New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-29
THE EXTRADITION TREATY IN THE SENATE
ABSURD DEMOCRATIC LIES AS TO ACTION ON
mum pvNAMrrE CTATSES.


wasbfnpton Oct % SpeciaD. The attempt has
bsen rcently made in the organs Of TIE Administrator
notably The New-York Times and The New'forA
Herald, to create the impression that tue Iamous
dynamite clause In the Extfadltion Treaty negouaieu
with Great Britain by Minister Phelps, had as i'S
author Lord sackville who submitted 1t 10 secretary
Bayard by whom, these same authorities asserted IL
was Indignantly rejected, only TO be taken UP ai'er-
ward nv a Republican Senate. This Is probably the
most impudent attempt yet made to hoodwink voters.
and II becomes necessary to recall briefly the fac's
in connection with that celebrated clause as they
,eaIv occurred The treaty negotiated BY
Minister Phelps 1t sent 10 the Senate with the
Presidents approval In july looo Inc
Tribune at the time promptly gave its con-
tents 10 the country Objection was al
once raised TO tho dynamite clause in different quar-
ters Strong efforts were made to have the treaty
considered in open sessions but from the beginning
the influence Of single Democratic Senator could not
be secured for this end As in the case OF the FISH
cries treaty they insisted that it should be acted on
in the dark and they were successful Among the
Senators, opinions differed as to the merits OK tho
treaty Itself There was great anxiety to secure an
arrangement by which Canada would cease to be
an asylum for criminals from the United etatcs, Dut
no one wanted to this arrangement at the eA-
pcnse of denying the right Of political asylum Law
yers like Edmunds, Evarts and Morgan held that this
right was sufficiently guarded, but some Oh the othcs
doubted. From tDe start, Scudtol hu"'ND'ib"i'
Republican, opposed the treaty, while not a single
Democratic Senator raised his voice against It.
II failed OF ratification in the XLIXth Congress, but
last December with the Lth Congress great activity
made in bringing 1t up. 1t was at this Time tha'
Joseph Chamberlain reached Washington to negotiate
the Fisheries treaty While these negotiations were
going on, the Extradon treaty was pressed In the
executive sessions of the Senate When the attend
ance was small, a vote was sprung and according to
a the cha af a Senator
have secured the twO-thrs vote needed for ratiica
ton This was prevented by an adjournment. From
this time the subject was kept alive The Presi-
dent appealed TO by tho rshAmcrican papers
which supported the Administration to withdraw the
treaty but he positively refused to do So More time
taken up by Senator Morgan, the leader OF the
Democratic minority on the Foreign Relations Com.
any halfdozcn Senators Great energy was put iorth
the treaty, but the Democratic senators renamed
silent The reason was that they feared the dis-
Euss. the ant-Clcveland Senator from Louisiana did
speak against the treaty, and few months later
traton was against him. His course, however,
brought over several timid Democratic Senator's and
I'm the latter part Of January Senator Stewart, OF
Nevada seized the opportunity one day and moved s
that the treaty be postponed till December For this
majority of them being Republican, and it was
carried Tho amendment proposed py tho senate senate
Committee on Foreign Relations has been published
Of Irish-Ameiican citizens possible for political OF
fences, II simply defined more clearly the crimes Tor
which extradliion sought and made 1t impossible
to msinterpret the treaty as originally drafted by
Minister Phelps, signed by Lord Salisbury and ap-
proved by President Cleveland
The statement set forth with unparalleled impu-
dence In the columns Of " The NewYork Tines that
TIC Democratic Senators Of the Foreign Relations
Committee posed 10 this amcnunenl. and the further
attempt 10 cast cloud upon General HarrsOns record
In connection with that matter display The character
OF the means TO which Democratic organs
PEELED TO resort at the present time As the Demo-
cratic Senators under Mr.. MOrgan's lead steadily OPP
pcsed publicity they may feel fec to misrepre
sent their votes, but the story that the amendment
the OF pos tpOnemcnt Is rank nonsense.
Tho point sought 10 bo made is that Minister West
had tried get secretary Bayard to adopt a similar
am ndnent and that the Secretary refused. The truth
IS that the British Cover nment wanted the treaty
ratified with the amendment and would have been
dcvOuiy thankful II this could have been secured
Tha Joseph Chamberlain with his guard OF detectives
was ntri ulng for IA lcati0n OF the treaty was
such ification could have been gained the English
Government might have made some genuine conces-
Sions the fisheries aud allowed the Cleveland Al
mnstration to get the credit for a settlement.
LORD sACKvILLE BLAMED IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston, S. C., Oct. % (spocialD.-Things are
not what they in Democratic circles here. The
sackvllc letter has acted like a wet blanket and
there Is general feeling OF depression, especially
around the Post Office and Custom House. week
ago the few hackers OF Harrison In this city were
asking odds of IL TO from the Cleveland men, ana
some Of them had even begun 10 hedge Now every
thing Is changed. IL IL realized that the sackylle
letter something In the nature OF ,, ', @
Of 1t all right, but they arc uneasy The tnres ~