Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-07-23

WASHINGTON, July 20, lS'

tradition treaty agreeu upou oct"ech
the United States end Great Britain, but
which absurd deEials of its existence
have made dubious, is now actually
before the Senate. It seems to be satis-
factory, and will probably be ratified.
In addition to the classes Of criminals
already extraditeable are parties charged
with manslaughter, burglary, embez-
Element, or larceny. and malicious In
jury to property whereby the life OF any
person shall be endangered, If such
injuries constitute crime according 10
the laws of both countries. The embez'
element feature, and larceny, will have
some bearing In the cases of those now
too frequent visitants from tie United
States to Canada who have swindled
banks. saving institutions, and the ike.
The last named provision will cover the
dynamite fraternity and rhos in whom
Jerry Donovan, falsely called Rosa,
takes supreme delight. But no one Is
to be tried for any other crime than
that for which he has been extradited.
Folloxing an example set by Ruther-
ford B. Hayes when he occupied the
Presidential Chair, Mr.. Cleveland last
week published manifesto warning Of
fice-holders not to be prominent In pol
tiles, but to exercise their undouoted
rights in a quiet, unobtrusive manner.
1t was declaration against offensive
partizanship" by present officials. III
this rescript is not more effective than
was Mr.. Hayes's, it will not amount 70
much, for his never stopped, If to any
serviceable extent it checked, the most
unblu shing assessments in every de-
part ment of the public service. In
fact. II was the intOlerable excess to
which that abuse was carried that begat
the repulsive "Civil Service" contri-
vance, which the over facile Democracy
permitted to slip through with its pro-
scription of one half of the people and
other crudities and cruelties, under the
Establishments of George F. Edmunds
& Co.
Our District people have not, so Tar,
seen much reason for any excess OF
gratitude to tho Forty-ninth Congress.
They have not done anything conspic'
uously neficent, though great many
fl ne things have been discussed OF In
Committee rooms, and furnished forth
ir cold type in the newspapers. There
has been good deal of Vor, with cor
responding plenitude of Nih't. Some
how or other our breeds of legislators
and statesmen do not appear to improve.
For one thing, there is an overdue
amount Of thought about political fences
and fence.making, and almost every
measure is favored or snubbed according
to the effect it may seem 70 have on a
Senator's or members private interests.
Some of the Virginia people are dis
posed to favor the ides of making Ex-
Solicitor John Goode governor OF the
old Dominion, or as much as is left Of 1t,
after the term of the present incumbent.
They should try something that would
pan out earlier than that. The thing is
too far to Lee-ward.
Tn at valuable and highly expressive
Western word Shenanagin just paints
some of the processes that have been IN
vogue here to put and keep certain IA
fol ties in office. The head Of bureau
having been entrusted with the answers
to set of examination papers for his
own satisfaction, secretly loans them to
such as he wishes to succeed in the trials
but who otherwise would have no
chance of passing the test. A New
Yorker named Peck in the Comptroll-
er's office, with couple of underlings
he wished to retain, were concerned in
such an undertaking, and have been de-
tected. They were promptly dismissed.
Poor old Mexico is enjoying another
of those pronunciamentos we used to read
about. Tamanlipas, the State on the
Rio Grande'. mouth, across from Texas,
is the scene, and affords the choice spir-
its on our side chance to take hand
il they want to; or else the whippe d
grisos can pop over in safety to this side.
This affair will give some opportunity
for judging of the present power Of the
central Mexican government.
The date of the coming adjournment
of Congress is a vexed question. Some
say about August 3rd; others put 1t a
week or so later. The House says the
2sth, but the Senate may not consent.
Representative John S. Barbour,
chairman of the house District Commit
tee, has gone to Europe, and is now in
Liverpool.
The private claimants whose cases
are OH the calendar have petitioned for
day whereon 10 consider their cases.-
The absolute truth is that the conduct
Of Congress toward the meritorious
claimants on the country's justice is
utterly indefensible.
Our last news from England Is that
Mr.. Gladstone and his Cabinet will i'm
mediately resign. The Queen is near
at hand, in the Isle of Wight, and will
by no means refuse to accept the prof.
fered designations.
Yours, &C., JADIs.