The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-11

science; create false standards in the popular
mind; to familiarize it with reliance upon
state aid and guardianship in private affairs
divorce ethics from politics ard place politics
upon the low level OF mercenary scramble
than any other single cause.
Step by step, and largely owing to the con-
fusion of civic strife, it has succeeded in OBJ
tanning control of the sovereign power of taxa
ton, never hesitating at any alliance or to
resort to any combination that promised tc
assist its purpose of perverting the public tax
alton from its only true jurisdiction and func-
ton of creating revenue for the support OF the
whole people into an engine for a selfish pri-
vate profit of crowd of beneficiaries and com.
binations called trusts. Under its dictation
individual enterprise and independence have
been oppressed and the energy of discovery and
invention debilitated and discouraged.
1t has unhesitatingly allied itself with every
policy which tended to commercial isolation,
dangerously depleted the treasury ana sapped
the popular conscience by schemes of corrupt
ing favor and largesse to special classes whose
support was thereby attracted. Thus it has
done much TO throw legislation into the po-
litical market, where jobbers and choppers
took the place OF statesmen.
1t was incorrect TO speak of protection as a
National policy for that It could never be, be-
cause it never could be other than the foster
ing OF special interests at the expense of the
rest, aud thus overthrow the great principle OF
equality before the law and that resultant
sense of justice and equity in the administra
ton of sovereign powers which was the sense
OF domestic tranquility and human content
ment The enlightenment of individual ener-
gies and the impairment of many self-reliances
were necessarily involved, and the belief in
mysterious power of the state and reliance
upon them took the place of individual exer-
ton, fostered the growth of state socialism,
and personal liberty ceased to be the great end
OF the Government, and
WHEREAS, Such reflection on the people of
the United States in foreign country and be-
fore foreign audience is manifestly in serious
disregard of the proprieties and obligations
which should be observed by an official repre-
sentative OF the United States abroad and cal
culated to injure our National reputation; be it
ReSoiued, By the House of Representative,
that the Committee on Foreign Affairs be Oh
Tected to asc ertaIn whether such statements
have been dir ectly made, and if so to report to
the House such action by impeachment or 9th
erwise as shall be proper in the premises. For
the purpose of inquiry the committee is au-
thorized to send for persons and papers.
Crisp ID of Georgia made point of or
der against the resolution that it did not
present question of privilege.
Speaker Reed overruled the point of or
der. and Barrett explained his resolution
and severely arraigned Mr.. Bayard for his
criticism of the system of protection.
Crisp defended Bayard and reviewed the
history of the Mckinley and Wilson tariff
bills, uphol ding the latter and condemn
ing the former. He did not think the
gentleman from Massachusetts, was serious
in his proposition, but thought that he
simply wished to air his views on protec-
ton. Regarding the speech of Bayard he
had no doubt it was clear and able argu-
ment against the doctrine of protection
and he acquitted him of any charge OF i'm
propriety. Ii they (the Republicans
wanted TO i'm peach Bayard they must also
impeach majority of the American peo-
pie. Democratic applause.
Mccall (R.) of Massachusetts, thought
this country was the place for Bayard to
ventilate his views on such subjects.
Dingley (R.) of Maine thought that
Crisp had entirely avoided the question
at issue and had endeavored to be:og it
by bringing up the question of protection
and the merits of the Mckinley bill or the
Wilson bill. He asked Crisp if he would
approve the language of Bayard if he to-
morrow should attack in public the advo-
Gates OF free silver and denounce them in
unmeasured terms as being destructive of
the business interests OF the country.
Dingley also asked that gentleman whether
he believed that an ambassador of all the
people of the United States had the right
to go on foreign platform and denounce
a half or more of the people of the United
States.
well" Crisp began to answer in hest
tating way, q" "A pause filled with
laughter from the Republicans.l al"
Crisp resumed, 81 am not Giplomatist
and don't know anything about inter
national law, but it seems to me that any
citizen of the United States, no matter in
what capacity, has the right to give his
honest conviction on any economic cues
ton" Applause on the Democratic side.
Dingley-Has an ambassador of the
whole people of the United States that
right on foreign platform?
Crisp-He should always speak the
truth
Dingley-I must say that l am surprised
that the gentleman from Georgia would
approve the conduct of a United States
ambassador going on public platform in
London and making such q speech. If a
former Minister had gone on platform
there and denounced the people who favor
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of
sixteen 10 one, the indignation of the gen.
tleman from Georgia, am sure, would
have been at once aroused and he would
have seen the improperly Of such con-
duct.
Crisp-1 ask the gentleman from Maine
whether he believes that the language
cited in the resolution furnished good
ground for the impeachment of Bayard.
Dingley-I am not arguing that ques-
ton. [Derisive laughter from the Demo-
cratic side.l But 1 may say that, in my
personal judgment of this matter, it is a
case in which, perhaps, impeachment may
hot be the proper remedy. But this House,
representing the American people, should
condemn the action on the part of its En-
bassador to England. Republican ap-
plause.
Cummings Cd of New York said he
could not say whether the resolution had
been offered under false pretenses or not,
but he congratulated himself on knowing
that it was based on the newspaper report