Cleveland's Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, negotiated with Joseph Chamberlain of the United Kingdom over fishing rights in the waters off Canada, and struck a conciliatory note, despite the opposition of New England's Republican Senators.
Clevelands udenrigsminister, Thomas F. Bayard, forhandlede med Joseph Chamberlain fra Storbritannien om fiskerirettigheder i havet ud for Canada og brugte her en forsonlig tilgangsvinkel trods modstanden fra New Englands republikanske senatorer.