The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-20
Plan to Be Suggested 10 Congress for Prevent.
ing Further Discrimination in Favor of
the Canadian Pacific Railway.
E. ". Halford Nominated to Bear Army
Paymaster, with the Rank of Major.
Interesting Letter from "Corn- Cake" Murphy
Concerning His Work in Germsny-R
ways Will Not Be Permitted TO Pool.
TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION.


What the President May Say Concerning
Our Railway Relations with Canada.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19-President Harri-
son Will send to Congress within a few days
q special message. which may have an I'M
portant bearing upon the possible annexa-
tion of Canada to the United States. The
message ITSELF while dealing with q mere
detail of commerce across the border. in
wolves such vast commercial interests that,
in the opinion of members of the commit.
tee on foreign affairs OF the House and of
the committee on foreign relations of the
Senate it cannot fail TO make an immediate
Impression upon the growing sentiment in
British America in favor of extending the
northern boundary of the United States
to the frozen limit of the continent. Your
correspondent Is able to state upon highest
authority that the message of President
Harrison to Congress will point out plan
by which the discrimination in favor of the
Canadian Pacific railroad against railroads
of the United States may effectually De pre-
vented without violating the treaty of
Washington. That treaty provides for the
shipment of goods In bond from Canada tc
another country, across United States ter.
ritory and vice versa, but the treaty also
provides TINT goods thus transshipped
across the territory of either country must
be from contiguous nation. Now. at least
nine-tenths of all the merchandise shipped
over the Canadian Pacific road and admit.
ted across the border into the United
States, under consular seal and with only
nominal examination, since it Is a physical
impossibility for the consular agent at the
border to examine more than minute
fraction of this great volume of commerce,
Is imported either from Asia or from Eu-
rope, 1t is evident that the contiguous"
clause OF the treaty of Washington makes
1t within the power of the United States
government to insist upon q rigorous ex-
ANIMATION OF these goods ct the port OF
original entry and to prevent their trans
shipment under consular seal
President Harrls0ns message will also
deal with another phase of the question
which Will prove embarrassing TO the sub
sidized military road of Canada.
The Presidents will declare. in reply
to Mr. Hits resolution. that this
government has the right to require
inspection by Its customs officers Of goods
received from territory not contiguous,
at an American port and sent by the high
seas to another American port for trans
shipment For example. the greater bulk
of the silks and teas sent in English bot
toms from the Orient for importation
into this country are delivered in bond at
San Francisco, and then sent by vessel to
Columbia. In the State of Washington,
whence. under seal. they are carried over
the Canadian Pacific railroad, and thence
across the border TO either New York. or
Boston, or whatever other United States
port to which they may be consigned.
Under the view which President Har-
rison will take, such importations
by United States officials upOn ar
rival at San Francisco, and the duty upon
them would be Immediately levied and
collected. The effect OF this would be to
throw their transportation across the con-
tineDt into the control OF American rail-
ways. instead of the Canadian military
line. These will be the chief points of the
message soon to be transmitted to Congress.
Canada VIII Not Discriminate This Year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Announcement
was made to-day from an authoritative
source that the Council of the Dominion
government. by an order agreed upon last
Saturday determined to withdraw for the
season of 1893 all DETERMINATIONS. tolls or
otherwise, respecting vessels persons or
commerce using the WellaDd and 81. Law
reDce canals. This. it was said, IS more
than our government had asked. The in
formation has not Yet been conveyed 10
this government
Time to Choke or Aunexationfsts.
TORONTO. Ont, Jan. 19.-The World, con-
servative and ultrs-loy alist. in a double
loaded editorial to-day. says "The time
for united action has come. and Canadians
desirous of national existence for Can.
ada on this continent must unite to q man
to put down the annexation advocates.
There is but one issue in the country to-
day. and that is annexation" The World
says it is informed that Goodwin Smith
will start an annexation paper in this city,
In April, with q capital of S200,000.