Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-14
FOURTH EDITION,
rue New York H.rala o. nay ard

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Senator Bayard may be a great minori- |
ty statesman, but for q majority states
men he seems to display singularly little
4" faculty" That however, 10 not unDa-
turai. He has passed the whole OF his
public life In the minority. lie began IL
by doubling the expediency Of lighting for
the Union, and his career has been spent
In throwing doubt on the propriety OF ever
doing anything which any human being
has in the last twenty years yentured 10
propose doing.
Now he Is reported as doubling whether
the treaties before Congress ought to be
ratified. He tells q reporter that he Will
not 90 into the question Of the merits oil
the treaties" but at does appear TO me
very clearly that they present too many
serious questions and involve too much Tor
them TO be considered at the present
time"
| That's It exactly. Mr.. Bayard has no
objection TO jumping the fence, but he
wants time TO take good long look on
both sides OF II and then ne wants more
time To get off mile or two and take a
long run and q hop aud Il step, and per
haps when he gets that far he may think
II better not to jump at all.
Mr.. Bayard ought To have been an emf
nett statesman before the flood, when
men took q century or two TO think about
"A matter. reached their conclusions only
latter what Mr.. Bayard would consider
mature thought and began TO act after
four or five hundred years. Before Mr..
bayard had quite made up his mind
Whether the Union ought to he forciblv
maintained the war was half over ; aud II
he democratic party Ia foolish enough 10
take his advice now the greater part OF
MIR, Cleveland's administration will be
spent IN the discussion OF whether we
bought 10 make commercial treaties or not
and the rest OF IL In seeing whether Mr..
Bayard could not make better treaties, II
he had time enough, than these ; and by
THAT time We shall have new Presiden'
lual election, and the republicans, who
are not as good Ms Mr.. Bayard but q
lgreat deal quicker, will take the question
~ hand and elect their candidate ON II
before Mr.. Bayard gets his great mind
ialrly fixed upon it,
Mr.. Bayard IL good man and grea'
Imam, an honest man, upright, nobl,
hearted, and ali that everybody knows
1T, aud especially those VINO have tn,
privilege oil bearing him speak about blu
sell and his fellow creatures. But he II
too Glow Tor these rapid days. He wa
Invented before railroads and telegraph
aud steamships were thought OF. Iii
notion that the present administrator
lprecipitated these treaties suddenly OIL
the senate and Acknowledgements then
on our heads out oil a bushel basket, 30 Il
! .p-ak-is ike him. lie would have pre-
errci four or five years notice, 30 ~ Il
enable HIM To get on ii good ready,
l H.. H.. r,tsurHs then
evidently d. republican treaties. " Ii TIN
, next administration were republican,
MIR. Arthur Mere rejected, 20 AS q
assume the responsibility OF these treatic
in case of their being ratihed-then the
might be considered now. But We dem
loCrats had no warning OF them"
Thatis what he says. Is 1t not an ex
traoI binary view iur a statesman to take
| According 10 MIR. Bayard's quaint motion
n II seems rath u pity that the countr
chOse d democratic administration. Doe
Mr. Bayard imagine that the party pow
looming into power Is going to keep aliy
tby avoiding responsibility or does Ii
, Ipropoec that IL shall wipe out everythin
i, the republican, have done or propost
y and begin anew.
Aud then he dcplOrrs the cutting OF {
revenue hy commercial treaties. Does i
"a forget that the Treasury has been burs
II ing andtthe lobby has been fattening on a
- enormous surplus revenue for year
These treaties cut of some revenue
groans. SO they do, and they give Il
people cheap sugar, which lie rs necesssr
to heir comfort as cheap trade ; and tn.
Iopen the way Tor the sale 10 our neighbo
OF large part of that surplus product /
manufactures which is crushing our maj
ufactures and keeping our workiuen idl'
and they establish our predominant inf
ence by peace and commerce With OF
- inearest ucghbors. But Mr.. Baysrd On
| comp. aims that " this thing has come u
80 suddenly be really has not had Tin
| A. d canno, yet time TO Think
We advise Mr.. Cleveland To get son
more rapid thinkers than Mr.. Baya
about him. Events will not wait for 81
Bayard, good man that he Il.