Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1887 — The Fisheries Dispute [ARTICLE]

The Fisheries Dispute

The President has invited Hon. Wm. L. Putnam, of Maine, and Hon. James B. Angell, of Michigan, to act with the Secretary of State in the negotiation for a settlement with Great Britain of the dispuies growing out of the questions conn cte 1 with the rights of our fisher'men in the territorial waters of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland. Both of these gentlemen have accepted and it is believed bv Secretary Bayard that their fitness for the important duty will be recognized by the country.