New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-27
THE BONE OF CONTENTION.
THE SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL STUDY
AGAIN DISCUSSES THE NEW AR
BITRATION TREATY.
MRS GArrNEY pESouNcEs THE WHOLE NEGo-
-rA-1oN IN scATHINo AND UNM1sTAKA-
RrE rASGuAGE-A HOT Defence.

-rA-1oS IN scATHrNo AND UNMIsTAKA-
BILE rANGUAGE-A HOT DEFENCE
-ba Society for Political Study again took up its
tavorite bone Of contention, the new aroltra'lon
treaty Yesterday afternoon. and the meeting was.
70 say the least. not lacking IN animation IL hao
been decided 10 give tho whole aternoon 10 the
subiAc. as the discussion had been cut snort on
nrAv,ous occasions for lack Of time. but still the
ladies' we're unable to exhaust the subject and the
mee.,nr was prolonged long after the usual time
OF adjournment x,.,. -
The paper on Constitutional State History was
omitted. and instead Dr. Harriet'e hea'iis0 0
the text Of the treaty.
Trsn Mrs d 81. John CARNEY who frs. brought
the subject 10 the attention OF the club and VINO
placed herself record then as pelhg uiai.e an!
opposed TO any such arrangement was asheu "
oven IN. discussion. and she did SO by twenty
r,,n,--a paper, IN which she denounced the "hoie
,sro,,ation I'm scathlng and unmistakable language
Mr. John Bull and Miss Columbia are ABOUT "
mite themselves" she said. in the noiy oohos Vi
nsaca and arbitration. and It Is therefore proper
those who know any just cause or impeoimeh. why
these two should not be Joined together snouiu
.nsak now or for the space OF five years nod their
neace Let US therefore consider what these '"o
contracting parties are. The anomaly u sen s
,se, all through old nature even IN natons', anu
rDglapd "a masculine while America Is FEMININE
It's q mistake TO call II the mother coun''' " "
ought always 10 speak OF IL as ne -,
accordingly through the remainder OIL "e' "u
dress Mrs Gafney used the masculine pi0"'""
when speaking Of Great Britain -
Vow what do we know of this masculine ro"ei,
who comes wooing US with promises OF peace anu
srhs.ration? 80 she asked, ana 'hen
answer the question as follows; - hoe
we know that during the last ten years "7 no
seouired an amount Of territory nearly eP"', "
sres 20 the United States, and that ne mas o' uV"'
Il hv peace and arbitration. the Nehe|ue"
mute and other things are still unsettled nut VIII "o
,.,.t q another name for compromise
81. We look into his treaty keeping recoru we
shall find him very absent minded. ne Il ocouPivu
with so many weighty matters 'na' nc i'" -
forge,s small things: but when ne does reineiioe-'
little things Ike treaties and h'eIha''o'i' "a"
- 49, rim, from asserting his rights lie mad
one ~ .hese fits of observation-disclosures "ie' we
hoprh. Alaska but when gold was uisco'eieu ~
ina. region he left off chasing the hea'heh up anu
dou,r The Garth and remembered tha' ne hau
-" | .t-L. That il still unsettled. blythe
Vav and he may find an arDlIra0ioN 0'~'' -
Vantage 70 him IN arranging IT, it,, $50
rIn the CLAYTON Bulwer treaty ne oesUAo
s,o wbat seemed nice, friendly alai', anu 80
s,atesrnen al the same time sho"eu """
i,ov,iedes ,hev had OF diplomacy and foreign al
fairs The United States were oouho not 10 use ~
go. $50 4, Tho neighborhood Of the Nicaragua
CO..; h.,+ ENGLAND was not forbidden 70 use Ms
navy and now he comes hoiolh6 ou'
hr.,oh 20 Us with this error uncorieC'eu. -
ta practising
dour ,be~s and has fortified the ISLANDS thd' coi
-, 49, oa,at He "a master OF the situation now
ard co,,,, Ere ne out OF existence II ne choSe' We
have 20; 10 arbtrate whether we want ~ ~ nv.
10 ,b,s ,s the way England keeps ueaues anu
the u,av The United States sees that '"e9 CIV ''
w want no more OF them. 1,t,, and de-
NJ carnev next took Up Miss CoiumDia am ~
.,,he5 b, as ,voical representative OF the geH"e'
sex amlaole and peace OWNS ial"hg ~ ~"
even il, dsnu,es where il would have been an ''oNoI
10 her 70 DO 81 MAT John Bull Wanted VIZ md
partnes was MS own Interest," s'e ""
The union il unequal" she declared .f9r we ha AYE
ar no man Tor England in dipomacy ana e'e as
thing arbiirated WIN MN IN @s,ned The
t-Safie i We have no statesmen and we are IN susn
men S .z, ,a NV W. farm and the Jaw ofce and set them
I'd for four years ana tel mem 10 D ,b, are h.
they Do the hes; they can Then, "heh my are "
ginning TO earn something we turn '"lH ou' anu
Ms Gatfsey was followed by Mrs Lille DeveTenx
Rsto III / . nv smith Dr. Huldan Gum Miss
Farsm. M Thaddeus Wskeman. Mr.. Graem. Mrs
Anna jackson and = Anna Maxwell Jones
. Blake spoke earnestly IN iaVoE o, ',e - T.
he KIT direction Sne also asserted thar she be-
sersr- .hen in roor. who would live TO see
''t nations lay down their arm ,,,s,s ,e.,o4
Dr. ksatnse thought Inst Ensand al"s f neeu t
Watching and that before the treaty vas sigheu she
Sssh' 70 he called upon 70 destroy an nf 40 iotca
'2ns south Of Halifax and the Canadian p4unaary.
d Gum didn't think Il would pe possip,e 10 FORM
Eediy that would b. just 10 the ult-u 30 anu
ssd inai the present Ike the handle az
Tf-ail side
Mss Hamm OBJECTED 20 the United States being
,.piesen,ei Invariably just IN ts dealings with
c''ef ma Hons
an grasping and stealing Texas. she said we
w. not arbitrate: killed and we took In TAX
ug ieese United States We did not arbitrate either;
H. Killed and took II we had aroirated as
IN nid we should not have had 70 spend mill
rs IN Indian wars. The United States j. spoken
~, Peaceful country. bat IN the civil War We
psr1 iLgpoo men. while England has been a.
zee Tor fifty year
.iers Mrs Gafrre. r 49, 20 q point OF order. She
a,aEnt iney had 10 discuss the treaty
VI 20 10 defend or aO1se any particular country.
a. - HaInm replied that she also had Deen un-
,., ~ mat impression bu, as one speaker had ar
sfh.,--a England. another the President. and
~ m,na ngress, she had been forced to change