Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-30
WORK OF THE SENATE.
The Sheridan Biil-Debate on the Fish.
cries Treaty.

WASHINGTON, May 29th-In the Senate
to-day, Manderson, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported bill to revive
the grade of General of the United States
Army. He said that its purpose was to re-
vive, during the lifetime OF the present
Lieutenant General of the Army, the grade
OF General of the Army. Both these grades
were to cease with the life of Lieutenant-
General Sheridan. He would not take up
the time of the Senate in referring 10 the
occasion which made the bill a proper one
for immediate consideration, and he there
fore asked unanimous consent to have the
bill now considered.
Berry objected, and the bill was placed
on the calendar.
Sherman moved that the Senate do now
proceed to the consideration OF the fisher
les treaty in open executive session.
The motion was agreed 70, and the pre-
siding officer declared the Senate now in
open executive session for the considera-
ton of the fisheries treaty; that the treaty
was open to amendment, and that the
Senator from Maine (Frye) was entitled to
the floor.
Frye said the question now before the
Senate involved the dignity and honor of
this great Republic and the rights of its
citizens. IT could not be obscured by the
lColhCiil vi lEC OHlttu Didt6S
that in the event of the failure of the
treaty he would resort to a law which
Congress had passed in such way as should
put in jeopardy-and might destroy-all
the business interests of the great North
1t could not be belittled by inter-
views furnished to the Boston Herald
nor by letters written to a banoueting
party in New York, in which it was de-
clared that every man who opposed the rat
ification of the treaty would either be con-
trolled by personal prejudice, by partisan
ship, or by profound ignorance; nor by
Administration papers fiippantly and jeer-
iDgly suggesting that it would be better to
buy up the Yankee fishermen and their
fleet. The question before the Senate was
Should the citizens of the United States
fishermen, but still citizens-be protected
against injustice and wrong and outrage by
neighborlng nation, emboldened to it only
because on it rested the aegis of mighty
power beyond the seas. Our country had
not protected its fishermen, so Canada COM
menced by every conceivable outrage,
wrong and injustice, to drive our vessels
away. He declared that the "modus
vlvendi only secured to US, upon the pay
ment of 81 so per ton, commercial privil-
eges which we are already fully entitled to.
He said the Canadians continued their out
IdScS III StdSbu anu OUl Ol season, auQ the
Congress of the United States was Just on
the point of passing retahatory measure,
in response to q petition from the fisher
men OF New England, when diplomacy
was again resorted to, resulting in the
treaty of 1871. We had just emerged from
a terrible conflict, during which Great
Britain clearly desired that this country
should be cnt in two.
Frye continued his speech at great
length, and made many telling points
against Bayard.
Beck having undertaken to controvert
some of Fryes statements, the latter re-
piled that if Great Britain contended that
she owned the United States of America he
supposed the Senator from Kentucky
would say there should be treaty to settle
the difficulty.
Beck-I mean to say that it is better to
settle difficulties between friendly nations
by negotiations than by war
Frye-If you yield everything and the
other nation yields nothing. deny it.
say great republic like ours ought some
time or other to stand for its rights. GAp,
plause in the gallery.l
| Frye was frequently interrupted by Sen
ators on the Democratic side, and there