The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-01-07
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JUDGE DAY TALKS
Al 4 RECEPTION
Canton Lawyers Give the President
ofthe American5Peace Commits
sion a Banquet:
DISCUSSES THE NEGOTIATIONS
Angio-Ainertcan Friendship One OF
the Most Gratifying Results
ofthe War--Tribute to
the President.

Canton O.. Jan. 4.--Judge VIM. Il.
Day, president of the oeace commis-
Q at Paris and late secretary of
state, received a welcome home last
night which took the form of a bal-
Aquet at the Barnett house given by
the Stark County Bar association.
Hon. Nv. w. Lynch. who was formerly
Judge Days law partner. was master
of ceremonies. Judge Geo. w. Bald
win, one of the oldest practitioners at
the local bar and Il very intimate
friend of the guest of honor, delivered
the welcoming address. to which
Judge Day responded. Judge Day
paid a high tribute to the legal fra
ternity of Stark county, closing with
an eloquent reference to President
Mckinley, a member OF the associa-
ton, and reciting his deyotion to the
country during the war and the Incl
dents leading thereto. He then spoke
us follows of the matters which took
himself and colleagues to Paris:
Recognizing that there are certain
matters which may not properly be
discussed on an occasion of this kind,
| think | may nevertheless say some
thing to my brethren of the bar of the
events which have occurred in the
period of our separation.
IF l were called upon to state the
most gratifying circumstance of our
foreign relntions during the war, it
would be found in the uniformly tpr-
dial and hearty friendship of the Eng
lish nation before and during the
struggle. Observing the obligations
OF neutrality and never stepping out
side the requirements Of international
law, we had the sympathy and good
will of that great power. I do not be-
lieve either nation seeks or would be
benefited by a formal alliance.
Nevertheless, the existence Of cor
dial relations between. people kindred
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
viewed from a lawyers standpoint. /
think l may say something to You
about it. II in eScessof the proprieties
of the occasion i shall ask YOU, to treat
1t in professional confidence.
"On the 18th of August the protocol
of Washington was executed. 1t may
be said to have been the preliminary
contract whose final eYecutionw was to
be embodied in the treaty.
AS to Cuba, Puerto Rico, minorWest
Indian islands and an island in the La
drones, it was capable of execution by
a simple deed of cession Of these
islands except Cuba, where final relin-
quishment of Spanish sovereignty was
required. As to the Philippine islands,
their disposition, government and con-
troll was left for final determination in
the treaty. / have often been asked
how it was possible to make progress
in a commission having equal repre-
sentation from the two nations.
While 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 proceedings will
show that nothing has. been further
from the truth than to assume that the
United States adopted toward Spain a
policy of stand and deliver.
.N+sg1 IN III eli COlllllllSSlOIAt[S uGuINl
with respect and %endeavored to answer
with firmness every proposition adj
vanced by the Spanish commission.
For better, foryworse, the work of the
commissioners is done and needs but
the ratification of the president by and
with the consent of the sennte to be-
come the supreme law In the land. 1t
cannot be u matter of regret to any
American that the rising sun of the
new year beholds the ensign 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 corrup-
ton, misery and shame. Tonight not
one foot of American soil remains I'M
der Spanish dominion and the people
so long oppressed are to have a new
birth of freedom. This is not the time
nor place to discuss our policy in the
far east. If this treaty should be rati-
fed it brings to the United States title
to the archipelago, to be dealt with rs
the American people in their wisdom
may see fit. In one thing, 1 think, we
are all agreed-that when the line Of
our duty has been determined it must
NY NlSSAIdtSNA Up bNSOiuC6 IL NlEuI, Tree
and liberty loving nation. Whether or
not we have SO willed, the days of our
international isolation are passed. 1t
does not follow that the advice of the
immortal Washington to avoid en-
tungling alliances is less potent today
TINT when the words were written.
THE American citizen has a right to
20 wherever trade and enterprise may
legitimately seek an outlet for the pro-
duct of American thrift and industry
and there must follow, if need be, the
overshadowing protection of the flag.
EuloEizcs Mckinley,
Referring to President Mckinley.
Judge Day said:
The bar has q just pride in the faot
that we carry on our rolls the name
Of one whose professional career was
with US and of US, the president OF the
United States. would not encroach
on the field of my distinguished friend.
who is to respond TO the sentiment i IN
his honor, but l cannot forbear IN ex-
preston OF satisfaction that the YER
dict OF his countrylmen no less than
the approving Judgment of the world
gives him the first place anong the
great men who have filled thatshigh of
nee. History can neveradeguately tell
h story of the devotion with which he
has given his days and nights to the
service of his country. With wa clouds
gathering and threatening when he
took the oath Of his great office lie
bent Ill Of his energies to the an,eliora-
g of the condition of the. people of
the Gem of the Antilles, Seeking
not to avoid responsibility, hoping 10
accomplish his ends by peaceful meas
tlres, and resolved that only as n last
resort should his countrymen again
open the purple testament Of bleeding
war;
when war became inevitable, bend
ing every energy to its vigorous prose-
c,ltion by land and sen, the commander
inscllief In fact, rs he was in. name, OF
an army and navy whose deeds are un-
paralleled III the history Of warfare
md have made the fact of American
FLAG ON MAINE WRECK.
Texas BlueJackcts Hoist Stars and
Stripes Over Ruins of the ship.