The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-23
SHOULD BE NO UNDUE HASTE
IN RATIFFING THE ANGLO-AMERI-
 CAN PEACE TREATY.


 be Paid to Clamor for Speedy Ratifica-
 tion of the Instrument-0ther Senator's
 Views on the Subject.
 Washington, Jan. 22,--In the senate, to-day, the credentials of Boise Pen rose, as senator elect from Pennsyl vania, for the term beginning March 4, 1897, in place of Senator Cameron, were presented by MT. Cameron and placed on file.
 Mr. Turpie, dem, of Indiana. gave notice that he would ask the senate on Monday next to take up the Cameron resolution for the recognition of the Republic of Cuba; and he went on to comment upon Secretary Olney's re- marks on the subject, which he char acterzed as obiter dictum, and also upon the newspaper statement of a conference between Secretary Olney and Senator Sherman-the premier of the incoming administra tion-to the eff rect that there was an agreement ell- tered into that there would be no ac- tion by the senate at the present ses- sion in regard to Cuba. This news paper statement MT. Sherman declared to be without the slightest foundation.
 This episode was followed by another more striking on the subject of the arbitration treaty. Numerous letters had been presented by Senator Cullom, rep, of Illinois-written to himself some in favor of the treaty and some against it; and when MT. Hoar, rep, of Massachusetts, sent to the clerks desk other memorials on the same subject, he (Hoa.r) took occasion to give his views upon the propriety of outside in reference with the senate in the con- sideration of a treaty.
 "A good many of the wisest and best men in all parts of Massachusetts, " said MT. Hoar, "clergymen, members of business organizations, and highly es- teemed private citizens, are writing letters to their senators, and are mak- ing other public utterances urging the very prompt, rapid ratification of the proposed treaty with Great Britain. I suppose there is no member of this body Certainly no senator from Mas sachusetts), who does not hail with great satisfaction as one of the great public events of the century, the nego- tiation of such treaty.
 But, with all respect, it seems to me that these gentlemen forget that this l treaty is still in progress of negotia- l tion; the senate is the treaty making power in his country; that its action is part of the diplomatic action of the United States; and that it is very poor diplomacy, when we are still en- gagged in such negotiation with Eng l land and when the action of this coun- try is still inchoate, to have learned eloquent, heated, impatient utterances coming from the pulpit and the press, and from college halls urging instant action on the diplomatic representa- tives of the United States.
 How is it possible, if 1t should turn out that there is some undsclosed, some unintended advantage to Great Britain or disadvantage to us in the proposed treaty, which both sides would be disposed to correct before the matter became vital and passed out of tpower, to obtain due consideration of our rights or desires from Great Brit ain if there is great storm and tenn pest of public sentiment existing in favor of the instant ratification of the treaty?
 "If Mir Olney, on getting that con- stitutional advice which it is our sworn duty to give to the president, should say to the Marquis of Salisbury I would like to have this treaty modified in this or that particular the Marquis of Salisbury would be armed with the reply: Your people are clamoring fol 1t as it Is; you do not represent youl country and your country's interest,"
 'I hold that this meddlng with inn portant diplomacy by angry and inn passioned utterances of this kind is in. finitely mischevious and foolish. While as far as I am at present advised there is not likely to be a senator mol in sympathy with the great object oi promoting peace on earth and good vii to man, I wish to enter my protest against this method of constant med ding with our diplomatic procedures by sermons from pulpits or by professors 1 lectures"
 MT. Sherman, rep, of Ohio, chairman of the committee on foreign relations said that he congratulated not only the people of the two great nations on the completion of the arbitration treaty but he congratulated the people of al | the world "The time had come" ht said, when nations might quietly seriously and earnestly provide agains the contingency of war. The commit tee on foreign relations regarded it as a treaty of great importance and the | effects of which had to be very care. fully studied; for it was possible that it might create controversies which die not now exist.
 ''The committee had, therefore, pu off it's consideration for a while; bu an arrangement had been made that il was to be taken up and acted upon or Monday next" He had no doubt tha immediate consideration and deIibera. ton with a careful review of existins treaties which it might affect. He hat received from all parts of the country telegrams and letters implying that tht committee was holding back the treaty and defeating the great objects of pub lie desire. He declared, with emphasis that there was no such purpose on tn, part of any member of the committee