The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-26
FEES OF PEACE COMMISSION
TALK OF S1OO, 1000 COMPENSATION
 FOR EACH MEMBER.
PrepOsterous-Prcstd Has Fixed the Amount-A Prediction That 1t Will Not Exceed $15,O0O and Expenses Day Has No F oliticaI Desires.

Day Has No P PoliticnI Desires.
 Canton, O., Dec. 25.-Judge Day, pres ident of the peace commission, and Mrs Day reached their Canton home in time to take Christmas dinner with the fam fly. They arrived at 1915 this morn ing over the Pennsylvania railroad There was no formal greeting arranged for them, but a commission of the Stark county bar, several personal were at the station to meet them. Judge Day, when asked as to his plans for the future, said he expects to remain in Canton and resume the practice of law in the firm of which he was a member before entering the cabinet of President Mckinley. The work of the commits sion ended when the treaty was deliv- cred to the president, and he does not expect to visit Washington again on connection with any duties in that com | mission. Asked as to whether he had any desires which the state of Ohio could gratify he said:
 If you refer to political desires, I | have not. My only ambition is to be l allowed to pursue the practice of my | profession" Later in the conversation 1 he authorized the direct statement that | under no circumstances would he be candidate for governor as has been re- l ported during his absence in Paris. | While he talked freely on matters con- nected with his work in Paris, Judge Day did not feel at liberty to give an
 interview in detail on the work of the commission. He said the talk of S100, l 900 compensation for the commissioners, | or of any sum approaching that amount, was ridiculous and preposter- | ous.
 The president fixed the compensation of the commissioners, and none of them, it is safe to say, accepted the duties as | a speculation. None of them has an l idea of a large fee such as would have
 been paid, had they performed the du- ties in the capacity of regularly retain
 ed attorneys. There is no actual pre-
 cedent on which to base an estimate,
 but the prediction is ventured that the 1 compensation of the commissioners will not exceed $15,000 each, and reasonable
 expenses incurred on the trip and in | Paris These expenses, however, will not include those incurred for the wives 1 and families of the attaches of the com l mission because all such went on the 1 journey entirely independent of the
 commission and were in no way
 charge upon the official party.
 l ;e,, bo h hof the cfOripS nf large l compensation were suggested by pay ments in treaty negotiations of the past
 notably the Behrlng sea matter and MT
 Fosters success in connection with the
 Chinese and Japanese treaty. In the
 case of MT. Foster, there is no parallel
 to the Paris commission. He was re- | tained for a very large fee to perform
 certain duties. In the Behring sea case the commissioners were paid very mod
 crate sums for their work, but asso-
 ciated with them were number of at
 torneys of note In the capacity of coun-
 sel looking after large interests ana as
 such were paid liberal fees
 A number of friends have called upon
 Judge Day since his return, and to them
 he has talked entertainingly. The French government treated the com missioners very well. There were but
 two critical periods in the negotiations,
 the first regarding the Cuban debt,
 which was an open question for more than month, during which time the
 Americans never swerved from their
 position presented to the Spanlards. The other was upon the Philippines ces- sion. and after the Americans had reached a conclusion in their own coun- cils as to the concessions that could be
 granted there was no deviation and the Spaniards finally accepted. The person.
 al relations between the representatives
 of the two governments wat at all times friendly and cordial. The Americans had great respect for the ability of the
 Spanish members and believe that noth- ing was left unsaid or undone that
 could benefit the Spanish cause. The
 president of the Span sh commission was remarked as man of great ability by the Americans and won their respect
 for the able manner in which he con- ducted the Spanish case.