The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-30
AMERICAN MEMBERS
OF the Peace Commission Hold q
Conference.

Washington. August 25.-The first
mectln" of a majority of the American
peace commissioners took place to-day
at the State Department, when at y
O'Clock Secretary Day was joined by
Senators Davis and Frye. Prior to this
the Senatorial membership of the com
mission had had Il conference of two
hours with the President. Secretary
Day was not present at this meeting at
the White House, so that after get
ting the views of the President, the
Senators went to the State Department
and for an hour and II quarter remain
Ell closeted with Secretary Day. As
sistant Secretary Moore, who is likely to
accompany the commission to Paris in
an advisory capacity, was present part
of the time. Mr.. Macarthur. First
Secretary of the American legation ut
Madrid. under General Wooiford. was
also called in.
AS Il result of the meeting it can be
stated with positiveness that Messrs.
Day. Davis and Frye. are members Of
the peace commission. 1t is understood
that the remaining two members have
been selected, and will be announced by
); turday. At the meetin" to-day the
general plans of the commission rs 10
i1otttulHS - L 1TlS. were talked over,
and an understanding reached that the
start be made between Septembe~ 10Th
and 10th. The exact day was left
open in order to permit further confer
ence with all the members of the COM
mission. No definite arrangements have
been made thus far as to securing
quarters in Paris. but this will be left
to Ambassador Porter. the Spanish Am
baSsador ut Paris and the French Off
Gals. The sessions will ne neld in the
Salon ueS ambassadors through the
courtesy Of the French government.
Aside from these formalities, the com
missioners went into some of the moro
serious questions of policy which will
come before them. Much of the pre-
! liminary work has been done by the
State Department officials. such as the
collection OF the documents, treaties.
books and maps which will be used by
the commissioners abroad.
The commissioners eXpec4 ia no occu-
pied for several days in a discussion Of
the more important matters to como
before the tribunal and in the prepara-
ton Of the American side OF the case,
| The question whether he negotiations
with the Spanish commissioners wc,l1
be III the English or French lan~uace
Will not be determined prior to the ar
rival of the commissioners in Paris. II
IS 4 matter that must be settled by all
the commissioners. and will rot be de-
termined arbitrarily by the American
commissioners in advance Of the meet
ing.
! Owing to reports current today that
ON! tnree American commissioner
would be appointed it was stated author
ltatively this evening that the commission
Would consist of five members and that
one OF the commissioners would be 4
Democrat.
h meeting of three commissioners to-
day will be the only one of = concerted
character until September 18th. when
,ne I'VE commissioners will come to
Washington for a final conference before
sailing for Paris.
REID A
Washington, d. c., August 26.-Secre-
tary Day announced this afternoon that
me members of the peace commission
had been chosen and that they had