Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-02
WELCOMED TO THE CAPITAL.
Secretary Blaine's Address to the Inter
national American Conference.
4 CORDIAL GREETING TO THE pHLHoArEs FROM
THE THREE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE IN
TERxsrs REPRESENTED AT THIS HONORABLE
AND PEACEFUL CONFERENCE"

THE THREE MISREPRESENTATION OF TIE IN
TEREsrs REPRESENTED AT THIS "AoNoRABLx
AND PEACEFUL CONFERENCE"
The delegates to the international American
congress assembled in the waiting room at the
State department this morning and at noon
proceeded to the diplomatic reception room,
where they were presented to Mr.. Blaine. The
doors were closed and guarded and Secretary
Blaine delivered his address of welcome.
THE LIST OF pELEaATEs.
The delegates were present as follows: On
the part Of the United States-Ex-SenatorJ John
B. Henderson of Missouri Hon. Cornelius N
Bliss Of New York, Clement Studebaker of In
diana, 7. Jefferson Coolidge Of Massachusetts,,
William Henry Prescott Of South Carolina,
Andrew Carnegie of Pennsylvania, ex-senator
Henry G. Davis Of West Virginia, Hon. Morris
M. Estee Of California and John F. Hanson Of
Georgia.
On the part of Mexico and South America:
Argentine Rapublic-Delegates, Vicente G..
Quesada, Rogue Saenz Pena, Manuel Quintana;
secretary, FREDERICK Pinedo.
Bolivia-Delegate, Juan F. Velarde; score
Velarde, Mariana velarde.
Brazil-Delegates, Lafayette Rodriguez
Pereira, ]. G. do Amaral valente, Salvador de
Mendonca; secretaries, Jose Agosto, Ferreira
da Costa, Joaquin de Frietas Vasconcelles; at
taches, Alfredo de Moraes, Gomez Ferreira,
Carlos Silveira MARITIME, Mario de Mendonca.
Chili-Delegates, Emilio C. varas, Jose Al
fonso; secretaries, Beltran Matthew, Carlos
Zanartu, Pauline Alfonso, Domingo Pena
Toro.
Colombia-Delegates, Jose M. Hurtado,
Carlos Martinez Silva. Climaco Calderon.
Costa Rica-Delegate, Manuel Aragon; secre-
tary, Joaquin Bernardo Calvo.
Ecuador-Delegate, Jose Maria Placido Caa-
mano; secretary, Juan L. Yribas.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Fernando Cruz; sec
rotary, Domingo Estrada; attache, Javier A.
Arroyo.
Honduras Delegate, Jeronimo Zelaya, sec
rotary, E. Constantine Fiallos.
Mexico-Delegates, Matias Romero, ]. N. Ma
varra, Jose Yves Limantour.
Nicaragua-Delegate, Horatio Guzman; at
tache, R Mayorga.
Peru--Delegate, F. G. c. Zegarra.
Salvador-Delegates, Jacinto Castellanos,
Samuel Valdivieso.
Uruguay-Delegate, Alberto Min; secretary,
Henry Dauber.
venezuela-Delegate, Nicanor Bolet Peraza.
Before proceeding to the department the del
egates had their pictures taken in a group at
the Wallach mansion, where the congress will
meet. few minutes after the noon hour the
delegates, headed by Assistant Secretary Adee
OF the State department, walked in
procession from the diplomatic ante-room
to the diplomatic reception rooms in pairs,
the Brazilian delegates were attired in bril-
liant uniforms resplendent with gold lace, but
all the others wore plain black clothes with
the exception Of Captain Bourke of the United
States army, one OF the aides to the congress,
who wore his cavalry uniform. Some Of the
delegates were attired in evening
a dress :. "a and carried opera hats As
ception room the doors were closed and the
proceedings inside were conducted secretly.
Only those persons who had credentials to the
congress were allowed to remain in the apart
ment. When the delegates had assembled in
the room Secretary Blaine passed around
an entirely formal manner. All the
delegates were present except T. ].
Coolidge Of Boston, who will join the delegates
at his city. After few minutes of chatting
Secretary Blaine took his stand at the head Of
the long central table in the room and. using a
ing to order and made the following address:
MIR. Blaine's Address.
Mr.. Blaine said: Gentlemen Of the inferno
tional American conference. Speaking for the
government of the United States bid you
welcome to this capital Speaking for the
people Of the United States bid you welcome
to every section and to every state of the
Union. You come in response to an invitation
extended by the President on the special
authorization of Congress. Your presence
here is no ordinary event. It signifies
much to the people of all America
today. 1t may signify far more in the
days to come. No conference OF nations has
ever assembled to consider the welfare of ter
ritorial possessions 80 vast and to contemplate
the possibilities of future SO great and SO in
spring. Those now sitting within the walls
are empowered to speak for nations whose Dor
ders are on both the great oceans, whose northern
limits are touched by the Arctic waters for q
thousand miles beyond the Straits of Behring,
whose southern extension furnishes human
habitations farther below the equator than is
elsewhere possible on the globe. The aggre-
gate territorial extent Of the nations here rep
resented falls but little short of IL, 900 900 Of
square miles-more than
THREE TIMES THE AREA OF ALL EUROPE,
and but little less than one-fourth part of the
globe; while in respect to the power of pro-
ducing the articles which are essential to
human life and those which minister to life's
luxury they constitute even a larger proper
ton of the entire world. These great posses
sions today have an aggregate population ap-
preaching 120, 900 600, but if peopled as densely
as the average of Europe the total number
would exceed 1000. 000, 900. While considera-
tions OF this character must inspire Americans,
both south and north, with the hveliest
anticipations of future grandeur and power,
they must also impress them with sense of
the grayest responsibility touching the char
acter and development of their respective
nationalties.
The delegates whom am addressing can do
much to establish permanent relations of con-
fdence, respect and friendship between the
nations which they represent. They can show
to the world
AN HONORABLE AND PEACEFUL CONFERENCE
Of seventeen Independent American powers, in
which all shall meet together on terms of alb
solute equality; q conference in which there
can be no attempt to coerce a single delegate
against his own conception of the interests Of
secret understanding on any subject, but will
frankly publish to the world all its conclusions;
a conference which will tolerate no spirit of
conquest, but will aim to cultivate an Ameri-
can sympathy as broad as both continents; q
conference which will form
NO SELFISH ALLIANCE AGAINST THE OLDER
NATIONS
from which we are proud to claim inherit
ance-a conference, in fine, which will seek
nothing, propose nothing, endure nothing that
is not, in the general sense of all the delegates,
timely and wise and peaceful.
And yet we cannot be expected to forget that
our common fate has made us inhabitants of
the two continents which at the close of four
centuries are still regarded beyond the seas as
the new world. Like situations beget like
sympathies and impose like duties. We meet
in the firm belief that the nations Of America
ought to be and can be more helpful each to
the other, than they now are, and that each
will find advantage and profit from an enlarged
intercourse with the others.
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