Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-08
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WILL PROVE BENEFICIAL.
How the Grand Jury Report is Viewed at
hingtOn-POrter's Request.

How the Grand Jury Report iB Viewed at
Washington-Porter's Request.
WASHINGTON, May S--The report Of
the New Orleans grand jury upon the
! killing of Italians was a fruitful theme
for discussion among people Of the de-
| partment of state Wednesday, 1t may
be said that the findings Of the grand
| Jury excited no surprise, for such con-
clusion of the case was expected. The
attempt to palliate the infraction of the
law by offsetting the alleged attempts at
iury-fixing is deprecated by the legal
minds of the department, but there is q
well-defined opinion that on the whole
| the outcome of the case will be beneh-
cial in its effect upon the turbulent for
| eign elements in the United States, mas
I much as it will make clear to them the
fact that they cannot rely upon treaties
to escape responsibility to the great
public for their unlawful acts
Has a Treaty Been Violated.
The report Of the grand jury will, it is
expected, reach Secretary Blaine in the
course of time and figure in the official
correspondence between the United
States and Italy. There is reason to be-
lieve that i'll some details it differs from
the report made to the department of
Justice by District Attorney Grant and
notably in the matter of the nationality
of the victims The grand jury's report
found that eight Of them were natural
ized American citizens, and that one had
declared his intention to become natural
lied. District Attorney Grant, it is be-
leved, found that one of the victims
was of Italian nationality but was an
escaped convict, and that anothers
nationality was so doubtful as to make it
unsafe to hazard an opinion. So at any
rate the Italian complaint will be mar
rOwed down 10 at least two peTsOns-one
an escaped convict-for although the
United States has no naturalization
treaty with Italy the last named nation
has invariably, through comfy, recog-
nized our naturalized citizens as free
from amenability to their native govern
ment. When the case of these two vic
Tins is considered the question will i'm
mediately arise--were the treaty stipu-
lations with Italy broken? This
question is likely to figure III the CORE
spondence between the two governments
as soon as the Italian government is
ready to fail reasonably into the diploma
tic methods of treating subject respect
ing which they take issue with another
nation. Until it appears clearly that tie
treaty has been violated the Italian case
falls to the ground, and the leading
diplomatic minds of the state depart
ment maintain that this fact cannot be
made to appear, The treaty guarantees
Italian citizens in this country the same
rights aud privileges and immunities as
are enioyCd by our own citizens, and il is
asserted that if any ltaliau subjects
were killed at New Orleans they had the
same measure Of protection that was
accorded TO the American citizens who
were killed at the same time. and for the
same reason and by the same persons.
Moreover. their families may claim in
demnity if it appears that they are en-
titled to do so. The same measure Of
popular vengeance might have been in
tlcted upon native citizens Of the United
States, and altogether it is not clear to
the state department officials that the
victims failed in any degree to receive
the protection guaranteed by the treaty,
which, it may he said does not, and can
not insure the lives Of foreigners.
Refused to Talk.
Attorney General Miller said he had
read the report of the grand jury, but
declined absolutely to express any opin-
ION in regard to it or to discuss it in any
of its features.
Had Not Read II.
Secretary Foster. when asked his
opinion on the report. said he really had
not had time to read if, and therefore
was not in position to express an
opinion regarding it,
Porter May Take Rest.
In Secretary Blaine's absence there
has been no forward move in the cor
respondence. II is learned that Mr..
Porter. our minister at Rome, applied to
the department of state for leave Of ab-
sence before the New Orleans affair
happened. He has been constantly ON
duty since March. 1SS9-more than two
vears-and , is customary for minis
-. ~ have NV, af least once in q Nenr