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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...senate because: (a) the treaty grants us nothing which does not already rightfully belong to the Unites States:- Lodge, North American Review. February 1888; Wharton's Digest, and 304-306; (b) the fishermen themselves were strongly opposed to the treaty:- Speech of Senator Hale, June 13, 1888; (c) Canada has always pursued an unfair, grasping. and aggressive policy towards the United States:- Speech of Sneator Hale, June 13, 1888; (d) the outrages against American fishermen were prompted by a desire to drive the United States into the treaty:- Speech of Senator Frye, Congressional Record, vol. 19, part...
...treaty is disgraceful to our diplomacy, because: (a) the "three-mile limit" in the case of bays is made to be five miles; (b) we are forbidden to enter eleven bays each more than ten miles in width; (c) the municipal dominion of Canada over these great bays is thus increased; (d) our fishermen are prevented from entering bays where the channel is less than three miles from shore...
...entering a harbor, our vessels are under the municipal regulartions of the Dominion government and a right is given up which has been previously successfully asserted; (b) We practically give up right of transhipment allowed to them; (c) "it binds the United States to be content with whatever is given by this treaty as the full measure of its rights, and to be content with it forever," and in the face of all this allows British North American fishing vessels possession of all commercial rights in all the ports and waters of the United States:- Sen. Misc...
There is some talk of forming a lacrosse team at B. A. C., so as to form a league with Harvard and Cambridge...
...C. HUBBARD, Sec.There will be a meeting of last year's freshman nine at No. 9 Holyoke house today at 1.30 to elect a captain...