Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-10

or l o railroads. 1t eudeaVOred to encOur-
age trade in South America and other
countries by the smallest mail subsidies
of its ships but the democratic House said
mo-" and the democratic senators said
mo-" and the democratic president said
mo" aud yet the senator from Maryland
stood up and said the senators on Que side
were partisans aud the senators on the
other (Aemocratic) side were patriots. Ii
he were to quote somebody he should say
"Oh shame, where is thy blush That
was the uudeniable history of matter
not half stated.
The senator from Maryland ntimated
the division in the senate on the fishery
treaty showed the partisans to be on the
republican side not on the other side
yet not eighteen months ago (too long
perhaps for any democratic senator to re-
member) the senate unanimously stood W
for American rights and directed the
president what he ought to do and had
given him power to do it. Now eighteen
months afterwards the British lion opened
hoped to swallow them all by making q
new treaty still better for the British int
erests than any previous one,
AS to the act for transportation i'll bond
Mr.. Edmunds expressed the belief that
until the present democratic admin
stration came in the construction put
on that act had been more favorable
to the American interests and less favor
able to the British interests than that put
upon it by Manning under the advice of
the democratic law officer of the govern
ment. In his (Edmunds) opinion that
construction was incorrect, but, rs usual
under this administration where there
was any doubt as to the meaning of the
statute that doubt was always solved in
favor of the foreigner, not because the
administration loved the foreigner, but on
account of the generosity of its disposition
and its love of universal human nature.
German said there could be no earthly
excuse for the senator from Vermont
making such personal illusions to him,
except on the principle which he might
have learned when practicing in
the lower courts many years ago When
he had no case then to abuse his opponent.
He (Gorman) in what he said referred to
no individual and no party. The senator
from Vermont ought to be the last mem
Der of the Senate't to refer to the connec
ton of any brother senators with railroad
business. He OGorman) had made no per
Sonal reference to that senator and had
not alluded to the fact that while legislat
ing on great questions in the Senate his
time and services had been taken and
paid for by some of the great railroads of
the country. That was not the way for
senators to treat each other.
A school of hypocrities and Pharisees
had grown up in the country for
both parties who tradnced pub
lie men on all occasions and
intimated they were controlled, bad
and corrupt. This had gone on until
he sometimes thought DO tn Houses of
Congress were cowed uuder such charges.
But it was an outrage for the Senator
from Vermont, the leader of his party, to
descend to that low plane.
AS to the construction given by
Manning to the act OF 1866 it allowtd
transportation in bond. If it were not
correct why had not the chairman of the
Senate committee on judiciary ed
munds) reported measure to correct it..
The responsibility was on the Senator from
Vermont and no guilty man should es-
cape.
Mr.. Cullom closed the discussion de-
claring in conclusion that if it were nee
eSssary, in order to protect the American
people, that the flag of the American ma
ton should float over Canada, he should
be in favor of it before the subject was got
through with,
The resolution was then adopted without
dissenson.