St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-24

tween the United States and Great
Britain: .
Washington. D. c., March u, 1sse.-Dear
SIR widespread desire has been manifest
| ed, both in the United States and Great Brit
ain, for the establishment between these two
tion.
With view to the accomplishment of that
| END, we hereby invite you to attend a ma
uonai conference, to be held in the city of
Washington ssS 9n, on Wednesday and Thursday. the
zzd and I'D of April next, to express the
general conviction that such a system of ar
duration should be speedily provided for by
tne proper authorities. and with the most
comprehensive application practicable.
1t is earnestly desired that all parts of the
country should be fully represented at this
conference, and, in order that this may be
assured, a similar invitation has been sent
TO representative men, irrespective of party
or creed in every state and territory in the
union-the combined membership of the two
houses OF congress being taken a general
basis or numbers and apportionment
Assuming that you share our belief as to
the Importance OF the end proposed, we deem
1t unnecessary in this communication to en-
ter into an extended statement on the sub
Ject by repeated acts, as we'll as by repeat
ed declarations our government has appeared
before the world in advocacy of international
arbitration as measure comformable to our
own interests and the genius Of our institu-
| tions, as we'll as to the cause of general JUS
| tice and civilization. To this effect patriot
ism, philanthropy, craftsmanship and relg-
| lon have spoken as with one voice.
In confning the present movement to the
promotion of arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain, we not uncon-
cerned for the wider application of the prin-
/ ciple involved. But, taking into considera-
tion the Importance and the value of prac-
tical results, it has seemed wise to concen-
trate our immediate efforts upon the attain
ment of permanent system between the
two great English fspeaking peoples.
Earnestly trusting tHat we NAV receive at
an early day your acceptance of the invitation
hereby extended We remain, yours faithfully,
Washington -MefHfIle W. Fuller. Nelson A:
Miles, John G. Walker, ,Gardiner g. Hubbard,
John W.Foster. George Truesdell.1
Chicago-George6 B., Swift, Marshall Field,
Marvin Hughitt. P0tter Palmer, Cyrus H. Nc
ladalphiac-Charles4 +. Warwick; Freder-
ick Fraley,, Charles G.. Harrison, P. J. Ryan,
Cyrus D. Foss, w. N. McVickar.
New York-Abram 81 Hewitt. Charles P.
Daily, William E. dodge Benjamin II. Bris-
tow; Oscar Straus, Seth Low, Dorman B.
Eaton. ~ ,sT
New orleans-williami Preston Johnson. B..
NJ. Palmer, J. c. Norris, Charles E. Fenner.
Boston-Charles ". Elliot, William E. Rus
sell, William LAWRENCE Robert Treat Paine,
Charles Francis ADAMS. -.
st. Louis-Henry Hitchcock, George E..
Leighton, James A. Broadhead a.,
San Francisco-Horaee Davis, l., w. He'll
man. William II. Beatty,
James Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore.
| Timothy Dwight, Yale University.
! Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford, Conn.
| James b. Angel! Ann Arbor, Mich.
! ]. L. M. Curry. Washington, ID. c..
| w. M. Thornton. University. of Virginia.
Please reply to. Hon. G, F, DAILY. chairman,
/ care American Geographical society, No. IL
West Twenty ninth street, New York city.
| Similar invitations have been re-
| ceived by Gov. Clough, Chief Justice
| c. M. Start, Justices Mitchell, Canty
| 'pu9IeII uqor doqs!qUoIV 'suITIoO pure
and Collins, Archbishop John Ireland,
Bishop G. H. Fowler, ex-senator Wash
burn, Co. S. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis;
| S. G.. Comstock, of Moorhead; John A.
Willard, of Mankato. The invitation
| was sent also to each member, includ-
| ing Mr.. Peet, of the local committee
| appointed March to select delegates
| to the Washington conference. The
committee is: W. B. Dean, chairman;
e. w. Peet, Bishop Gilbert, Gen.
Brooke and D. r. Noyes.
The recent meeting at Mr.. Peets
residence followed his own attendance
| at a similar meeting held in Independ-
ence hall, Philadelphia. On his re-
turn home Mr.. Peet issued invitations
which resulted in the presence, at the
! gathering of March T. of Bishop Gill
Lord, Gen. E. c. Mason, Gen. Brooke,
! E. v. Smalley, D r. Noyes, Ambrose
! Tighe, Col. W. P. Clough, William B.
! Dean, w. f. Peet, Judge G. E. F'lan-
| drau, Gen. J. B. Sanborn, Thomas
! Cochran and r. A. Kirk. A harmon
| ious discussion Of the subject of in
| ternational arbitration resulted in the
adoption of a resolution that "at the
| earliest possible date an international
Sh0lll6 CT hU no
| United States and Great Britain to
which might be submitted for settle
| ment all controversies arising between
| the two powers" w. 3. Dean, chair
man of the gathering, being asked to
| appoint committee which would fur
ther the cause locally and would Sc
lect delegates to ,the washington con-
Vention. and being Instructed to in
| clude himself, famed as the remain
ing members oH4heScommittee the gen
tlemen already ane1f5i f5ioned. The Wash
ington conferep&e f}iI be the outcome
of meetings hsN within the last five
weeks in several an the leading cities
! of the countrys siaeech, favoring in
ternational arbNEa1Ebn through a per-
manent tribunal Ehs delivered early
lat at a g gafheTingof se SeS New y; YorRt PePsM Bar
association. &BecaHke of this speech
! there met, Feb. f&A at the residence
Of William e. r>DeHge, in New York
| city, a number of the prominent men
+ Of the metropolis, who expressed
! themselves as follows:
| Whereas, The true grandeur of nations
means the arts of civilization, justice secured
! by statute, and magnanimity inspired by
good will, which fundamental conditions are
always -marred by the wasteful and bitter
T. Whereas, The United States and Great
Britain. akin in language, jurisprudence,
| legal methods and essential love of right, are
| already accustomed to arbitrate their disa-
| greements. and have emphatfcally declared
| themselves in favor of such arbitration
congress by the action of both houses in 1890
and the house OF commons by its vote in
1S93-therefore.
Resolved, That we earnestly desire such
action by our national legislature and the
executive as shall make permanent provis-
ionfor some wise method of arbitration be-
| tween the two countriest it being our hope
| that such step will ultimately lead to in
ternational arbtrationSthrou the civil
lied world. 1870
T On Washington,s birthday similar
meetings were held in Chicago and
| Philadelphia. It was at the latter as
/ semblage that MrsgF Peet was present
as self-appointed delegate from st.
Paul Feb. 26s6itizens of equal prom
inence met in Roston and gave addi-
tional impetus 80 the national move
I ment.
| The so-called committee of Washing
ton consists of the"following eminent
Americans: Chief Justice Melville w
Fuller, Gen, NelsonesA. Miles. John G.
Walker, Gardiner Hubbard John
w. Foster, Alexander MackeyS Smith,
John A. Kasson, John Joy Edison,
| Charles C. C6ie oSV.~J j. Boardman,
Beriah Wilkins, JS w. Woodward,
| Thomas Nelson Page, Samuel H.
| Greene, John Hay, John F. Hurst, A.
P. Langley, c. j. Bell, George Trues-
dell, c. S. Noyes, Stanton J. Peelle,
| Tennis S. Hamlin, Charles c. Glover,