The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27

Wars Grim Visage Banished.
Washington, Jan. ga very distin-
gushed audience representative of in
fiuential social and religious circles of
the capital filled the Grand Opera
House at o'clock this afternoon Ito
attest their appreciation of the great
principle of international arbitration as
embodied in the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain"
Hon. John w. Foster, ex-secretary of
state, called the meeting to order He
pointedly disclaimed any purpose of
criticising or seeking unduly to hasten
or influence the action of the senate.
He said he recognized the senate as a
coordinate branch of the government.
He closed by saying: L venture, how
ever, to say, speaking for myself, that
the final action of the senate will not
be such as to defeat 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 civilized world
The outcome of the meeting was the
unanimous adoption Of resolution de-
claring that:
Believing this treaty to be a dis
tinct advance toward the best civiliZa
! ton, and trusting that it may prove
a helpful example for other nations, we
shall hah with joy and patriotic pride
its confirmation by the senate of the
United States
LOOKING FORWARD.
Mr.. Gardner G. Hubbard was the
presiding officer and delivered an ear
Z cd at no ole Of iob ba
declared that he looked forward TO a
day when there would be a court es-
! tabliShed that shall be recognized by
all nations, which will take into con-
sideration all differences between ma
/ tons and settle them by arbitrati ton
or direction of such court.
! Professor B. Whitman of Columbia
! university made some pointed remarks
about two diseases prevailing in Amer
lean social life-one known as anglo
mania and another disease, largely pO-
| litical in its character, known as anglo
phobia. He claimed that encyclopedias
was as unreasonable as anglo-mania
was ridiculous.
Ex-senator John B. Henderson, for
merly of Missouri now of Washington,
delivered vigorous address in support
of the general principle of arbitration,
in which he incidentally criticised the
tone of President Cleveland's Vene-
zuelan message and asked if arbitra-
ton was good for England and Vene-
zuela, why not good for England and
the United States?
BREWERS SENTIMENTS.
Associate Justice Brewer of the
United States supreme count, who was
introduced as the president of the
Venezuelan commission" aroused the
meeting to the highest point of enthu-
siasm. He began by saying that when
he received the request of the commits
sion 10 take part in the proceedings and
was assured 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 arbitration because
according to his experience no lawyer
could say 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, Il do not want to be
considered as one who would trespass
upon the Drerogative of the senate to
make careful canvass of every line
or that treaty. l appreciate fully the
words of the senator from Massachu-
sets, (Mr. Hoar), recently uttered in
protest against pressure for indecent
haste. l do not believe in saying to
the gentlemen charged with the duty
or considering carefully that treaty
that you must vote for it There is
something in my own nature which, |
when anybody says to me you must
causes something to run up my spinal
column which says / won't (Ap-
plause and laughter) 1t is the sena-
tors duty to consider that treaty care
FULLY and / say that it is no trespass /
upon their rights for American citizens
TO express their views of that treaty. /
And l am sure there is no one who +
will more cheerfullv accord that right
than the senior senator from Massa-
chuSettS, (Mr. Hoar), whom we all de- /
light to honor. In spite of all the in /
t1mations i could press 1 believe that
the senate will not declare itself in
IaVor or the law, but against it's en-
forcement. They will act upon it with
the desire to do the best for the inter /
ests, not alone of this country, but of /
the world. (Applause) | know Judges (
make mistakes, having been on the (
bench many years. | know it is dan
gerous TO submit grave questions TO
such a tribunal, and if I could see here
one or my brothers, with whom have /
been associated for two years, (refer- /
ring to Justice Harlan, one of the
Bering sea arbitrators), think l could
illustrate that at his expense Gaugn-
teri But, then. what are the errors
and losses incidental to arbitration
compared TO the horrors of war? CAD
plause.) What are a few million dol
lars of wrongful damages in COMPARE
son to the sacrifice of thousands of
human lives?"
LOST OPPORTUNITIES"
Justice Brewer, in his peroration,
brought down the house by brief but
dramatic poem on Lost Opportunities"
which Ito the surprise of many of MS
hearers he said had been written by
his fellow citizen ex-senator John j.
ingalls, of Kansas. He declared in I
ringing tones that the United States
now had an opportunity that once
lost might never be regained.
Ex-Governor Stanard of st. Louis,
from the national board of trade. pre-
sented the resolutions in favor of ar
adopted by that body.
The following letter from Cardinal
Gibbons was read:
Cardinals Residence, 40S N. Charles
Street, Baltimore, Md, Jan. %, 1897
Rev. Francis S. Hamlin, Dear Sir
L beg to acknowledge your favor of
the 21st, in which you invite me to
on the Goth inst. for the
purpose of publicly attesting approba-
ton of the great principle or arbitra-
ton embodied in the treaty between
.