The herald., 1897-01-14
Proceedings IN
SENATE and HOUSE
Secretary of State Olney
Turned Down
PROTECTION Of AMERICAN Citizens
Must Be Provided by Extradition
Treaties
AFTER TWO HOURS DEBATE
The Senators Decide Not to Change Their
Minds
AFTER TWO HOURS DEBATE
The Senators Decide Not to Change Their
Minds
More Discussion Of the preroga!ive Of Recoys
nltiOn
The House Devotes the Day to Debate
On State Control of the Bogus
Butter eroduct bu, Takes
No Action
Associated Press Special Wire

WASHINGTON, Jan. o.-Secretary
Olney was turned down ~ the senate
in exc. ltive session today iii his effort
to have the vote TN the extra aition .rsat-
les between this country and the Orange
Free State and the Argentine republic
reconsidered. for the purpose of with
drawing the senate amendments. He
was beaten at every point. At the con-
clusion of TWO hours session the sem
ate resolved to stand by its original
decision not to accept the treaties with
out an amendment protecting Americans
citizens. The secretary had request d
in long letter, that the senate amend
ments, making these treaties conform
to the custom in these matters by MAX
ing it optional with this government
whether its own cilizens should be ex-
trad;ted from this country, should be
Withdrawn. Almost the entire session
today was given to speeches by mem-
bers of the committee on foreign re-
latons. showing why there should be
no change in the custom, which had, the
peakers said worked we'll for over a
, hundred years. Speeches were made by
Senators Morgan, Davis and others and
it was stated that the committee stood
as a unit in opposition to the innova.
ton proposed by the secretary of state.
| at the conclusion of these speeches
| the senate decided without division to
allow its provision not to ratify the
ire Gties without amendment, to- stand,
thus ignoring the secretarys request,
The opening session of the senate was
much curtailed by /: executive session
lasting two hours. before this the bal
ance of the day was given to Mr.. Bacon
of Georgia in a speech unfolding the
power of congress to recognize new gov
ernments. The senator insisted that the
arrogant recognition of the one man
power threatened to make the presi-
dents power greater than that exerted
by any monarch. An agreement was
reached for a vote on the free home
| stead bill at p. m. tomorrow.
r! The senate galleries were cleared ana
! the doors closed Immediately after the
session opened on the adoption of Sher.
mans motion that the senate go into
executive session.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Immediately after going into execu-
| tive session the senate took up the mo-
| tiOn by Senator Sherman, made at the
request of Secretary Olney. to reconsid-
er the vote by which the extraditio&
| treaties between this country and the
Argentine republic and Orange Free
| State were amended. The motion was
debated at considerable length The
principal point in the contention Is the
authority given foreign governments
| to take by force from this country per-
sons who escape to this country and are
| charged with certain offenses. This was
stricken out. Secretary Olney asks that
it be retained. Senator Davis, member
Of the committee ON foreign relations,
made a strong argument against the
principle Secretary Olney desired to
have retained. The discussion took g
wide range and covered the general
features and precedents Of extradftion.
Secretary Olney was defeated at every
point.
The senate in executive session had
up for a time the nomination OF David
r. Francis to be secretary of the inter
ior, but 70 action was taken. Vest OF
Missouri and Pugh of Alabama made
speeches against the confirmation, and
alleged various reasons, one being the
conduct of Secretary Francis during the
| campaign Vest referred to letter
Francis wrote supporting the Indian.
apoiis ticket and opposing the regular
| Democratic ticket. Senator White or
California said he did not approve of the
| course of Secretary Francis during the
campaign, but that he would vote for his
confirmation. Both Democratic and Re-
publican silver senators stated that they
! would vote for confirmation, and d'itWaS
foregone conclusion when the vote3was
taken that the secretary would be con-
firmed.
DOORS REOPENED
A resolution by Mr.. Stewart of Nevada
was agreed to, inStructing the commit-
tee on mines to report on the best means
of securing complete statistics OF the
output of American mines. The house
bill was passed enabling the town OF
Flagstaff, AriZ., to issue bonds 70 the
amount of $65, 900 for a water system.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska asked perinls-
sion to have the Congressional Record
corrected in the sub-heads to one OF hlS
recent speeches by striking out the sub
heads, Success of Mark Hanna. and
Failure of Mark Hanna.
lis there any objection to striking out
the success and failures of Mark Han
na?" asked Mr.. Hill of New York, who
was in the chair. There being no OBJ
lection. the correction was adopted.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia, Democratin his
speech in support of the Mills resolution
for the recognition of Cuban indepenu-
ence, directed his argu~snt TO the ques-
ton of the exclusive right OF congress
to recognize new governments. The is-
sue between congress and the executive
branch, he said, had been sharply drawn
by the public utterances of the secretary
of state denying the right OF congress
to exercise the prerogative OF recoeni-
tion.