The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03
WANTED NO OFFICES
AMERICANS DECLINE HoNORs AT
THE CONGRESS.
PLEASANT FEELING PREVAILS,
SENIOR RAIGOsA OF MEXICO
ELECTED PRESIDENT.


States Wanted no More Territory,
But That We stood as the Medes
and Persians for the Monroe Doc
trine.
City of Mexico. Nov. AT this.
mornings meeting of the -Ameri-
can Congress, Gen. Rafael Reyes, del
egate of Colombia, in a speech full of
praise for the United States, proposed
that H. c. Davis. chairman of the
United States delegation, be elected
permanent president of the Pan-Amer-
| ican conference.
| In proposing ex-senator Davis as
permanent president, Gen. Reyes said:
I'm offering the proposition which
has Just been read I feel sure that
have interpreted the wishes and senti-
ments of all the delegations of Latin
America, In rendering the office of
president of the conference to the
chairman of the United States delega-
tion we are performing an act of cour-
tesy in assigning the chief representa-
tive of the nation which has taken so
important a part lin convening both
| Pan-American conferences, and which
| If on no other ground than that of Ian
guage, figures among all Latin-Ameri-
can nations here represented in the role
of a guest.
In addition 70 this dutv Of courtesy
-. % -. ,,,oto.,,4
tneie are o'hel ie'soiie VI elea' si'
for the appointment whlch l nave pro-
| posed and among these reasons 1 may
mention the. fact that our several ma
tions recognize the civilizing influence
of +ba Trni+ed states and the inauenca
49, ,.1,,a.,a -,.,,I go.
"itiC" 'iey 0oiliiuetIS oelieye wan wan
be exerted on behalt OF their prosper
ity and welfare under the amplest
| guarantees of Independence. Justice and
| liberty. for ALL -. d go
The last mentioned sentiments were
received bye All the Latin A nierican
delegates with marks of approval,
| When Gen. REYES had named Mr..
Davis for e-~presidencv of the con
| ference. c. M. Pepper. a United States
delegate, spoke in Spanish. declining
the honor. r.
w W.. xr.,as,..,, r.u,.o
Ex-senator Davis then spoke in per-
son, thanking Gen. Reyes and the del
egates and saying that the Americans
| are not here for place of prominence,
but to increase the general feeling of
anlity and good will among the Ameri-
can nations; that this country wanted
no more territory, but stood as the
| Medes and the Persians for the Mon
| roe doctrine, which declared for terri
torial integrity of all the American
| republics and for the preservation of
| their commercial rights and liberties.
| The Address of Nr. Davis
/
IN oecnning Ine tenoer OF the presl-
uehcy OF thg ran -AlIierican congress,
ex-senator Davis, chairman of the
American delegation, spoke as follows:
am deeply sensible OF the honor
proposed ana l thank you heartily for
1t, but consistent course together
with "a sense or duty compels me to
say that i cannot accept. We are here
not Tor ONCE, not for preferment in
anyway put TO assist all OF the re-
| publics of America in whatever may
lead to good, especially in peace, har-
mony and good will to all.
we wish to help to cultivate and
bring about better feeling than has
heretofore existed, although even
heretofore that feeling has been
friendly. Our thought is that we
should have additional communication,
noth water ana rail- and / want to
see, ana i believe all here do, an in
ternatlonal railroad from Argentine to
the RIO Grande. believe that har-
mony. peace ana good VIII Will come
out OF our work mere ana that we win
ma way 10 prevent further war on
tnlS hemispnere; Inat peace VIII reign
perhaps forever. Elgnty million or peo-
PIE IN the unlteo otates STAND ready
10 assIst IN any proper way tney can
10 orlns apout tne pest results lor tne
sooo Oh tne AillerIcan rePupncs. we
aIs, as you hnow' nsPPy, true, Ioyaf
liIuepeiuen' s anu iiVei ~ SovihE peopie,
aHu g. ouI Tlenus
On GI tn.,ta',. ~ want
IL no iuI ~ e.. , ~ i.oi I I az
.ttii, I'm 20 - n,hat % @ Lno,nr s an au NJ
roe doctrine which means that vo,,r
territory is to be protected, your politi-
cal rights, your commercial rights and
your liberties forever guaranteed.
81 feel more than can speak: ! ap-
preciate the compliment proffered to
me more than I can tell you, but as /
have said at the beginning, / think IL
nv duty that should decline"
x-Senator Davis, having declined
the presidency of the conference, Pro-
visional President Cenaro Raigosa,
chairman of the Mexican delegation,
was elected president of the Interna-
tional American Conference; Durate
Peroira of Brazil was elected