Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-25
HOW IT IS RECEIVED
DISCUSSING FIFE MESSAGE IN
 THE SENATE.
FURTHER TALK TO FOLLOW.
SENATORS EDMUNDs, SHERMAN AMI
 HoAR LEAD IN AN ATTACK.

Under Present Laws-Senator Morgan Champions the Presidents Side of the Ouestion--Comments of the Canadian Press--What is Thought of the Massage in England.
 WASHINGTON, Aug 25.-For days the House and Senate have both passed mong with scarcely a visitor in the galleries. But in the Senate all was changed when 1t was understood the Retaliation Message would De read.
 The document was read in full, and at the close MT. Sherman moved that 1t be printed and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
 Upon this, Mir. Edmrmds arose and said: ''On that motion I would like to say. a word, although am in favor Of It.. II had been five or six years younger than am, l should have beeN surprised at that message But I am not; and 1 am only very highly gratihed at the patriotic OK precision of hope, wishes, almost inteu- lions, of the President of the United States in reference to the protection Of rights. But the peculiarity of the situation Gas 1t seems to mel is that, haVIpS 2 had statute providing for self-defense ap- proved by the President of the United States and passed by the substantially unanimous vote of both houses eff that made any difference to hls duty in faith fully executing the laws), and after full consideration of all its points and bearings, the extent to which it should go, the objects to which it should De limited, and the circumstances under which it should be brought into play; eighteen months Gin round mum oers) informed by the President of the United States (for take it that that is what he means, although not word of that klnd IS In the message) that no steps of any kind has been taken to carry into execution the plain provisions of that law. It is true that the law did not require the President to put it into effect in the way of selt-de- fence (as prefer to call it, rather than re- taliatlon) until a case should have arisen o1 wrong and in justice which should satisfy him that American rights and interests were being unjustly dealt with. NoW,what has happened since the passage ot that actt If nothing had happened, if there had been no instances of injustice; of denlal oI American rights, of unjust treatment ot American citizens in the provldences or the Dominion, then, of course, the fresl- dent has been entirely right in taking no step, in respect of the matter. If, however in his opinion Gas he now states ltl there have been instances of denlal oi just rights to American citizens engaged in the business described in the Act or 1SS7 why is it that the President has not taken any step in the exercise of the DOW
  ID the exercise of the hi gh duty which the Constitution imposes upon him, of taking care that the laws are faithfully exc cuted
 "Here was a law which he was to eXe- cute when the Contingenc should arlsc, or on the eXis tence of parti eular fact; ana when he was satisfied that the fact eX- lsted, then 1t was made hIS duty to take steps to obtain redress i'll the method which the Senate pointed ouf. So that we have eighteen months during which, as he states in his message, action has been called for He tells us that, in one instance Ill 1884 an American fishing vessel catching fish on the high seas, outside of the ten and of the twenty-mile delimltation. and sailing Gas purely commercial e'nterprise) to port of British North America for the purpose of sending her cargo ot hsh by rail to Boston was by general orders, sweeping orders, denied that privilege and excluded.
 "Now. the President says {and says justly, that that was great and most i'm portant and grievous injury to -Anierican interests and to American rights. Why has he been slent for eighteen months with the whole power of the law in his hands And why has he remained in- active !
 "Mr. President, it is very odd, this busi- ness. Here we find in this message dis cussion as to whether the 29th article of the treaty of 1STE is in force or not. OThe Canadian Government has not refused to transshlp on the ground thut thslt article was not in force. It has made TO such pre- tension. It has refused to trans ship fish on the ground that that article did not override the Convention of ISIS, ly which an American fishing vessel was not tO come within three miles of the laI ld.r
 "When the Canadian authoritle denied to American fishermen the right 0 trans ship their fish it was the duty of { he Presi dent to inform the British Gov ernment that We regard the twenty-ninth rticle of the treaty as no longer in force, acause ii could not be in force on the cue ,Gde and not on the other side at the same u me; and it is that which previous Preside 'nts and Secretaries have done to the ho nor and benefit Of the American name.
 Alas MT. President, 1 think 1t is an infinite pity that in so simple case an adequate and full statement sh 0uld re main unexecuted and in a state of innocu ous desuetude' until the President may set whether Congress will not put more am first guu.h
 Senator Sherman's Address.
 Mr. Sherman sa i'd the Preside nt's mes sage gave him more pleasure t han he usu ally derived from messages coming iron that high authority. But he thought tha 1t was movement to supply lost ground Ii the President had based his treaty or tEe principles laid down in his message there would have been no 6hffculty abou the treaty, and it would hay been ratified by an unanimous vote, beC ause the mes sage did assert the rights of American citi zens. He spoke of the disc eliminating toll on the Canadian canals, anC said that the, ought not to be submitted to. Recipr oca rights ought to be insisted 1tpon.
 Speaking of the financial policy of tn Administration, he said thai of all tinan cial managementg that 7he had read of il story or song, it was the wo rst- He spok of the countless millions theE had, he said been lost through the Adm tnistration de clining for three years to use the surplus in purchasing bonds, althou gh both House had declared that the SelIretary of th Treasury possessed the power to do sc But the President doubted his power i that case just as he did in this.
 Mir. George took the floor for speec.1 ol the message on Monday, to which day th Senate adjourned.
 Senator Hale's Views.
 MT. Hale criticized the Pres ident'S racs sage as a desperate expedient to reco3s lost ground, and confession that the atti tude taken by him and his Administration as to the treaty was an attitude that ha' no accent or force in it. Nothing hat shown the wisdom and patriotism of tn course taken by Republican Senators il rejecting the treaty worth less SD ClcarN