Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-07
DAY PRACTICALLYOUT
Not Officially Connected with
the State Department
Any More.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY III oHAaas.

And Busy Getting Up the Papers To re
Used by the Peace CommIssIon- Our
Members of the Porto Rico Military
Commission Arrive on the Island and
Are Received with Honors-Cien. Isoyn-
ton Gives Some Hospital Statistics.
Washington. Sept. 7.-Secretary Da :
probably viii not resume the discharge
OF the functions Of secretary OF state
and it may be assumed that his con
nection with the department. save in
the capacity Of a peace cOmmissic ner.
terminated when he left Washing ,on
for Ohio recently. Upon his return Il
Washington IL is expected that he Wi.
come TO the state department for the
purpose Of b-Gding farewell to the en-
ployes- There is no longer a rea5 -laDlc
doubt that Justice While has decided to
decline the appointment Of pc-ce CON-
missioner. and that he rct-ains from
making a public announcement OF his
purpose at the request of the president.
1t is intImated that a very ea-ly an
nouncemen: May be looked f5-, as tne-e
iE reason to believe that the president;
already has made q tender o. the cJrl-
mIsionership and is now await NJ al
acceptance before making pubic the
fact. Arrangements fer the depaftu-=
OF the conlHi son on the 18th int. from
New York are Lc.ng pushed.
Paying Most Attention to the Philippine.
Acting Secretary Moore. with the as
sistance of Mr.. McArthur. is giving q
great deal OF time TO the collection &
documents ard charts nEaded by II.
American cCTamis siCners in their VIZ
and the subjects likely TO arse in con
nection with the final peace neEOtic
tions are receiving the closest study at
the hands Of these gentlemen Esp-c Al
ly is this true OF the Philippines. which
promise to be the b).e cf C. Mt ention be-
fore the commission. and Consequently
Acting Secretary Moore is devotiEg the
best share OF his attention to that pAa-e
Of the subject To esta bl sh a Gear IL
derstandlng of the scope OF the conf
missions powers il is stated upon au
thority that this body is rot in any
sense judicial. but purely diplomatic.
The procedure will not be of a char
acter where numerical voting strength |
Will determine any proposition.
Gray Co Take Whites Place.
1t is understood that the vacant place |
on the commission has been offered to |
Senator George Gray. OF Delaware. one |
of the Leading Democratic members of |
the senate and a member OF the mi |
nority on the foreign relations commit |
tee. Senator Gray had long conference |
with the president yesterday, the con-
ference relating partly to the work OF
the Canadian commission. OF which |
Gray is a member, and partly to the
peace commission. While the senator
has rot definitely indicated his accept
nnce of the peace commissionership il is
regarded as not unlikely that he will
finally be the fifth member Of the COM
mission.
Porto Rican Commission Arrives.
San Juan de Porto Rico. Sept. -
The United States Transport Seneca.
carrying Rear Admiral w. 5. SchIey
and Brigadier General W. W. Gordon,
of the Porto Rico military commission,
arrived of the harbor Monday night.
but did not enter until yesterday morn
ing. The United States cruiser New
Orleans. which is lying in the harbor.
fired an admiraIs salute of thirteen
guns. The Spanish Eunboat Isabel Sc
Eunda responded with thirteen guns.
whereupon the New Orleans set the
Spanish flag at the peak and saluted it
with thirteen guns. 4 boat Immediate
ly put off from the New Orleans to the
Seneca and took Admiral Schley aboard.
passengers. among whom he had be-
come exceedingly popular. gave three
cheers and a tiger" one man in his
enthusiasm yelled .'hurrah for the next
president" Admiral Schley was given |
an enthusiastic reception on board the |
New Orleans.