The Indianapolis journal., 1890-01-29
THE ADMINISTRATION WINS AGAIN.

ton treaty which Secretary Blaine has
quietly negotiated with the British min
lister has been made public, most general
and cordial cOmmendatiOn is expressed
on all sides. By the terms of the treaty,
which has been sent to the Senate by
President Harrison, the following crimes
are made extraditable in addition to
those included in the present treaty,
which was ratified in 1S42:
Manslaughter. counterfeiting or altering
money, uttering or bringing into circulation
counterfeit or altered money, embezzle-
ment, larceny. obtaining money, goods or
valuable securities By false pretenses: re-
celv1ng any money, valuable security or
other property. knowing the same to have
been embeZzled, stolen or fraudulently OBJ
tanned; fraud by a bailee, banker, agent.
factor. trustee. or director. or member, or
officer of any company. made criminal Dy
the laws of both countries; perjury or sub
ornation of perjury, abduction, child steal
lng. kidnapping; burglary. house breaking
or shOp-breaking; piracy by the laws OF ma
tiOns; revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two
or more persons on board ship on the
high seas against the authority of the mas
ter; wrongfully sinking or destroying
vessel at sea. OF attempting to do so; as
saults on board ship on the high seas
with intent to do grievOus bodily harm:
crimes and Offenses against the laws OF
both countries for the suppression OF
slavery and slave-trading
These offerses, as Mr.. Blaine says in
his report oil the treaty, "are merely
common crimes. made punishable by the
laws of all civilized states, and not such
as are made penal in any particular
country by reason of peculiar conditions
&c <ho
Bayard treaty relative to the extraditiOn
of political prisoners, which was aimed
at Irish patriots, and which caused its
rejection by Republican Senators in
spite of the unanimous vote of the Dem
ocrats for it, finds no place in the treaty
negotiated by Mr.. Blaine; but the fugi-
tive who has committed what is known
as political crimer is protected by the
following clauses
fugitive criminal shall not be sur
| rendered if the offense in respect of which
| his surrender is demanded be one of pO-
lItical character; or if he proves that the
requlSltlOn for his surrender has IN TACT
| been made with view to try to punish him
| for an offense of a political character.
| No person surrendered by either of the
! high contracting parties to the other shall
be triable or tried. or be punished Tor any
| political crime or Otfense. or for any act co.,
| nected Herewith. committed previously to
| his extraditiOn.
If any question shall arise as to whether
any case comes within the provisions or
| this article. the decision of the authorities
| of the government III whose jurisdiction
| the fugitive shall be at the time shall DO
| final.
In the third article, further protection
is given to those who might be rearrested
for political Offenses after being extra
dited for an offense specified in the
| treaty:
| No person surrendered by or to either of
| the high contracting parties shall be trlable
his extradition other than the offense for
| which he was extradited and until he
| shall have had an opportunity of return
ing to the country from which he was sur
rendered.
The New York Herald, which is moth
ing if not anti administration, begins its
article on the treaty as follows:
| 1t is queer that Secretary Blaine should
be able to negotiate a perfectly proper
/ and expedient extraditiOn treaty with Great
Britain where Secretary Bayard absolutely
/ failed.
This unequivocal Endorsement is fol-
lowed by comments which close as fol-
lows:
The guard against extradition for politi-
| cal Otfenses seems to be complete. In the
| Bayard treaty it was the reverse. Mr..
| Bayard was so anxious to give up men to
| England fOrpOlitical Offenses that he would
| not conclude a treaty to include only the
| common crimes. Possibly the fact that
Mr. Bayard's scandalous treaty, and re-
jected it with Indignation, made the British
| government more ready to negotiate a
| common-sense treaty with Mr.. Blaine.
However that may be. Mr. Blaine de-
| serves credit for making treaty which has
| properly guarded all rights that ought to
| be guarded.
The Journal begs to remark that the
"scandalous treaty" of Mr.. Bayard would
have been ratified if there had been
enough Democrats in the United States
Senate to have done it. They not only
voted solidly for it, but many of them
advocated it in long speeches. Among
those who favored it were Senators
Voorhees, and Turpie, of Indiana, a fact
to which the attention of several thou.
sand voters of Irish blood is invited
Furthermore, all of the Cleveland organs
and the influence of the Cleveland adj.
ministration were welded to carry
through treaty which would have
made every Irishman who had committed
a political offense extraditable, the same
as the common criminal. Will any oi
the voters of Irish blood in Indiana re.
member this fact when the next election
comes around?
| Even the administration and Blaine
hating New York Times, which fought
so bitterly for the Bayard treaty, seemt
to feel compelled to mildly approve
the new treaty, which it does in the fol-
lowing words:
1t is plain that the extradition treaty
submitted by the President to the Senate
and of which the full text. with Mr.. Blaine.
explanatory letter. will be found in oul
Washington dispatches this morning, is
4 very great improvement upon the treaty o.
| 1872 under which We have been for SO Ions
trying to get along.
But the Anglo-Cleveland malignant
the New York Times, cannot deny itsel
the satisfaction of striking blow at tn,
Irish people and Mr.. Blaine, in thes,
words:
1t is to be remarked. also. that Mr.
Blaine has loyalty protected the Irish dyna
miters from all harm, and the most sensi
tive-or the most guilty-of those OF tha
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