Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-06
HOW TO Do i IT.
RETALIATION AN EASY MATTER TO
TALK ABOUT.
But Dinicalt to Put Into Practice-Crit-
icistng the President Severely Free
Use of sarcasm-A Few Campaign
Shots In the Senate.

WASHINGTON. September 8-Discussion
OF the retaliation bill took UP most OF the
| time oil the House yesterday. The Senate
amendments to the fortiiicat,on bill were
| nonconcurred in and a conference ordered.
Mr.. Stahlnecker Of New York. rising to
question Of privilege. had read an article
IN newspaper, inumsting that he was the
member Of Congress aimed at by Mr.. kci-
ley's resolution, introduced in the House
last Tuesday. He said If the resolution
was aimed at himself he pronounced it
false in every particular.
Mr.. Oats, OF Alabama, introduced con-
current resolution providing for the finai
adjournment Of Congress on tile 10th inst.
The resolution was received with applause
and referred TO the Committee on Ways
and Means H5 =. -sslts-s tfs s,l.s
j The House then took up and after brief
discussion passed the bill to limit the juris-
diction of the United States District and
Circuit Courts. The bill withdraws juris-
diction from the District and Circuit
/ Courts of the United States of any suit OF a
civil nature at law or in equity between q
corporation created under the laws OF any
| state and by q citizen Of any state in which
4 such corporation, at the time the cause OF
action occurred may have been carrying on
any business authorized by the law Great
ing it. The House then resumed consider
alton of the Retaliation bilI
Mr.. Phelps. Of New Jersey, cheerfully
conceded the President the additional
power he asked for, but regretted that there
was no more likelihood that he would use
| this power than that he would use the
power given him eighteen months ago.
lie charged the President with heaping
favorsson canadian. shippers by land and
sea in order that ahey might compete with
their American rivals The President was
now the president OF the message and not
| the president OF the treaty. He was no
| longer Governor. General OF Canada; he
was President of the United States and the
past would be forgiven. y, ~.
Mr.. Belmont said retaliation seemed to
be rendered absolutely necessary by the
1 present condition OF our reciprocal legisla-
| ton with Canada. To continue, said Mr.
Belmont, the privileges now granted by
statute in the face of existing facts would
! be to invite further aggressions from Cam
| ada and would be notice to Great Britain
! and all the world that our protests in be-
half of our rights were mere forlnalities
| and not to be followed by action.
Mr. Davis, Of Massachusetts, said the
| Presidents message reeked with the, spirit
Of retaliation, and be did not object to
| that. He did not think the President
! needed the power for which he asked, but
| he would not thwart the President il de-
| Tending American interests in the manner
| pointed out by Congress, The sheat'Ied
4 sword which Congscss had placed in the
Presidents hand he had not dared to draw
| from its scabbard. But the President had
become brave. He had found that the
+ treaty was too utterly English, and now
| presented the country with genuine
! Democratic baby with the strawberry mark
Of paternity on its shoulder, and young as
| it was. if pinched ever SO little by an Eng
hshman, it would CRY out retaliation"
iMr. Cogswelf, OF Massachusetts,, said that
lsifit was true of this world. as of heaven,
| that there wass:more rejoicing over the re-
pentance of one sinner than over ninety
and nine Just men, the American fisher
men would Qe Just paralyzed with Joy at
the knowledge that the disgraceful and
cowardly policy 81 the administrations had
been confronted" with conditionwhich
had changed il into policy of scemingly
manly and courageous determinatio that
their rights should be recognized and re-
;spected. Laughter.) Their only fear
would be that: the Canadian corsairs would
| regard it as not sincerely meant ter - -
| Mr.. Scott, of Pennsylvania reviewed the
fisheries controversy froE, its. inception to
the present day. The United States had
asked for nothing but what was right and
would accept nothing less. He criticised
the Republican treaty Of 1871, charging
that it surrendered many advantages to
| the Canadians and extollcd the treaty re-
! jccted by the Republican Senate. IT
/ Mr.. Scott had not concluded his speech
when the House at p. M. adjourned
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| 80 -. s:.s,.s; - ~. r,,;,.s.
AFTER Iprehers atscuss,on oi sns Slness
oiH IN. the senate @1aay ~ Y a. %
reaen vo.e was sus'sucee'Siu ovius - ~ .''e
iaex OF quorum; go, ;,.;,,,,,, ,r5;c5
was mi .dnntea Sd ren"estine the President to