Joint High Commission British-american 1898-1899 Met In Quebec
Aug. 23, 1898, and again in Washington, Nov. 10. The meetings continued
until Feb. 20, 1899, ending in a disagreement. Canada was represented by
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis Davies, and John
Charlton; the United States by Gen. J. W. Foster, Hon. George Gray, Hon.
C.W. Fairbanks, Hon. John A. Kasson, Hon. N. Dingley, and T. Jefferson
Coolidge; and Newfoundland by Sir J. S. Winter and Hon. A. B. Morine.
Lord Herschell acted as chairman. Among the questions discussed were
reciprocity, the Atlantic fisheries, the Alaskan boundary, the seal
fisheries, war vessels on the Great Lakes, the bonding privilege, alien
labour laws, and mining rights. =Bib.=: Willison, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and the Liberal Party.