The age-herald., 1899-01-03
DAY SPEAKS
 AT CANTON Reviews the Work of the Peace
 Commission PAID TRIBUTE TO MNHLtY Told of Causes Which Led the Country Into War. MOST GRATIFYING CIRCUMSTANCE Of the Struggle Was the Evidence of
 English Friendship. DAYS OF ISOLATION ARE PAST Americas Duty in the East Has Been Made Clear, and We Cannot
 But Fulfill Our Mani
 fest Destiny.
Of the Struggle Was the Evidence ot
 English Friendship.
DAYS OF ISOLATION ARE PAST

Day. president of the Paris peace commits sion and late secretary of state, received welcome home this evening which took the form of banquet at the Barnett house given by the Stark County Bar association. Judge George D. Baldwin delivered the well coming address, to which Judge Day re- sponded Judge Day paid a high tribute to the legal fraternity of Stark county, clos ing with an elaborate reference to Presi- dent Mckinley, member of the associa- tion, and reciting his devotion to the coun- try during the war and the incidents lead ing thereto. He then spoke follows of the matters which took himself and his colleagues to Paris:
 Recognizing that there are certain mat ters which may not properly be discussed on an occasion of this kind, think may nevertheless say something to my brethren of the bar of the events which have oc- cured in the period of our separation. If were called upon to state the most grati- flying circumstance of our foreign relations during the war it would be found in the uniformly cordial and hearty friendship of the English naton before and durng the struggle.
 Evidence of Good Will
 "Observing the obligations of neutrality and never stepping outside the require ments of international law we had the sym pathy and good will of that great power. I do not believe either nation seeks or would be benefited by formal alliance.
 Nevertheless, the existence of cordial re- lations between people by blood, speaking the same language and having the same ideals of civil liberty and good government is a fact, the potency of which can hardly be overestimated.
 "I have been asked about the work of the commissioners as viewed from a law yer's standpoint. I think I may say some- thing to you about it. If in excess of the proprieties of the occasion shall ask you to treat it in professional confidence. On the 12th of August the protocol of Wash ington was executetd. It may be said to have been the preliminary contract whose final execution was to be embodied in the treaty.
 'As to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the other West Indian islands. and an island in the Ladrones, it was capable of execution by simple deed of cession of these islands ex- cept Cuba, where relinquishment of Span- fish sovereignty was required.
 The Philippine Islands
 "As to the Philippine islands their disposi- ton, government and control was left for final determination in the treaty I have often been asked how it was possible to make progress in a commission having equal representation from the two nations. Whilst this fact did not prevent the fullest discussion, the United States having made all the concessions which it believed just and fair, was obliged to insist that its terms be accepted. The publication of the pro- ceedings will show that nothing can be farther from the truth than to assume that the United States adopted towards Spain policy of stand and deliver.'
 "The American commissioners heard with respect and endeavored to answer with friendly firmness every proposition ad- vanced by the Spanish commission. For better for worse. the work of the commis- sioners is done and needs but the ratfica- ton of the president by and with the con- sent of the senate to become the supreme law of the land. It cannot be a matter of regret to any American that the rising n-of the New Year beholds the ensign of glorious republic floating from the walls of Morro, where for so many years the royal banner of Spain has looked down upon so much corruption, misery and shame.
 Line of Duty Determined
 Tonight not one foot of American soil remains under Spanish domination and the people so long oppressed are to have new birth of freedom. This is not the time nor the place to discuss our policy in the far east. If this treaty ehould be ratified it brings to the United States title to. the archipelago. to be dealt with as the Ameri- can people in their wisdom may see fiji. In one thing I think we are all agreed, than when the line of our duty has been determined, 1t must be discharged as be- comes great nation. Whether or not we have so willed, the days of our international