Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-27
Secratarx Raxard.

NEW YORK, Oct. GA correspon
dent of the World, telegraphing from
Washington, says: "There is not a
Democratic Senator here who has not
had an experience OF q disagreeable
character with the Secretary of State.
Mr.. Bayard is supposed to be planning
a brilliant foreign policy, and has ad-
vanced views upon the subject of the
n lcaraguan Canal. Whatever he may
propose, he may be certain that 1t will
be killed In the Senate, as he has lost
his hold on all his friends there. He
has, by his course this summer, utterly
destroy ed all possibility of bis having
any support from Congress on any for
eign policy that he may have in hand.
He will be practically reduced to the
position of mere figure head, without
Influence among his former political
associates and without any future. In
politics.
:" 1t is true, as the World has stated,
that Senator Butler has stopped going
to the State Department, aud 1t Is also
true that his colleague does not intend
to go there any more. The reason is
that Mr.. Bayard treated him with
great rudeness. One day he called on
him to present the claims of a gentle
4
he entered Mr.. Bayard's room he said !:
Are you going TO give my man the
mission that wrote you about? q
!" No, no, no, said Mr.. Bayard almost
without turning his head. He then
began an attack upon Senator Butler
on account of the Morgan appointment.
MIR. Bayard's q manner was 80 offensive
and his charge SO unjust that the South
Carolina Senator became very angry.
ii 9 drew himself up very sttfiy and
st arted tc go. Mr.. Bayard TO ccnciliate
him, then began to ask him questions
= about the case of q man he rad pre-
senttd for the Nenezuels mission, bul
Mr.. Butler bIus squely declined to say
lanother word on the subject and left
"Sanator Wade Hampton dropped
Mr.. Bayard' 8 acq quaintancs for another
reason. He made q request of the Secre
, tary to transfer consular friend OF hi
to ano ther poipt. II this request hat
!, been simply refusedMr. Hampton wonlt
not have complained, but the Secretar,
y treated him with great rudeaess ant
: made no answer TO his request.
al The stories that soin5 oF the Sena
tors tell of their treatment at the band
: OF the Secretary almost surpass oeiief
The gratuitous rudenesss shown by Mr.
l baYaEu " LIB DlN CDiiChkbOo 10 ~ "
. understand. Senator Mcpherson, Q
New Jersey, called upon him tbs othe
,; lday, aud the first thing Mr.. Bayar'
lsaid to him before the Senator ha
1 opened his mouth WAS Be brie
lsir, my time Is valuable ~ II tn
70 Senator were d desperate office seeker
e who was making an unwarrSntabi
IL trespass upon his attention. Governo
- Manning, ope of the leading meu o
10 South Carolina, a man OF high socis
l., position, early in the history OF tn
~ administration wrote letters to u
10 President and Secretary of State, ind
70 v eating desire to GO abroad. The Pres
2, dent wrote him very polite note. say
!" ing that the matter had been reterrt
a to the State Department. Mr.. Bayai
~ never answered the Governors lette
althongh he had been guest In hi
a. house inSouth Carolina and was und'
Z. Z. mum berless obligations Of courtesy
90 him."