Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

EksagZ~/% ) Hamilton Fish was Sec
RTX[AsLM retarv of State. in 1872.
9 E%TFsI/ the New York Tribune
W. secured advance
copy of the important
''Washington treaty with Great Britain ana
printed il. The Senate ordered an investisa-
tion AMI summoned as witnesses the corre-
spondeuts of the Tribune here White and Rams
dell They refused to testify and were placed
in custody of the sergeant-at-arms- Al'er pc
ing 81 up for two weeks III a committee roon
they finally discharged by an ave anu ".
vote. This .'crawl' on the part OF the uppeI,
house was compelled by u unanimous now
from all the newspapers III tine country, ieeA"
less of politics.
With regard 10 that treaty the fact seems 10
have been tnnt thc Department or state "isnet
To- have IL printed and the Senate wouid NOT
give it, consent Ii was not stOlen. but was aUeu!
given tn the TrjbHs@ bv PERSON IN au'nofi,f'
CORRESPONDENTS manage such anais Nv e"'io'
methods than robbery. Not many years aSo
the representative OF great newspaper at
Washington wished to get hold OF two iaturNi-
cation treaties with European powers winch
were being considered by the Senate. lie siri
piv wen, 20 "A member of that august ooos anu
asked him To procure the documents Tor him
from the confidential files The request was
rromp;lv acce,lei to. the newspaper man
made copies of both treaties. the originals we're
returned TO the files Immediately and the
matter sent over tue NlEc- 'tAtt C'SAi'o-
HOW NEWS Is GOT
fla Senator knows thai lac trust n news
paper man ab soIu,ely he will give him am IN
formation hc possesses. On certain occaslon'
not very long ago. a Senator dropped into a
newspaper office The row. Said he:
II shall not be at home tonight. III you should
20 to M room do no. disturb a document
which have lai, on the middle of NV desk. 1t
il Of a secret and confidential ma .ure.
or course the correspondent took the hint.
went that evening tn the Senator'S room and
got the document. which was treaty He
telegraphed its contents to his paper. returned
ii at onee To- the rl,ce from which he had taken
1t and thus scored AN inip"rtan. heat mere
was the usual sensation, but nobody discovered
how the news got Ous-
This same RuS-ian extratition treaty was
''stOien' three year- a.o. IL nit> neen held up
and dangling ever since March. 1881. naccounc
of the feeling against permitting tha car to
claim criminals escaped from his do:nlnions
and seeking refuge IN :his country.
There il a widespread pOr ular sentiment to
tho effect that the Unitei States ought TO
furnish n safe asylum for everybody So FAR az
person who try TO kill he ear are concerned
there are MANY Americans who seem to regard
such attempts as ar.aAius rather OF the nature
of good scheme
MANY treaties be ween the United States and
other countries have been PREPARED. bu. never
ratified IT held np anil not decided upon by
the Senate ssl. h u document Is retained in the
coufdeutisl ii e. of the upper house he lat
ter does not give it mp unless the President re-
calls it. in which Gaze Ii asses back into the
keeping of the Del artmcn: of STATE So long
A. NJ reul,ins IN the Seuaies confidential files
1t Is supposed TO be an lnvio able secret. III
the Senate refuses to- rstIfv IL. he treaty Is re-
turned to the Department of State There are
number OF srch unprotected trtnties slowed
away in the archives Of tia, department. Cen
trries NAV PASS. but their contents will never
be divu!ged-
PREPARING A TREATY
When occasion aries for agreement on
Any subject between the United States and II
foreign power-:hDugh pre.iminsries must vEry
more or ies.-the Iis,er representing that
nation confer with the Secretary OF State at
Washington. He dos under orders from
his home government Then cuisines COR
IespOLd :ace tween iEe two countries. which
l. carried on through heir respective diplo-
matte rerre~en alive. IN understanding hav-
IN. been arri, c ] ut. the Secretary OF State and
the foreign ElrIiis;fr nd: thc!- heads together.
with bottle between .h-m and some good
cigars. Lord Sac'yi le. by tns way, was the
most tac;.cru nL.n conceivable. II was very
rarely that he couii b. induced to say word
TO anybody. unless II werv "hoN do you d!
But. when he nj the had OF the Brl'iSh
legation here au ole iaI q. h, Department OF
State declared 'k,; IA. had discovered the only
way to maze Ia iDr,i-hip ooen hIs mou:h-by
offeriu: hiIi a Il 80 Of PLAIN American whisky
Having Put their h :, l. together IN The manner
described tn sTc-eta-y OF State a."i the foreign
minister produce rough ',rsft of the proposed
tr-aty. However. ID may hIppen that tEe Tor
siSn minister offers n draft suggestion
from his govern me Mt. O- he maE be directed To
solicit from ;h- Department u. State DRAFT
covering tue subjsct at hand In any case &C
forwards :. copy of the draft to his OWE foreign
o.HCe at home Tine iattc- either accepts II OF
n:akes an Amended hiaf; This Is returned 10
Washington. and such dIafts AMI coanterdrafts
may 81 back anil forth for vea-s- o: course.
the Processes reversed il the treaty Is ne-
gOtiated IN a foreign cosn:rv.
When fhs draft k.Is ~ last been rendered 10
form that l. sail-fsIctpry To both sides twC
copies o: 1T carefully written Ou:- Sup
posing that tho negotiation IL accomplished Al
Washington. the department % State makes
these tr.In~cri ~ !, heavy white PAPER 0; the
nue~: JIIilty. called treaty paper. Tho
writing l. done bv Clerk in elegant Spen-
ceEI.la hand. without ornaraeutItior save tina
around each page l. drawn chaste border Of
two straight lines in rel ink. The text i
written Ia two parallel columns In the copy
intended 10y the Lui5ed States the first column
IL III English and the second column Is in til,
court lIuSItGr % lie other ion. That Ian
guage II Irynch III the of Russia and mos
oiEer European countries.
TEE OTTER COPY.
The other copy is precisely the same except
that the foreign language comes first. How
ever. al inEpsi-,n nc text ne of thu
foreign ion is Pit before that OF the United
Sjates and the sane rule anplies to the uarac,
of the retss n, directing, tie negotiation Gu,
copy has an exactly opposite arrangemen I
For Obvious reasons Il treat: between Grea
Britain and the United States has only OF,
column OF wiring. the language being the SAM
IN both cOuutrIe-. hut the utnes in the tw,
copies take precedence III the manner described
Finally. the uaceS of these original COPIES ar
bound together at lie back with u siIken ribbon
The copy belonging, IL the United States has
red white and blue ribbon. while that which
to go to the foreign country has it's nationa
colOrs.
1be two original copies thus prepared. if III
treaty il negotiated in Washing ton. are slgne
by the Secretary of State AMI b. the ioreig
minister. who affis their seals. On the COP
belonging Ia has uatiOu the Secretary o. Stat
writes his n,rl- first beneath both columns TN
foreign minis putting his own signature be
low III both Eices. In tine other copy the cas-
u Just reversed. the foreign minister signin
fir-t and the signature of the Secretary of Stat
following. The documents are now completed
md the agreement which thew embody only r,
Guires to- be ratified by tie contracting power
One of these original COZ les Is sent by th
IN the while the other Il, lls