The morning times., 1896-04-22

The arbitration congress, which will as
sembie at Metzerott Hall this morning, will
contain some OF the greatest minds in
America There will be pre- sent about $50
delegates, and they will come from every
section of this country.
Among them viii be jurists, statesmen.
diplomats, college professors. lawyers and
business men, all advocating arbitration
between the English-spea king countries
of the world.
There win be q two days session, and
before the close permanent ma tional
mendatfoa made that an arbitration COM
mission be established by Congress.
Soon after President Cleveland issued
his famous message on the Venezuelan
boundary question eminent citizens in such
cities as New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Chicago got together and expressed
themselves in favor OF arbitratiug all in
ternational complications rather than re-
sort 10 war, and the meeting OF the congress
here today is the result of those gatherings.
j. W. FOSTER AS CHAIRMAN.
Hon. Gardiner G.. Hubbard will eah the
congress to order and ex-Secretaryof State
Foster will probably be called to the
chair as temporary chairman. Ex-senator
George +. fstIDuiitiS OI vermont VIII DG
the permanent presiding officer.
Addresses will he made by some of the
most listin guished men IN the land. Among
the representative men who will he present
are WiIliam L. Dodge, Joseph II. Choate,
Rev. Josiah strong, Judge Charles 2.
DaIy, Paul Du Chailiu, of New York. Ed
ward Atkinson. Boston; j Ford Rhodes,
Boston; DR.. Patton, president of Prince
ton College; exc ov. Greene, OF New
u. II n IL, .NP
Hartford, Gen. Thomas Il Ruger, Gov. John
J. Rich OF Michigan. Gov. w. A. McCorkle
of West Virginia, John L. CadwaIfder OF
New York, Rabbi Gustav GOttheil of
New York, Hon. Z, V. Smaley, president
OF ST. Paul chamber OF commerce; Samuel
b. Cappin of Boston, Dana EStas, the
Boston publisher: Rt. Rev. william La wv
renee, d D., bishop of Massachusetts:
ex-Mayor Sheiren of Brooklyn, John II.
Clair Nick keiway or the Brooklyn Eagle.
President Merrill E. Gates. LII. d. OF
Amherst College. bon. W ilsnn s. Eisseil
OF Buffalo, ". Y, ex-Postmastcr General,
Charles Dudley Warner, George Bernham
OF Philadelphia. Prof James B. Thayer
of Harvard law school. Fo-. Frederick
| J. Kingshury OF; Waterbury. Conn.,, Gov
| Coffin OF Connecticut, Hon. ". B. Lamar,
attorney general Of Florida: Charles s.
| Venabie OF the university of Virginia.
| XMayor HEWITT OF New York. ex-Judge
| c. p. Baly of New York. Hon william E.
| Dodge of New York. Edwin D. Mead Of the
| New England Magazine, Judge william
| II. Brawtey OF sGt.et., Carolina. Hoe. W. ii
| Dewitt. associate Judge of the supreme
| court OF Montanailtioy Lloyd Lowades OF
| Maryland, as weflas AL of the members of
| the venezuelan commission.
THESE SIGNED THE CALL.
These are some Of the men WHO signed
| he call for the CoBgress:
| PhiIadelphia-Chi F. warwick, Fred
| erick Farley, Charles G. Harrison, Z. j
| Ryan, Cyrus d. Foss, w. n. Mcyickar.
! Boston--C haries W. Eliot, William E.
| Russell, William Lawrence, Robert Treat
| Payne, Charles Francis Adams.
| San Francisco-Horace Davis, l. W He'll
| man. William II. Beatty.
| Chica go-George b, Swift, Marshall Field
Marvin Hughitt, Potter Palmer. Cyrus II
| Mccormick, William c. Gray. W. j. 0nahan
| New YoFk-Abram S. Hewitt. Charles f
| Daily, William E. Dodge, Benjamin II. BriS.
| tow, Oscar Straus, Seth Low, Dorman B
| Eaton.
New 0rleans-WiIiiam Preston. johnson
| b. Nj. Palmer, ]. c. Morris. Charles E. Fenner
st. Louis-Henry Hitchcock, George E
| Leighton, James A. BToadhead.
Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore: Timothy
| Dwight, Yale University; Charles Dudley
| Warner, Hartford. Conn. James b. Angel
| Ann Arbor, Mich; J. L. NJ. Curry. Washing
| ton, ID. e.; c. NJ. Thornton. University Of
| Virginia.