The sun., 1898-12-25
HON. GEORGE GRAY HOME
Delaware's Distinguished Son
Gives Brief Resume Of the
Trip to Paris.
TREATY IN M'KlNLEY'S HANDS
Was Presented to Him Early Last
Evening by the Peace Com
missioncrs. Mr.. Gray Will Not
Talk About the Matter
at Present.

at Present.
AT an early hour last evening Hon.
George Gray, Delaware's distinguished
son, who represented this country as one
of the five Peace Commissioners to
Paris, France, arrived at his home in this
city. ~.
abroad Senator Gray. who was accom-
panied by his wife and two daughters,
said that the party included the follow
ing:
William r. Day, Mrs. Day, Senator
Cushman X. Davis, Mrs. Davis, Senator
William P. Frye, Mrs. Frye, Whitelaw
Reid, Mrs. Reid, Senator George Gray,
Mrs. Gray and the Misses Gray, }: B.
Moore, secretary of the commission;
Mrs. Moore and child; John r. Mac
Arthur, assistant secretary; Mrs. Mac
Arthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Branagan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Speer, Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Mr.. and
Mrs. J. l. Rodriguez, Mr.. and Mrs. John
s. Martin, Miss Hanna, Miss Margaret
Hanna, Francis r. Stark, J. r. Buck,
Edward Savoy and Henry Freeman.
While in Paris he said they were
royallv entertained by the American
Ambassador and that every courtesy was
extended to them during their three
months stay in that city.
The party after signing the Hispano-
American treaty, he said, remained lew
DAYS in France and on December II, LETT
Southampton, England, on the Ameri-
can line steamship st. Louis. They
passed Fire Island, N. Y, at lilo
O'clock on Friday night after pleasant
voyage and arrived at Quarantine at 3
o'clock yesterday morning.
After a slight rest the Peace Commits
sioners boarded special train and after
q brief stop at Philadelphia and Will
mington, at the latter place Mrs. Gray
and her daughters alighted, and the trip
was then resumed to Washington.
On their arrival in that city they were
met by distinguished party OF officials
and conducted to the Capitol.
Here the Peace Commissioners were
met by President Mckinley, and wi a a
few brief words Judge Day formally
turned over the treaty to Secretary J. b.
Moore, OF the Commission, who by the
way is another Delawarean, and he in
turn handed it over to the President.
The latter in few brief words thanked
the Commissioners for the care and dis
patch with which they had disposed OF
the important bust 1ess on hand and
stated that he would send the treaty with
his message to Congress as soon as that
body convened after the holidays.
He then shook hands with the entire
party and the audience was at an end.
Senator Gray arrived from Washing
ton at 9.l7 o'clock last night, but abso.
lutely refused to say anything in refer
ence to the treaty, he claiming that il
had not as yet been officially received.
The famous document was signed De.
cember 10 and had been in the custody
of Mr.. Moore since that event until he
handed it to Judge Day, again received
1t from his hands and presented it tc
Mr.. Mckinley.
The treaty is quite voluminous docu
ment, elaborately engrossed with the
colors of three nations attached to it.
Tslese are France, Spain and the United
States.
The treaty is tied with the Spanish
and American colors. Attached to the
great seals are ribbons of the French tri-
color. These were attached as compli
ment to the French nation, in whose
capital the negotiations were con
Quoted.
In the treaty are seventeen articles
which cover in detail every point in
yolved in the settlement of the war.
: The Peace Commissioners have beer
abroad q little over three months. Ir
that time they have ended the war, ne
gotiated terms of peace involving the
surrender by Spain Of all her important
colonies and practically reconstructed :
large part of the map Of the world: They
left New York on the Campania, Sep
tember II, and arrived in Paris Septem
ber o6. The Spanish Commissioner
had arrived the day before. The joint
commissions were assigned by the
French Foreign Office to Luxurious
quarters on the Quai d. Orsal.
The first formal meeting was held DC
tober /, and the treaty was signed by al
the Commissioners December 10.
Senator Gray and his wife and family
are in the best Of spirits and health.