The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-04-23

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"Blsssed Are the PeacemnlSers"
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Three hundred
distinguished looking men met in Meter
otis Hall yesterday afternoon for a con-
ference to promote the propaganda for in
ternational arbitration which has been
supported by many religious and secular
organizations since the Venezuelan bound
ary dispute first inspired talk of war be
tween Great Britain and the United
States. There were several prominent
publicists and business men conspicuous
In the proceedings, but the rank and file
of the delegates who came from most Of
the states and territories, were educators
and olergymen There was also notable
absence of government officials.
Among those present were Edward At
kinson of Boston President Angel of the
University of Michigan, Judge w. H.
Brawley of South Carolina, Ex-Governor
Bartram of Vermont, President Black of
Marshall, Mo-; General Brooke u. S. A;
President Capen of Tufts college, Boston,
j. L. M. Curry, ex-mlnlster 60 Spain; SEN
ator Cannon of Utah, Judge 9. p. DAILY
of New York, Paul du Chaillu, the Afri-
can explorer; ex-Congressman Everett of
Massachusetts, President Eliot, Harvard;
General o. o. Howard U. S. A; DIR. Il.
K, Hale of Boston, John A. Kasson, ex-
minister to Austria; President Patton,
Princeton; Charles Dudley Warner ex-
minister to Venezuela, and ex-Secretary
of State John w. Foster.
No utterances were made which might
tend to embarrass the administration in
the conduct of pending diplomatic nego-
tiations with England and Spain. Before
the meeting Secretary Olney was visited by
a committee, consisting of Judge DAILY,
Mr.. Curry and Mr.. Dodge, who outlined
the plans for the conference and sub
mitted for his approval the resolutions
which will be presented to the conference.
The secretary of state found nothing to
criticize in the resolutions, and expressed
sympathy with the objects Of the meeting.
Although no references were made to pres
ent international questions, the whole
tenor Of the speeches was toward an agree
ment for arbitration between the two En-
glish speaking nations.
Ex-Secretary Foster was the temporary
chairman, and made brief Speech in the
course of which he said:
"It seems utopian idea to anticipate a
general disarmament of nations in our
generation, and until barbarism and the
spirit of conquest and oppression shall be
banished from the earth governments will
be forced to maintain armies and navies.
But certainly among people who profess
to be governed by the principles Of a COM
mon Christianity, and especially between
nations kindred in lineage, language and
institutions better method of adjusting
the differences which must arise between
them may be found than by the bloody
arbitrament of war"
Next Judge DAILY, of the committee on
permanent reorganization, reported the
election of Hon. George f. Edmunds as
president and list of vice presidents rep
resentlng every state in the union Mr..
Edmunds was escorted to the platform
and in the course of a graceful speech he
said 1t was pitiful thought that in this
time of peace over nearly all of the world
more than a million men capable of tax
ing part in the progress of civilization
were kept under arms and billion dol
lars diverted to their support. That time
must come when the armies of the world,
like that of the United States, would be a
mere police body. The force of public
opinion must be as constant as the law of
gravitation for solving the difficult prob
lem of ending war.
A letter from Chief Justice Fuller was
read conveying regret that his health and
public duties would prevent him from tes-
great cause of the convention. A letter
was also received from Andrew Carnegie,
who referred to the movement as 1.-The no
blest cause of this generation" and in a
postscript mentioned the inolosure of a
check for 81, 900 to help defray the expenses
. of the meeting. Rev. l.. Il. Chamberlain,
ID. D., of New York, made an address on
the history and purpose of the conference.
In the course of the general business
Mr.. John Domphon, of st. Louis, Mo-,
created no little stir by moving that Mr..
Carnegie's gift be returned to him, be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie had made his wealth
through contracts to furnish the govern
ment with munitions of war. "And," he
continued "the press charges him, whether
justly or unjustly, with making large
profits by stinting the employees in his
works" He declared that it would be a
humiliation to accept Mr.. Carnegie's gift.
The motion was opposed by Delegate
Weeks, of Pittsburg, editor of The Iron
Manufacturer, and was buried under a
large majority.
The night session of the conference at
; tracted large audience. The speakers
were Hon. Carl Schurz of New York,
President Angel of Michigan University
and Edward Atkinson of Boston.
President Angel took issue with most
of the speakers in ringing declaration
that the United States should stand ready
to fight for her honor and her territory.
: Each of the speakers at the night session
touched upon current questions,
Mr.. Sohurz held arbitration to be prac
tical because eighty disputes had been set
tied by that method in this century and
all had stayed settled, while the results of
great wars had not stayed settled, but had
been subject to the shifting of power.
In the movement for arbitration this
/; republic was natural leader, stronger
n than any nation of Europe in the num-
I, Der, Intelligence, yigor and patriotism of
: its people, and standing aloof from the
= feuds of the old world, In the minds Of
some men rival powers were watching
every chance to humiliate us, yet There
was really no power or combination of
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