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THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

fine art in the eyes of an Eaglishman, and
the magnates Of our Nation have been pic
tured as devoted apostles.
| In his diary this secretary also gives fig
ures to prove the enormous commercial ad-
vantages given to Canada by the treaty.
We will give il TO the politicians to figure
out whether the United States received any
| benefit
In 1853. The Year prior TO olIr mission
to Washington. tho exports 10 the States
amounted 10 S2o.0oO.G6o. InfS54 the treaty
began 10 operate and the volume went up
10 33.O0O.Ooh. and SO on until 1866. when
the treaty was abrogatcd by The action of
| the Americans, when il had reached the
| high figure of $4,000. 600"
He came to the conclusion that when the
United States cried Fec, ii. 70. FUN, smell
the blooi OF an Englshman," and abfo-
gaded the treaty. it was detrimental TO
Canada's commercial prosperity. We
might agree with him.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
We have space only to mention enc
more of the famous treaties in which the
United States had a part-"Thc Alabama
| Claims" The claim of the United States
against the British Government for dam
ages done to American commerce by Con-
! fIcratc cruisers during the Civil War up
| 10 1871 remained unsettled.
| Tho cruisers had been built and equipped
in Eaglsh ports. and with the knowledge
of the English Government. Such a pro
cccdiGg was in plain violation OF the law
Of Natiors.
tI,N I-.t. Loo mo
alarmed at her oEn conduct and was
anxious for a settlement of the trouble. A
Joint High Commission, compo3ad of five
British and five American statesmen. as
scmblcd nj Washington on the 21th of Feb
ruary, 1871. Tho cruiser Alabama had
| been the cause OF most Of the damages.
Hence the namc Of the claims. The treaty
| is known IS The Treaty of Washington.
| Tho Commissioners framed treaty and
| submitted ii 10 Il Board Of Arbitration, to
| lie appointed by friendly nations. This
court met in Geneva, Switzerland, in the
Summer of 1872. The 18th of September
they decided in favor of the United States.
Great Britain was obliged by this decision
to pay intothe United States Treasury S15,-
100000. Much cheaper than going to war.
The boundary line between the United
States and the British Possessions in the
Northeast and West, the commercial inter
csts. thc fisheries question, have always
Eeeu prolific with knotty questions that,
like Banquo's ghost, will not down. No
high joint commission has been equal TO
the occasion, and it doth not yet appear
what the end will be.
The portraits of five men who have been
most prominent in our treaty making ap.
pear aLove.
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PERSONAL.

Gibson Post, of sTiffin. o.. is entering
upon an active effort to raise monument
to the late Gen. ". H. Gibson, the "old man
eloquent Of the GAR.
The Kaw Indians of Kansas and Okla.
homa went Wild with delight over the
triumph of their big chief" Hon. Chas
Curtis, over Cyrus Leland. Henry Clay
Evans and Bailey They had big dances
everywhere in which large autographs OF
Curtis held conspicuous position. Curtis
has strong infusion of kaw blood in his
veins.
A son Of a veteran who had attracted
much attention. and was regarded as hay.
ing brilliant literary future. died in New
York. Feb. p. He was Richard Hovey
son of the late Gen. CiIas T. Hovev for.
merly Colonel of the sd Ills. Mr. Hovey
who was a member Of the faculty Of Column
bia University, New York. was a poet OF
unusual sweetness and grace. and his
songs and short poems have been highly
praised.
COMMANDMENTS Chief Shaw has an
noUnced himself as candidate 70!
Congress. to succeed the late Representa-
tive Chickerine
Corps 81, Oxford. Pa. recently presented
Past President Winnie RingIcr with u hand
some ring i'll recognition of her faithful
service of four years. During her fouu
terms she missed only one meeting. TIL.
presentation was made by President Sarah
Harrison Oh behalf Of the Corps. Mrs
itingicr responding in Il speech full OF
feeling
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criticized. Its only merit consisted in The
assertion that Great Britain and the United
States having been at war were at peace
Not an issue that had brought on the wal
was settled or mentioned. Not word ol
the wrong done to the commerce o1 the
United States was mentioned. or of the I'M
prcssmcnt OF American Seamcn. The hat
tie cry of free trade ana sailors rights
was not referred 10. The rights ci neutral
nations found no place. Il follows. now
ever. from the sequence OF events. that some
understanding must have been arrived al
and Il private assurance mG de ~ Greai
Britain that The wrongs complained of by
Am'rica should no longer he rracticcG: bIii
the treaty of Gllcnt dos not rank high
among Stale papers.
For quite - years the northern bound
airy linc WAS in dispute, ard ut times tie
co? -iticns were serious. The whole matter
was finally left 10 Daniel Webster. on the
par; of the United States. and Lord Ash
burton. OF the part of Great Britain. to as
just. This settlement. whCn completed,
which was on Aug. .. 1872. was known as
,hc Webs:er-Ashburton Treaty.
-Four years later another "hiGh-jo.nt' ha-'
20 lie appointed to ascertain The true intent
of The Observation-Disclosures treaty, and to
find the true boundary line. The Iroutle-
some line of the Oregon boundary had be.
come an alarming question. The political
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States. for il sealed our right to an exist
ence us a Nation: il recognized our inGo-
pendemce and ended the Revolutionary War.
The treaties in the collection al the State
Department are mostly in plain wooden
cases; some of them are in cylinders; some
in portfolios; some in boxes. The officers
of the Government are very chary of hay-
ing them handled, and printed copies of
them are on file.
While some Of these treaties are rclig-
iously adhered 10, some Of them have be-
come almost as dim in effect as the fading
signatures of the men vino have played a
conspicuous part in the worlds history.
The conduct Of Great Britain toward the
United States after the close of the Revolll-
tiOnary War became very arrogant. In No
vember, 1898, George I'LL. issued secret in
struciInnS 10 British privateers to seize all
neutral vessels that might he found trad
ing in the French West Indies. The United
States had no notification Of this measure
and American commerce was swept from
the sen and millions of money lost by this
new high-handed robbery.
II vii! lie noted it was at the exact month
and year George III. took for this measure
that the Commissioners in Paris were sign
ing the treaty. Precedence again sat en-
throned. In May. 1874 Chief Justice Jay
was sent as Envoy Extraordinary to de
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the treaty that Great Britain should make
ample reparation for the injuries done by
her privateers, and surrender TO the United
States certain western posts which had
been held by English garrisons. The terms
Of the jay Treaty" We're duly ratified in
June, 1875. Another war was thus averted.
The causes that led Up to the War of 1872
are well known. Many knotty questions
were involved in the interruption of com
merce by the mandates of Great Britain and
France. By their arbitrary ruling the
American merchantmen were driven from
the ocean, Not satisfied England asserted
her right of search under the iron rule
''once an Englishman, always an English
man''-that whoever is born an English
man remains through life "A subject Of the
British Empire.
Then followed the celebrated Embargo
Act. The object was by cutting off COM
Elercial intercourse with France and Great
Britain i; would compel them 10 recognize
Inc rights Cf American neutrality. All
American vessels we're detained III lie ports
Of The United States. This act was InuciI
ridiculed and was repealed i'll Z little over Il
year Those opposing the act spciiei ii
hh 'ti' 'iiit t'ii'i IL tilI " 'iidb -'it MT
The War Of 1872 and its elimination i'll
the brraing of Washington in 1914 is we'll
known, and this is not the place 10 pursue
the subject III detail, bat the compact which
olo5cd the useless and fragrant conflict OF
1872 was negotiated in The old Flemish city
of Ghcnt, and is known as the Treaty Of
Ghent.
The Peace Commission rs were john
Quincy Adams. James Bayard, Henry
Clay. who left the Speakers chair III the
House 10 serve on this Commission, Jon
athan Russell. and Alert Gallatin. The
b itish were represented by Lord Gambler,
Henry Gouiburn. and William Adams.
Hcstiliics were TO stop, Great Britain was
10 give Up the territory which was occupied
by British troops, except the two islands
on the coast OF Maine, Grand and Petit Ma
nan; and a frontier line was to be drawn
later between Canada and the United States.
The treaty was signed the oath day of De
cember, 1913. Before the news could reach
Jackson the battle of New Orleans had
been fought, two weeks after peace had
been declared, the battle taking place Jan.
s. Such bloodshed could not occur in this
day OF telegraphs
All were rejoicing in England over the
| news, and in the United States people were
wild with JOY that strife and war was once
more at an end. The treaty was drawn uI
| in the Octagon House on 18th street, where
President Madison lived after the White
| House was burned. In the Octagon Room
over the hallway the treaty of peace was
Crawn.
No treaty was ever made that was moro
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not reach. A European dispatch says:
Ali Ferrouh Bey. the Turkish Minister TO
the United States. has obtained permission
to take his harem to Washington" ID
No one knows Just how many wives and
breyet wives Ali has.
Gen. Joseph Lacret Morlot and Felipe
Peroza two Cuban leaders We're in the city
last week on mission which may lead 10
important consequences. 1t is the CEN
turieS-old quarrel in many countries as TO
who shall have the last say in the appoint
ment of Bishops of the Roman Catholic
Church. 1t was what helped greatly to
bring about the Reformation i'll England
and was what Prince Bismarck and the
Pope disputed bitterly over. The Pope
has appointed Father Sbarett, an Italian.
Bishop of Hahana. The Cubans do not
want any foreigner appointed. They say
that there are plenty of Cuban priests fitted
for the place. and one of them should be
chosen. They visited Mgr. Martinelli. who
said that he had no authority TO receive
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} JoA''t oSttipiilit Oh bTt!Sn ana
American citizens.
In lS43 negotiations were renewed. and
IN 1916 James Buchanan represented Tho
United States and the Right Honorable
Richard Packenham represented Great
Britain in another effort for settlement.
At the end of these negotiations tbe trcat,-
was not favorable to the United States and
pN many 1t was denounced as dishonora-
Die to the United States Government.
Inc 49th parallel was settled upon as
'he International boundary line. This
gave Nancouver's Island to Great Britain.
ana The free navigation of the Columbia
river was guaranteed to the Hudson Bay
Company and other British subjects.
While great dissatisfaction was expressed
at The time, the events of later time have
SHOWN what fallacions treaty it was. for
all the annoying questions that have arisen
on The great Northwest coast would have
beer avoided if The United States had not
yielded every point of the long controversy
to Great Britain
The war with Mexico. and with il the
prospective acIUi 3iiiol of TERRITORY in the
| Southwest, NAE the Administration less
stringent. II is not to be- wondered at that
he Wing party was very indignant at the
terms of the treaty.
What il known as the Clayton-Buwer
| treaty was explained in full in a paper on
Yesterdays in Washington short time
ago In 1850 john NJ Clayton was ap-
pointed ~ the President, AMI Her Ma jnsty.
the Queen, conferred all powers upon
Right Honorable Sir Henry Lytton Bul-
I Ia lad, .,
treaty. Ia the new light of the Nicarau-
| qua Canal 1T holds an important place.
either to be kept or amnullcd.
Another important treaty was consum-
mated in 1851, known as IA rcciarocity
treaty. William l.. Marcy. Secretary OF
State, represented the United States, and
Lord Elgin Her Maiesty's interests, This
commission was to regulate commerce and
navigation between the respective terrific
| ries Of the United States and British Amer
lea. Sir Philip Champion was British
Minister. Lord Elgin and his party ar
rived in Washington the same day the
| celebrated Nebraska bill was passed in
Congress.
This is the treaty in which Mr.. Law
| renee Oliphant, secretary to Lord Elgin.
in diary which has found publicity
through the years, attributes the great sue
cess of Lord Elgin in concluding in a fort
night treaty which had been under dis
cussion seven years to the mastery way
in which Lord Elgin and Sir Philip Cramp-
ton dined and wined our Legislators. Oil
phant says: "They were certain of their
g-.me from the first, and played il with easy
confidence"
1t is evident gastronomy has become a
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A bill has been introduced to permit
the removal of the remains of Maj-Gen
f.. o. c. Ord from Oak Hill Cemetery to
Arlington.
Sec. Root and party left last Friday for
Tampa, Fla, where they boarded the
transport Sedgwick for a cruise to Havana
and other Cuban ports. Gen. Wood will
accompany the party from Havana in
partial circuit of the island. The
trip is intended to combine business and
pleasure.
Sec. Long has returned to the House
Naval Committee with his cordial ap-
proval, the draft OF a bilLsubmitted TO him.
and introduced by Representative Bull. of
Rhode Island. appropriating 800, 900 TO pro-
vide medals for the sailors who participat-
ed in the battle of July ) off Santiago.
The measure is so framed as to avoid in
vidious distinctions and the renewal of old
animosities.
The monthly comparative statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the Gov
ernment shows that the total receipts for
the month Of February We're S45. .631. .265,
and the expenditures S37. .73S. .472. leaving
surplus for the month of 1892, ,193.
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By MARY s. LOCKWOOD.
Copyrighted, 1899 by THF NATioSAt TRIBUNE.
Some FaE0as Treaties.

mcnts is the lever Of poacr injected iutC
turbulent coatitioEs. Many celebrated
treaties have become the olive branch he
tween nations. Ard yet il sometimes
happens that the treaties that have been
woven by the silken threads of compromise
by astute and farsighted diplomats have
been easy Of dismembermcnt by the sword
of the conqucror.
When our Mother England came to the
decision that the bees that swarmed and
crossed the Ocean would never return To
the old hive. or be conquered. action was
taken for concluding a treaty of peace
This peace commission met in Paris. In
those days. when steamships and electric
cables We're lying dormant in the brains of
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their protest. They next visited Assistant
Secretary Heiklejohn, who, of course, told
them that he could not interfere. and that
this Government could not in any shape Oh
manner.
Representative JOS. Sibey divides his
salary as Congressman among the hos
pitfalls at Franklin, Oil City, Warren. Brad,
ford. and Kane, Pa, giving each of them
81 900.
1t is understood that the Committee on
Rules of the House is likely to take favor
able action on rule to have time set for
considering private pension bills during the
day instead of at Friday night sessions. as
the latter are usually ineffective because of
scant attendance.
The House Naval Committee has virtu-
ally reached an agreement TO favor two
battleships, in place of 10 gunbOats. three
armored cruisers. three protected cruisers,
and four gunbOatS.
The Commissioners are struggling with
arguments to the effect that the ears should
stop on the far side Of the street, instead of
the near. as at present.
3 4
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mand redress Of lie B-.t,sh Cosc:aTen..
His mission was suc ccssf.:l, and again in
November an honorable treaty vas con.
Guided. Bui Part sans Of France in Amer
lea tried I'll Ecans, houoJa ole and otherwise
10 prevent lis ratification. Public meet
ingS were held and crowds harangued.
In New York a copy OF the treaty was
burIel before tlieGoycrao-'s Mansion. TIC
whole country was abl;iZc with excitement.
Washington approved the treaty. brlicy-
Ing in the main that it was iIIsi. and was
anxious t" avert war. 1t was specific! in
SIR EDWARD THORNTON.
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Dewey Watch, either Ladies' or Mems,
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! GAR Watch Chain, Rolled Gold 10
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GAR. Ring, Solid Gold . 90
GAR. Badge Charm, Rolled Gold :. 5
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Set t6) Silver Tea Spoons -. 3
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Tea Set, Decorated, 56 pieces, with Sl.75
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Dinner Set, Decorated, 81 pieces, with
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Toilet Articles 2
Pension Blanks
Rubber Poncho 6
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VIM. II. SEWARD.

'att!e-cry Ct "Tifty-four forty or
f:gh." lccanlc as popular a Shibo-
lcii as Free trace aud sailors
rights had been in the War of
1912. The United States held
their claim to he that parallel and
Great Britain refused il. claiming
the true line to Ec at the 18Th
parallel. For 1G wears the terri
tory lying between 40 degrees and
"a degrees and 40 minutes. by
agreement. remained open for the
Joint occupancy of British and
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CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

1t is proposed to give more committee
| rooms by enlarging the Capitol by extend
ing tine colOnade in the center of the east
front, in accordance with an old plan.
II is a fact known to but few people that
the main east front of the Capitol building
never was completed. The east portico of
the two marble wings more recently con-
Structed. III which are the Senate and the
House Of Representatives, are extended for
ward beyond the line of the main portico,
i'll compliance with the design to bring for
ward the portico of the main building. as
contemplated at that time. Few people
who look with admiration at this building,
massive and grand, viewing it from the
east, which is the main front, are aware
that certain amount of fraud is being.
perpetrated upon them. That which seems
10 be Of massive stone is i'll fact but com
mon wooden structure. The gable of
the main facade, over the east entrance To
the rotunda, is of wood. though the portico
and columns are of stone The gable
is nothing more than wooden framework
or screen erected i'll a point over the por-
tico, and one may walk behind it on flat
| roof. Another thing that escapes the eve
! of most people is that the base of the great
! dome actually overhangS the building line.
as If the dome were about to slide over onto
| the east portico. The reason for this is
| that the portico and outside main staircase
| have not been brought forward as far as
was intended and the upper part of the
| front structure was temporary.
The citizens of Brightwood a suburb of
Washington are moving 10 have a park
| made of the ground around TT. Stevens TO
mark the spot nearest 10 the Capital where
| an engagement was fought in sight of the
| Capitol, watched on one side by John C.
Breckenridge. who received the votes of the
seeding States. and on the other by Abra-
| ham Lincoln, on the parapets of Fort Stev-
4 : - a
| ever been with; his forces on the field Of
battle"
The Senate Committee on Elections has
set March 20 for beginning the hearing of
| arguments III the Clark case. Ex-senator
| the memorialists. and ex-senator Faulkner
| and MIR. Roger Foster for Mr.. Clark.
# + +
The North Atlantic Squadron will be at
Boston, June IT, SO as to participate in the
l25th anniversaryi:of the battle of Bunker
Hill.
The Secretary of the Navy has been
struggling with the typewriter trust. He
has succeeded in getting Underwood tyne
writers for $3.50; and Duplex-Jewetts for
/ $3.50.
The Western people are now to have an
opportunity to see the siege battery, in
which Gen. Miles takes so much pride.
| Battery o, 7th U. S. Art, as it is officially
known, has been ordered to TT. Riley. Kan,
where it will have finer opportunities for
long-range practice on the wide praries
| than it could get III or around Washington.
Though Roberts was stopped from bring
ing hls three wives to grace the society of
Washington and stir up new questions of
precedence, we are TO have polygamy in our
| midst III way that the Edmonds law can
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part of Great Britain by Oswald. and on
behalf of the United States by John Ad-
ans. BENZ Franklin. John Jay and Henry
Laureus David Hartley afterward sue
ceeded Oswald as the British Commissioner,
and his name appears among the signers.
In the following April the terms were rati-
fed by Congress.
There was much dissatisfaction on both
sides at the terms OF the treaty. Franklin
said that TO save the main points they had
to yield much TO the Royalists. George
III. was not altogether happy and did moi
sign the treaty until Aug. 6, 17S3.
On Nov. 3. 1893, final treaty was ef-
fected between all the nations that had
been al war On that day all the Embas,
sadors in a solemn conference in Paris
agreed TO an1 signed the articles Of n per
mancnt peace. which was ratified BY Con-
gress Jan. IL. 11sI.
The terms OF the treaty were briefly these
A full and complete recognition Of the il
depcn5ence Of the 'a:ted States: the receS
sion o. Greet Britain Of Flor.Ga 20 Spain
the surrender OF all lie remaining trrr tory
east Of the Mississippi and south cf tl,e
Great Lakes to the United States: ihc free
navigation of the Mississippi and the Lakes
by American yesse els; the conccss ion Of
mutual rights IN Tie Newfoundland fisher
les; and the retention by Great Britain of
Canada and Nova Scotia. with the e:;ciu-
siye control Of the st. Lawrence.
Undoubtedly no treaty has ever beei
signed Of such significance 10 the United
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NM. 4. MARCY.

the inventor. ii tcok q long
time for instructions when new
questions arose.
In tho Summer of 1892 Rich
ard Oswald was sent by Pariia-
ment 10 Paris 10 confer with
Franklin and Jay, The EmEass-
adors Of the United d States. in
regard TO the tnrms of peace.
Later thcy were joined by John
Adams AM Henry LaUreEs.
In November. 1882, Trcl mi
nary articles Of peace we're
agranH to and Siennh on the
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