The evening world., 1889-01-31
IT WELL NOT BE RATIFIED.
SECRET SENATE DEBATE ON THE BRITISH
EXTRACTION TREATY.
Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Salts.
ned with Its Provisions-The Oklahoma
: Bill Under Fire in the House-sevcraI
Important Amendments Agreed To-sec-
rotary FairchiId Complimented.
ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD. ,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The Senate spent four
hours in secret session to-day, discussing the
oxtradition treaty between Great Britain and
this country. The treaty. it will be remem-
bered, was made public last Summer through
the courtesy of Perry Belmont, then Chairman
of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Senator Riddleberger. by means of speeches
which he had made in open session. in violation
of the Senate rules, had allowed it to be under
stood that the treaty contained clauses very re-
pugnant to American citizens of Irish birth and
descent. II was then made known that what
ever in the treaty was most repugnant to Irish
Americans had been inserted by the Senate
Committee, not by the Secretary of State. Mr..
Riddleberger has tried hard. from the first TO
the present time. to have this extradition treaty
considered in open session, but his. efforts have
$50 unavailing. He renewed the attempt to-
I&y, and in support of his proposition made a
very long and for him a forcible speech, but he
vas overruled, and the debate was conducted in
secret.
During the four-hour session q considerable
plumber of speeches were made on both sides Of
the Senate. Tn debate was not confined strictly
TO the subject matter of the extradition treaty,
but ranged over the whole field of our foreign
relations. When O o'clock arrived there was no
immediate prospect of obtaining a vote on the
motion to ratify, and the Senate adjourned with
out making any disposition of the treaty, and
even without fixing q date for q renewal of
consideration. The treaty never was re-
garded OH either side of the Senate as
a good one. The Republican Senators
considered it a bad treaty, as it came from the
State Department and the Democrats consider
it much worse since the amendments of Senator
Sherman's Committee were added to it. There
never was q time when the treaty could have
commanded the necessary two-thirds vote to
ratify it, and at present it is very doubtful if a
majority OF ,he senators would vote 1orit. It's
sa1e TO say that whenever action Is taken the
treaty Thn e, nnS De rejected az outright thn or entirely
ielnoueiteu VII le'uInou 70 inc STATE depart
ment IN such a shape that the original draft will
Tho I,ish An,orioan soo;o+;os 90 .hio .
lilsn-AnIerlca societleS Oh TINS country
propaganda against the fisheries treaty, are
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Senators and other persons, i'll and ont of Office,
who are supposed to be in position to influence
Senatorial f%hsl action are receiving from day to day
dIon rneSe dr!snIAn iGrlcan ASsHciatohs protests
Tatiicaiio Mie Of the SHt trea i i tnISaaf6 70 n"A' Tile
DEBATE ON THE OKLAHOMA BILL.
The Oklanom bill occupied the entire time of
was one offered by Mr.. pays6n mi eys
pressiy providing that the rigHfs Of 6onorabiy
discharged Union soldiers and sailors of tile
late civil war 70 make ho,nes on the nnblic land
under %existing Homesteadiaw ,sIhHafi not in any
degree be impaired by the passage of this bill,
hut that slIch rights shall extend TO anv and all
lands which shall be open to any settlement IN
der the provisions of this bill. Mr.. Paysom adj
Mr.. symes tCol.D opposed It on the gronnd
that the amendment would defeat the bill. The
favor Of the &. A. H., because the Government
did rot acquire the title to the land, and did not
Fee m "Tner of pas the prG frS@ Of fbs the %ss satS of it. it,
the Indian in Pursuance of negotiations
in which the United States simply acted
not beggers. They did not come before the
House asking that 200 or 300 Of them, who
Oklahoma, should have a present of 5000 to
$500 each, while thousands who were unable to
nothing mt ali. While the Observation-Disclosures
bill remained vetoed the healthy, hearty, able
bodied members of the e.. A! r., who We're able
country, did not want u present of $500 from
the Government.
Nj. Grosvenor (O.) favored the amendment.
He believed in taking all the Government
would give the soldier. Mr.. Peters, of Kansas,
were not the friends of the soldiers, and wanted
the bill defeated or vetoed. He wanted the
Territory opened MP so that the soldiers could
procure homes. Mr.. Nelson Mimi argued
that the amendment was in contravention of
the former practice of the House and would
Of ex-soldiers. Finally the amendment was
agreed to in Committee of the Whole, and it was
House.
MIR. Holman Qnd.) offered an amendment
providing that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to authorize the extinguishment of Indian
titles to any of the lands in the Indian Territory
which. bv yirtue of any existing law. wonld
enure to the benefit of any railroad corporation,
or the title to which would vest in any such
corporation on the eXtinguishment OF the Indian
que thereto; put al such laius siaii De heia
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