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Show PEACE CONFERFNCE. .'Synopsis of Great Gathering Recently ,k" ' Held la New York. ! ,J. S. Dalley of Iron County, who Was One of the Delegates, Sends Report of Session. Editor of tho Iron County Reoord, ' ' Thinking that tbo peoplo at homo would be Interested In a briof no- r - oountoflho "First National Arbi tration and Peaoo Oongreaa" hold in this city April 14 to 17, I tako tho liberty of writing It. ' Ono (significant step toward tho un- M ivoraal poaoo for whloh wo atrivo and the ono that mado poasiblo my at-tondanoo at-tondanoo as a dolegato, wbh that ull ohurohos and organisations In tho olty woro permitted" to send two dole- Sates. Elder J. N. Ford of Davis ' county, Utah, and I, woro fortunato H enough to rocolvo through President MnQuarrio, the appointments torep- I resent our ohruob. Though we woro silent mombora of tho august body, ' wo nppreolntod tho honor of filling tho positions. This can not bo an exhaustive report of the nine sessions of tho oongroas, but I oan only suggest sug-gest a very littlo of tho many things that Impressed mo. Oarnoglo Hnll was suitably nnd most beautifully dooorated for tho oooaaion. This largo auditorium with Ub four baloouios was draped with Hags of oil nations. Tho profusion pro-fusion of our own rod-whito nud-bluo suggestod that Amorioa is ono of the prlmo movers In tho cnuso of peaoo. 1 Though President Roosovolt could not bo present, his name waa lauded many times as a defender and promoter of peaoo as opposed to war. Tho opoulng 803alon of tbo congress ;T-r 1 "-tyjo-a-Euslaatcrvlcja InjtbygoJ, Dr. Frank Damrosdh. ' Bishop Potter of Now York, howover, presided. Soul inspiring hymns and musical nnmbors started tho oonforonoe going , in Bplendid style. Tho first apeeoh by Rabbi Hircsb of Obioago was an excellent ex-cellent address in which tbo speaker proudly referred to tbo ouaiont Jewish prophets and to tho Old Tostament. Tbo themo of his talk wdb tho "Moulding of tho Swords into Plough Shores." Bishop Potter's speech was Ions forceful, but was qui to in keeping with tbo reverend's ago. Monday aftorn ion might properly bo called an American session. Hon. Elihu Root, Boorotary of state; 'Hon. " OhnrloH E. Hughea, governor of Now York stato; Hon. Qeorgo B. Mo- Olellau, mayor of Now York City, B oil gaVo oxoollent addressos. ThoBO 1ft by tho first two wero ospooiolly good. ' Tho evening mooting was iutorosting Rl from tho fact that it was "Interna-f "Interna-f tional Views of tho Poaoo Movement. " 111 Mr. Androw Oaruegio presided, wjj Right horo lot mo say that of tho 1$ ninny distinguished mombors of the K congress Mr. Oarnoglo was undoubt-W undoubt-W cdly ono of tho most uniquo figures. II Tho shrewd, aotivo, littlo white, old man ofton caused tho audionoo to luugh heartily by hib wity manage- R mout of sponkera and oveuts. Baron I D'EstournoIlos Do Constant of fl - Franco; Prof. Hugo Monatroberg, of I Gormnuy, W. T. Stead, editor of I tho Review of Roviows, Great Brit- 1 nn ; Hon. Oeonr S. Straus, aooretary I of aommoroo nnd labor, proaonted I tho vlowa of thoir aovoral natione. I Tuo8dny morn fug many noted wo I mon of tho nation especially, mot to II tako up "Women's Relation to tho II Peaoo Movomeut." Among thoao pros-Is" pros-Is" ent woro Misa Jnno Adorns, Miss Mary II E. Wooloy, Mra. L. A. Mead, Mrs. II Julln Ward Howo, Mrs. May Wright I Sowoll. In tho afternoon "Young (I Pooplo'a Mooting" was for tho oobools M of tbo city nnd dolegatos who did fl not bavo speoial tlokets woro not ul-!fl ul-!fl lowed to bo prosont. Thoso last two fl sosflloufl wo did not attond. fl On Tuosday nftornoon "Tho Com fl moroial, Industrial and Agricultural fl AapeotB of tho Ponco Movomont" fl woro dlsoussod. In tho oyoning "Un- fl iversity Mooting" was bold. Pros I - H dnt Butlor of tbo Oolumbin Univor- B elty presided. Rov. E. S. Roborte, H vioo obnuaolor of tbo Unirorsity of H Oambridgo; Dr. John Rhys, pro Hj vioo ohanoolor of tbo University of H Oxford; MIbb Jnno Adams, bead of H tho Hull houso of Ohiongo; Dr. Folix Alder, Now York Sooloty of Ethical Culture, woro prominent among tho speakers of tho night. Wednesday atforuoon tho "Legislative "Legis-lative and Judioial Aapeots of tbo Pqaco Movomont" woro taken undor consideration. Tbo speakers wore Judge WilllBm W. Morrow; Hon. James B. McOeary, United States Senator from Kentucky; Hon. Richard Rich-ard Bortholdt, Hon. SnmuolMoOnll; Hon. John W. Foster, ox-Booretnry of state; and Hon. William Jennings Bryan. It waa W. J. Bryan tbnt dolivorod tho best address of tho on-tiro on-tiro oongross. Ho is certainly tbo greatest orator that was ut tho Peace Oongreaa. A fitting conclusion to ao "Poaooful" an endeavor at 'Ponce, on Earth, Good Will Toward Men was tho banquet nt tho ABtorJa Ha$j but as It was very oxponBivo, I din&f at 420 W. 124th St., so can give you" no particulars of tho affair. I should liked very much to bavo hoard the speech by Mr. Bryan after tho dinner, din-ner, but I hoard enough to toll what an oxoollent speaker ho la. Through It oil, and In moat that was said Latter-day Saints oouldoon- BJatontly noquela. In foot if wo had hoard tho samo things preaohod from or pulpits a ,homo it would have Bounded very familiar. There woro, howov.er, somo thlngB forolgn to our dootrlno, but wo might expect to And that. The wonder comes from tho foot that wo found ao many idona that our pooplo bavo taught so long. Somo papers nro lnollnod to treat tho whole thing aa n huge farce, but to mo it was an opportunity to see nnd bear n great many noted peoplo that I had not Boon, if nothing else. It was ono of tho many opportunities that my miasion hero in tho oaat is making possible for mo to enjoy. Tho ten months that I bavo spent out hero hnve been rioh in now oxDori-enoos oxDori-enoos and tho Lord has blessed mo wv'th so'v! bnlrh to fltajnv pvjw W: sluoo I left home. " " Trusting that tbla will provo interesting in-teresting to eomo of my homo frionda I am your brother iu tho cauBo of peace. J. S. DALLEY. P. 8. Elder Frank Thorloy ar-rivod ar-rivod at mission headquarters O. K., and has boon assigned to labor in tho New England conference with ud dress nt .No. 57, Worcester St., Boston, Bos-ton, Mass. 120 W. 124th St. Now York Olty, Now York, April 22, 1D07. |