Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-03
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS
THE SENATE DEBATING THE
 FISHERIES TREATY.
Mx. Riddlebsrger's Speech Opposing the Measure-CommIttee on Commerce and
 Business with Canada Appointed.

Mr. Riddlebsrgsr's Speech Opposing the Measure e-CommIttee on Commerce and
 Business with Canada Appointed.
 WAsH1NGToE, Aug. 3.-The presiding officer of the Senate announced the appointment of the select Committee un- der Mir. Hoar's resolution as to the rela- tions of commerce and business between the United States and Canada as follows: Senators Hoar (Rep., Mass), Allison (Rep., Ia.), Hale (Rep, Md.) Dolph (Rep., Or.), Pugh (Dem., Ala.), Rustic (Dem.t La. ), and Blodgett (Dem., N. J.).
 A conference committee was ordered on the Naval Appropriation bill and Senator Hale (Rep,, Me), Farwell (Rep., In), and Beck (Dem., Ky.), were appointed con- ferees on the part of the State.
 A resolution iAstructing the Committee on Indian Affairs to continue the investi- gaton into Indian mattess, with authority to visit Indian reservations, was reported and agreed to.
 Mir. Platt (Rep., Conn offered resolu- tion (which was adopted) calling on the Commissioner of Patents for information as to the default of Levi Bacon, financial clerk of the Patent Office, in:the attorneys fund, at the time of Bacon's death in 1887.
 MT. Stewards (Rep., Nev.) resolution, of- fered yesterday. called on the Secretary of -tA0 TOT lhIOT1DatlOH dS LO CduC0AiSQ dessrt-land applications was taken up and adopted.
 Mr. Beck (Dem., Ky.) moved to proceed % the consideration Of bills on the calen- dar in regular order.
 Mr. Sherman (Rep.. G.) moved to pro- ceed to the consideration of the Fisheries Treaty in open executive session.
 The latter motion was agreed to-yeas 24, nays g. Ca strict party vote)-and the Fisheries Treaty was taken up, the Ques- tion being Mir. Mergan's (Dem., Ala.) mo- tiou to postpone it's further consideration till next December.
 The first test vote on the Fisheries Treaty was taken i'll the Senate yesterday. Every Republican Senator was opposed to the treaty, and every Democrat was in favor of it. The point yesterday was whether the treaty should be taken up in the morning hour. The Democrats thought 1t best to proceed to business on the Calen- dar. They were defeated, however, and Senator Rlddleberger took the floor for q speech in opposition to the treaty. He said tho vote just taken had settled conclu- sively the only question that could possibly be in controversy from this time on in reference to tne treaty, and that was that the Republican party of this country was opposed to the ratification of the treaty, and that the Democratic party was in favor of it. It was being considered as a party question on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, and it was proper to consider 1t as such on this side. He did not propose to discuss the treaty in its details. He pro- posed to bring it to the attention of the Senate as a question which concerned the people of this country, outside the mere catching and Curbng of fish. If it involved that question only, he would defer to the wishes of the representatives of the eastern section of the country in both houses. It concern ed not only tho people Of the whole Allan tic coast, but also the people on the coast of Chesapeake Bay, because Judge Levi Woodbury, a Democratic iurist of ac- knowledged emiuence, had given it as his opinion that, under the twelfth article of the treaty, the Canadian fisher men would have right to partici- pate i'll ali the coast, bay, sound, and river fisheries of the United States; and that Congress or the States would be pre- cIuded from passing any laws on the snb- iect without the consent of the British Government He (Mr. Rtddleberger) would be willing to risk the whole case or that one opinion. And so the Democratic party in the Senate proposed to give away the last vestlge of the rights of the States to protect their owA interests against Great Britain ana aGaluS! l. laadlan nSnef- nien.
 He read extracts from English period icals to prove that the Mills bill and the Presidents tariff message were In the di- rection of free trade, and that the Presi dental electoral contest was cOt1ict be tween free trade and protection, and nothing else He read extract from the speech of Mir. S. $. Cox in the House in which he spoke of protertOnists as rob- bers, rascals and pluudererS, and said ht was not surprised at t2at sentiment wAeI he read 8 book puo!Isnel by the same gentleman many years ago, entitled ''The Buckeye Abroad" ill whitl such sentences as these occurred:
 Old England God bless her! With tear. in my eyes, l beseech HeaVcn's best beni son upon her. 1 remcHlber her only as tn land of noble deeds and generous hearts & hope that th' Pope will create Il Cardinals for America ILe "ill-succes attending the Wlseman experiment il England will prevent the Pope from creat ing any Cardinals in Protes taut countries
 MT Riddleberger sald he knew that Nil Cox had ia the House of Representative pleaded the ''baby act" in reference to tha book and he supposed that he would plea dotage in reference to his later utterance:
 In the House, on motion Of Mr. Dibbl sDeun.. $. e., the Senate joint rssolutio WAS passed authorizing the Secretary ( War to investigate and report the am oun due the State of South Carolina for tn rent of the citadel in Charleston.
 The Honse then proceeded to the COT xaderation of the Sei,ate amendments the Army Appropriation Bill, and they wer non-concurred ia, aud conference wa ordered.