Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-24
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where the GOvernnent sbOu,a
Look 90 the Best Interests OF q.
Own People.
In the Washington correspondence OF
Tuesdays Nav York Herald, in the
course Of an article abiding to the reoi.
procity ideas of Secretary Blaine and
claiming that they were simply those
proposed by President Arthur and Secrs-
tary Frelinghuysen In 1884, appeared the
following paragraphs:
Now that the Senate has actually begun
debate on the tariff there will very soon be
some expressions OF opiniontsurf rising TO
the country. They will come. too, from Re-
Not the least important Will be the rave.
lntion mat the so-called reciprocity policy
OF Mr.. Blaine With the sugar growing eoun.
tries OF America is nothing more nor less
imam the policy inhuzurared BY President
arthur through Secretary Frellnghuysen In
tooa. lac ,pronosad reciprocity treaties
which mad already been negotiated by Sec
Rotary Frelinghuysen were cent to the Sen.
ate In December. 1884 during the short
tlon.
MIR. Bayard, who was then in the Senate
hnd knew ne was to be Secretary OF State
under The the incoming administration,
was authorized to say that aunh trentles
we're not agreeable to Mr.. Cleveland. This
was all that was needed to prevent their
consideration, Tor II the Senate had gone
ahead and riiiied them, Congressional
legislation would have been neeessf w to
carry them into effect. This would have
bad to ba done by the House OF Representa-.
uves OF the ForIy.ninth Congress taking
tne Initiative, and as this body was Demo-
cratlc II would never have wasted time on
measures Mr. Cleveland was likely to veto.
MIR. BIYARD ON THESE TIRE rs.
On being shown tine Herald oorre-
apondence by GAZETTE reporter, on
Tcesday morning, and asked his views
sn the statement referring to BIN, MIR.
Hayari said
There were two treaties which were
still before the Senate when Mr. Oh We
land took office on March 4th, 1886.
One was the NioarRguau canal project.
which after long discussion had faile d
TO be ratified by the Senate, AMI which
eom United the Uaited States to the pur.
chase aud acquisition of sovereignty over
. narrow strip Of land aud water within
the boundaries OF Nicaragua and Costa
Mica. coupled with tho agreement to con-
struet and maintain a canal across the
1sthmus.
Independent OF the impolicy of our
acquiring political sovereignty, with all
Its responsibilities over territory more
than 1000 miles distant, within foreign |
country, Aud OF Rn unlimited cost, for |
which no proviqion was made in the
treaty, and which would hive enta;ied /
upon the United States the construction
and management of vast work, involv-
inR enormous expenditure and intricate
and d fticult problems Of hydraulic engi
neei1ng, the solution OF which is still
p6EdiDg.
ia addition there wore serious ques-
lions hrisi 9 cut Of our treaty of 1850,
Known Oh the Clayton Bulwer treaty, with
Great Britain, which should have beon
fully considered and settled in advance of
any such action as was proposed by the
Frelin8huysen treaty. This was one of
Z he treaties recalled by Mr.. Cleveland
from the Senate, which body had already
refnesd to rstify it, although still re,aia.
Ing the instrument OF its custody.
The only other treaty withdrawn by Mr..
cleveland was the proposed commercial
treaty with Spain proposing certain re-
OF trade between the Aptilles
and the Uaited States. This treaty had
never been reported to the Senate by the
committee on foreign relations aud would
iaye interfefed most seriously with the
revenues OF the country, without giving
my relief to the American consumers
BY it more than s30,0OO,0OO of our
'evenue derived from duties on sugar
would have been made free gift to Cuba
md Porto Rico, without diminishing in
he slightest degree tue cost of sugar to
he American consumera. The treaty was
therefore, recalled because it was con.
idered wiser for the government OF .he
United States to make such reductions in
evenue as would inure to the benefit OF
ia own citizens and lessen the cost of
wing TO the laboring population of this
'ouDIy.
1T was also considered that it is wiser
or this government to retain in its own
lands the sole and absolute control over : :
IS sources of revenue than 60 tie them
Up conventions with other governments. r
is plain, too, that the most favored 4
ation' clauses which are to be found in
sany Of our treaties with other nations,
you'd lead to serious complications il b
pseial commercial favors were granted v
0 one nation and withheld from the rest"
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