New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26

,,... n,os obstructive OF the Americansm or
on American Minister Perhaps that requires "o
f,r,har notice The other ground was Poii'e"''
7, was Tory or Conservative influence winch 'ie
n,,r,ot dreaded To that. perhaps. MT Ma'he'
dinner &c a good enough answer; a dinner os
GOOD Homo Ruler 10 an American Amoassauo''
NTH Home Rulers and Conservatives lying co"'-
fortably down together. ,...
Those are general reflections ana the! Ie'a'e
70 the past They certainly have no aPPi'"o',''
n Mr. Bayard except so far as ths' 'na' NIL
Rayard is. like the best of his predecessors
man Of the world, experienced. shrewA aca"ai"''
Cd with the society II Washington ana ho"oo''
alike and as little likely to be diverted by So'''
sirens from the direct line OF his diplomacy do
General Patrick Collins himself VINO no" noie''
49,. Aror,can banner-not so far as know. the
aor aag-over the Consuate-General OF the
United States In London. May venture "
hint At the probability that General Collins also
accepts English Inequalities? He az least siNes
dinners and very good ones. and the GIVING Oh
dinners implies. as a rule. accepting the'h -
there then all Irish American VINO oouo's Ven
eral Collins? OF course there Is not pu' '".'
&c exactly the same reason for suspecting MS
patriotic imperturbabil'ty as there was ior s"s'
Meeting Mfr. Adams or Mr. Lowell or Mr.. Phelps;
no
Mr. Bavard has become suspect. Politically
no stands where General Collins stands yet
shall be surprised If some wearer OF the green
doas NOT presently take up a querulous attitude
m him also He may do 1t on account OF TINS
very dinner which I began TO describe as gooo
evidence Of the contrary-good evidence mat
nolit,cs have nothing to do with that intercourse
between men and men which we call social.
On the point of good fellowship and good feei-
ing between men Of opposite parties Sir Henry
James told a story which think may quote
A French friend high up in politics. came 10
London 10 pay him a visit. he went 10 'ne
House of Commons and heard debate lie
heard his friend Sir Henry and Mr.. Goscheh
speak on different sides. as they then were. bo'h
are hard hitters, and the discussion became more
or less personal. Next morning the frehchi''ah
departed 10 his own home. and week OF TWO
later wrote Sir Henry that he had looked ever!
day in the papers for the account OF the uuei
which. after what had been sara IN ,ne IN no
he supposed to be inevitable. But ne hao seen ~
narrative and he desired 10 be informed Oh .ne
fate Of his friend. Sir Henry replied 10 ane
Frenchman simply that II he had reii'aII'e" % %
other day in London he would nave met MI
Goschen next night at his house al dinner
Mr.. Mather's efforts. nevertheless were 10.
thrown away either on Mr. hayaru ., o ol " he
Of the other guests. In his own speech ne
showed how American an Englishman can pe'
and II did not fear It might do our Arnoassa-
dor an irreparabe injury, would ada that MI
Rayards speech showed how English an Ameri-
can can be- In other words. both discoVereu d
common ground on which they could s'ahu.
Points Of harmony are after ALL more numerous
than points OF difference. MI Justin mccarthy
took credit to himself for his Americanisn. MI
Campbell Zimmerman, a Scot every men OF Nun,
assumed the accent Of New-fork EVERYBODY
who spoke spoke as If he and all those ABOUT
him were OF one race. which Is true II you look
at long descent and not at the political separa-
tons OF the day. Is there any harm in this! Is
there not some good! -,,
MFR Bayard Of course. who knew Englahu
long before he became Ambassador. knew that
Fngshmen can shake hands after a hard-iough'
round There is no novelty in that The nOveIty
Is in assembling so many irreconcilable opponents
81 so many parties expressly 10 meet each other.
and TO do honor 10 man from whom they an
must differ In many material matters Ihey an,
I think understand each other the better. ana
understood Mr.. Bayard and his country the pei
ter for their agreeable evening. Ihey UNDER
stood at any rate that he has the secret OF
easy and effective after-dnner oratory lie was
genial AS well as dignfed. Do you think, or does
the Irish American think. that the interests 1I
either country are unfavorably affected by such
an incident? I hope not. II they do. Jet Them
come TO London and dine with Mr.. Mather' ana
he converted to true views ~ W. D.