beck called the attention to the speech
recently made by Senator voorhees, in
Terra Haute, asserting that Harrison had
voted fifteen times against the bill to re-
strict Chinese immigration, and said the
statement had not been contradicted. he |
denounced the Republicans for keeping the
cheapest labor they could find in order to
pocket the profits.
Dolph denied that Harrison's record IN
Congress- would show that he ever had been
N favor of the admission OF Chinese labor
n the United States. The people OF the !
Pacific Coast were not to be deluded in this
matter. They understood the policy which
lay back of the Mills bill and which had in
spired the Presidents message. They saw
the great Democratic party with it's arms
around the great industrial structurs OF the
country, as Sampson had his arms around
the pillars of the Philistine temple, ready
to pull il down over their heads, and they
we're willing to trust the G uestion OF Chinese |
to the Republican party.
Allison presented conference report on
the army appro: ration bill, which, with
out being read, was ordered to be printed I
IN the Record" to be acted on tomorrow
Adjourned. l.
The House.
WASHINGTON, August 15.-The House
vent into committee OF the whole on the
appropriation bill. The pend
ing point of order against the section pro-
vidng for the establishment OF gun fac