Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-25

The message, IN It's cfiticishi VA "i'
Senate's action on the late treaty, Is 10
questionable taste and violative OF the
proprieties of official etiquette, and IN
any other sense it must be referred to that
class of literature popularly known as
buncombe, and pretty cheap buncompe
OF that.
CANADIAN INsoIEScE.
washington Poet independently
The President betrays some personal
feeling, but no more than could fairly be
expected under the circumstances.
whether or not the treaty ought to have
been confirmed the country very well
knows it was discussed in an exceptional
and intensely partisan spirit. :
| Congress may not agree with the legal
argument OF the President, but the feel
ing in that body and in the country is
decidedly averse TO further liberation OF
Canadian insolence.
INTERVIEWING CoEGRRssMEN.
The Washington Post interviewed a
number OF Senators and Representatives.
IL SAYS: Senator Morgan, the leading
Democrat of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, had no hesitation In express
ING an opinion that the Senate would
never enact the legislation the President
asks for, even If such bill should pass
the House.
The question of whether or not Article
XXX. Of the treaty of 1871 necessarily
died with the collapse OF THE fishery articles
of the same treaty on the first OF July,
1885, was not raised at all by the Repub-
lican senators, either in their report upon
the fisheries treaty or in the debate upon
it. The question was regarded as having
nothing to do with the fisheries treaty.
In his closing speech on this treaty Sena-
tor Morgan discussed it somewhat. He
is by nomeans as certain as the President
seems TO be that Article XIX, relating
to the transportation of Canadian mer-
chandise over United States territory,
terminates with the termination Of the
fishery clauses of the treaty.
WHAT SENATOR MORGAN SAYS.
"It would be terrible blow to Can
ada" said the Senator, "if this Govern
ment were to refuse her any longer the
privilege of using all our ports from New
York northward practically as Canadian
ports, not only during that large portion
of the year when the Canadian ports are
closed by frost, but all the year round !;
| because the use of these ports, combined
with the extension of the Canadian IA
cific railroad system, shortens the Cana
dian travel to the sea by at least two or
three days, for the st. Lawrence Is
long river, and from Montreal to the
/ Gulf is tedious sail.
From every standpoint Senator Nor
gan regarded the Presidents message as
a magnificent and powerful document /;
still he held that the treaty OF 1883,
which has been rejected by the Senate,
was much better treaty than the United
States will be able to get the next time
they try.
SENATOR FRYE's COMMENT.
The Republicans had very little to say
about the message.
cit simply MEANS" said Senator Frye,
of Maine, "that President Cleveland
wants to play the baby act, in regard to
the retaliation act of March 3, 1887, just
as he PLAYED the baby act about the
law which authorized him to buy United
States bonds with surplus revenue. A
few months ago he wasn't quite sure that
/ he had the night to enforce that act, and
so he appealed TO Congress to tell him
whether he had or not. No President OF
common sense, who was willing to do his
plain duty and apply the surplus to its
proper use, would have had any necessity
to play the baby act in that case. Every
| BODY knows how unwilling he has been
all along to accept that retaliation act
and carry it out Loyalty, and now he
comes playing the baby act again. He
saws he doesn't know what it means and
wants to be told"
Other Republican senators were not
willing to discuss the message at all,
taking refuge behind the plea that they
had not read 1t.
| OPINIONS on THE HOUSE SIDE.
On the House side every man had
something to say especially every Demo
crat. Those who were inclined to be
brief simply pronounced the message a
great document. Mr.. Mckinney, of
New Hampshire, was particularly en-
thusiastic. He hurried around from one
Democrat to another shaking hands with
each in cordial congratulation, and in
| forming each that he knew New Eng
land. and il he were betting man in
stead of a parson he would bet that on
that document the Democrats could
carry New Hampshire by 3, 600 majority.
Speaker Carlisle said: sit is a very
wise message, and the House will pass
LEGISLATION in conformity Herewith.
Mr.. McCreary, the acting chairman OF
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, pro-
nounced the message good one, and
said the committee would act on 1T with
out delay.
"Won't you go little slow, Cover
nor 2" said Representative Allen, Of
Michigan, to Mr.. McCreary because
nv home is within thirty miles of the
boundary line, and it would be an un-
comfortable position in case of war;"
INV voice is for war;" said Mr..
Allen, OF Mississippi, and l move that
ingalls, be made commander OF all the
armies.
Representative Townshend thought it
| was q good message. 80 dld Mr.. Brock
inridge, of Kentucky.
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, the leading Re-
publican member of the House Commit
tee Oh Foreign Affairs, said he would re-
quire to wait and think about it little
before expressing an opinion on the merits
of the message. And that represented the
attitude of most of the Republicans. A
few Republicans there we're whose pa
trictic pride led them to join in the iubi-
lation OF the Democrats, and with equal
approval and surprise exclaimed, "Weu,
we've jingo President, tool"
The message was the sensation OF the
session. and the general feeling was that,
whatever else 1t might be, it certainly
was good politics.
OTHER OPINIONS.
Chairman William ii. Barnum, of the
National Democratic Committee, was
pacing the corridors Of the Arlington
last night, and seemed to be very much
pleased about something. cit is all
right, said he to Post reporter "the
message is strong one, and all the
more effective because it was unexpected.
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