New-York tribune., 1898-12-31
HISTORICAL CONVENTION.
PAPERS READ AND BUSINESS DONE AT
TIE NEW-HAvEN MEETING.
QUESTIONS INCIDENT 10 EXPANSION CONSIDERED
orrlcrRs FOR THE COMING YEAR

sI-ESTroNs INCIDENT 10 EXPANSION coNsIDERED
OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR
New-Haven. Conn. Dec So.-The closing days ses-
non OF the fourteenth annua convention OF the Amer
can Historical Association began this morning
NTH pai.r rs and discussion Colonial History
and Policy" Probably the most important paper
presented during the sessions OF the association
ua. that read by Justice Simeon f Baldwin OF
New-Haven on TIE Constitutional Questions IN
.aer. 10 the Acquisition ard Government OF Island
Territory"
professor Baldwin t.,ca n. one o. the hrst DIM
.ul,ics which would arise from the acquisition Of
IRE Philippines the question OF the right Of suf-
TRACE. He said;
"As 10 the children horn in former Spanish terri
to-v after the ratification Of the treaty now pend
!ng Il II should be ratified they will all he citi-
rers ot the United States. and under the XVIII
Amendment entitled n the risht Of suffrage"
He added: Furthermore. the provisions OF the
Ys, Article Of the Constitution that all duties
!npo-ts and excuses shall he uniform throughout
the United States will also prove an obstacle 10
any open-door policy II our protective system Is TO
r. maintained
He he.d that no constitutional authority could he
found for the transfer Of the Philippines 70 the
Frpinos
Touching Cuba ne said: "As to Cuba. Spain has
relinaushed her sovereignty. but she has not trans
.errea Il 70 US The President is holding all these
islands with the right Of a military commander.
But until the Senate acts our declaration Of war
remains unrevoked. state OF war still continues.
and these Islands though ours. as to tho rest OF
the world. str STain's as TO US
In closing. the speaker said: How long and with
what effect Congress might allow our possessions
to be held under military law. whether Porto Rico
can be held permanently A colonial dependency.
whether the Philippines could he held permanently
whether with or without n view Of ultimately d.
viding them into States be admitted as such into
the Union: whether they could be given over to
their inhabitants; whether cuba which we have
freed under pledge ~ observation-disclosures.
should come TO dispsr Of its sef-ahiliiy TO
govern. can be kept permanent part OF the
United ststes-these questions which are not
rrevocahly settled far We can consult the
oracles OF the past and In view Of which the SEN
ste must act The people OF the United Statss les
Glow process OF constitutional amendment hut until
they speak we must take the CONSTITUTION as ~ 'I -
AT the afternoon session a paper was read ny
Or. Herber; Friedenwad. superintendent Of the
manuscript department
The Nominating Committee presented to the con
vention the following nominations FOR Q,hceTs iorr
Boston; Arst vice president, Edward Ess.eston. Of
o. Cornell: secretary. Herbert B. Adams Of, Bal!i;
more. assistant secretary and curator, A. Howard
Essa O. w hf soNen of The
Church History Section me kev DT Eo,inu samue'
Pro:essor II Morse siePhsns Of coTns Proffessor
FsdsrGk Tprqs5 Of MqdS9n WIS h,o Js,,oe
Melville ". Fuller Of Washington, Professor
e9Tse on tho nversity %. Mrhigan Thcse
nominations were unanimously ratified by me con-
vention - ..,.u -.
II was then voted 70 hold me next meeting ot
the association in Boston during the holiday season
G. 1929. ,,. .or.o :
that II had recently received one hundred PAGES
of letters Of John c. Calhoun hitherto unpuoi ishsl
T.e committee ~ seven the revision OF MIS-
forv courses was continued for one year y wa
--o-ed 10 ueti!on CONGRESS collect the scafteec
historical manuscripts which arc now in no regular
archive IN Washington. - -, - d,
Wells appointed commiitee 10 axe cnsi si6 -
os the award ~ the Justin Winsor prize or NV'
which will be awarded 10 thc member OF the asso-
citation who presents the best historical essay be-
fore next wear. r ,.-,., =.
A Committee on historical study o. colonial oe-
pendences apponred consisting oi II frolessor ,1
t,ou-ne Western Reserve: Stevens. Cornell. Moses
University Of California; Wrong, toronto ana
Frederick Williams. Yale.