The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-25
Carnegie's Gift Resented by nm Ind =
viduMI Member, But the Con-
ventiOn SmOthered Him.

temporary chairman. Foster addressed
the audience in the interest of settlement
Of all international questions by means
OF pacific arbitration rather than by ar
bitrament of war.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported as president George f. Ed
mundS, with the list of vice presidents
representing nearly every state in the
Union. including the following: For Mon
tana. G. w. H. Dewitt; Nevada, J. w.
Adams; Utah, George @. Cannon; Wash
ington. Governor McGraw; Wyoming,
Governor Richards.
Mr.. Edmunds was escorted to the plat
form and made a graceful speech. A let
ter was read from Andrew Carnegie. who
referred to the movement as 1.-The nobest
cause of this generation" and who in a
postscript mentioned the Enclosure of a
check for $1,000 to help defray the ex-
penses of the meeting.
In the course of general business John
Donyhan of ST. Joseph, Mo-, created no
little stir by moving that Carnegie's gift
be returned to him because Carnegie had
made his wealth through contracts to
furnish the government with munitions
of war. He declared that it would be a
humiliation to accept Carnegie's gift
humiliation to accept Carnegies gift
majority.
The night session of the conference at
tracted large audience. The speakers
were Hon. Carl Schurz of New York
President Angel of the Michigan Univer-
sity and Edward Atkinson of Boston.
1t is expected that the conference will
last two days. Cooperating with the gem
era, committee are the following gentle
men. constituting the committee of Wash
ington: Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller.
General Nelson A. Miles, John c. Walker
Gardiner G. Hubbard, eX-Secretary f
State John W. Foster, the Rev DR.. Alex
ander MackaySmith, George Truesdell, [.
S. Noyes, Stanton j. Peele, Teuns S.
Hamlin. Charles G. Glover Samuel c.
Busey, II. II. Blont John A. Kasson join
Joy Edison, Charles G. Cole. w. J. Board
man. Beri Wilkins, J. w. Woodward
Thomas Nelson Page. Samuel Fl. Greene.
John Hay. John +. Hurst, a. p. Langley
C. ]. Bell. The character of the move
ment is indicated by the names signed to
the call by representative men of other
cities.
MEN OF PROMINENCE.
They are: Observation-Disclosures T.
Warwick. Frederick Farley, Charles c..
- IL, Il y.
N. McVickar.
Russell, William Lawrence Robert Treat
Payne, Charles Francis Adams.
Chicago-George b. Swift. Marshall
Field. Marvin Hughtt, Potter Palmer,
Cyrus H. Mccormick. William c. Gray w.
J. Onahan.
New York-Abram S. Hewitt, Charles F.
njaro II
Bristow. Oscar Straus. Seth Low, Dorman
b. Eaton.
New Orleans-Wiliam Preston Johnson,
B. M. Palmer. J. c. Morris, Charles y.
Fenner.
st. Louis-Henry Hitchcock, George e.
leighton. James A. Broadhead.
Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore; Timothy
Dwight, Yale university; Charles Dudley
Warner. Hartford Conn; James b. An
CELL, Ann Arbor. Mich; j. L. M. Curry,
Washington, d. c.: w. NJ Thornton, uni
versity of Virginia.
This conference has been brought about
by the war message of President Cleve-
land on the Venezuela question. Nearly
all of the persons taking part in this con-
ference were opposed to the extreme stand
taken by the president. Though not OPP
posed to dignified assertion of the Mon.
roe doctrine, they objected to the threat OF
war in the message Many of them at the
time declared against the position taken
by the president They now wish to make
their objections. if possible national ex.
preston.
Not the least pronounced opponent of the
presidents views was Abram S. Hewitt
ex-mayor Of New York city. Mayor Hew
lit stood on peculiarly unassailable ground