Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-01
THE TIME NOT YET RIPE.
Samoa Must be Discussed h.
 tell;gently.
BRITISH EXTRADITION TREATY.

BRITISH EXTRADITION TREATY. | MT. Frye Wants the Senate to Go Slow | and Take No Backward Steps Concerning the Extradttion Treaty.
 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The senate passed tue diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, the debate on the Samoan question being | the feature of the proceedings
 The presidents message relating to the 1 Samoan Islands and to Corea were read and | referred.
 l After further morning business the senate resumed consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bili, the pending ques- tion being on the amendments referring to l Samoa.
 Mir. Reagan offered the amendment to in sert the words: And for the protection of the rights of American citizens residing in said islands, and to preserve the neutrality and independence thereof"
 Mr. Frye said the cause of the trouble in Samoa was not Germany or Bismarck, but German trading firm. The enmity of the trading firm to the chiefs was due entirely to the fact that they were friendly to the United States. Tamasese was only puppet in the hands of the firm. If he should be recognized one of his first acts under the firms instruc- tions would be to give notice of the abroga- tlon of the treaty with the United States, and then the harbor of Pago-Pago would be lost. Mr. Saulsbury said that if the United States did not recognize Tamasese it would not rec ognize his abrogation of the treaty MT. Sherman said that the United States had a vested right in the harbor In reply to a question of Mr. Stewart, in regard to what he thought was necessary to be done at this time, Mir. Frye said: s'There is not a fourth rate power in Europe which, if it had been party to a conference with Germany as to the autonomy and independ- ence of Samoa and if Germany, pending that conference, and without notice, had deliber- ateiy ordered her ships of war to violate that autonomy and independence, would not have r1sked its life on the demand for an immediate restoration of the status quo. A European power could not be found that would not have done 1t. am not saying what, in my opinion, ought to be done now. l prefer that the com mittee on foreign relations should report in the senate ill due form and after deliberation what ought to be done
 MT. Frye read to the senate press dispatch which had been in circulation on the floor for some time, giving in a cable message from London an account of the condition of affairs ill Samoa. If these statements were true, he said, three assertions are made by Germans ill Samoa. One was the right of search of American vessels going into the harbors of a nation with which we are in treaty relat tions The second was the suppression of free speech. The other was assuming the control of the police of Apia-a municipality which by the aO 1at the United States and the Samoan king was made neutral ground
 Mir. Reagan said that in view of the assur- ances of MT. Frye he would withdraw his amendments.
 MT. Hale agreed with Mr. Frye that the l time to discuss the question fully had not come. He was willing to leave to the admin lstratlon the disposition of the money to be appropriated. He thought that the affair in- Volved more than the performances of private trading firm. He was constrained to believe that what had been done in Samoa was done in the line of German intervention Ill pursuance of q policy of tie German gov eInment. He hoped that wise course would be pursued by the executive, and that we should not De unnrce> arily involved in i'm portaEt steps that would le.,d to great and lit might be) deplorable results, un.css it ap- peared that the rights of American citizens had been interfered with, and that every thing was necessary to preserve those rights.
 The amendments were then agreed to with out division.
 The amendment raising to the rank of ambassadors" the ministers to England France, Germany and Russia was rejected yeas 25; nays, 26-and the bill was passed
 At o'clock the senate went into secres session for the consideration Of the British eo,radition treaty.
 The text of the Samoan amendment to the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, as adopted by the senate, is follows:
 ''For the execution of the obligations and the protection of the interests of the United States, existing under the treaty between the United States and the government Q. the Samoan Islands, $500, ,0OO, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under. the direction of the president, this appropria- tion to be immediately available
 ''ln the survey, improvement an.; uccupa- tion of the bay and harhor Of Pa,.o-pa.-o, in the Island of Tutuila Samoa, and for the construction of the necessary wkary,s and buildings for such occupation, and for q coal ing station therein, under the direction ot the president $1O0, 600, this appropriation tc be immediately available"
 THE BRITISH EXTRADITIoN TREATY.
 The senate spent four hours more discussing the British extradition treaty and so rloditied and amended it that there is strong probabil- ity that it will be agreed to. In fact, the features to which so many objections had been raised by the Irish were entirely elimi- mated. This action was entirely unexpected W hen the senate went into secret session the motion to reconlmit was defeated by vote of 23 to 21. The treaty was then taken up for amendment The committee amendment to the fourth clause (relative to crimes against person and property> was voted down A motion was then made to strike out the fourth clause entirely. This clause was considered to be the most important in the bill. It was struck out by heavy majority, most of the Democratic senators present voting in the affirmative An amendment was then offered striking out of the first clause the word "manslaughter." This was agreed to by a closer vote, the division not being on strictly party lines.
 As the hour was growing late an attempt was made to bring the question of agreeing to the treaty to vote The customary resolu- ton declaring that two thirds of the senators present. favored the agreement to the amend- ed treaty was offered from the committee on