The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-25
IT MILL PALL FIAT.

The Presidents Great Coup de 'EtRt-A Po.
lItICaI Move to Catch Votes and InconSis-
tcnt with Ills P0lcy-IIow He was Fore
stalled by IL Republican.
WAsnlxGroN, D. c., August 94.-"Con-
sistency, thou art jewel" Nobody
who listened to the message without
knowing would dream that it had been
prepared by the same hand that penned
the message to the Senate last spring to
accompany the Bayard fisheries treaty,
or by the authority that consented to
that treaty. In truth, there is not line
in it that Is In harmony with any other
paper on this subject that has come from
the Executive Mansion or the st9te De-
partment in the last two years.
cLEvRLAND's CURIOUS soNtEBGuLr.
Why this sudden, complete and sur
prising somersault2 Why is ii that the
President is all at once 80 solicitous to
preserve the rights OF American fisher
men to tranship their cargoes in bond
from Canadian ports t. the United
States that he makes it the principal
point OF Il solemn message TO Congress
and proposes 10 get It back by the most
severe mode OF retaliation upon Cana
dian trade that he can conceive Of?
Because The Canadian Government
persists in DENYING the American fisher
men right to which they are unques-
tionably entitled, but which Ia ot no
value, the President proposes that he be
allowed to place a substantial embargo
upon the entire trade OF Canada for sew
eral months in every year. Is this the
same President who o few months ago
advised the Senate in formal message
10 consent'to the surrender by treaty Of
the hereditary rights OF American fisher
men, some OF which have never before
been called in question, and to agree
that the plain terms OF the treaty OF 1878
should be construed as to make its pro-
visions null and void. Surely no aero
batiC performance OF Barnums profess
sionals ever equalcd this.
Ills POWER ALREADY EXISTS.
A long md labored argument appears
in the message to prove that the right OF
the United States to deny Canada the
right to tranship goods across our ter.
ritory in bond is not blocked by any
provision OF the treaty OF Washington
now in force. No one has eyer question
ed this, and il the Presidents Argument
ON this point is sound, as it probably Is,
then he needs no further legislation by
Congress to authorize him TO do what he
contemplates, Doesn't the President
know this? Doesn't Secretary Bayard
understand this2
Or is this part Of the message dis:
graceful attempt to make cheap political
capital in campaign that is drifting
away from him and his party, and to di-
vert public opinion from the real issue
OF the struggle, the tariff, while h9 slips
out his long detailed letter OF acceptance,
with perhaps auother somcrsault to
make mate for the one turned out yes
terday.
PoBEsTALLED ny REPUBLICAN,.
There is another feature Of the mes
sage which has no reference to the fish
cries dispute-the proposition to EetRli'
ate upon Canada ior her unjust disCrim'
| ination against American vessels pass
| ing through her canals, Such u policy
as he outlines out to be, and probably
is, universally approved but the PTesl,
dent. has no patent right upon il. More
than 4 month ago Representative Ding,
| ley, of Maine, a Republican, introduced
4 hiIl in the House to effect this very
thing. IT was referred to the Committee
on Fisheries. Why hes not that com
miltee reported upon it?
The whole movement is merely the
imitation OF great bladder, to get the
wind into which Mr., Cleveland stood
on his head, aud which will polIapS(
when the first pin is thrust into it, u
will not deceive the fishermen OF Maine
and will not gain one vote from them in
the election next month. 1t will mo-
turn the attention OF anybody from tht
tariff issue or secure an Irish-Americar
vote. tits weak piece Of demagogry
1t will be received rs such and that will
he the end OF il,