The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-03
JUDGE DAYS WEL0
Bsnquettcd By the Der AssociulIC
Ton, His Home.
ELOQUENT REFERENCE TO the R{
In Respcnse 70 welcome AanS
Reviewed the Peace Cen1
sion's Work In Paris. Oil

Canton, Ohio, january 2.--Judge -
R. Day, the president Of the Pass. pa
commission, the late secretary OF Z. b
ceived a welcome home this evening. I
took the form of a banquet at the r2[2
house given by the Stark County n,
citation. Judge George r. Baldwin
cred the welcoming address. to wAIuA
Day responded. Judge Day pasd ~
ute to ths legal frHtssmlty q Starhs
dosing with an eloquent reference =
idemt Mckinley, member Of the
ton, and reciting ids devotion to =
try During the war and the incldahn
ing thereto. He then spoke as so1a
the matters which took himacx u
colleagues 10 Paris:
Recognizing that there arc carenlS
tefh which may not properly be d.
on an occasion OF this kind, think 4
nevertheless say something to mo
rem Of the bar of the events whtch
occurred in the period of our separj
Ii l were called upon to state tho
gratifying circumstances of our f0ruie7 q
lations duihng the war, 1t would be-
III the uniformly cordial and the ~
friendship OF the English Nation ~
and during the struggle. Observing thS3
ligatlcrIs of neutrality and never step7k
outside the requirements OF intern1ttl
law which had the sympathy and the r.
will of that great power. don't tAh1
either Nation seeks or would be bena1t
by q formal alliance. Neveruhcless, y
existence of cordial relations between y
rle Kindred by blood, speaking the n
language aud having the same ideas
civil government, 1t lis a fast that he ~
icy is one which can hardly be ovxu
mated. f
II have been asked about the wutk
the commissioners, viewed from lawyQ|
standpoint. | think l may say someth1
10 YOU about it. II in excess OF thep
prieties of the occasion. l shall ask 4
t,o treat it in professional confidenc&
the 18th OF August the protocol OF WaalhX
ton was executed. 1t may be said t0N4
been the preliminary contrActs NJ
final executive was TO be embodied n IL
treaty.
Indian islands and an island in thesl
dtcnes. 1T was capable of execution
simple deed of cession as the island4
cept Cuba, final REIMBURSEMENT OF Sp1
sovereignty was required. AS to the ~
lppine islands, their disposition, ccN
ment and control was left for nnals
tel mination In the treaty. have Often
asked how it was possible to make pfoe
in a commission having equal repreee
ticn from the two nations. whist TIM
did not prevent the fullest idscussions
United States having made all the IL
cessions which 1t believed just and fair
obliged to insist that Its terms be accep
The publications OF the proceeding
show that nothing can be further IRON
truth than to assume that United ~
adopted towards Spain q policy OF
and deliver The American comm.esl
heard with respect and enieavcred "
swer with firmnesS every pfopoSltions
yanced by the Spanish commission.
For better, for worse, the work d
commissioners is done, and needs but
ratification of the president ~ end N
the consent of the senate to become N NJ
preme law in the land. II can not ~
matter OF regret to any American thai
rising sun OF the new year beholds ~
sign OF our glorious Republic floating a
the walls OF Mcrro. where for so r.
years the royal banner Of Spain has lp>18
down upon so much of corruption. MI
and shame. Tonight net one foot OF an
can sold remains under Spanish DOM
ticn and the people SO long oppressed "
TO have a new birth of freedom. ThhE
not the time nor place to discuss our ~!
in the Far East. II this treaty should!
ratified it brings to the United States "
to the archipelago, to be dealt with "
American people, in their wisdom, may
fit. In one thing l think we are all agy@
that when the line OF our duty there
been determined. 1t must be discharged
becomes a great, free and liberty ia
Nation. Whether or not we have SO III
the days of our Internal onal Isolation
past. 1T does not follow that the advic}
the immortal Washington to avoid eaf
gling alliances is less potent today
when the words We're written. The Az
lean citizen has right to go whefj
trade and enterprise may legitimately
an outlet for the product of American b
ana industry and there must follow ifn
be the overshadowing protection y