The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-31
Former Secretaryo Of State andPeace
Commissioner to Resume
Practice OF law.
IALKs 0F HIs PARIS MISSION
Peace Negotiations Involved a Vast
Amount OF Work and Left
Little Time for Seeing
Paris sights.

1r1enQS n members OIL tnelF~IuIltl
were at the station to meet them.
The judge is in excellent health ant
spirits, and the trip abroad has evi
IDENTIFY been beneficial. Mrs. Day j:
also in excellent health. and notwith.
standing sen sickness o the return
voyage comes to her home in much bet
ter health than when she left it.
Judge Day when asked MS to hi
plans for the future, said he expects
to remain in Canton and thu
practice OF law in the firm Of which Ii.
was q member before entering the-cab
met of President Mckinley. The worl
of the commission ended when the
treaty was delivered to the president
and he does not expect to visit Wash.
ington again in connection with amy
duties Of that commission.
Asked as to whether he had any de-
sires which the state Of Ohio could sat,
isfy, he Said:
IF you refer to political desires,
have not. My only ambition is to he
allowed to pursue the practice of my
profession"
Later in the conversation he author,
lied the direct statement that under
no circumstances would he be a candi-
date for governor, as has been re;
ported.
While he talked freely on many mat.
tiers connected with his work in Paris,
Judge Day did not feel at liberty to
of the commission. He said the talk
of 100000 compensation for the com
missioners Or of any sun approaching
that amount was ridiculous and pre-
posterous.
The president, he said hxes tho cpmi
pensationR Of tiiascSnantsssones ana
nonS4ef4hSm,s safe. Il saAy4srrspt-
Ek4stise duties MISREPRESENTATION. None
sasYhemssE aasuhsidsas6fnl sliarge fee such
aswpuldj haSe been paid had they per
formed thesduties in4thescapacity OF
regularly retained attorneys.
There is no actual precedent on
which to base an estimate, but the
prediction is ventured that the com
%pensation of the commissioners will
not exceed $4,000 each, and reason
able expenses incurred on the trip.
These expenses, however, will not in
clude those incurred for the wives
and families of the attaches
of the commission, because NIL
such went on the journey entirely
independent of the commission and
We're in no way a charDe upon the Of
fetal party. 1t is probable that the
stories OF large compensation We're
suggested by payments in treaty ne
gotiations of the past, notably the
Boring sea matter and Mr.. Fosters
work in connection with the China and
Japan treaty. In the case of Mr.. Fos-
ter there is no parallel to the Paris
commission. He was retained for n
very large fee to perform certain du-
ties. In the case of the Boring sea
the commissioners were paid very
modest sums for their work, but asso-
ciated with them were a number of
attorneys of note i'll the capacity of
counsel looking after large interests,
and as such were paid liberal fees.
A number of friends have called on
Judge Day since his return, and to
them he has talked entertainingly. The
work at Paris was felt by the commits
sioncrs to be ardnous, and left little
or no opportunity for pleasures wl.ich
the judge would have been glad to
have enjoyed in a city which impressed
him with its beauty and historic in
terest. The French government treat
ed the commissioners very well, and
the Don in which the negotiations
were conducted was a magnificent one,
we'll adapted to the work in hand. The
Americans were in session every day,
and during long hours most days DUR
ing their %sojourn in Paris. They took
q vast amount of testimony bearing
on the questions to be disposed Of,
and We're in constant communication
with the president. Whenever, under
instructions from Washington, the
American position was closely defined
"a session was held with the Spanish
representatives, and at such sessions
the Americans always presented n
firm and united position. There were
but two critical periods in the e
tiations, the first regarding the Cuban
debt, which was an open question for
more than a month, during. which
time the Americans never swerved
from their position presented to the
Spaniards. The other wa upon the
Philippine cession, and after the
Americans had reached a conclusion
in their own councils as to the con-
c~essions that could be granted, there
was no deviation, and the Spaniards
finally accepted. The personal rela-
lions between the Representatives of
the two governments We're at all times
friendly and cordial. The Americans
had great respect for the ability of the
Spanish members, and believe that
nothing was left unsaid or undone
that could benefit the Spanish case.
The president of the Spanish commits
sion wa remarked as a maj of great
ability by the Americans, and won
their respect by the able manner i'll
which he conducted the Spanish case.