The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-31

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3O-No decision
in the matter of censuring Ambassador
Bayard was attained today by the house
committee on foreign affairs. but the dis
cussion upon the question, which alb
sorbed the entire hour, was one of the
most interesting which that committee
had INDUCED in for a long time
The members were practically arranged
on party lines. as these dispatches yes
terday predicted they would be, the Re
pubicans urging a resolution of censure
and the Democrats standing by the am
bassador. The subcommittee, consisting
of NIessrs. Draper of Massachusetts;
Pearson of North Carolina. and Dins-
more of Arkansas, which had been
charged with the settlement OF the mat
ter, reported it had been unable to
agree upon the form OF a resolution. 1t
laid before the fun committee i've drafts
of resolutions which had been submitted
by members OF the committee. Ihere was
a wide range Of difference between these
resolutions The most radical of them
denounced in strong terms the Edinburgh
and Boston speeches, and called upon
The president 10 recall the ambassador.
THE MOST MILD,
on the other hand, did not mention the
utteranceS OF Mr. Bayard but simply eX-
pressed general disapproval of the prac-
tee Of making speeches on home poll
tics by any foreign representatives of the
United States in the countries to which
they are accredited.
The three other resolutions covered
the range between these two extremes
Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky, made
motion to increase the subcommittee
from three to FIVE members. No action
had been taken upon this motion or on
the main question when the hour Of
noon arrived and Mr.. McCreary brought
an adjournment as the foreign affairs
the house is in session.
The discussion is said by members of
the committee ID have been
MUCH WARMER
than usually characterized its sessions
Mr.. Pearson suggested to the committee
a resolution which censured Ambassador
Bayard very strongly.
Mr.. Newlands OF Nevada, proposed to
amend this by asking the president to
recall the ambassador. McCreary and
Money Of mississippi both Democrats
took the principal parts in the discus
sion. Their chief argument was that the
matter was one for action by the preSi-
dent, if steps were to be taken to CEN
sure Mr.. Bayard, and that the house
would be encroachtng upon The preroga-
tiyes of the president if it adopted any
Of the resolutions naming The anlbaS-
Sador. Mr. Pearson remarked that the
upon the prerogatiVes OF congress, and
even to refer in terms of censure to
some Of lis legislation.
It is understood that Mr.. Couzins of
Iowa, has prepared a resolution which
calls Mr. BaYard by name and censures
him. which meets the approval of a ma
jority of the Republican members Of the
committee. Chairman Hit is said to be
in favor of
A MILDER FORM OF CENsURE
than most of his party colleagues on
the committee desire. The Democrats
are not disposed to agree to any more
radical expression than a general state
ment that American representatives
abroad should not utter reflections upon
the people Of the United States
After the meeting, the committeeman
conferred with their party colleagues on
the floor TO secure the concenSus of
party opinion in the form of a resolution
most appropriate.
The matter is assuming the form of a
partisan contest.