Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-26
Fiftieth Congressional Session.
w AbH1NHEONs Dep0s
THE CHINESE TREATv


SENATE.-Mr. Stewart offered resolution
calling on the President for such information
as he has received since the 18th inst. as to the
action of the Chinese government on the re-
cent treaty. On motion of Mr.. Edmunds the
Senate then went into executive session on
the question.
RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND AND CANADA.
When the doors were reopened legislative
business was proceeded with. Mr.. Sherman's
resolution for an inquiry into the state of the
relations between the United States and
Great Britain and Canada was taken up and
Mr.. Morgan proceeded to discuss it. He said
that 1t was an obvious fact that distinctive
policy of Republican Senators was that no
other but Republican administration should
have the settlement of the question now
open between the people of the United States
ceeded to discuss the Presidents retaliation
message and paid high compliment to the
executive for the frnInsss of his
policy on the Canadian fishery question.
Tho President had asked Congress to give
him power not merely to retaliate on Cana
da for the wrongs she had done to citizens of
the United States and to convince her that
she must do SO no longer, but also to put the
revenues of the country, in respect to Cana
da, on the same footing as they were In re-
spect of Mexico or any other foreign state,
and at the same time to relieve him FROM an
embarrassment which he could not escape SO,
long as the law remained in its present inn
perfect and tangled form.
sHARP REJoINDER.
Mr. Dolph replied to what he designated
''the extraordinary speech of the senator
from Alabama" He spoke of the inconsist-
ency of Democratic senators who, from being
on the British side when the treaty was pend
ing, were now the most radical
advocates of retaliation. He regard
ed the Presidents retaliation measures as a
most extraordinary document After the
rejection by the Senate of the fisheries treaty
which was a surrender of American rights.
the President had been left free to execute
the retaliation act of the third of March,
1887, but he chose to b1uster, rather than to
act and undertook to instruct the Senate on
the question. The President demanded pow
ers to do whata To prevent the transporta-
ton in bond Of goods to and from Canada,
a power, the exercise of which would hurt
American transportation companies alone,
would tend to destroy American interests
and would hardly harm Canada at all. Il
would simply divert transportation of goods
for or from Canada, across American terri
tory by American transportation lines; it
would give an opportunity for the building
up of Canadian transportation lines and
would in the end las claimed by leading men
of Canada) be a benefit to the Canadian
provinces.
The exercise of the power in the Presi-
dents hands, under the act of March 8, 1887,
would have injured Canada. Was that the
reason why the President had not executed
it? The power asked for would injure Amer
lean interests. Was that the reason why the
President desired it: It would seem to be
the Presidents desire to retaliate on the peo-
pie of the United States rather than on the
people of Canada.
PENSION VOTED TO MRS. SHERIDAN.
At the close of Mr.. Dolphs remarks the
resolution was referred to the committee on
foreign relations, Mr.. Sherman stating that
it would be considered tomorrow. The
Senate then proceeded to pass private pen-
sion bills on the calendar, to which there
were no objections. Among the bills passed
was a Senate bill granting a pension of
So, 500 year to the widow of General Philip
q. Sheridan.
Mr.. Berry ssid he was opposed to the bill
but would not make any argument against it,
contenting himself with voting emo" on its
passage, which he did.
All the pension bills on the calendar, ia
in number, were passed, the legislative oper
alton occupying forty-fvs minutes. mum.
Der of other bills were also taken from the
calendar and passed. There was some dis.
QUESTION upon the House bill to pay $32, 679 tt
the heirs of John Newman of Warren county
Mississippi, the proceeds of captured cotton
the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-The House adjourned at half-pas
| one o'clock to- day after passing number o.
measures of minor Importance, among them
| the following: Joint resolution accepting
the invitation of the German imperial gov
| eminent for the United States to become
party to the International Geodetic associa
| ton; joint resolution for the creation of
| commission to negotiate concerning the boun
/ Diary line between this country and Mexico
| bill to regulate the course at the naval acade
| my with an amendment making the age linn
| its for cadet joining the academy afte
| March 4th, 1889, sixteen and twenty-on
years. and oils permitting t sesmen 70 aepGs,
honorably discharged, disabled seamen t,
select homes on receiving ships and authoriz
| ing the issue of outfits Of clothing to nava
| apprentices.