The morning news., 1897-01-27
A RALLY FOR ARBITRATION.
DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE TURNS
OUT AT WASHINGTON.

Predicts the Passage of the Pend
ing Treaty by the United States
Senate-The Meeting Adopts "a Res
OlutiOn in Favor of the Adoption
of the TrcRty-AssOcinte Justice
Brewer of the Supreme Court
Makes the Principal speech.
Washington, Jan. pa very dsting-
uished audience, representative of the in
tluential social and religious elements CT
the national capital, filled the Grand opera
house at A O'clock this afternoon, to at
test their appreciation of the great prin-
ciple of international arbitration as en-
bodied in the treaty between this repub-
lie and Great Britain, now pending in
the Senate
Hon. John w. Foster, ex-Secretary OF
State, who called the meeting to order.
pointedly disclaimed any purpose of criti-
cising or seeking unduly to hasten or in
fiuence the action of the Senate. He said
he recognized the Senate as a coordinate
branch of the government He closed by
saying: II venture, however, to say,
speaking for myself that the final action
of the Senate will not be such as to de-
feat the treaty, which is desired by the
great majority of the people of the United
States, and whose defeat would discredit
this government in the eyes of the civil
ized world"
The outcome of the meeting was the
unanimous adoption of a resolution de-
claring that believing this treaty to be
| a distinct advance towards the best cvili-
zation, and trusting that it may prove a
helpful example for other nations, we shall
hail with Joy and patriotic pride its con-
| firmatiOn by the Senate of the United
! States"
Gardner G. Hubbard was the presiding
officer.
Prof. b. l.. Whitman of Columbian Uni
versity, made some pointed remarks about
two diseases prevailing in American So
cial life, one known as anglomania, and
| another disease largely political in its
! character, known as anglophobia. He
claimed that anglophobia was as unrea-
sonable as angiomania was ridiculous.
Ex-senator John b. Henderson, formerly
| of Missouri, now of Washington, delivered
| vigorous address in support of the gen
| eral principle of arbitration, in which he
| incidentally criticised the tone of Presi-
| dent CleVelands Venezuelan message and
| asked if arbitration was good for Eng
| land and Venezuela, why not good for
| England ana the United States? Speaking
/ of the objection that the Monroe doctrine
might be involved In this treaty, he said:
Let the Monroe doctrine be placed in the
| crucible of human reason If we may
| claim under IL at all, our demands must be
settled either by arbitration or by war"
At considerable length he argued in
favor of arbitration as the only rational
| mode Of settlement.
1t was reserved to Associate Justice
Brewer Of the United States supreme
court to arouse the meeting to its highest
point of enthusiasm. The chilly winds
blowing through the wings of the un-
warmed theater caused overcoat collars
to be turned up and handkerchiefs to be
| tied over bald pates, and shiVers to pass
around, but Justice Brewers witty and
eloquent remarks caused even the in
clemency of the weather to be forgotten.
Justice Brewer, who was introduced as
1.-The president of the Venezuelan com
mission" began by saying that when he
| received the request of the committee to
take part in the proceedings and was as
sured that the speeches would be limited
! to FIVE minutes, he came to the conclusion
| that all he would have to do would be to
| stand up and be counted In favor of ar
bitration, because, according to his ex-
perience, no lawyer could sag what he
had to say under two hours. So he had
come here to be counted IN favor
of the arbitration treaty. when
I say that" continued Justice
| Brewer, II do not want to
be considered as one who would trespass
upon the prerogative of the Senate to
make a careful canvass of every line OF
that treaty. / appreciate fully the words
of the senator of Massachusetts CMr.
Hoar, so recently uttered in protest
against pressure for indecent haste.
do not believe i'm saying to the gentleman
charged with the duty of considering care
| fully that treaty that you must vote for
| it, There is something in my own ma
| ture which, when anybody says to me
| you must, calls something to run up my
spinal column which says 4 won't Gap
! plause and laughter) 1t is the Senates
| duty to consider that treaty carefully, and
when ! say that l say it Is no trespass
| upon their rights for American citizens to
! express their views of that treaty. And,
| ] am sure, there is no one who Will more
cheerfuly accord that right than / to the
senior senator from Massachusetts, (Mr.
Hoa), whom we all delight to honor. In
spite OF all the limitations 1 see in the
press, j believe that the Senate will not
declare itself in favor Of the law, but
against it's enforcement They will act
upon 1t with the desire to do the best for
the interests not alone of this country,
| but of the world. (Applause)
Il know Judges make mistakes" D." contn-
ued Justice Brewer Having been on the
! bench many years, 1 know IL Is dangerous
to submi. grave questions TO such a tri-
bunal, and IL / could choose one Of my
| brothers with whom I have been assoclat-
| ed with for two years (referring to Justice
! Harlan, one of the Bering Sea arbitrators)
| / think / could illustrate that at his ex-
/ pense. Oaughter) But then. what are
the errors and losses incidental to arbitra-
| ton compared TO the horrors Of war? Gap
| plause) What are a few million dollars
| of wrongful damages in comparison to the
| sacrifices Of thousands of human llves?"
Justice Brewer, in his perorauon,
brought down the house by a brief but
dramatic poem on Lost Opportunities"
which 10 the surprise OF many Of his
hearers), he said had been written by his
fellow citizen, ex-senator John j. ingalls,
of Kansas. fIe declared, In ringing tones,
his opinion that the United States had now
an opportunity which II once lost, might
never be regained.
GOV stannard OF st. Louis, from the
national board of trade, presented the
resolutions In favor of arbitration adopt
ed by that body
Tie following letter from Cardinal Glib
bons was read: