Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-12
Fifsieth Con grsss.
TIE SENATE.

lHE HENAIE.
TuHTdTON, Jane u-Amons the
hills reported from committees and
raced on the calendar was the Senate
iii to withdraw puslic laads in Florida
f,,u sII but homestead entries.
TIE credentials CT Senator Gibson OF
Louisiana Tor his ne1s terDl were pre-
seated aud laid CT the table.
o. no lon Of NJ. Sherman the Senate
,r0ceedsd TO Consideration OF the fisheries
ire.tv in open exgCu' = session, and WAS
,dtress.d Dy NJ. Cray in support Of its
-,tf,atioR II ne kle : ntnself no partisan
coa.! 1eratlOIS cCQ.G !. hlence his jadg-
urut as 10 the merits II me treaty. The
S.Rste was bgQxd to presume thai
IRIS treaty Wss the outcome of 81 honest
cndesvor, an e1fse-t End patriotic seslre
m the part If tue Ex cutiIe to make
satisfactory and advantageous settlement
Of ths vexei question TO which 1t related,
,ad thGt the President was correct (and
uE.il tse contrary spoeareC) when Ae said
Il had been maGs % basis honorable
sEd lust 10 oo.h parties He was promo
20 believe there never had been an Amer
iran President to whom the presumption
lid not rigatful y attach and he greatly
nistook the temper and sense Of the
o,her decision Of the pending treaty, but
one which appealed to their sober jujg-
msnt, not to their pr ld!ces or passions,
snd rot to c.ass or section, or il they
would couhtenAAce the rejection OF II for
sHY reasons which did not concern tina in
terests and welfare Of the Waole country
or tue honor, prestige or dignity OF the
republic G ID help tke country snd peo-
Die il those 10 whose hands they placed
power should refuse 10 look
st both sides and st ali
sides OF the questions which
involved the peace and homer and welfare
Of the nation. Some slurs, he said, had
been ungenerously cast by the Ssnator
from Name (Frye) towards the Secretary
Of State, but there mad never come from
the STATE Department snYthihg like the
surrender Of American rights in the treaty
otIS7l under President Grants admins
tr.!on, and yet thst treaty wasone OF tbs
riumphs of General Grants administra-
ton. Although for the privilege Of 81
inshore fishery which the American
ashermen had Just abandoned as not
worth The license fee Of 81 per ton, it CAV
the American market to Canadian 1Sner
men and %, 800, 600 besides. Notice hsd
been given Oy Congress CT the abrogation
Of that treaty at the expiration of its term
Lnd the Uni.ed States hsd been again ad-
nitted to the privileges, conditions
and restrictions prescribed by the
convention of 1918. Was il surprising
therefore, he asked, that the old coudi-
lions of the dispute and Of the difficult
Interpretation should again occur The
treaties Of 1854 and 1911 have not at
,temp.ed to settle these questions. They
hsd only postponed them. The Uni'at
States could not in view Of the valuable
gsheries CT Behring's Sea AEsrd 10 es ab-
fish any narrow or restrictive doctrine of
territorial waters. SVcA had not
been the dCc.rinG Cf American
pWblici5ts and statesmen. The pending
treaty was practical, sensible and
statesmanlike wav of dealing with the
questions. The N5W England Senators
we're opp; sci to the reRovaI of the duly
on Ash, but this treaty did Rot trench on
that ground. The treaty secured every
right Ct American fishermen, aRd left The
tarlR on Ash where It ought 20 be left, rs
ssubiect TO be dat with by the leglsIa-
tive branch of Congress. No psrty had
monopoly Of patriotism Ia this country,
cut II any party bad right to be proud
Of its record, its traditions, and It's history
IS being distinciiyely and enphanc6lly
American, il WsE the Democratic party
Holding within It's rank the great body OF
plain men Of the couatry who depended
on their daily toll for their daily bread, It
hsd from the beginning fought the battle
Of the masses against the classes
The Democratic party to-day was
on the American side of this question
The Secretary of State sad the negotiators |
Of the treaty we're GA the American side |
Of the question. Those who defended 1t |
in the Senate were en- the American side. |
The President was on the American de |
and the Amer can people would recognize |
the courage and self sacr a ing devotion |
10 their highest interests with which that |
brSve, hOnes+, s.rGigl orRa ard and saga
cOus man hsd sought TO serve them. II
ID obedience to party caucus which |
sat with closed doors. aud kept yelled il !
secrecy the real motives Of the opposition |
me treaty shoald be defe: ed by bsre
msjority an appeal would be made to the
sober judgment of 60 000,00 of people, |
and the brave and honest fishermen them
selves would be appealed to, whose rights
sad interests were secured and main
tanned by this tresty.
A. the close OF M. Gays speech Mr..
HOar obtained the Il Dor, and further con-
sderstion OF the fisheries treaty ives, On
motion Of Mr.. SlermID, postponed until
Aoudcy, the 25 n Ct June.
Adjourned.
TEE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June IL Mr.. Anderson
Of Illinois, from the committee en- post
os;es and post roads, reported back q
resolution calling on The Postmaster
General for tabulsted statement OF the
disallowed claims Of posti n Lees from the
stste of Kentucky, under the act Of March
J, 1889. Laid over.
Under csll of states, the following {
BILLIE, ETC., were Introduced and referred: !
By Mr.. Herbert Ct Alabama, providing !
for sn Assistant Secretary CT the Navy. {
By Mr.. Dougherty Of Florida, resolu- {
ton recitiDg that at this time there seems I
to be no possibility OF the passage at this I
session of Congress of the Mills bill; that I
there is large surplus in the Treasury 6
which 10 daily accumuIating, to the det-
rment OF genera business, and which c
tends to the contraction Of the circulst- q
ing medium Of the country; that the IN '
certainty IS to whether the Mills bill in r
lis present shape will ever become law, r
fc - IL e