New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-17
BAYARD THE BELLIGERENT.
WHO ARE The REPUBLICAN SUSPECTS -,
TRYING TO nooDwISK THE PEorIE-wAs ROMERO
TO BLAMRi
Inr TELEGRAPH TO THE rnrpuyE.l

of to-day read with unusual interest
in Washington and it provoked good deal Of comment
the re verse of complimentary among Democrats
What is tie matter with Mr.. B,yardi" was question
heard on every hand. Some OF the offered for
his conduct seem 10 indicate belief or fear that Mr.
Bayard is breaking down under the burden Of family
aficion and rocal official trouble which has been
hesped upon him in the last year Tue following extract
from the publication inspired BY Mr.. Bayard is
regarded by some as furnishing ground for the misgv
ings mentioned:
Secretary Bsyard and the officials of his department
bitterly plain Of the treatment recel ed from those
who Wish the present Administration evil II limited
that several Republicans have rendered themselves
tronSe section OF the revised statutes 'orbds any
citizen Of the United states from holding commu nicatlon
with this for ne purpose OF intnenelne Inc
cans and former officials OF this to
THIS charge In the commanding the attention
there are who Claim TO be Americans and yet are
guilty OF such conduct. lie positively declares that he
actions and Will conduct the Cutting discussions as he
originally intended, aud unless he finds reason TO be-
eve that the ease has not been correctly reported 10 MN
will force the release Of Cutting.
Mr.. Bayard absent from Washington to-day and 1t
cond aceItained that the arrest OF Mr.. Blaine
ex Foster Representa- Hit any other Re-
publican been ordered 1t is suggested that 10 case
any OF the suspects arrested they can be lodged
in the dungeons formerly occupied by some OF Mr.
Bayards friends within tho walls OF Fort McHenry al
Baltimore. 1t is good to know that men who CLAIM to
be Americans but who wish the present Adinlnlstra
ton evil have not been able 60 ntmidate in the
sg htest degree the brave Secretary OF state de Will
find lie has not been satisfied ALREADY that the Cut
ting case he presented TO the President and the
House Representatives was not the rea cutting case
al all Mr.. BayaIds attempt TO throw the responsibility
of his own hasty and inconsiderste action upon the
shoulders OF senior Romero the Mexican Minister is not
the least aJie OF his efforts TO escape from MS
awkward dilemma, it shows the desperate straits to
which lie has been reduced Mr.. Bayari, 1t seems now
saws that demand for Cuttings release was oaseu
upon an admission" by Mr.. Rome that Mexico
claimed the right punish CUTTING for libel published
in Texas Here wide variance from the statement
In Mr. Bayard's letter of August 2 10 the President
which opened chronolo gical history OF the Cutting
case which Minister Roneros IA ne is not even men
toned until after the date OF July o. In letter to
Minister Jackson, however under date OF July ~ MT
Bayard says:
on saturday last the oath inst was called UPON by
Mr.. Romero, the Minister from Mexico at mis- capa IA
relation to the case referred TO- MI Romero Pr3reu
10 me Mexican laws article ls6whereDy jurisdiction
Is assumed by Mexico over crimes committed against
WITHIN andsy e S lee ot the
of libel in Texas was made cogrizioe anu m
In Mexico, and thas Mr.. Cutting was assumed 10 De
properly held.
SO appears that Mr.. BayaId's attention was hrst
called article ls6 of the Merican Code on Jriy "a
days after the instant release OF cutting h"u
been demanded. In the same letter Mr.. Bayard SAID
I am persuaded of the good intent of Mr.. Romero TO-
ward this eminent and believe him also to be pariou
cally faithful TO MS OND FROM uu
spirit influences the present Mexican administration.
Minister Romero returned to Washington to-day and
was asked by TRIBUNE correspondent Il he desired to
make any statement in regard TO the matter lie IePeu
III the negative. and added:
DO think would br proper or prom able Tor me 20
engage in newspaper discussion OF Inlr ihao.ea, %
my official rel alton to 1t aud my own action are
concerned will make proper answer at tne proper une
ment state Mr. Baysri can properly communicate TO
the press such information and views as he may mink
B pe sieat NY 1D'' % ~ ''' W ~
In every about this which has emanated
from the Department the determination not to con-
cede 60 Mexico right OF extra territorial jurisdiction
asserted and easserted in order to make Ieope
believe that the demand for Cuttings release on July
10 was made because Mexico presumed TO exercise that
night What Will thought OF this when 1t Is shown
that in all the ofcal correspondence prior TO July ~
the only reference whatever to claim OF exraterr
torial Jurisdiction by Me found in Cuttings own
unsupported aHidayit
The somewhat hvsterc al denial by state Department
officials to-day OF the rumOr Of Mr. Bayards probable
retirement from office calculated 70 strengthen the
belief that 1t may be true. The star says:
The rumor Secretary Baysrd contempates resign
ing to be more OF an assumption than any Iuns
else He has been very much annoyed and harassed ny
the Mexican controversy ana seems 10 e'eht enS
csms made upon bis course MS action IN senGiDg a
special agent 10 Mexico to inquire INTO the cutting aiar
construed indication that he mad been somewhat
hasty.
1t may be remembered that only week the report
that Minister Jackson about to resign was oi'
cally" denied. l. virtually admitted 20 be true
There is fairly good to believe that Minister
Jacksons determination to retire has been strengthened
by his dissatisfaction with the management OF the cut
ting affair by the State Department III conjunction WIN
the irrepressibe Consul Brigham.
CITY OF MEXICO, Aug 16, VIA Galveston, Texan ex-
animation of sixty newspapers interior OF he
Republic including journals OF all shades OF opinion,
show that the Cutting eIctes almost no nterest
outside press Of the Capital and the northern IRON
tier.
WARLlKE PREPARATIONS IN CENTRE-ST.
THE TEXAS EMIGRATION COMMITTEE" OFFERS
ITS SERVICES TO GOVERNOR IRELAND.
The war fever is rapidly spreading in this
city as well as In country, ana the "rexas Emigra-
ton Committee dispatches various places
announcing regiments to be organized and kept
10 readiness move II war actually comes The enthu-
siasts here their headquarters at No. II Cen
tre-st lnhe OF sickles barroom On ne wall above
the desk at which the military" dispatches are
written hang the stars and stripes battleorn nag
that ba seen field and has Haunted on the
icy breezes Of Greenland. There was notable gather
ing OF ex-miary men in the yesterday, aud the
smoke from their cigars and pipes filed the room from
floor 10 ceiling Colonies plentiful as bees on
honeycomb and majors and captains sufficient TO COM
mand half the Army OF the state crowded to the desk
and volunteered their services. Enthusiasm and
patriotism high high as the foam on the beer
glasses when corpulent bartender was busy passing
around
Colonel Lewis Pike a long-hairsd man from Texas.
WAS In charge of the military preparations, and with
his corps Of colones majors and captains discussed the
best mode OF procedure After wasting pad or two OF
Western Union telegraph blanks they decided upon the
following message TO Governor Ireland:
In anticipaton trouble between Mexico and the United
members OF committee appointed
the late and the last war
win MexIco sympathy, and H. IN your dsoie
non Won deem necessary they are al
command
This was an exhaustive effort for the military men,
and they resored to the invgorang influences OF beer
q, restore them a normal condition. The next move
paae was the selection Of hall wherein the patriotism
~ the colonels could spread the multitude OF