The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-01-27
A~RBITRATIONS FRIENDS
Big Meeting in Washington to
Further Its Adoption.
Ex-sBoRBTARY FOSTER PRESIDED.

supreme Justice Brewer Spoke In Favor
Of tho Treaty, and said That ''7his II
our Opportunities M who Can Say when
Another Opportunity Shall Come to U.s.
WASHINGTON, Jan. GA large meet
ing Of the friends OF the arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain now pending in the senate was
held in the Grand Opera House here at g
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The call for
the meeting was made by ex-Secretary
John W. Foster, who succeeded Mr..
Blaine as secretary Of state in President
Harrison's cabinet, Chief Justice Melville
w. Fuller, Bishop John H.. Hurst, Bishop
Henry Y. Satterlee, President B. l. Whit
man, Of Columbia university Rev. DIR. ID.
j. Stafford and others.
The meeting was called to order by OK
Secretary Foster, who said in part:
eight months ago there was assembled
in this city a conference Of representative
citizens Of almost oil tho states of the
Union with a view to promote the estab-
Ishment of n system or method OF per
manent arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain. A national or
gauization was then effected, and the
movement was universally regarded as a
patriotic and humane work.
owe recognize the fact that under a
provision Of the constitution, which ex-
p%erience has proved to be a wise one, the
senate is made a part of the treaty making
power and has a duty to discharge CO.
( ordinate with the national executive, We
also recognize that this nation has great
interests on this hemisphere which should
not be made the subject of arbitration
with n European nation. 1t is believed
that these interests have been carefully
guarded in the pending treaty, but II after
mature consideration the senate should
find it e~xpedient and possible to make the
language of the treaty more explicit in
this respect such action should be regarded
as prudent craftsmanship. I, however,
venture to express the hope that the final
action of that body will not be such rs to
defeat the treaty as it would thereby dis
appoint the hopes of the great majority OF
the people of the United States and dis
credit our government in the eyes of the
civilized world"
Supreme Justice Brewer said that al
though he was earnestly in favor Of the
pending treaty, he would not trespass
upon the p%rerogatives Of the senate to
carefully consider it in the aspects, and to
accept what was good and to reject what
was bad. He did not believe in saying to
them, you must adopt it," The great
should not beapproached with the thought
of whether we can secure n tribunal that
will always decide our way. The main
question is how to secure an independent
and impartial court, and then sent to it
all of these vexatious and peace disturb
ing questions. 81 am in favor Of this
treaty. said the speaker, because it
gives us for the first Tins in our national
life a chance to arbitrats our differences.
Thu first step is the most important one.
This is our opportunity, and who can say
when another such opportunity shall
come to us?"
Brief addresses were made by President
Whitman, of Columbia college, and Ex-
Senator Anderson, of Missouri. Cardinal
Gibbons sent a letter expressing sympathy
with the object of the meeting.