St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-24
UNWELCOME GUESTS,
The Canadian House Of Com
mons Proposes to Keep
Them Away.
Passage of the Extradition
Bill--Also the Act to Pre-
vent Trusts.
Salisbury Ridicules and Con-
DENNIS the Home-Rule
Agitation.
Effect Of the Churchill Cham
berlain Correspond
ence.

OTTAWA. Ont, April 23.-In the
house of commons to-day, on the third
leading OF the bill to amend the copy
right act, Mr.. Edgar said he preferred
IN some respects the provisions of the
act OF 1872. Americans would in future
be prevented from selling reprints of
English books in Canada. He thought
the present tariff rate of Is per cent
was sufficient protection for Canadian
publishers. At the same time he would
favor anything in the direction of
reducing import duties on mate
rials required by them. Sir John
Thompson said foreign authors were
given only one month in which to COPY
right in Canada. After that period,
Canadian publishers, if no rights were
obtained, could publish foreign works.
paying therefor an excise duty. Sir
John Thompson declared that Canada
must try to keep the market for the
Canadian public. This was the essential
principle of the copyright system.
The bill was then passed. 1t does not
interfere with existing English copy
rights. The bill for the prevention and
suppression of combines in restraint of
trade was read third time and passed.
Prof. Weldon's extradition bill came
up for a second reading. Mr.. Weldon
pointed out that in view of Canada's
peculiar geographical position the ne
cessity for a change in the existing
treaty, nearly fifty years old, was
very urgent. He referred with
regret to the rejection by the United
States senate of the bill negotiated by
Minister Phelps some years ago. Can
ada, he declared, was therefore COM
PEELED to seek relief from the present
system. The border counties of the do
miniOn were haunted by American
criminals. In addition, the bill would
cover the case of American boodlers,
who came north to tlaunt their
ill-gotten gains, thus corrupting
the morals of Canadian business
men. What he desired was statutory
offer rather than treaty, whereby
Canada should announce to all nations
her willingness to hand over fugitives
from justice. EXtradition treaties are a
menace to the peace of nations at times.
He referred to the famous Winslow eX-
tradition case of twelve years ago, when
the relations between England
and the United States were
strained. He could not imagine that
parliament was giving anything away
in passing the law. 1t would, how
ever, purge the soil of dangerous
element and cleanse what could be
only regarded just now as an Augean
stable. He appealed to the house to
support the bill for patriotic motives.
The measure, he explained, would be
applied to all countries, whether Can
ada had an eXtradition treaty with them
or not. Col. Tisdale, Hon. Peter Mitchell
tI,o
amendment, which was adopted. Another
clause was also added. 1t provides that
the government to which an offender
is surrendered must give a guarantee
that the prisoner will only be tried for
the offense for which he is eXtradited.
Fraud committed by bankers and cor
poratiOn employees was also added to the
schedule of otfenses. The bill was then
read the third time and passed.