Connecticut western news., 1898-09-01
COMMISSION OF PEACE
THE MEN WHO ARE TO NEGOTIATE A TREATY WITH SPAIN.
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 The commission to negotiate e treaty of peace with Spain as appointed by President Mckinley Is as follows:
 Secretary of State William R. Day of Ohio.
 Senator Cushman K Davis of Mime sosa, chairman of the foreign relations committee.
 Senator William P. Frye of Maine.
 whitelaw Reid. editor of New York Tribune.
 Justice Edward D. White of the su- preme court of the United States.
 John B. Moore. assistant secretary of state. has been appointed by the presi- dent to be secretary of the American commission. J. R. McArthur of New York. who was secretary of the Ameri- can legation at Madrid and Is we'll acquainted with the public men of Spain. has been appointed assistant to MT. Moore. There will be several other attaches. and the entire party that will sail for Paris on Sept. IS. including the ladies who will accompany them. will number about 30.
 There will be no meeting of the com missioners for a general consultation until after the president returns from his two weeks outing. AS soon as he returns to Washington all the members of the commission win assemble here and win be in frequent consultation with the president until the time of their departure for Paris.
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 Secretary Day probably is of all the commissioners the least disposed to re- tain conquered territory. If he was averss to the taking of Porto Rico. the decision by the administration that to take that island would be the best way to assure e better form of government than that accorded by Spain removed all objections on his Rart. at least off, cially.
 Senator Daurs < . pretty we'll known. is an annexanonfss hAxfns favored the annexation os HskaA end being now disposed to hold nat oo95 the Ladrones. but . very conAtdeaa},se territory In tho Philippines group. 4us he, win be gov erned by the deere Vf oonssrvatism adhered to by the administration. and as chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations. will be soiicitous to secure such a settlement by treaty as will be accepted by two-thirds of the senate when the treaty comes to be passed upon In that body.
 Senator Frye has always been q posi- tive man. and he is very thoroughly convinced of everything he holds an opinion about. He will be a supporting force in the commission whenever prop ositions to acquire and hold land are brought forward. He has never resent ed being called lingo" and he Is rather counted on in ethis matter by those who know him to secure 10 the United States about all that can be had.
 whitelaw Reid is also counted upon as favorable to keeping the Philippines. in whole or in part. with a strong tend sncy to keep all in consequence of the manifold endorsements that would follow the retention of part of the group and the release of the remainder to Spain or to a number of European pow CTS
 Justice White ia opposed to annexa- ton of new territory or to annexation of anything except the island of Porto Rico. He and MT. Day will be the mil nority of the commission. in favor of holding on to the least that we can de- gently keep rather than to take an that can be profitably or safely retained out of the wide area over which it would be possible to establish claim to rule