Show lican congressmen THE GREAT TREATY OF PEACE countries which have signed the agreement drawn up by the pan american congress from our regular correspondent washington may 2 1890 general grant used to think that the war was ended when lee surrendered at appod but it would seem to be the purpose of borne republicans twenty five years after alie of the confederate army and five years after the death of grant to roll back the wheels of time to and begin the work of reconstruction over again the majority in congress should carefully the past experience of alie party an experience peri ence still fresh i the public recollection in undertaking to do impracticable things and work political miracles by federal interference and usurpation of the rights of states before plunging aaen into kindred perils with the moral certainty of harvesting a similar crop of 1 l of disasters it cannot afford at this juncture 01 events to hazara its success by abandoning the vast responsibilities that rest upon it as a conservator of the interests of the whole people and resorting to arbitrary uses of power which are sure to react apon itself to its own humiliation and defeat congress has before it some of the most momentous questions that ever confronted alie lawmaking law making power involving the credit of thy government he relief of the people from cessare taxation the building up of commerce the encouragement of agriculture the increase of the currency the strengthening of our financial system the emancipation of alie country from various burdensome grievances to ignore or neglect any of these that demand prompt fand like attention is to forfeit the solemn pledges of the party and open the wa j for an easy democratic triumph representatives of ten of the seventeen nations participating in the international american conference have signed the agreement drawn up by the conference for the settlement by arbitration bit ration of and disputes between them among the nations which signed alie treaty were brazil bolivia columbia ecuador guatemala salvador and honduras this arbitration treaty is the one which was to in the pan american conference and recommended to the various countries represented in the conference it could not be adopted by the representatives senta tives of aliese countries in conference ant was referred by them to their home governments which authorized zed their ministers to the united states to meet in washington it is believed that all of ahn countries in the conference will figu eventually this is the crowning act in the conference as this was the principle business for which they were called one of alie extremely interesting features in connection with the signing of the treaty was the evident appreciation by the signers of the fact eliat the occasion was one which will be historically great mr mendonca of brazil brought with irm a gold pen and holder both perfectly new and to be used for the first time when the brazilian document was made complete dr cruz of guatemala and camaino Ca maano of ecuador were also similarly provided and the pans they brought were used on their own copies of the precious agreement by all the other ministers the treaty was printed in three langu agea english spanish and portuguese on large sheets of heavy paper and those who had special birns sent them with their documents to respect ive governments ex president grover cleveland walked into alie arlington hotel late wednesday night just in from new york and requested accommodations desirous of keeping liis arrival unknown mr cleveland did not register this accomplished its purpose until yesterday morning when he made known his presence in the city and sent for his former attorney general ex senator A H garland of Aa kansas when mr garland arrived lie was cordially greeted and told what had brought his former chief to washington and lie was aaker to present him to the supreme court of the united states and move his admission to the bar which that gentleman readily consented to do and escorted the ex president to the capral where the oath was duly administered by the clerk of court the news of his presence at the court spread rapidly through the capital and noon there were many of his political friends and adherents paying their respects and extending hearty greetings later in the day mi cleveland called at the white house and paid his respects to pros ident harrison in ap mr cleveland has gained a little in flesh but otherwise no cliance the democrats now have a case that they may get into the supreme court to test the constitutionality of the act as the speaker in counting members who do not vote to make a they refrained from voting on the dingley worsted bill and it was passed by votes the speaker counting a it is the purpose of the importers to resist the operation of the bill if it is passed by the senate and receives the presidents signature by taking a test case to tho courts when an attempt is made to collect the duty imposed on worsteds worst eds by the bill they can get the question before the supreme court |