Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-03
EXPRESSES GRATIFICATION OVER
ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP.
Does Not. However. Believe Either
Nation Would he Benefited by a
Formal Alliance-Says the
Day of Our Isolation
Is Past.


W. W. Lynch. who was Judge Days
law partner in their younger days. but
who now devotes his time principally to
railroad mana gements, was master OF cere-
monies. Judge George F. Baldwin, one OF
the oldest practitioners at the bar and
very intimate friend of the guest of hon
or. delivered the welcoming address. to
which Judge Day responded Judge Day
paid high tribute to the legal fraternity
of Stark county. closing with an eloquent
reference to President Mckinley. a mem
ber of the association, and reciting his de-
votion to the country during the war ana
the incidents leading thereto. He then
spoke as 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 l may.
nevertheless, say something to my oreth-
rem of the bar of the events which nave
occurred in the period Of our separation.
"If l were called upon to state the most
gratifying circumstance of our foreign re-
lations during the war, it would be found
in the uniformly cordial and hearty friend
ship of the English nation before and dur
ing the struggle Observing the obligations
of neutrality and never stepping outside
the requirements of international law. we
great power. 1 do not believe either nation
seeks or would be benefited by a formal
alliance. Nevertheless, TIE existence of cor
dial relations between people kindred by
blood, speaking the same language and
having the same ideals of civil liberty ana
good government is fact. the potency OF
which can hardly be overestimated.
Il have been asked about the WORK OF the
commissioners viewed from a lawyers
standpoint. i think l may say something
to You about it. If in excess OF the pro-
prieties of the occasion, l shat. ask you 10
treat 1t in professional confidence. On the
18th of August, the protocol of Washington
was executed. IL may be said to have
been the preliminary contract whose final
execution was to be embodied in the treaty
LAS to Cuba, Porto Rico. minor West
Indian islands, and an island in the Lad
rones. it was capable of execution by a
except Cuba. where final REIMBURSEMENT OF
Spanish sovereignty was required As to
the Philippine Islands. their disposition,
government and control were left for final
determination in the treaty. 1 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 1t believed just
and fair. was obliged to insist that its
form be accepted
THE publications of the proceedings will
show that nothing can be farther from the
truth than to assume that the United
States adopted toward Spain a policy of
stand and deliver The American cOmu1is-
sioners heard with respect, and endeavored
advanced S by the spanish commission.
For better, for worse, the work of the
commissioners is done, and needs but the
the consent of the senate. to become the
supreme law in the land. 1t cannot be a
matter of regret to any American that the
rising sun of the new year beholds the en-
sign of our glorious republic floating from
the walls OF Moro, where. for so many
years. the royal banner of Spain has looked
down on so much of corruption. missry and
shame. Tonight. not one foot of American
soil remains under Spanish domination.
have new birth of freedom.
This is not the time nor place to dis
cusS our policy in the far East. If this
treaty should be ratified. 1t brings to the
pelago, to be dealt with as the American
people, in their wisdom. may see tit. In
thing hing the @ Of we a5e S a is4s asr1ed fs
been determined it must be discharged ssj
becomes a great free and liberty-lovinst
the days OF our international isolation ard
past. 1t does not follow that the advice
of the immortal Washington to avoid e3.
tangling alliances is less potent to-day thYn
when the words We're written.
'.The American citizen has right to 30
wherever trade and enterprise may leait-
imately seek an outlet for the productf OF
American thrift and industry. and tn ere
must follow if need he. the overshadowtng
protection of the flag"
Referring TO President Mckinley. Judge
Day said:
The bar has 4 just pride in the fact
that We carry ON our rolls the namf of
one whose entire professional career kxas
with US and of us. the president of the
United States. / would not enccoacH on
the field of my distinguished friend }who
is to respond to the sentiment in his honor,
but / cannot forbear an expression oflsat-
isfaction that the verdict of his cou3try-
men no less than the. approving judgyient
Of the world gives him the first place
among the great men who have filledAthat
high office. History can never adequ}teIy
tell the story of the devotion with Which
he has given his days and nights td the
service of his country. With war clouds
gathering and threatening when he took
of his energies to the amelioration Of the
Antilles
Seeking not to avoid responsibility. hop
ing to accomplish his ends by peaceful
measures and resolved that only as a last
resort should his country again open the
war became Inevitable, bending every
ergy to its vigorous prosecution by land
and sea. the commander-in-chief in fact
deeds unparalleled In the history of
warfare and have made the fact Of Amer
lean citizenship passport to the respect:
the world. His guiding hand was in She
proceedings which led up to and through
the negotiations which eliminated In the
treaty signed in Paris on the 10th of De
cember.
Under our constitution and policy COM
missions to treat of peace are but the rep
resentatives of the executive.
Modern facilities OF communication
made 1t possible to keep the president con-
stantly advised of the proceedings and de-
liberations of the commission. Intelligence
of the signing of the treaty of Ghent did
not reach Washington until after the
bloody battle of New Orleans had been
fought the Sth of January, two weeks
after the signing of the treaty which
scarcely dry upon the last treaty of Paris
until the knowledge of its execution was
flashed beneath the sea and carried on the
wings of lightning to the remotest village
of the land
President Mckinley sent regrets as fol-
lows:
1T would be real pleasure to join my
brethren of the Stark county bar as pro-
posed by them. in doing honor 20 Judge
Day. in whose national fame We all feel a
just pride. but public engagements will pre-
vent. Those who have for years been en-
gagged with him in legal contests were not
surprised at his great record at the head or
the department of state in Washington and
his no less brilliant one in the peace ne
gotiations in Paris II has been given to
but few men to achieve so much in so
short time. He returns to you with ex-
ceptional distinction. fairly Won and with
you join most heartily in affectionate con-
gratulations. | wish for all of my old ac-
Other addresses were delivered as fol-
lows:
American Diplomacy" J. F. Ewing
Brooks of Salem.
The President Judge Isaac H. Taylor.
Bench and and Bar %Judse t. T. Mecar,v.
The Army and Navy" Colonel James ].
Clark.