Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-26
FIFTILTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, September 2j, 1883.



Seuate.
Mr.. Stewart offered resolution calling
upon the President for such information
as he has received since the 7th instant
as TO the action of the Chinese Govern
ment on the recent treaty.
Mr.. Edmunds suggested that the reso-
lution had better be considered in execu-
tive session for reasons which he would
state in executive session. The resolu-
ton was thereupon laid on the table
temporarily, and the Senate, on motion
of Mr.. Edmunds, proceeded to executive
business with closed doors.
The doors were reopened at ! o'clock
and Legislative business was proceeded
with.
Mr.. Sherman's resolution for an in
quiry into the state of relations between
the United States and Great Britain and
Canada was taken up, and Mr.. Morgan
proceeded to discuss 1t. He said that it
IVES an obvious fact that the distinctive
policy of the Republican senators was
that no other but Republican Admins
tration should have settlement of the
questions nov open between the people
OF the United States and those OF Canada
The Senate, he said, was to have a glance
at the substitute for the Mills bill and
would then probably adjourn.
Mr.. Morgan yielded the floor tempo
rarily 50 as TO permit Mr.. Allison to re-
port back from the Committee on APP
preparations the House joint resolution
TO continue tho provisions Of the exist
ing law providing for the expenditures
of the Government up to and including
the 10th of October. The joint resolu-
ton was passed.
1t is the fifth OF its kind passed this
season, the dates of the other four being
the seth of June, the 3lst of July, the
lst of September, and the 18th OF Sep
tember.
Mr.. Morgan then resumed the floor
and proceeded with his argument in
favor of the policy suggested by the
President He declared the suggestion
to be a mastery stroke of policy. 1t
would have more to do, he said, with the
coming Of Canada within the political
affiliations of the United States than
any other argument which any human
being could name, because il brought
before the eyes of the Canadian people
the great practical question that their
material interests were so bound up with
those of the American people that a
common government was necessary for
all alike.
Mr.. Morgan paid high compliment
to the President for his clear-sightedness
and courage There was, he said, no
trimming, no double-dealing. no hiding
away OF his opinions on the part Of the
President. The President had put the
subject before the people and Congress
of the United States in such simple.
plain, and manly form that no man could
misunderstood it. The President had
asked Congress to give him power, not
merely to retaliate on Canada for the
wrongs she had done 10 the citizens Of
the United States and to convince her
that she must do so no longer, but
also to put the revenues of the country
in respect TO Canada on the same footing
as they were in respect TO Mexico or
any other foreign State, and, at the same
time, to relieve him from an embarrass-
ment which he could not escape so long
as the law remained in its present imper-
feet and tangled form. That was what
the President asked. Would the Senate
grant it? IL would not. 1t had no in-
tention to grant it. There had been no
action taken upon ii. In few days tho
new tariff bin would be reported TO the
Senate, and that measure would wedge
out everything else.
Mr.. Dolph replied TO what be desig-
mated "the extraordinary speech Of the
senator fror Alabama" He spoke of
the inconsistency Of the Democratic san-