Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-21
THE NATIONS CAPITOL
Morgan Occupies the Greater
Part Of the Day
With His LabOred Defense Of the
Fisheries Treaty.
Prospect that a Vote Will be Reached
Today.
Congressman Dingley Shows Up Fa-
vorite Democratic Misrepre-
sentation.
A Hot and Exciting Debate Very Gen.
orally Participated in.
A Hot and Exciting Debate Very Gen
orally Participated in.
WAsHISGToS, Aug. 20.
Senate.

WAsHIsGTos, Aug. 20.
The Senate went into open executive ses.
sion on the fisheries treaty and Morgan re-
sumed his argument in favor of its ratitica-
ton.
Mr.. Morgan read an extract from Mr..
Blaine's Portland speech on the 10th of Au-
gust-a description of the coast of New
Foundland where the steamer City of New
York passed fishing heet, and remarked
that Blaine had, as speaker Of the House of
Representatives and and as a senator, al
lowed his party TO give, in 1871 and 1883, to
the French and Canadian fishermen, the right
to bring into the United States fresh fish free
of duty and the republican candidate for
the Presidency when he raised his blue eyes
to the rising sun and welcomed the coming
of the great chieftain of republicanism, must
have forgotten that that chieftain was one of
the men who had put fresh fish free" on
the statute books and had never attempted to
remove it. No man, he said, ever played
the title role of 'chief humbug of the age"
with more success than the eminent chief
tain of the republican party, who, in fog,
undertook to make some declaration from a
/ SICK stOndClt itPupiiNah anu
cratic treatment of the fisheries. He did not
wonder that he Mr.. Blaine) was sick.
After Morgan had spoken over two hours,
he Welded the floor (in accordance with the
agreement of last Friday so that the oppo-
uents of the treaty might present their views
up to four O'Clock, the last two hours up to
six being reserved for its friends.
Hoar said that nothing he had heard from
the senators on the other side had changed
his convictions.
Mr.. Eyarts said he had reached a stage in
his observations when he should take the ar
ticles i'll detail, not perhaps with much pre-
cision, but would express his general and
peremptory condemnation of them. 1t was
not doubted that the pending treaty was
permanent one, with limitation as to time,
and was the third treaty with Great Britain.
There were two now in force. that of 1888,
to certain extent, and of 1918, so far as IT
took the place of or encroach9d upon that of
1888. Now the Senate was asked to ratlfy
third treaty, not repeating either OF the 9TH
ers, and introducing wider area and multi
plication of regulations, instead of the sim
plicty, regularity, peace, respect and ordi-
nary conduct of affairs.
Blair asked Mr.. Evarts in connection with
the first article whether as it was substantl-
ally an agreement that the treaty OF 1878 as
therein construed, was not an abandonment
of all American claims for damages and an
admission that there was no ground for such
claims.
Evarts-Undoubted if with our eyes
open we sign such an article
Evarts went on to discuss each of the arti-
cles briefly to give his definition of their
meaning and criticised them unfavorably-
to aI,ltn
attention to the agreement, under which, 2
hours up to p NJ, were to be given to the
friends of the treaty, but as Evarts had not
finished his argument, it was agreed that he
should continue it, and as much time as
should be occupied after O'Clock, would be
allowed to the other side, and tomorrow, in
addition, the two closing hours.
Evarts then resumed his argument against
the treaty and closed by saying that If the
treaty were rejected as il would be, its reJec-
ton would be an opening to quiet and repose
The people of Canada were governed b, ad-
diction to their own interests IN common
with the rest of the world, and the American
relations were vastly more important to them
then the relations of Canada to the United
States The two countries were not going
to war and sacrifice their arrangem ents of
good neighborhood on the mere question Of
fish The United States intended to have Its
neighbor fir endly and have mutual com
merce established on the Atlantic and Pac-
ifc coasts on the principles of justice and
right.
GRAY said in reference to Evarts two days
speech against the treaty, that he had under
stood him (Evarts) to say. distinctly and
cate gorically that his objection to the treaty
was that the lth and 18th articles proposed
to give the English and Canadian fishermen
complete fnll and absolute rights of the fish
ery along the Atlantic coast from Eastport
to the most Southern point in Florida. He
proceeded to argue against this interpreta-
ton of the articles and claimed that such
objections being removed the senator from
New York was bound to vote for the ratii
cation of the treaty. But if Eyart's interpre-
tation of the articles were correct he would
vote to make those articles so plain nobody
could object to them on that score and he
invited Evarts to offer such amendments as
would make them acceptable.
Eyarts said the Senator from Deleware
might propose such amendments as he chose,
but il wouldn't be fair for him to do SO when,
after the amendments made the whole scope
of the treaty would be unpalstable to him.
Gray said that the amendment endorsed,
placed the relations of the United States
with Great Britain on a basis not only of
friendship but of justice to all, and when
that attempt failed, the administration would
know how to protect and honor the good
name of the republic. Those who favored
the treaty didn't fear war but did fear that
the relations of the United States with Great
Britain might lapse into condition, not in
which she would declare war against the
| United States but in which we would be
compelled by just regard for our own honor
and national reputation, to consider the
question with her. 1t seemed to him poor,
and mean position to put this great country
| in-that of nagging and making faces at lit
tie Canadian provinces and (instead of seek
| ing to compose) seeking to excite the causes
| of difficulty and exaggerate them. That was
! not his idea of the position which the United
States ought to occupy among the nations OF
the earth She ought to be the greatest ex-
ampler of that strength and self contain
ment which would advance civilization and
promote the happiness of all dwellers upon
| the earth.
Morgan spoke till six o'clock and will have
half An hour tomorrow in order to conclude
| his argument.
The Senate then adjourned.
Breckenridge of Arkansas offered various
resolutions TO correct certain abuses arising
under the present tariff laws in relation te
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