New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-08
THE TREATY UNDER FIhE.
.rpo,c,y OPPOSED BY SENATOR Eusris'
.,.r.vxrs AGAINST THE CRIMES rRoVisioN-
,.,s,-vr,y Action IN rHr SENATE

,vsr TIRE CRIMES PROVISION
,rtsrrr,Y action IN rHr sENAr''
o,, Yah (SpeciaD.-There 10
We. .so. rho British Extradition treaty Will
p ~ attention OF the Senate for some time
80, The discussion which has arisen
- Sn.n6ment recommended by the Com
,;,,,s on Fercign Relations printed In fuu IN iHE
ip,.,-xE of to-day. continued Tor over an hoa1
IN Executive session this afternoon without
definite result being reached
Can.tor Eusiis of Louisiana, made strong
srgrment against the treaty his point being that
,ho Grimes en- umerated under tue 4th Section were
not sufficiently well defined, and therefore Liable
10 be misinterpreted and apt to lead 10 internS-
tonal difficulties. 1t was new crime, as II wVtc,
punishable by heavy penalties in Great Britain
but unknown 10 the statute books OF this country.
Suppose he is understood to have argued, that the
treaty ratified il now stands, 1t Wouii
still require the enactment of statutes IN al .n
different States and Territories OF the Onieu
States and in the District OF Columbia IN ofuer W
make It operative Suppose that thirty seven oue
Of the thirty-eight States enacted laws dennins
the malicious injury to buildings as CRIME 90. oa
the same magnitude as IL Is regarded uy Inr
courts Of Great Britain under the laws e1acGu ~
Parliament. and only one state remalneu w ...
law of the same general character on it's statute
bool. thar State would surely become the refuge
Of those whom the treaty is designed 10 extIsgite
diecussi,n misunderstanding and international
6if7oulty This ought 70 be avoided
Mr. Eamund so,S Tsosd sd a. s%%' hi m
On snd the MT general aIs"" constitutional features
involved both Senators expressing themselves as
In favor of ratification No vote however. was
There is a general feeling except among Ad-
ministration Senators TO whom Mr. Bayard has
snrcaled in order 20 secure the success OF one
Of his pet schemes and the members Of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations whose hasty commit
tai 70 the provisions of the treaty Is now beginning
30 bear rather troublesome fruit. that there rs
oacfor fOp h1rp i'm he
Britain. which of course is DESTROYS to hav
che troatv ratified promptly. probably wait
until the fisheries dispute is Setted, On the
other hand the friends of the treaty maintain
that il should be disposed OF now. as IL has been
pending for nearly two years Inc obvious obvious
answer 10 this argument is that the fisheries
question antpdates the conclusion OF the treaty
BY MANY months
SwNEFORD SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED.
EIs BLUNDERs nfTARD ALAsxRs DFvEI"PM'NF
NOW poxFsT LEGISLATION Is SMOrHREFD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. CSpecialL-A few Amcri-
can citizens who are now engaged in Gamma
salIaon codfshng and trading in Alaska have
been trying in vain during the last tfteen year
10 get simple extension Of the United States land
laws over that region. The little bills to thar
effect have been regularly introduced but sooner
or later before the close Of the session some eX-
travaglnt rider in the interest of political sdven-
turers place hunters and the like would be loaded
lD3n th So small bu1 hOneSO measures oh4y ~
ex .te denate ard diSgnst in the committees With
TIL result Of killing al legislation for Alaska,
History repeats itself This winter the GOV
eFcr f Alaska. Swim ford appears as usual II
tie lObbics ana has prevailed Upon memD.r u
lntroduoa hil 4 the organization NJ the lerri-
tor Of Alaska This has been ref .rred 10 th'
{, nm rfce on TerritOri"s. whore IL VAL undouh-
edlv succeed in delaying If not smoth' ring th'
pdorff0n ~ ono Of che several Sme blilS eXr'h'
in- the hon stead act over Alaska now beiCr
thar committee This hill OF Swinef0rds Is Ike
2 halfdo.,n Of such measures which have been
repeatedly urged 10y IDLE men Ike himself uron
the committees and as regularly rejected nv tncm
during the las ten r twelve years ~ cra,'S
monerrl council OF legislature and elects dele
gate nv the votrs Of the w white people IN there
and the IND ans who shall speak the tnclsh
lanoua on int lligenflv and adopt civilized hanns.
But Governor Sw7naford does not stop with tn
develoumont of Aiasya-he IS busy in behalf Of
Michigan fer he Joined band of Democratic
brethren Yesterday in personally calling uu"i
Socrrtarv Faircbild. snd after declaring Civil
Service IN n+tar nuisance in the WOlvori"r state
urged the plump aholition Of the la* IN MICHIGAN
Now he Is not troubled WITH Civil Service in
Alaska why should he 20 far out Of his way
b. End trouble in Michigan? He saws ne Is dow"
here every inter- a." 70 dovelop Alaska How
inde'd VIII ia" a. clifton f the CIVIL Service law
IN Michigan dvelop Alaska?
SvlnctcrdS annual reports ui.on Alaska are
rarlcd as gr hnr"so los Of that rcglun Herc
Is an illustration that can he quickly Afforded
OF this characteristic of his work In REPORTING
upon the population of Alaska for the year end
lng October /. 1886. he declares that there are
tovn in the terrl-.ir The Free iress' Of
January !. so. published in Jurpau CITY rrntS
detailed census Of the town and ma kcs the total
white population 4s4. lie is anxious to have
population up there which Will he able TO wear
che harness OF this territorial organiatlon and II
II can be made paper il will he lust as well Tor
his purpoScs The reasons why that region is
not settled faster can he found almost every week
r. the local columns Of the San Francisco papers
Until Governor SWineford can suppress them he
viii not DE able TO impress the idea Of millions
settling in Alaska"