The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
Sharply Denounces the Embassa.
dor and Defends the Ameri.
can People.
A ToADY TO THE GOLDEN CLUB,
Who Should Be Recalled for His
Imbecility and Impudent
Misconduct.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1S.-The
announcement that the resolutions re-
ported from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs censuring Embassador Bayard
would be the special order for to-day's
session OF the House of Representatives
failed to attract to the hall any unusual
attendance, and thereby the absentees de-
prived themselves of the pleasure of listen
ing to the most notable oratorical effort of
the session-the speech by Cousins (R.) of
Iowa in support of the resolutions.
The hour fixed for the consideration of
the resolutions was 1:30 o'clock, and the
miscellaneous business OF tine morning was
not sufficient in volume to occupy all of
the time after assembling until then, so
a recess of fifteen minutes preceded
the beginning of the debate. A number
of private bills were passed in the House,
but only one of particular importance-a
joint Senate resolution instructing the
Secretary of War to transmit an estimate
of the cost of deepening the channel from
Hampton Roads to the Norfolk Navy-yard.
The report of Elections Committee No.
2, confirming Mr.. Rusk (D.) in his seat as
Representative from the Third Maryland
District, was received and adopted.
When Hit called up the Bayard resolu-
tions about half of the members of the
House were in their seats, while the public
galleries were only comfortably filled. In
the diplomatic gallery were Baron Won
Kettler, Secretary of the German Embassy
Senior Dominguez, Charge 'Affaires of the
Argentine Republic, and Mrs. Dominguez;
Nine. Romero, wife of the Mexican Minis
ter; Mrs. J. W. Foster and Mrs. Van Rens-
slaer Cruger Julian Gordon). The men,
bers' gallery contained the wives and mem
bers of the families of numerous Represen-
tatives.
Hit was not in good condition physi-
cally, and after a few minutes his voice
gave out and he was compelled to close.
In conclusion he expressed the hope that
the resolutions would be adopted, saying
that such speeches as those made by Mr..
Bayard destroyed the respect which an En-
bassador ought to command, diminished
his usefulness and was a'wrong to the peo-
pie he represented.
McCreary (D.) of Kentucky and Dins-
more D.) of Arkansas, in speeches of more
than an hours length each. defended Mr..
Bayard ard opposed the passage of the
resolutions.
Draper tR.) of Massachusetts,, a member
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. de-
piored the severity OF the language in the
resolutions of censure, and, in accordance
with his views of the duty of the House,
gave notice that he would ask separate
votes upon the two resolutions.
Cousins speech. advocating the adoption
r - .
of the occasion. 1t was by turns sarcastic
and eloquent, filed with criticisms of Mr..
Bayard and glowing with pictures of the
greatness and glory of the country and OF
the individual under the system of protec-
ton which the Embassador had de-
nounced. He spoke for nearly an hour,
commanding throughout the attention of
his hearers to marked degree, and at the
close. was given an ovation that lasted sew
eral minutes.
At the conclusion of Dinsmore's address.
at 5 % O'Clock, the House adjourned until
tomorrow.
The resolutions will be the subject of
consideration tomorrow and vote upon
them will not be reached until the close
of the session, and possibly not until Fri
day.
Speaker Reed announced as the House
conferrees on the Indian appropriation bill
Messrs. Sherman (R.) of New York, Mel
keljohn (R.) OF Nebraska and Little 0D.
of Arkansas.
call OF the committees produced no
reports for business and the House at :15
took recess until 80, the hour fixed for
taking up the .Bayard resolutions.
After the recess Hit, chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, called up
the report of the committee upon the Nc
Call and Barrett resolutions in relation to
the Bayard speeches. The substitute
recommended by the committee recites
extracts from them.
1t declares that they are an offense
against diplomatic propriety and an abuse
OF the privilege of his exalted position for
which the House of Representatives con-
demns and censures him, and further de-
clares that partisan speeches by consular
and diplomatic officers impair their use
fulness as such officers aud diminish the
confidence which they should possess at
home and abroad.
The Democratic minority dissented from
the views of the majority and recon-
mended that the resolutions do not pass.
Hit recalled the circumstances in which
the Edinburgh speech was delivered, two
days after the elections in November, 1895.
in the United States, resulting in the vic
tory of the Republicans and the advocates
of the policy of protection, which he de-
nounced. The people of that city had that
day read the result of the election ir the
papers, result that was disappointing and
unsatisfactory to them. 1t was in such
circumstances that the representative had
made the speech quoted upon a foreign
platform.
1t was hoped, said Hit, that an exam
ination of the speeches would reveal some
mitigating features of the case-that they
had merely an academic importance-but
investigation had shown that Mr.. Bayard
had spoken with dehberation and bitter
ness, maligning more than half of his
countrymen. We were all wounded by
the utterances, and yet when Mr.. Bayard
was called upon to explain and his reply
had been sent to the House in response to
its request it was found that he justified
them, claiming that no rule of the de-
pariment had been violated by him.
Think OF IT." paSsionately exclaimed