Show A SOUND JUDICIAL DECISION A important decision was tendered by the supreme court of the united states on monday it was in regard to extradition that is the delivering over by one nation to another of fugitives from justice the case was that of an officer of au an american C 9 11 vessel brought from great britain on a charge of murder and then tried for cruel and unusual puni punishment shwe at of a seaman the man he bo was first accused of murdering the question was whether a person extradited u under one criminal charge can be tried for another and different of fence it would seem that this is an easy question to decide if a fugitive can be seized in a foreign country ind and brought here for trial under the false faise pretence predence pre tence that he be has committed a crime which comes under the extradition treaty and then when his bis person is secured be tried for an offence offense which is not covered by the extradition laws isis the limitations of extradition are simply a sham and a snare anda and a breach of good faith with the government surrendering the fugitive lugi tive the agreement that only persons accused of the graver crimes shall be given up by either nation to the other is rendered void and a piece of deception is which is most despicable on the part of the government that resorts to it and a flagrant insult to the government that is thus played upon and aad yet it ic has been an open question of international law for years it has en engaged agaj tae attention of famous representatives senta tives of the governments of great britain and the united states hasten discussed in the english parliament and dutil now has never been brought to a judicial settlement the opinion of the supreme court sf the united states is in ila accord with common sense and sound morality it was given by justice miller and was only dissented from by chief justice walte waite it is to the effect that person who has been brought within the jurisdiction of tile the court by virtue of proceedings under an extradition treaty can Dan only be tried for oue of the of fences described in the treaty and f urther further that he ha can only oaly be tried for the offence offense for which he was extradited until reasonable time and opportunity have been given him to return to the asylum f from row which he was brought on the previous charge the dissent of the chief J ustice was based on the technicality that there is nothing in the text of the treaty which fort forbids lids the trial of a prisoner for an offense other than that for which he be was extradited the court evidently went beyond this strict and narrow construction and took broader and more consistent ground groi ind in consonance with equity and moral right as well as legal principles that are indisputable on what moral or lawf lawful ul plea could it a man wanted for some minor of fence who had bad gone to a foreign country countr kj be arrested on a charge of murder or other grave crime and forced back into tile the united states when no provision of law authorized authorized sucha such a subterfuge if it is desirable that f fugitive ug criminals of a lower grade than those now amenable to extradition shall be subject to its provisions the treaties which provide tor for it should be amended so as to cover as broad a calendar as wanted to impose upon a friendly foreign power as well as the fugitive from justice by any such dod dodges es and tricks as that resorted to in ite the case reviewed by the court might be looked upon as sharp work for a detective but is no proper proceeding for an enlightened government or any civilized civilize dilation nation true homp home rule role here is the plan that he be proVo proposed bed in his own jan language guage ta ift a speech at chicago for more than tin ten years J I 1 have maintained that all citizens who are householders and heads of families and who for such time as shall be fixed say one pr two years shall have lived wita slid and supported their families in the town ton where they vote shall have two one to represent their manhood iu in common with al 41 ater men andone and one to represent tuc o including women awl and children the aeria household or bead of family in the great majority of cases will of course mean ina married ried men but not in all cases As aa tor in stan ceif it a man be the head offa famil family ly and a householder older whose widowed m mother 0 t her or sister keeps house bouse for him T the h e reasons why a head of family should have a chy double on aa le vote when men without families have but ocemay one may be stated briefly as follo follows owl 8 1 because the man without family represents but one human while the head of a fain family represents always two and generally more 2 because a man without family has not more than one half as much at stake in good government as the head of a family 3 Bees because Aise other things equal the man without tami bamily ly is only half hail as aa well educated in all th that at concerns the good of society as the head of a family living with them and supporting them thein by his own exertions i because the man without family has had little lattie it if any experience in governing in human society boci ety whereas the head of a family ty the laws of god and wax man is trained to govern in the family faoliu the wan man is ia king and the woman is queen it is a laule nation by itself within its government alb human brings are reared trained named addi governed lor twenty une one learh half and more than half of the tan average years of aumau life those years too lou during which character is fortner foica cd ada aadi children are molded into men and women we donot do not think that mr doolittles Doo liMe littles plan will be adopted there are far more indie reason why by a woman should have a vote than that a married man should have two votes voted and if a man with one ode famely should have twice as much political power because of his position and experience a man with two families lies should n nave ave three votes ind and so on in proportion to his family extension and the like experience it dev develops elopH we think thin it will be considered that mr doo doolittle ible attempts in his plan of sul suf rage reform ito ato accod lisa too much |