Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-29
Arrived Home in Time For a
Christmas Dinner After
His Work Abroad.
PAY OF TIE COMMISSIONERS
Will be About $4,000 and Reasonable
Expcnses-The Treaty In the Hands of
President McKinley-S Senate will
Consider 1t Behind Closed Doors
VIII be Ratified.

Canton, o., Dec. 25.-Judge Day, presi-
dent OF the peace commission ana Mrs.
pay reached their Canton home in time
to take Christmas dinner with the fam
lily. There was no formal greeting ar
ranged for them but "a commission OF the
Stark county bar, several personal friends
ana members of their family We're at the
station.
The Judge is in excellent health and
spirits and the trip abroad has been hcne-
iicial. Mrs. Day is also in excellent health
and comes TO her home in much better
health than when she left it.
judge Day when asked as to his plans
for the future. said he expects to tcna II
in Canton and resume the practice of law
in the firm of which h was member
before entering the cabinet Of Prcsidtn mt
Mckinley. Asked as to whether ne mao
any desire which the State Of ohio could
supply, he said:
III YOU refer to political desires, have
not NV only ambition is to hc allowed
TO pursue IN, practice of my profession.
Later in the conversation he authorized
the direct statement that under no CIR
cumstancc would he hc candidate Tor
governor as has been reported during his
absence i'm Paris.
( Wnilc he talked freely on many matters
concctcd with his work In Paris, judge
paN did not feel "a; liberty to give an IN
t.rlicw in detail, ont the work OF the conn.,
mission. H.. said the tl'F of Slw,wp cows
p,nsation Tor the comm. toner's or at ANY
sum APPROACHING that amount was ridi'u-
lousy prcnoSt"rous.
The Pr sid,nt fixes the comp nsation OF
th. commissioners aud none of them. 1t
i S4f, to say. accepted the duties as Il
speculation. \ore of them has an idea
nf 70 lar-, fee such rs would have hn.'r
paid had they performed the duties in tn
capacity -. regularly retained "ttorn'ES
There is no actual precedent on which 10
base and estimate. hut the prediction i
vcntur,d that the compensation of the
commiss oncrs viii not exceed $1,000 each
and reasonable expenses incurred ON tn,
ilip TO Paris THESE expenses. however
vii nut include those incurred for tn,
wives ana families of the attaches Of The
commissioner hccaus" all such went OF
The journey entirely independent of tie
commission and were ia no way Il charg,
upon the official party.
y numherof friends have called on Judg,
Day since his return. The French govern
mcnt treated the comm.sS oucrs very well
There were but two critical periods i'm tn
negotiations. the first regarding the Cuban
drbt. which was an open question for mon,
than month during which time III,
Americans never swerved from their posi-
ton presented to the Standards. tt,
other was upon the Philippines cess. ION
and after the Americans had reached
conclusion in their own councils - Il
concessions that could be granted Their,
was no deviation and the Spaliards final
accepted. The personal relations be
wen the representatives of the two GOV
ernments was a: all times friendly an,
cordial The Americans had gre L reSpec
for the ability Of the Spanish M mbcr
and believe that nothing was left unsui,
or undor" that coud benefit the Spanl~l
cause. Tho president of the Spanish com
mission was remarked rs man of grca
ability by the Americans and won thei
respect for the able manner in which h
conducted the Spanish case.