The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14
Republicans Of the House Want
the Ambassador Rebuked.
FOR HIS RECENT ADDRESS
The FIRST Lively Tilt of the Session, in
Which ex-speaker Crisp Was
Prominent.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Soon after the
house assembled today Representative
Mccall, republican, of Massachusetts,,
offered a resolution calling upon the
president to report whether he had Ia
ken any steps to ascertain if the re-
ports of the speeches of Ambassador
Bayard delivered in England and Scot
land were true, and what steps, if any.
had been taken to recall or censure said
Bayard. Mr.. McCreary, democrat, of
Kentucky, objected.
Mr.. McCaus colleague, Mr.. Barrett,
republican, of Massachusetts,, came for
ward to a question Of privilege, and
sending to the clerks desk, had read
resolution for the impeachment of Bay
ard
Both resolutions complained of Bay
ards reflections on Americas protec-
tive system as state socialism and of
his reference to the United States as
needing real man." like Cleveland, to
govern "a strong, self-confident and
oftentimes violent people," Mr.. Bar
retts resolution declared that these ut
! terances were in manifest disregard of
the proprieties and calculated to injure
our national reputation and directed the
foreign affairs committee to examine
the utterances of that speech, and to
draft and report articles of impeach-
ment to the house.
Mr.. Crisp was on his feet as soon as
the reading of the resolution was con-
cluded and raised the point Of order
that the resolution did not constitute a
question of privilege.
Speaker Reed overruled the point of
order, and Mr.. Barrett took the floor to
make his argument in favor of the
adoption Of his resolution. A hush fell
upon the house 1t was the first exciting
incident of the session.
Mr. Barrett contended that Mr.. Bay
ards utterances, from public servant,
reflected upon our democratic policy
and were intended to aggrandize his
party, not his country. He drew a strik-
ing parallel between the case of Mr..
Bayard and that of Martin Van Buren,,
whose nomination was rejected by the
senate because as secretary of state he
had given to sur minister to Great Brit
ain secret instructions to deal with the
British foreign Office in a manner cal
culated to increase the prestige of his
party in this country.
Mr.. Barrett quoted the strong words
of Daniel Webster denouncing Van Blu
rens conduct on that occasion for be
ing "the representative of his party in
stead of his country" Mr. Barrett was
given several rounds of applause by the
republicans.
1T is true that Martin Van Buren,:
nomination was rejected by the senate,
said Mr.. Cooper of Florida, interrupt
ing the Massachusetts man, but is /
, not also true that in 1S4S the people o
the United States INDICATED Van Blu
/ rem by electing him president of tn
United States?" applause from tn
, democratic side)
, "And l give you notice." he added
shaking his finger at the republican
t side chat Bayard may be vindicated il
l the same manner"
= The republicans were amused at thi
prediction regarding the possible futur
: vindication of Bayard and broke into
cheer when Mr.. Barrett called MI
/ Cooper's attention to the fact that fou
o years after Van Buren's vindicatio
: "he was buried so deep that he was neV
er afterwards heard Of"
e CRISP IN DEFENSE.
r Ex-Speaker Crisp replied to Mr.. Bal
f rett in rather an ironical tone. The pui
t pose of the resolution, he said, was ev
. IDENTIFY to give the gentlemen on the otl
a er side something on which to air the
o views on protection. He did not thinl
he said, that any gentleman elected to
s seat on the floor of the house believe
IS that the resolution contained ground
u for impeachment. "If you impeac
Bayard for those words" said the e.
- speaker, you must impeach a majorit
of the American people"
10 The republicans jeered at this. bl
Mr.. Crisp proceeded to recall the owe
d whelming republican defeat that fo
N lowed the enactment of the McKinle
T. protective measure. He added that no
~ If the republicans believed so hearth
v. in high protection they should be BRAY
to enough to frame and pass a bill.
TO was the only way they could justii
lie their position.
er Mr.. Mccall followed Mr.. Crisp al
~ said Bayard made a violent partisa
10 ship speech, obviously one of impropri
Is ty. Bayard, he said, had misrepresen
ed the American people by saying thu
s. needed a strong master. The people
IN the United States have no master. T.
s president was their servant. He NOV
y to amend his resolution so as to inclu
s. in it the extract from Bayard's (En
is land) speech incorporated in Mr.. NJ
j. Calls resolution.
Mr.. Dingley followed Mr.. Mccall al
-, took the ground that Bayard was
," ambassador of the United States al
n the question was whether he should
far forget his duties as to denounce {
c. policy as to half of the United State
n Has the ambassador of this count