Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1887 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

All leading Canadian papers, irrespective of party, agree that Canada's position iaiinprcgnable on the fishery question, and nre? the lloniinion Government .to uphold Canada’s' rights at all La?jirds. At the same time the hope is expressed that the United States Government will not take ihe course which recent legislation indicates until every means of eoming to a fair and friendly settlement is exhausted. Sir Jehu

]A. Macdonald, the Canadian Premier, in an interview <tl Ottawa, said to a New York 1 HrraUl representative that the people of the United States did not understand Canada’s position in the fisheries mntter. The : Dominion Government had endeavI ored to carry out the provisions !of the treaty of 1818 in harmony I with justice and fairness. Sir John said Canaita had not enforced the customs aud fishing laws with a view to coercing the I United States, and would be glad to enter ; into an arrangement lor the renewal of the privilege of fishing in our waters, and for American fishermen to obtain supplies, bait, ; and tranship fish, The Canadian Government, the Premier added, had acted nccordI ing to law, and he saw no reason to change its views, no matter what took place in the i United States. Sir Charles Tupper, when | asked what would be the effect in Canada i should the Belmont or Edmunds bill beß i come law, said; “There wilL,be an outbreak of patriotism. You will find, that, ; notwithstanding the violence of party feeling, the Opposition to the present government will not admit of a disposition to vield to the demands of the United States. No government could live in Canada that | attempted to subordinate national rights to patty politics.” The National Woman Suffrage Congresswas in session at Washington during the week. Among the delegates present were; ; Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. May Wright Sewell, Mrs. Harrietta 11. Shattuck, Mrs. Elizabeth ljoynton , Harbert, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the Rev. Olympia Brown, Phoebe W. Cozzens, Mrs. Hannah Whitehall Smith, Mary F. Eastman, and Lillian Devereux Blake. Miss Susan B. Anthony delivered the opening speech. Addresses were made by*' Mrs. Sewell of Indiana on “The Condition of Liberty,’*' by Mrs. Harbert of Illinois on “Our Motherless Government,” and by Mrs. Is-abella Beecher Hooker on “The Constitutional Rights of Women to the Ballot, by MissMary F. Eastman of Massachusetts on “The Perils of the Country," and by Mrs. Blake of New Y'ork on “The Rights of Man.” Speeches were also made by Judge Cary of, Wyoming Miss Phube Cozzens of St. * Louis. A series of resolutions were adopted demanding the passage of a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, which shall secure the right of suff rage to women of the United States, denouncing the disfranchisement of thanking the United- States Senators who supported the suffrage amendment. A committee was appointed to arrange a meeting in Washington next year to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the beginning of the movement for woman suffrage in this country. Invitations will be issued to women throughout the world who are interested in women's work. The Dominion Government, says a New York special, is determined to enforce the crusade against American fishing vessels encroaching upon its reserves. If the fishery question is hot settled before the fishing season opens several men-of-war •will be dispatched to enforce existing regulations. The Canadians are jubilant over the situation, but the p ssibility of the suspension of commerce with the United States is creating alarm in commercial circles. The Senate resolutions on the subject were regarded as bluster at first, but since the vote on them there has been a change of opinion.