The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-20
TO CENSURE
MIR. BAYARD
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an ambassador, however, abandons his
non-political character he not only en-
| harnesses the executive, but also in
viteS the widest range of criticism on
all his personal acts. If Mr.. Bayari
sees nothing reprehensible in these acts
which are almost universally recog-
niZed by his own countrymen as mani
fest violation of diplomatic etiquette,
diplomatic duty and diplomatic honor,
1t must he because old age is melioWing
those mental powers, which several
years ago dictated stringent rules for
the government of our diplomatic ser
vice, and which We're so keen as to dis
pose of Lord Sackville West for a COM
paratively trivial offense.
1T is argued by way of extenuation
and Defense said Mr.. Taft, that the
address was especially admirable on
account of its literary merit. Standards
of literary merit vary greatly, but
/ venture to assert that vast major
ity of those who have read this adj
dress and to those who have attempted
to read it would join issue on this point
at once. 1t was an unfortunate GUS
tom which forced Mr.. B&yard to enter
upon literary platform in quasi
competition with Mr.. Lowell and Mr..
Phelps. 1 have been taught to believe
that the individual in this country had
than any other country on the habita-
bic globe. Our self-esteem as a nation
suffered a slight shock when our am
bassador in effect insists that Anglo
Saxon civilization nurtureS and deVel-
ops individual freedom equally we'll
everywhere within reference to the
form of government. Undoubtedly the
proprieties of the occasion required our
ambassador to maintain that the indi-
Of he 1ie-1,, rry.a &c
as great as that of the American, but
in maintaining this, what right had he,
In singing out his own people to say,
In my country l would have witnessed
the Unsuitable growth of that form of
state socialism styled protection?'
Then followed the statements and allie
cations which ought to cause the blush
of shame to any American representa-
tive publicly uttering them in a for
eign country.
In view of the fact that the Fifty
fourth house with its remarkable Re
publican majority succeeded to the
F1fty-third house with it's remarkable
Democratic majority. Mr.. Bayard con-
descendS to divide the membership of
the present house into two classes, the
jobbers and Charters, who are protec-
honlsts and Republicans, and the
statesmen who are free traders and
Democrats. Every dollar of salary
which Mr.. Bayard will draw from the
United States treasury during the
coming year ought to sink deep into
MS tender conscience, because the
dominant party of jobbers and chat
fers controlling legislation in this
mouse passed that amount to his
credit in the diplomatic appropriation
BILL
He closed that part of his address by
alleging that under the influence of
protection personal liberty ceases to
be the great end of the government"
What a monstrous libel upon his own
republic, and yet this is called a mere
discussion Of an economist theory upon
an academic platform. 1t was the ar
ra1gnment of his own country before
the assembled culture of Scotland: it
was proclamation to Great Britain,
that in the United States where the
protection idea prevailed, personal lib
erty had ceased to be the great end
OF the government.
To be more effective and therefore
the more censurable, not to say the
more dlShonorable, such an arraign-
ment must be upon an academic plat
form. If Mr.. Bayard in yielding to the
gentle and subtle influence of old age
had circulated his ideas simply in the
drawing rooms of aristocratic London,
little or no attention would have been
paid to them, but our ambassador pro-
claimed them upon the platform of the
Edinburgh Philosophical institutional
society composed of learned men, who
give tone to public sentiment
For that reason he should be held to
a strict account for his statements,
When the ambassador of the United
States had reached the point where he
is willing to secure personal approba-
ton at the expense of the dignity of
his own country, and when his self
Importance had become so expanded as
not to permit him to recognize that his
own position on and influence in for
eign lands depend upon the support of
a united, digniied and proud nation, it
is high time that this house. in re-
fiecting public sentiment, should by
resolutions of cenSure, command him
to maintain the dignity of his own
country and to subordinate his own
personality to the interests and good
name of the entire American people"
When Mr. Taft concluded. he yielded
few minutes to Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep9,
of Ohio. to reply ito the remarks made
by McCreary yesterday about General
Schenck
Mr.. Grosvenor referred to General
Schenck's distinguished services in war
and peace. He could not understand
the purpose of the attack. 1t was not
germane to the discussion. Assuming
that poker playing contravened the
high standard of morality set up by
the gentleman from Kentucky, that
was outside the official conduct.
Mr.. McCreary said he made no attack
on General Schenck. No one could
deny, however, that his conduct might
have been investigated
Mr. Grosvenor replied If It We're not
intended to assail the memory of the
dead man like ghoul. then the utter
ances of McCreary were idle words.
Regarding
THE EMMA NINE.
the best proof of Schenck's good inten-
tions was that he himself invested
large sums in those stocks and con-
tinued to pay assessments to his death.
AS to the book on draw poker. he had
written out a few rules on the great
American game by request of friend.
and had been very much concerned
when public reference to it had been
made. He abused no confidence when
he said that General Schenck told his
friend he knew just enough about
poker to always lose his money. AS a
poker player, however, he died without
leaving an unpaid poker debt
PEARSON'S VIEWS.
Mr.. Pearson (Rep.) of New York fol-
lowed. He said the good name of our
public servants constituted a large part
of our national wealth, and a form of
wealth that he would not barter for all