St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-04
The Way Canadian Roads Are
Diverting Traffic From
This Country.
French Spoliation Claims Are
Discussed by the
House.
Suit to Be Brought Against a
Mining Company--Tarif
Talk.
Epecial TO the Globe.

Cullom's resolution for an investigation
of the effect of Canadian railway COM
petition OF commercial interests in the
United States. Mr.. Cullom offered
resolution instructing the COM
mittee on interstate commerce
10 investigate the question of Interior
ence by Canadian railways with Amer
;can commerce, and to report what
legislation is necessary for the protec-
ton of the commercial interests OF the
United States. He said by way of eX-
nlanation that he had some days ago
offered a similar resolution, but since
since then had concluded that the IN
vestigation should have wider scope
FELT SATISFIED
that the commercial interests of the
United StateS-he might almost say its
honor-demanded that something should
be done to protect American interests
against the entertainments of Canadian
corporations. Canadian railroads and
steamship companies, aided by sub
sides. had succeeded in obtaining con-
troll of the commerce. and especially of
the transportation of tea so far, that
forty-two per cent OF the tea consumed
in this country was carried by the
Canadian Pacific road. Mr.. Mitchell,
of Oregon, said that the
subsidized line of British steamers were
bringing Chinese to British America at
the rate of 1000 month. and these I'M
migrants were pouring down In streams
to the United States.
resolution. declared that it was time
that United States senators joined
hands, irrespective of party, in wrestling
the trade of the United States from
aliens, who, by means of subsidized
corporations, were absorbing it. Lead
ing citizens of the United States, men of
INFLUENCE AND POWER
in shaping national affairs, some of
them were candidates for high office are
lending their efforts, he said, as they
had perfect legal right to do, to pro-
mote this Canadian railroad scheme.
Mr.. German read list of officers and
directors of one of the roads which
would receive a part of the bounty paid
by the British government, and among
the names mentioned were those of
Levi p. Morton, OF New York, and Con-
gresham William l.. Scott, of Penn
sylvania.
Mr.. Mitchell said if Senator German
had taken the trouble to read the names
of the directors of the Western road,
which had lately fallen into the hands
of the Canadian Pacific road, he would
find the name of the chairman of the
Democratic national committee in it.
Mr.. German said he had no doubt of it,
but that gentleman was not a candidate
for office. He thought. however, that
no man who was candidate for high
office who, if elected, might become
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
could properly accept the Office until he
had purged himself of every interest in
this British enterprise. Democrats and
Republicans both ought to discuss the
matters as persons willing to aid, coun-
sci and advise this administration, so as
to protect these great transportation
interests. He wanted the matter probed
to the bottom. He knew the struggle
to which it would give rise in the states
of Maine and Vermont, where feeders to
the Canadian roads were being built,and
great as his friend from VermOnt-Mr.
Edmunds-waS, he doubted very much
whether he was prepared to drop all
partiSanship and join the Democrats in
Wiping out this interest. not as Demo-
Gratis, but as Americans. Mr.. Edmunds
said that the only thing democratic
about the Democratic party was its
name. 1t had had control of the house
of representatives for twelve years, and
yet no attempt had been made in that
time to rectify
THE PRODIGIoUS EVILS
which the senator from Maryland had
now for the first time discovered. He
then referred to Mr.. Germans connec-
ton with the Baltimore d Ohio railroad.
Mr.. German said he was not private
director to any railroad, but had repre-
scented Maryland to prevent the very
syndicate which controlled the Cana
dian roads from controlling the Balti-
more & Ohio.
Mr.. Edmunds went on to say that if
goods could be carried cheaper between
Liverpool and Hong Kong across Can
ada. commerce would seek that route,
but besides the physical facts of geogra.
ply, the physical condition of climate
PLAYED IT'S PART,
and no government could change it.
MIR. Edmunds rehearSed the efforts of
the Republicans to encourage COM
merce, and claimed that their efforts
had been nullified by the Democrats.
And yet the senator from Maryland
stood up and said that the senators on
the one side were partiSanS. and the
senators on the other (the Demo-
cratic) side, were patriots. If
h ne =, We're sS,n,s to quote ,10t some
where is thy blush?'' The senator from
Maryland had estimated that the divis-
ion in the senate on the fishery treaty.
showed the partiSianS to be on the Re-
publican side and not on the other side.
And yet, not eighteen months ago, the
senate had unanimously stood up for
AMERICAN RIGHTS,
and directed the president what he
ought to do and had given him the
power to do it.
Mr.. German said that there could be
no earthly excuse for the senator from
Vermont i'll making such personal allu-
sionS to him, except 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, had referred
to no individual and'to no party. The
senator from Vermont ought to be the
last member of the senate to refer to
connection of any of his brother sena-
tors with railroad business. He (Gor-
NAM had not alluded to the fact that,
while legislating on great questions in
the senate, the senator's time and his
services had been taken and paid for by
some of the
GREAT RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
of the country. Mr.. Cullom closed the
discussion, declaring in conclusion that
If it were necessary in order to protect
the American people that the flag
of the American nation should float
over Canada he should be in favor of it
before the subject was got through with.
The resolution was then adopted with
out division. The consideration
of the fishery treaty was then
resumed and Mr.. Teller took the floor
in opposition to it. England" he said,
''had never kept an agreement with any
people that were not ready and willing
to compel her to do so. Her conduct in
diplomacy and everywhere else was
against the idea of her conceding to
American fishermen that which they
were entitled to unless she feared