The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-12-26
MINISTER BAYARD.

MINISTER BAYARD.
Much has been said relative to q
speech made by Mr.. Bavard, United
States Minister To England, at a public
meeting held in Edinburgh. Scotland.
cosnizanc. Of which has been taken by
congress. and vote of censure passed
thereon. That United States minister
could so far forget himself as to arraign
the policy ofhis country policy openly
advocated by party overwhelmingly
uppermost in congress, and which the
opposition party OF which the minister
is a member, did not see AT to abandon
when it had opportunities as aston
ishing as it is unprecedented. Among
other things he said:
in his own country. he had witnessed
the Unsuitable growth OF that form OF
state socialism styled protection, which
he believed had done more to foster class
legislation, and create inequality of for
tune. to corrupt pubic life. to banish
men OF independent mind and character
from the public councils. to lower the
tone OF national representation, blunt
public conscience, create false standards
in the popular mind. to familarize it
with reliance on state a d and guardian
ship IN private affairs, divorce ethics
from politics, ami place politics upon
the lew level oi a mercen;Iv scramble
than any other single cause. Under its
dictation. individual enterprise anu in
dependence nave been oppressed. and
energy OF discovery aid invention dehi-
tated and discouraged. II had unhesi-
tatinglv allied itself with every policy
which tended to commercial isolation,
dangerously depleted the treasury and
sapped the popular conscience nv
schemes OF ccrrupting favor and largess-
thereby attracted.
Thus it had done much to throw Il gis
lation into the political market where
iobbers and shoppers took the place OF
statesmen. 1t was incorrect to speak
CT protection as a national policy, TOR
that it could never be, because it never
could he other than the fostering of spe-
cial interests at the expense of the rest,
and thus overthrow the great principles
OF equity before the law. and that re-
sultant sense of justice and equity in the
administration OF sovereign powers.
which was the sourc. OF domesuc tran
GUILTY. and human content nent.> The
eblement OF individual energies and
the impairment of many >tlf-rell ,rces
were necessarily involved, and the belief
III the mysterious powers OF the state
and IL reliance upon them took the place
OF individual exertion, iostered the
growth of state socialism and personal
liberty ceased to be the great end of the
government"
We cite few democratic opinions as
to Mr. Bayard's offense The New ,rk
World saws:
The mistake was in the place of de-
delivery. 1t should not have been
spoken IN Great Britain. An ambassa-
dor represents his country, not his party
or his creed. To criticse or disparse it
to foreign hearers is more than tactics.
it is gross improperly"
The New York Herald, lind. DEM ir
an editorial demanding the recall OF Mr..
Bayard, says:
Anation impeacles traitors and turns
fools adriit. This is the punishment MI
Bayard's offcnse deserves. An ambas-
sador who could he guilty OF slch eyre
gious folly as to make n public speech OF
ths tepnor OF Mr.. 9ayard'sis totally nm
mt to represent a great country such as
the United States. He should he re-
called. To impeach him would be like
breaking butterfly ON wheel
Mr.. Bayard's conduct is as nexcusable
as it was undicnifed on TIE part OF one
~of our hig hest diplomatic representatives
abroad. The amazing pan tisan har-
Iangue in which he denounced one of
the great parties OF his country as being
''alied with combinations called trusts"
and as representing policy which has
Slapped the popular conscience Ivy giving
corrupting largesse TO special classes.
and which throws legislation into til.
political market where jubbers and
shoppers take the place of statesmen"
may be parallelet in the reports OF
Western stump speeches. but is, fortu-
natelv, unprecedented in dgmhed dplo-
maIic annals.
Whether the criticism is true or false
is not the issue. Whether Thomas A
Bayard or any other man as "A private
citizen or public critic has right To
make it is beside the question:. An ann
bassador of the United States, who is
not the representative Of any party and
is supposed to know none, but repre-
serts the entire people, can have no ex
cuse for making III the country I'll which
he is accredited an incorporate public
harangue which is beneath the dignity
of the high Office he holds and graz
tuitous insult TO the nation whose good
name he isexpected to uphold. That Is
an Offense which cannot he allowed to
pass without the rrbuke which il merits
MINNESOTA has NO Xrie vance SO tar as
position upon the general congressional
committees is concerned. Every mem
Der seems to have just what he wanted.
and the delegation Was never SO well
equipped for influential work as n pres
emit. Mr.. Fletcher has SECOND place IN
the foreign and interstate commerce
committees: Mr.. Tawney rs on the most
important committee OF the house