Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-01-11
The Fish Question.

A large meeting was held in Hor
ticultural Hall in Philadelphia few
evenings ago under the management of
the National Fishery Association to
give moral support to the New Eng
land fisherman and toprotest against
the adoption Of fishery treaties with
the powers of Great Britain.
Governor Beaver was president of
the meeting, snd when lie took the
chair he snii:
"A right denied Is a wrong inaict-
Ell, said the Governor, aud no por
tion of the body polite can suffer a
wrong without every other section
Of the community sharing in it. The
American hshermen-or the New
England fishermen, If you will
claim that certain rights are denied
them by neighboring government.
They do not sPpeal to arms, they do
not appeal to any court of Justice,
but they 10 sppeal to the common
sense OF the American people, and
We are here to night in response to
. th1t sppesi, to hear the indictment
they hav" brought against the Can
sdia0 'rnmeut. The New Eng
= ~ men do not claim therIght
30 fish IN Canadian waters. But
thsy clnim il one Of their crew gets
sick and requires medical aid they
have perfect right to go into the
nearest CauadiRn port to obtain it
They also claim the right to go il
through stress Of weather or for pro
visions, and It seems to me there !,
no American who can hesitate for
moment to acknowledge that right
Here in Philadelphia it need hard
ly be said that we svmpathize Will
them IN another ,claim. II is tha
the products of their labor should bt
- r,,'-,,"t protected as tue carpets wo
ven in Philadelphia or the iron in
dustry OF the state. We sympathiz
with them IN every respect, and "
y are here to night to emphasize tn
assertion that we will make goo,
that sympathy, first by petitions t
Congress -ad next, if needs be, b
our yea
IN, --.,,-..,;1 81 AEIsTocRACT's TEEr.
There is such thing" continue
Mr.. Beaver, "as bowipg down befor
Sir This and Lord That, and l fea
some Of rs Americans have got int
that habit good deal | am yer
much afraid that when a noble lor
comes to Washington, hires thirt
seven rooms in n hotel, has an unhu
tied e1chequer and is prodical of hi
money. very much fear that in sue
circumstances American courage
apt to rush out the back door"
General Cogsven, United Stat,
Congressman Of the Essex district ,
Massachusetts, next addressed IL
meeting We simply ask he sal,
''thst the rights OF American fisher
men be not frittered away and the
wrongs aggravated by say treat
whatever with Great Britain. T
dwelt upon the outrages and indi,
mites now being heaped on the Ne
England fishermen and stated tn
for the last three years over one hui
dred American vessels had be,
boarded and seized by armed Can
dian cruisers. Uuder the prese
treaty American fishermen are 70,
mited to fish within three miles
the CansdIsn coast, as the Domini,
authorities have insisted on dravi,
this three mile line from headland
headland the result is that the Am,
leans are kept thirty, fifty and
some cases Il hundred miles from I
coast They are not now even all,
ed to approach the three mile lin
and are not allowed to land in Ca
aiIan port except in some extra
dlnary circumstances. and then
as short time as possible.
This is now the state of affair
concluded the speaker, and IN vi
OF II and of the weakness, truckli
and ineompetency at Washington
am inclined to say, and / do SO
Sss partisan, but as an Americ
Oh. for one hour Of James G. Blair
This interiection caused the m
intense excitement among the Al
ence. For fully two minute.
hall fairly rung with cbcS~s and G
srnOr Beaver beame5 " e. tismiles
the en- husiastic reephonS accorded
the nsSns ofths PluHed hnight--l