St. Paul daily globe., 1894-10-24
PROFLIGATE AND DISHONEST
Surplus Deliberately Vast ed
by Excessive and Lavish
Expenditure.
"A GRAND FINANCIAL SPREE
From Which the Country Is
Awakened--Prosperity
Now Returning.

DOVER, Del, Oct 23.-1he Dover
opera house was crowded tonight with
enthusiastic Democrats. VINO gathered
to greet Hon. Thomas +. Bayard, Unit
ed States ambassador to Great Britain
MIR. Bayard was greeted with tumultu-
Gus applause, and spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Standing, as l did. mere than 5000
miles away from you, but looking across
the sea that divided US, when | saw the
consequence of measures which had
been adopted in this country; when |
saw grave errors that threatened
the welfare Of the people of this
country-which were upon us when
L left my home, which were COM
ing upon us when last | stood in
this very place to bear my testimony of
thet which l believed to be true; when
l saw my expectations ana my fears
fully realized; when 1 saw the conse-
qnences of suffering. Of a financial panic
precipitated. upon the people OF the
United States; when | saw business
paralyzed; when l saw bankruptcy
staring honest men in the face; when
l saw confidence blanched and timid;
when l saw capital cowardly-il always
is, shrinking from conflict at the mo-
nent that its services were most need
ed-when saw all this thing. saw the
wreck and the suffering that you were
undergoing here. my friends, | cannot
say that l was surprised.
II only can say that was grieved,
and am here tonight to put before you
the question whether sou will
znyoive Yourselves Again
in the evils from which you have barely
escaped? Will you place power again
in the hands OF party to whom Ameri-
ca owes her worst woes and her great
est suffering? Applause. This is the
Question. IT is no idle question; 1t is
one fraught with the deepest interest to
every one who hears me-"
Mr.. Bayard compared the condition
of the country OH March 4, 1889, to the
state of affairs four years later, when,
for the first line since 1861, the Demo-
cratic party had a president of its own
choosing, controlled the house. by large
majority, ami bad a scanty and almost
nomlnal majority in the senate. Ali
the measures that had been passed and
the consequences Of which were exhib-
lting them selves, had been enacted by
the Republicans.
He then said: ''If the trade policies
of the country had been unwise, if the
distribution OF public powers TO private
hands anu private use had followed {;
for all of that the Republican party
Stood then, stands today, aud will ever
I stand responsible.
"fhere was a danger that the DEM
ocratic president of 1SSS.'' he said, ''had
stated to the people that by all honest
and strict collection OF the taxes, by an
honest and economical expenditure of
the funds of the government, surplus
was gathering and had gathered that
was dangerous to public business. was
useless and ought to be abated.
''If there was scarcity of money
created by the accumulation III the
treasury the obvious method was to
diminish the source of several supplies
SO that the people would pay less and
enjoy more, and public business should
not be disturbed by a c0ngested treas
ury. That was common sense. 1t WAS
honesty. But it did not suit the pur-
pose OF tile incoming party. They said /:
NO. Wnen they came in they said.i''A As
to the surplus, we will soon manage
! that