Evening journal., 1893-04-12

Of which He VIII Soon Form "A Part.
Acquainted with Numbers OF Public
Men ia Both Houses of Parliament.
Ambassador Bayard will sail for
England within month. His home,
Delamore Place, in this city, will not be
closed but probably placed in the charge
of a friend Mr.. Bayard's mission to the
Court of st. James will be pleasanter in
an oiIlcial way than that OF Mr. Lincoln
and his predecessors. The substitution
of the title of Ambassador for that of
minister" is an important one for those
who have missions 20 foreign countries
For example, If foreign minister is
in conference with the minister Of
another power, aud an ambassador be
announced the foreign minister thinks
himself Obliged 60 break of the con
ference and receive the ambassador at
once. Or, again, a minister plenipo
tentiary may have been waiting for an
hour in the ante chamber of the foreign
minister An ambassador arrives just as
the other Is about TO enter; the ambas
sador, according TO the usage which pre-
walls in most courts, is received at once,
the minister plenipotentiary must wait
till the ambassador has done his bust
ness; he may not be received at all that
day.
There Is, among other things the long
expt rience of American Ministers at the
Court OF st. James. It has sometimes
taken curious shape. So marked is
the good will to America that the British
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
has, it is believed, done his best on one
or two special occasions to abolish or to
abridge IN his favor the strict and
accepted distinction in favor of the
ambassador He could not do 10 other
wise than with the consent, express or
implied, of the ambassador whose pre-
rogatives were impaired
Among Eurepe's Proudest Artist ocracy
Ambassador Bayard, says the New
York Sun, goes to one of the most
punctilious courts and the proudest
arstocracy of Europe frcm the simple
society of his own little state The men
of the Bayard family, notwithstanding
their political distinction of many gen
erations, have always kept close to the
common people of Delaware. The late
| James A Bayard took small pains TO
oonciliate men, and was, like his son, as
far as possible removed from the popu.
larity-seehng politicians.
! OF Genuinely Democratic Principles.
He walked the streets of Wilmington
often I'm apparent Inconsistencies of the
| fact that he was surrounded by his con.
stitucnts but he frequently passed
! days together no the homes of plain
farmers, cunning, fishing, talking horse
and politics.
His son has borne much the sam,
relation to the people of Delawa are, but
has been even more beloved, and is per
haps more genuinely Democratic in his
social attitude.
The birthplace OF myra Gaines.
His home, just within the city limits
of Wilmington, is a plain, Ioomy oil,
house of colonial sty lie, commanding from
its eastern porch view of the Christians
and the Delaware, together with almost
the whole city and broad stretch o.
country. 1t was the birthplace Of Myrl
Clark Gaines.
ON Friendly Terms With the Neighbors
Whenever Mr.. Bayard has lived a'
home he has endeavored TO be on jusi
such terms with his neighbors as h'
would have been as a private citizen, anC
since his retirement from Mr.. Cleveland
Cabinet, 1889, he has been able to carry
out his wish.
He took his new wife down to din,
with Tom Cochran, a famous old farmei
of New Castle county, and was not dis
turbed when Tom swore straight through
the meal.
Called Each other Tom.
Statesman ana farmer called eacl
other Tom by the way, and Mr. Bay
ard still receives that salutation from
good many of the older Democrats amonl
his constituents He was always Tom
to good old Gassaw0y Watkins, an old
time politician of the New Castle count.
peach region, and the two used to driv
about together over the smooth, leve
roads Of that region, the older mai
listening with pride to the political wis
dom of the younger, the latter enjoying
the Characteristic tang of the farmer
marked Individuality.
Scores of Delawareans His Persona
Friends.
Mr.. Bayard returns in full measur
the affection accorded TO him by th
conservative little community Of whicl
he and his ancestors have so long bee
part. He counts as personal friend
/ scores Of Delawareans, welcomes ther
] to his house, consults their opinions, an
leans upon their Judgment.
Treasures the Traditions Of Delawar,
He treasures the traditions of th
little state and Intimately knows its his
' tory. He was the chief speaker Of tn
first dinner OF the Delaware Society G
New York, and he surprised the men
! bers by volunteering a second speec
s after dinner full of the warmest fee
ings for the Commonwealth in who's
honor they were met
+ The friends of Mr. Bayard in Delawal