New-York tribune., 1909-09-19

so.h tbs President and Mr. Hay. said of
course, had no authority TO bind Sir Wllfrid
1surier 70 anything, but had a strong irnpres
sion and this impression I laid before then,
Az e matter Of convenience / had drawn nm q
memorandum, Of which had sent Sir Wilfrid
raurier q COPY. When Mr Hay asked me
whether had any notes OF my conversations
with the Canadian Prime Minister handed him
shis memorandum. rather q long document He
Wished il read 10 him. and II was Then We
sslkea it over. Nj Hay said:
I suppose You VIII see the President shall
see him also. but think it viii be better Won
should make your statement to him separa+eI,, ..
Ny belief is that both Of fNthem would have
been disposed 10 consider the Canadian Prime
Minister'S attitude q reasonable one. and If an
oHeisl proposal n that sense had been made
ens i 81 had rested with the President 10 sav
yss OF no, he would have accepted it But ac
oeptsncs involved treaty. and what was the
uss of agreeing 70 treaty which had 70 run the
gs1tlst Of the United States Senate-"the crave
rsrd OF treaties"2 The Senate az that time was
in one of its most irreconcilable moods In
truth, the President had found himself more
than onee n collision with the Senate. ana the
moment was not Propitious Certain Senators
moreover, had hXsd opinions as 20 the proper
disposition OF this Alaska dispute, and from
these opinions II was known they vvo,ld no, Ss
soaasthing 10 say about NJ. Roosevelt. NAV
sec g little, though not much TO this brier ac-
cunt i can never be treated except with great
reserve
had told Sir wilfrid when ! said goodb,
1Ast feared the Senate would prove an in
Ylpelhls obstacle 70 an agreement saw the
President several times. and the whole matter
Tss gone into. After my last conversation with
h!z which did not end Till past o'clock in tba
morning, ! wrote Sir WilfIid that I saw no
rsanoe At present Of carrying the matter further
lie answered very kindly but regretfully. and
80 g.! this ended: without result for the time
being add only that the sagacity Of the cana
dian. the statesmanlike sagacity. IMPRESSED the
President and Mr.. Hay alike # it had been.
possible 70 lay the whole story before the Sen
. ste. it E2ight have impressed that body also.
But Je5erson's phrase about government hv
hswspspeTs applies, or part Of II applies. 10 the
Senate. eE shall say 20 part Of the Senate
Whatever IS known &c the Senate soon becomes
known 70 the newspapers. a single illustration
OH suaaes- The Senate transacts executive
business II Secret session. The galleries are
cleared: the press gallery as well as the others
But within an hour Of the close Of an executive
session full abstract Of its proceedings is IN
tie HANDS Of the press agents Besides. had
70 authority 20 repeat what Sir wilfrid had said
10 anybody but the President and " Hay. Sir
".lfrid is 2 man SO free from Official pedantrv
or even convenrionalities that think It likely
be would have agreed 10 an informal communi-
ratien 70 the Senate. but he was not asked.
There was no occasion 70 ask him The obtec-
mons were too evident Mr Hay said Any
thing favor the Senate VII oppose"
OF the President some Of the leading Senators
''s-s not less suspicious. There was 10 be no
Agreement until the Senate could dictate terms
The subsequent agreement for an slaska Bound
sry Commission wss a Senate agreement Il
6id aot provide for arbitration Z Il had the
Senate would have rejected f. T was not sup
passd that q tribunal composed ot three mem
fsEs from each side would reach q decision. AL
men now know that Il Il did II was because the
Lord Chief J2stics Of England conceived Z 70
hs his duty 70 vote II accordance with the facts
Ena the law. Ee had not latd aside lis judicial
Character when he became q Commissioners.
IS j. vas Lord Alverstones vote w!licl. turned
re scale n fave. C t1s United States. the
Canadians attacked him gfth bitterness re
made one reply, ana oEe only. and even th.s had
no direct reference 70 Canada Speaking a.
einEsr in London he SAID. IF when any kind
a arbitration Is set % they 5ont want de-
ciE!on based On The law ard the evidence. the,
must lot Put British judge On TIRE commits
sim Writing as ~ American think il due
70 Lord Alverstone 70 gay that nothing ever did
mere 70 convince Americans cf British fairness
than lis act Il was his act also that put 70
Tsst q controversy which, in the opinion of
Canadian statesmen ard American statesmen
alike. contained elements Of the gravest danger
70 peace. II he had done nothing else he would
take his place IN history as great Lord Chief
Sgsiics
TIE Eriton Is 50 constitutes that It is probable
Re sdraires Lord Alrerstone forfaerfv Richard
ard then Sir Richard Webster. almost as much
fer his renown IN sport as fer his professional
enirenoe of which - be Tubmsn and then
Fostrasa IN the Court of EzchequeT was one
fsrt Ee was. and ls. athlete and used 20
r1n rlnniIg races. and perhaps still could be-
ing nov only si2ty-seven years of se- You used
slways 70 hesr hiEa SPOKEN of as Dick Web
FER A. Cambridge University be had such
en2nsnee IN ths study Of mathematics as, en-
ptsa him 70 Re thirty-hfth Wrangleri and in
re mere humane letters 50 much proficiency
&c made his third class classic. In the Schools,
thst IS Re was less energetic than on the track.
Gut SUCCESS ~ the bar does not depend on the
a-fegsntial Calculus or on Latin and Greek.
Within ten years after being called he was Q. c..
saa'hsvlag found seat IN Parliament became
Attorney General in Lord salisbury's govern
lasnt II 1855 Within seventeen years he
had reached the highest unjudcial place in his
ffotesson. He held the same Office three times;
Hsn was made Master Of the Rolls. the judge
no N point of dignity came next after the
-ofd Chancellor snd the Lord Chief Justice;
sno finally. in 1900, Lord Chief Justice Of Eng
and During his service 81 the bar he had been
grest patent lawyer: with an income which
.snor put - 10000, or $4,000: for tins eoun-
~ Perhaps the msximum outside OF the Parl!a-
n@aiary Bar such is a bare outline Of the
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