The evening times., 1896-04-22

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pletc the organization OF the conference.
DR.. CHAMBERLAIN's ADDRESS.
| After the appointment of committees on
order of business aud resolutions, the Rev.
| DR.. L. T. Chamberlain, ID. ID, of New York.
the principal spirit in the formation OF
the movement for arbitration. delivered his
address. He said in part:
TO my thought, the wel-nigh crown
.ng felicity OF this present hour. is the
fact that it gathers to itself the meaning
and measure of so much that has preceded.
| Necessarily anxious for the success of our
| cause, we may cheer ourselves by the real
| !Zation that that cause has allies which
| even this ilIustrous assemblage does not
| include. Unless tokens have lost all evi-
| dentiaI value. there exists movement OF
| which this meeting itself Is but an incident.
| And therein, l take it, is the hiding OF
! power.
"Of course. il were of good significance
! hat even Il few minds che rishing Il grand
deaf, should plan for its wide adoption.
But of vastly higher significance it is.
when the great inspiration falls on many
hearts, and sublime purpose takes posses
sion Of many minds. Just as it were blessal,
-eason the mountain peaks should be agIow;
-et. thrice blessed, when that glow is
recognized as from the suns arising, and
known TO he the herald of the dawn,
Looking back today, We gratefully ac-
knowledge that at many points, and stimuli
'aneOusIy. the splendid advance began. The
queen city Of the interior. living still in the
correspondencies Of that greatness which
=,
trophies in a display that won the admiration
pf uankind sent her unsolicited word to all
The land. and asked the lovers of judicial
methods 10 speak their wish.
GAVE NEW GLORY.
The City OF Brotherly Love, recalling
Icr early traditions and maintaining her
noblest mood. gave new glory to Washing
tons memory by freely invoking its power
in behalf OF the reasonable settlement Of
disputes bet tween the nations. The great
city which Puritans founded and Pilgrims
Helped to build, heartily spoke her clear
conviction, and declared that legal tribunals
deserved all possible recognition in the Con-
tentiOns OF civilized peoples. Tie city
whose imperial strength was sometimes
thought to be in trade and traffic only:
whose chief pride was sometimes said To be
IN the dominance OF her merchants and fl
nanciers; pledged herself, through her
distinguished citizens. to the unselfish
advocacy OF the same great cause.
This beautiful city which, in her gra-
cious pre-eminence as a nations capital,
has Just assured to us such noble welcome,
gave unconstrained expression TO her de-
sire for the International prevalence OF
~ nd inst
The city at the Golden Gate, the city by
the Gulf. the city of the Father of Waters,
other cities both great and small, towns
and villages. churches and phiIanthropic
Organizations. cardinals and bishops, Judges
and LAWYERS, business associations and dinsti-
tu,ons of learning, the religious press and
many of the leaders of the daily press,
civilians and soldiers alike, made known
their independent preference for an ar
oitraI decision of strifes among sovereign
powers, and especially of strifes between
this and the mother land.
Our able Secretary of State publicly
averred that the greater its enlightenment
the more surely every state perceives that
It's permanent interests require it to be
governed by the immutable principles OF
right and Justice
PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND.
Our honored President proclaimed his
hearty sympathy with every movement
that tends to the establishment of peace
sul agencies for the adjustment of inter-
natioual disputes IL was freshly recalled
hat only a few years ago, in a statement
which has not yet been disapproved, Con-
sress requested the Executive to invite
negotiations in case OF our interna tional
lisagreements, to the end that any diff
:ercnces OF disputes between the two gov
ernments, which cannot be adjusted by
diplomatic agency, may be referred to ar
otration, and be peacefully adjusted by
such means.'
This gathering. therefore, whose call
was signed by representative men OF the
remotcs, West and the farthest South. as
well as of the North and East, is not the
device of any man or OF any body of men
1t has been called into being by the wish
Of the many. ! exists for the EXPIRE ssiou,
N one direction, of the peoples will.
Accordingly. Mr.. President, We NAV
safely predict that the principle which is
here represented is destined. on this side
the ocean at least, to become as when the
seed
laughed at in the dark,
Has risen and cleft the soil, and grown a
bulk
or spa Mess girth. that la VS. on every side
thousand arms. and rushes to the sum-"
Nor does it appear that on the other
side of the water the progress has been less
strong and fair. Thus advantagcd, then,
and thus upheld. we open our conference for
he august purpose which has brought us |
from every part of our loved land.
Mr., President, with good reason have |
you said that this gathering has not been |
with design of either dictation |
Or rebuke. We assemble that the conviction |
IF the American people. respecting the |
leed of some system of arbitration be- |
wcen this country and Great Britain may |
&c most clearly and appropriately certi- |
led. not only to our own government, but |
IiSo to tile government ami the people over |
lie sea- For one. hope that in this con- |
'crencc there ma Y be offered to us. and to |
III. Il detailed plan OF arbitration, a definite |
system of enactment and procedure. such |
IS may be deemed most excellent Yet !
am sure tiiat the offer will be made il
1t ali. as an honest. thoughtful suggestion.
md not, by any means. as an assumed ulti-
nltum In other hoDds than ours lies the