New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
W1IITELAW REDS REMARKS.

Uh,to,aw Reid was welcomed with a repetI-
.,or - the cocdiallty manifested when his fell
low-commissioner arose to speak He said:
You call and / obey Any call from Ohio. wher-
ever 1t finds you. is at once "a distinction ana a
duty But IT would be easier tonight and more
natural for me 10 remain silent am one OF your
se,ves the givers Of the feast. and the occasion
helonrs necularly to my colleagues on the Peace
Commission ! regret that more Of them are not
here to tell you in person how profoundly we an
APPRECIATE the compliment you pay us Judge Day.
after an experience and strain the Ike OF when rev
Americans Of this generation have so suddenly ana
so successfully met. is seeking TO regain his
strength at the South. Senator Frye, at the close
Of an anxious session. finds his responsible duties
IN Washington too exactng TO permit even a days
absence: and Senator Davis who could not leave
the care OF the treaty to visit his State even when
his own reelection pending. has snatched the
first moment Of relief since he was sent to Paris.
last summer. 10 go out to ST. Paul and meet the
constituents who have in his absence renewed to
him the crown OF a good and faithful servant
BALANCE-wHEEL OF THE COMMISSION
It is all the more fortunate. therefore, that you
are honored by the presence OF the patriotic mem
her of the Opposition who formed the regulator and
balance-wheel OF the Commission When Senator
Gray objected all re-examined the processes OF
our reasoning. When he assented, we knew We
were on solid ground and went ahead. II was an
expected
accomplished secretary ana counsel to the Com
mission a man as modest and urobtrusive as Its
president and Ike him equal 70 any summons In
his regretted absence. rejoice 10 have with us
the most distinguished military aid ordered to re-
port 10 the Commission. and the most important
witness before 1.-THE ConquerOr OF Manila.
so much you will permit me to say In my capacity
as one of the hosts. rat Their than member Of the
body TO which you pay this gracious compliment.
II is not for to speak OF another figure neces-
sarily missing tonight. though often with you
heretofore at these meetings-the member OF the
Ohio Society who sent US 10 Paris great and
shining record already speaks for him He will
be known in history the President who freed
America from the Spanish blight-who realized the
aspiration OF earlier statesmen. cherished by
the leaders OF either party through three-quarters
OF a century. for planting the flag both on Cuba
and on the Sandwich Islands, than this. as
the President Who has carried that flag halfway
round the world and opened the road FOR the trade
OF the Nation 10 follow II.
All this came from simply doing his duty. from
day TO day. az that duty was forced upon him. No
other man In the United States held back from war
as he did rsking loss OF popularity. rlsking the
hostility OF Congress. riskng the harsh judgment
Of friends In agonizng for peace. 1t was no doubt
in the spirit OF the Prince Of Peace; but II also
with the wisdom OF Polonius. Beware OF entrance
10 a quarrel. but being In. bear myself that
thine adversary may beware OF thee Never
again will any nation imagine that it trespass
indefinitely against the United States with i'm
punity. Never again will American warshlp
run greater risks in a peaceful harbor than In bat
tie. The world Will never again be In doubt
whether when driven 10 war will end Il In "a
gush OF sentmentniity a SILVER Of unmanly APP
prehension over untried responsibilities by fleeing
from our plain duty. and AZ the same time giving
up what entitled 70. before We have even
taken an opportunity 10 look at IT,
DOES PEACE PACIFYe
But il must he confessed that looking nj It dur
ing the past week has not been altogether
cheerful occupation. While the aspect OF some