St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-07
IN THE SENATE.
Vance Makes Speech in Favor of
the Ratification of the Fisheries


the Ratification of the Fisheries
Treaty.
| Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Mr. Vance
made a speech in the senate to-day in
| favor OF the ratification of the fisheries
treaty. and the senate, after passing APP
propriate resolutions concerning Gen.
Sheridan's death, adjourned. MIR. Ed
mundS. as soon as the journal was read,
arose and asked unanimous consent to
oHer resolutions on subject which, he
said, every senator will understand"
The resolutions read as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
resolved, That the senate has learned
with profound regret of the death of Philip
d. sheridan. late general of the army of the
United States
Resolved, That the senate hereby ex-
presses It's grateful sense of his great and
patriotic services in the cause of his country,
Its deep sensiblity of the loss which the ma.
ZION has sustained in his death, in its sympa-
my with MS family of their bereavement.
be forwarded to the family of the deceased.
REMARKS BY EDMUNDs.
Unanimous consent having been
given, Mr.. Edmunds said: 1T is quite
necessary for any senator to submit any
observation In support of these reSolu-
lions. The career of Gen. Sheridan has
Deen so conspicuous, so grand, so noble
and SO patriotic that any words which l
could use IN respect to his memory or
In praise of his career would be like
gliding refined gold, or painting the
lily. l, therefore, for my part, leave
them to the judgment of the senate
without any further observation"
The resolutions were
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
Later On bill was introduced by Mr..
FafWell, granting pension of $1,000 a
year to Mrs. Sheridan. Mr.. Blair in
troduced joint resolution requesting
the president to open negotiations with
the government OF Great Britain, hav-
ing in view the political union of Can
ada and the United States.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, offered a res
0lutlon lnstructing the committee on
finance to inquire into the alleged COM
blnatlon or pool of the producers of cot
ton bagging and learn the names of the
| persons so engaged. On motion of Mr.,
| EdmundS the resolution was laid on the
table.
THE FISHERIES TREATY
| was then taken up, and Mr.. Vance took
| the floor and make a speech in favor of
It's ratification. He accounted for the
remarkable heat exhibited by the Re-
| publlcans against the treaty by telling a
story Of a fellow in North Carolina,
who was once caught with an extra
"Jack' in his sleeve, when playing
game OF "old Sledge," and who, in reply
| to the fierce denunciation of his adj
| Versary, said: ''Bill, you know we were
SIX ana SIX, and 1t was your deal, and |
was Obliged to do something." 49,"
said he,
| THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
is coming on, and the Republican party
| knows that the game stood about six
| and SIX and that the deal was ours.
and that they had obliged to do some
thing.
"Dignified and staid senators, whose
convictions in regard to the propriety of
| secret sessions for the consideration of
treaties were so ingralned that it had
| seemed impossible for any human con-
| sIderation to change them, changed
front without apology, without preface,
merely on the 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" Continu-
| ing, Mr.. Vance said there are some
| otfenses against the dignity of nations
| that can be assessed in cash, and there
are some that cannot. You heard the
| senator from Maine (Nlr. Frve) describe
''ln words that burn" the tearing down
of the American flag by Capt Quigley,
OF the Canadian cruiser; and you heard
him taunt the senator from Ohio CMr.
| Payne, shaking
HIS FIST IN HIS FACE,
and telling him that he was apolOgiZing
| for man who tore down his country's
| flag. All of the eloquence on this sub
| Ject must be understood in Pickwick-
ian sense. 1t must be all understood as
what the lawyers term "matter of in
ducement." That is, an order to make
| the British government pay higher dam
ages if possible. A duty on fresh fish.
| and higher duty on salt fish will be
the salve that will
RESTORE OUR WOUNDED HONOR.
The proposition to whip Great Britain
so gllbly talked about by senators was
not going to aid the settlement of the
fisheries question, although it might get
some votes of those who could be con-
trolled by such appeals.
The presidents message announcing
the death of Gen. Sheridan having been
presented and read, Mr. Hawley rose
and said: Nothing that l can say, Mr..
President, is needed to set forth the loss
which the country has sustained by the
death of that able, brilliant, magnificent
soldier and beloved general, Philip ii.
Sheridan. l send to the desk a resolu-
ton for which | ask
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION"
Resolved, That the chair is requeste to
appoint committee of seven senators to at
tend the funeral services of the late Gen.
Sheridan.
The resolution was adopted, and SEN
ators Hawley, Henderson, Cullom.
Stewart, Hampton, Gibson and Gray
were appointed. The senate at 1:55 D.
m. adjourned until tomorrow.