The age-herald., 1898-09-24
COMMISSIONERS
 AT QUEENSTOWN All Ire We'll Excepting Senator Gray
 of Delaware. CONCERT ON THE C0MPANIA Senator Frye Presided and EuIOsized American and British TarS. NO FULL CONFERENCE YET HELD Messrs. Day, Moore and McArthur Have Be en Engaged in Making
 Record of the Details of
 the American Case.
NO FULL CONFERENCE YET HELD

Queenstown, September 23.-The Cunard line steamer Campania, from New York on September r, with the United States peace commission on board, arrived here at about 2 o'clock this afternoon after an ureventful voyage, with all well on board excepting Senator Gray, who has been suf- fering from neuralgia for two days.
 There was a concert on Thursday on board the Campania in aid of the Seamens Charities. Senator Frye presided. After eloquently appealing for subscriptions he alluded to the fact that 300 years ago Spain at the cost of a hundred million and with a great armada set out to possess Eng land. But, he added, England, through her sailors, then won victory which gave her prestige for all time.
 Continuing, the senator eoquently ad- verted to the brilliant victory of Admiral Dewey at Manila. The fame which that victory won for American sailors, the sen- ator said has gone all over the world and has lifted the name of the United States higher than ever before. Concluding his remarks, he said: May God bless Ameri- can and British tars. May the angel of peace touch your hearts tonight"
 The collection totaled $S18 for the sea- men SOclelleS. My country, LIS or Thee" and "God Save the Queen" were sung
 Dir William Marriott then proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, adding, after hearty cheers, that Britannia rules the wave" but amended it smoothly by com plimenting the United States with a full equal share in the sea domain.
 This sentiment was roundly applauded by his hearers, who afterwards called for some remarks from Senator Davis, wIo began by saying the. United States and .--e mother country had squabbled in the past, but they were family quarrels only, while it well behooved all others to let us strictly alone. He added, impressively, that by divine dispensation the last three months had brought about a better feeling between Great Britain and the United States than ever before.
 Speak tho Same Tongue
 And why not?" asked the senator "We speak the same tongue, we think much the same and we read the same books. The meaning of this is that 1250OO,OOO of people speaking the English tongue and standing together in thought and purpose will do more for peace than any war ever waged.
 Judge Day was then induced to speak, and with dignity in word and manner, he referred to the fact that while British citizenship has been a ready passport everywhere, American citizenship now none the less furnishes a passport every where equal to any warrant of manhood.
 The speaker added that he could not talk of the mission, but he hoped all would be gratified to welcome the commission on it's return from the consummation of peace honorable to the United States and alike just to the other interested power. White law Reid also spoke He regretted the American commission in going abroad should not be sailing under it's own flag and in a vessel built in America. MT. Reid added: We have some suitable vessels, but they have been and are quite busy.''
 The speeches of the commissioners were all heartily appauded.
 There has been no full conference of the peace commission, though it's members have consulted in pairs, casually. Proba- ply there will not be a full meeting of the commissioners until they reach Paris.
 Messrs. Moore and McArthur have been engaged in preparing a record of the de- tails of the American case. The commis- sioners and those with them on their pas sage across the Atlantic, occupied three tables in a side section of the dining saloon. and will then go to Paris.