The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
A Peace Congress Will
Assemble To-day.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
Delegates Will Represent Every Sec
ton Of the United States-A
Great Meeting in Boston.

New f0rK, April 1D.--1ne nTSt ma
ticnal arbitration and peace congress
OF America will hold its sessions here
to-day, Tuesday and Wednesday The
main sessions will be held in Carne.
gle hall, but there also will be meet.
ings at the Hotel Astor and Cooper
Union. Delegates to the congress in
clude representatives of the United
States to The Hague conference, fed.
eral and state judges, United States
senators and representatives, gov
ernors and members OF state
legislatures, mayors of many large
cities, representatives of leading re.
Iigious, patriotic and philanthropic
organizations, editors, business men
and labor leaders.
choral service, fitting prelude
to the first national arbitration and
peace congress, was held at Carnegie
hall last night. The public had been
invited and responded so generally
that It was necessary to call upon the
police reserves to hold In line the
thousands that blocked the nearby
streets. Probably 5000 persons found
admittance while thousands were un.
able to get within the hall.
Andrew Carnegie was to have pre-.
sided at the meeting, but returning
from Pittsburg on a delayed train he
failed TO reach the hall until the
meeting was well under way and then
once inside the place he was unable
to make his way through the throng
to the platform and contented himself
with place in a box. In his absence
Bishop Henry C. Potter presided.
Around the back and sides Of the
stage. upon which were the speakers
and the 800 members OF the Oratorio
society, was draped great white
curtain on which were golden stars.
Along 1t were grouped American ban.
ners. flags and emblems with the
words: Peace for all nations in
electric bulbs.
After selections by the Oratorlo so
ciety the great audience rose and
sang the hymn God of Our Fathers
II had been expected that peace
message from President Roosevelt
would be read, but no mention of the
message was made.
Archbishop Farley. who was To
have been one Of the speakers. was
detained in Washington and his pre-
velle, of St. Patrick's cathedral.
The other speakers were Rabbi
Emil G. Hirsch, OF Chicago, and
Bishop Potter. The former spoke
from the words "The advent OF the
plow" Bishop Potter spoke briefly.
In concluding he said:
Let us thank God for The Hague
congress and that an American has
built the building in which 1t Is to
meet, and may 1t hasten the triumph
OF universal peace"
Boston, April 15.-Rarely has there
been so large gathering of Boston
people under one roof as that which
assembled In the Christian Science
church last night ito swell Bostons
voice." as one speaker said lin rec.
ognition and support of the national
peace and arbitration congress"
which begins In New York to-day.
Over 5000 persons listened to three
rators as they pleaded for universal
peace. They were ex.Secretary OF
the Navy John d. Long. eX-Gov. John
L. Bates and William Lloyd Garrison.
Ex-Secretary Long said that the
gathering was to speed arbitration
and save human life. He referred.
however, to the late war with Spain,
and said that he did not know how it
could have been avoided or how Cuba
could have been rescued without
war, although the conflict gave pain
to President Mckinley. 'But the war
was not waged," he said, for con.
quest, glory or gain" II was brief
and the wounds were soon healed.
William Lloyd Garrison did not
spare the churches of the country In
his criticism and said that the bear.
ers of the name of Christians were
ever ready to uphold and justify legal
ized murder when their own country
was involved. He said that II the
present movement is earnest and
proves vital 1t will u)set the basis OF
every government and the reversal of
accepted ideas must be faced. "The
movement will strip the soldier OF
his uniform" he said.
Mr.. Garrison denounced the war
with Spain and said: This guilty
nation and our kindred in guilt across
the Atlantic are ripe for repentance,
which should manifest itself in acts -
Ex-Gov. Bates referred briefly 10
ex-Secretary Long as the bravest man
that ever issued orders to a fleet OF
war vessels and to Mr.. Garrison as
the son OF the man who did more to
bring on the civil war than any one
else in the country and who at the
end was still shouting that he would
never retract.