The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-03
REPUBLICAN T0ADYISM.
SENATOR MORGAN SHOWS IT UP
ON THE FISHERIES TREATY.


Humiliating Petition to Queen
Victoria-The Report OF the Majority
characterized as a Piece of Out
rageous Presumption - whitening
Sarcasm.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-In the senate to-
day, Mr.. Beck moved to proceed to consid-
Grafton of bills on the calendar in their reg
ular order.
MIR. Sherman moved to proceed to consid-
Grafton of the fisheries treaty in open exec
utive session. The latter motion was agreed
to by "a yeas to % nays, strict party vote,
and the fisheries treaty was taken up, the
question being on Mr.. Morgan's motion to
postpone it's further consideration till De-
cember next.
Mr. Riddleberger said that the vote just
taken had settled conclusively the only
question that could possibly be in contro-
versy from this time ON in reference to the
treaty, and that was that the republican
party of this country was opposed to
ratification of the treaty, and that the
democratic party was in favor of it.
MADE a PARTY QUESTION.
It was being considered as q party ques-
ton on the other side Of the Atlantic ocean,
and it was proper to consider it as such on
this side When he Offer ed a resolution
some months ago to consider the treaty in
open session, he had in his hands q docu-
ument which gave him the right to judge
that this was the representative English or
pro-English government. He did not pro-
pose to discuss the treaty in its details.
He proposed to bring it to the attention of
the senate as a question which concerned
the people Of this country outside Of the
mere catching and curing Of fish. If it in
volved that question only, he would defer
to the wishes of the representatives OF the
eastern section of the country in both
houses.
CONCERNED THE WHOLE NATION.
1t concerned not only the people of the
whole Atlantic coast, but also on the coast
of the Chesapeake bay, because Judge Levi
Woodbury., democratic jurist of acknowl-
edged eminence, had giVen as his opinion
that under the twelfth article of the treaty
Canadian fishermen would have the right
to participate in all the coast, bay, sound
and river fisheries of the United States and
that congress or the states would be pre-
cludedfrom passing any laws on the subject
without the consent of the British govern
=
willing to risk the whole case on that one
opinion. The democratic party in the SEN
ate had proposed to give away the last
vestige of the rights of the states to protect
their own interes is against Great Britain
and against the Canadian fishermen.
Mr.. Morgan proceeded to address the SEN
ate. The treaty has been properly authen-
ticated and is lawful and valid, and the
time has not passed for negotiation on the
St,hiact Of tho fsharfaS III hn Y nOGa6
to the treaty and believed it to be sacrifice
of the honor and interests of the people of
the United States, he would nevertheless
insist on the adoption of his resolution, for
the purpose of disembarrasslng future diplo-
matte or other relations Of the United States
and Great Britain, and providing a means
by which the two governments could get
ia accord.
AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
He could not conceive of a more unfor-
tunate situation than for the government of
the United States to make a declaration (as
proposed in the majority report Of the com
mittee on foreign relations: First, that the
fisheries relations of the two countries were
not fit subject for negotiation, and sec
ondly that the time for ne collation. had
passed. He did not believe in either of
these statements. The country would
receive such declaration with
very serious doubt. He desired by
a vote of the senate to free
the question from any such unnecessary
embarrassment. If it was desired to reject
the treaty in SOlido without attempting to
improve it, or to reform it by amendments,
let it be so rejected, but let that rejection be
accompanied with a declaration made
necessary now by the majority reporD that
the time for negotiation had not passed
and that the subject was a proper one for
negotiation.
THE NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES
1t was very important that there should
be negotiations on the subject of the great
flsh cries of the northwest II the declara-
tlon proposed by the majority of the com
mlttee on foreign relations were made by
the senate what reply could Great Britain be
expected to make in regard to those north
western fisheries which 1t was now sc
necessary should be regulated by treaty
agreements. Proceeding TO discuss the
question in detail, Mr. Morgan was so fire.
quently interrupted by the republican
senator's that the discussion became a
colloquial debate between Messrs. Morgan
Hoar, Teller and Evarts.
OUTRAGEOUS PRESUMPTION.
Commenting upon the statement in the
majority report that the time for negotia
ton had passed, Mr.. Morgan characterized
IL dS "a piece OF outrageous presumption,
aud said that the committee on foreign rels
uons had no more right to instruct tht
PRESIDENT to cease negotiations, than it haC
10 require him to resign his office. He alst
spoke of the committees appeal to the Brit
Ism government as piece of unaccountabl'
Presumption, and of the affectation o.
authority and dignity on the part OF this
committee in setting itself up to advise the
brltish government. He paraphrased the
Closing paragraph IN the report in this man
her; We beg your majesty that you vii
nov take this abortion which the President
ot the United States has negotiated witt
your commissioners, and its rejection, a
oelng an evidence of hostile purpose on th'
part OF the United States, but that you vii
Woceed In such way as that our fishermen
slalI have full commercial privileges and
ENJOY the same rights and advantages il
your Canadian ports that your fishermen
enjoy in ours"
A HUMILIATING SPECTACLE.
10 say nothing of the presumption Of it
ue sald, look at the humiliation Of that com
nilt'ee begging the British queen for favor
ser sLler rejecting the treaty on the groun'
.nat She was no longer entitled to hav'
,aesotations in respect to it, Mr.. Morgan
%ehJ on to give further free translation O
tle paragraph as follows: "Our offenc
aS You win please to understand iD is no
9sainst your royal majesty's government
~ against Grover Cleveland. We wan
-, ~ give him wipe, and u very serious one
Ssa S.'u we have done that by denoupcing hin
10 Jno presumDtuotlg nagotiatOr of n treaty