The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-03
JUDGE Day on HIS WORK.
INTERESTING ADDRESS MADE TU
HIS ASSOCIATES IN CANTON.
Talks Gratefully 81 Engtfsh Friend
ship Daring the War, anA In
General Terms Of the Work Ac-
eonplfshea ~ Peace Commission.

CANTON. O.. Jan. Judge William X.
Day. president Of the peace commission al
Paris and Late secretary Of state received
a welcome home tais evening which TOOK
the form OK banquet at the Barnett house
given by the Stark County Bar Assosias~ on
Judge George f. Baldwin, one OF the oic-
est practitioners al the local bar ana
very intimate friend OF me guest OF honor,
delivered The welcome address. TO which
Judge Day responded. Judge Day spoke
az follows Of the matters which took him
self and his colleagues 10 Paris:
'-Recog MIXING that there are certain mai.
sers which may nor be properly dlscussed
on an occasion Of this kind. think may
nevertheless say something 10 my breth-
occurred ia the period Of our separation.
III were called upon TO state the most
gratifying circumstances of our foreign re,
.ae aags h Cordial and S4 hearty V r
snip OK the English rarosa before ana DUR
ing the struggle.
Observing the obligations Of neutrality
and never stepping outside the require
nsnts OF international law. We had the
sympathy and good viii OF that great
power. don't believe either nation seeks
or would be benefited by formal alliance.
Nevertheless. the existence OF cordial relA-
tons between people kindred BY blood.
speaking the same language and having
government, Is fact the potency OF which
can hardly be oyerestimated.
II have been asked about the work OF
the commissioners viewed from a lawyers
standpoint. think i may say something
10 you about It. II, in excess OF the pro-
prieties OF the occasion, shall ask you to
treat il in professional confidence. Or
the 18th Of August the protocol OF WASH
ington was exchanged II may be SAID TO
have been the preliminary contract whose
final execution was to be embodied In the
.As to Cuba, Porto Rico, minor West In
dian islands and an island In the La
dIones, II was capable OF execution by a
simple deed OF cession of these islands.
except Cuba, where final REIMBURSEMENT
Of Spanish sovereignty was required.
AS to the Philippines. stheir disposition,
government and c1sltro. was left for final
determination In the treaty.
II have often been asked how il 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 il
insist tina; It's form be accepted. The
publication of the conditions will show
that nothing can be further from the truth
than TO assume that the United States
adopted toward Spain a policy Of Stand
and deliver.
Tonight not one foot of American soil
people SO long oppressed are 10 have free
dom. This IL neither the time nor place
10 discuss our policy in the Tar East IL
this treaty should be ratified 1t brings To
the United States title TO thu Philippine
archipelago, TO be deals with as the Aneri-
can people In their wisdom see Tit.
THE American either has Il right to go
wherever trade and enterprise may seek
an outlet for the product Of American
thrift ard Industry. ana there mus: follow,
II need be. the overshadowing protection
Referring to President Mckinley. Judge
Day said:
'i'he bar has just pride In the fact
that we carry on our rolls the name of
one whose entire professional career was
with US and OF Ia. the president OF the
United States. 4 would not encroach on
the Ned OF my distinguished friend who
Is to respond 10 the sentiment in his honor
but cannot forbear an expression of sat
isfaction that the verdict of his country
men no less than the approving judgment
OF the world gives him the first place
among the great men who have filed that
high Office. History can never adeQua ely
tell the story of devotion with which he
has given his days and nights 10 the serv-
ice OF his country.
With war clouds gathering and threat
ening when he took the oath of office, he
bent all his energies TO the ameiioration OF
the condition of the people of the Gem
OF the Antilles. Seeking not to avoid
responsibility. hoping TO accomplish his
ends by peaceful measures and resolved
that only as a last resort should his coun-
try again open the purple testament of
bleeding war When war became ineyita-
bic bending every energy TO its vigorous
prosecution by land and sea, he was the
con1nsanaer-in-chief. I'm fact as In name,
OF an army and navy whose deeds are I'M
paralleied In the history of warfare and
have made the fact OF American citizen ship
passport To the respect IL not the affec-
tion. OF az the peoples or the world. His
guiding hand WAS in the proceedings which
%ed up TO and through the negotiations
which eliminated In the treaty signed In
Paris on the 10th OF December.
Under our constitution and policy COM
missions 10 treat OF peace are but the
representatives of the executive Modern
facilities OF communication made IL posi-
bic 20 Keep the president constantly adj
Elsed OF the proceedings and deliberations
OF the commission. Intelligence of the
signing or tlte treaty 81 Client did not
reach Washington until after the bloody
battle Of New Orleans had been fought
on the sth 81 January two weeks after the
sfgat8g OF the treaty, which should have
ended the strife. The ink was scarcely
dry on the last treaty of Par.s when tho
kfsoS ledge OF it's execution was ia shed he
Meath the sea and carried on wings Of
hEhtnins 10 she rsETotast villages OF the
2and."