Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-08
BAKAao AS A PARrisAS.
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A strong Party MaB, hut with con-
vietioBs That VIII Never Yield 90
WRONG.
Washington correspondence N. Y. Times.
Thomas F. BAyard has hia own notions
about party policy and party discipline
He would endeAvor manfully to persuads
a caucus, and would hesitate to set
himself In direct Antsgonism to his 1850
ciAtes, but he would never yield his own
convictions Of right aud honor, ard no
power on earth couli make him do an act
his conscience did not thoroughly ap
prove. Although . southern man by
birth, education, association and feeling,
he Ia by no means popular favorite In
that section. He has never hpsitAted 10
stand up through good a d through evil
report for the south when unjust, ard,
as he believed, unconstitutional measures
were proposed by the dominant party.
And yet his Views Of craftsmanship are
known to be 30 oAthOlic that seotionsl as
we'll ~ machine politicians instinctively
distrust him. Although he is generally
believed to have been in sympathy with
the south aud to have believed in the
doctrine OF secession, the faots are that
he was Union man TO the core and was
never led sstrsy by the fAllacious Argu
menta in support of the right Of accession.
He WAS neither OF the school Of Calhoun
nor Of that Of the Adams family. TrAdi-
tion undoubtedly has q great deal TO do
with our early opinions and views. His
were undoubtedly biased by those Of his
grandfather and father. Mr. BayArd has
undoubtedly arrived at his own oonclu-
sions on constitutional law, AID while
they are not IS lAtitudipariAa as those
| Of the ultra Hamjltonisus, they by no
means 60 the length that the opposing
theorists did. He takes square issue
with the Supreme Court in It's latest die.
tum on the power OF Congress As an.
nounced in the legal tender decision. He
does not believe as Hamilton did that the
power Of Congress under the general well
fare clause ia limited only by its own
discretion. He inherits sound financial
views. Like his grandfather he detests
experiments with the fso. Like Jeffer-
son he believes In competent and non
partisan civil service. The confidential
advisers Of q President must, Of course,
be OF his own party. Subordinates who
are Immediately responsible to those ad-
visers in their respective departments
must be in sympathy with their policy
and their views. They must be men
upon whom the chiefs eau absolutely
rely. Otherwise the successful adminis
tration Of the great departments of our
government would be an impossibility.
Reforms In administration are impera
lively demanded. They cannot be effected
unless those upon whom the executive
head must rely are not only faithful but
In accord with the spirit Of reformation.
Efficiency must be the the test with sub
oIdinates. Those who hold their places
simply for their political services and
social inf hence, and perform little IL any
real cticial duties, are exorescences which
must bs Topped of In tffeoting reforms.
The only objection which Ia heard
against Mr. BAyard as one ofthe probable
advisers Of President Cleveland ia h q
conservatism. He Is not enough OF q
party man. This Is singular objection
to be urged against man who for IL
years has been one Of the foremost men
OF his party In the Senate OF the United
States, During mors than IL years Of tina,
time l have been "looker.on here In
VIENNA" and can't recall an occasion
when Mr.. BsyArd did not stand by his
party. That he has not been
Au out Ahu-out party man Will,
op'ns, be news to those of his
Republican cOllsaRuss who have served
with him. Nevertheless, In the sense
thst ha ia an INSCRIPTIONS partisan, / dc
not believe. That he would suffer thu
cisil influence Of the government to b
welded for party purposes is, think ,ou
of the question. In this respect Mr.
Bayard has lived TO some purpose
While 1t ia impossible to impsaoh hii
pSrtisanship in the true and nobler sens,
OF the word, 1t is equally impossible to
make the public believe that he Is mer,
politician. TTuly,Au enviable repui alton
Personally Mr.. Bsysrd is q charming
man. He is always courteous and neve
disagreeable. There is no hsuteur, n,
reserve. Hs doss not strive to b.
magnetic" but without appearing I,
court naturally attracts. de enjoys goot
health, he Ia active, and loves good cheer
Wherever he may be, in the Senate or
the heSd Of a great department, he viii
be genial, pleasant, and thorough
gentleman. A.M,G.