New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-21

OF THE UNITED
STATES"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2c-In response TO a resolution
n the House of Representatives adopted on Decem-
her Is 1885, calling for information TO Ambas
'sador Bayards anti-protecton speech delivered a
edinburgh Scotland, on November last the Pres;-
dent to-day transmitted to the House of Repre-
sentat!yes report on the subject from Secretary
of State Olney
The Presidents letter Of transmittal is follows:
In response to the resolution of the House OF
Herewith a report from the Secretary of State and
pa r Fs2nF 10 e ss
United States TO Great Britain.
,enuests Information as 10 the action taken by the
President concerning the speeches therein referred
President except such as is indicated in the report
and correspondence herewith submitted n, Az,
Executive Mansion. Washington. Jan. 20. 1896.
Secretary Olney's report simply presents the cor
respondence with MIR. Bayard the subject. and
saws that aside from these communica tons no
action has been taken by the Department. The
frs, letter is from Mr.. Bayard Secretary Olney,
dated December y. in which he says he observes
from the newspapers in England the action of the
House Of Representatives looking to his impeach-
men and incloses a printed copy of the Edinburgh
address. Mr. Bayard adds:
In the absence OF precise information of tho text
Of the resolution said to have been adopted by the
Of either or both Houses of the Congress yet OBJ
that in the course OF the discussion rel
the Department Of State to the diplomatic officers
arc de VII ' and its sn6secons in order that your
attention may be drawn TO the fact that the ., ad
ton purely literary and scientific in its character,
and wholly unconnected with goiical parties parties
w w6 SIMILAR mai which in both had
been ana he tsM Of the In hav
been respectively selected and treated with dis
20 political canvass pending or approaching
IN this country when my address was mace ana
no interference or participation in local or party
The address consisted Of my personal opinions
upon governmental institutions IN generaLthe
anS the goyernmenta policies which assist in the
Conservation of the freedom of the individual as an
ssifnala a' ef III An anu
The SO delivered were iormea es
ton. sundry historical facts and arguments tending
When the Congress shall have concluded its
action on the subject It is possible that may e de
while, consider it proper to place before you the
address itself in full and the facts connected with
It's delivery.
Mr. Bayard adds in postscript
| find. upon reading over this note; that MT
Lowes address on DemocraGy was Gevelea oy
Snses 10 the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution.
Secretary Olney. Immediately on receipt of this
cabled the Ambassador January that the
House resolution asked not only whether the Edin-
hurgh sneech was made but also whether In the
Boston speech he used these words: The President
stood in the midst Of strong self-conhdent and
ofentimes violent people-men who sought to nave
their own way. 1t took real man 10 govern the
people Of the United States" Mr.. Oneys dispatch
also asked Mr. Bayard send any additional state
ment regarding the Edinburgh speech he desired 10
make. and said the resolution asked what. If any,
action the President had taken on the speeches
Mr. Bayard answered the following day that he
would comply. and under the same date wrote con-
frmlng the cable dispatch. In this letter, dated
January 4. he says:
The Boston Grammar School Is an ancient founda,
ton, OF modest proportions, simple, honorapie ana
respected. 1t is the antelope OF Boston in Massas
the head master and those interested in the vel
fare Of the schoo TO deliver the prizes to fne
yenence and hoping to strength,en the s ties eo,0 OF
friendly g9 S ow msde the oaey OF to
shire returning to London by midnight The ex.
and without note OF prepared words Of any kind
b MADE prts sh to the
In the afternoon we adjourned 10 pubic nall
Customary here. there were toasts and responses,
and responded to the health Of the President Of
mvsef So far as / was concerned everything was
and a k asy Tepop %as
but d.d him. nor did know that any
report se5 had 10 0fe e ew days after in London
sent copy to Mr. Cleveland because The report
circla of the President And l have grand
children in Boston. Mass. sent copy into that
N fSe United States of which have knowl
edge must an rfaney the cone
s,utonai views which the editor supposed to have
BEN Tne early in last August and
had passed Of my memory un'a ~ %as ao
tine ssSln by the ne states House Of Rep
Ts resent b co as hlsn can discover
Of the Boston newspaper IN the oceS o. r ts
and, failing there, VIII endeavor to procure copy
cosa6 9H cop e Of my address before the
Institution at Edin n',rTsd S'a''s '"e
beg eave thank you for yons p rssnI,tion
IN raSsrd 70 which as every other matter o ae
SIRE and intend that my posieo no,ion and be per
c , ps to the President yourself ana
my fellow-countrymen' - a., ,o,,.ra ;rclosed
Two DAYS later January 3D. Mr.. Bayaro ilcIoseU
O.. NJ O,nev comics of THE Boston (Engano, ihue
sa, ..rbe Boston Guardian" The Lincoln
sh,re Advertiser and THE Lincolnshire i"u.p .,
ent" Of August TO- each containing VIVA. puI o.,,.
10 be a full report of the proceedings
on them, he said: =, .,e~o ,uo ro-
ports-and they are such as are usuaiiy .narks
ynhar strouar circumstancesbut as TO the ,..inn
anu s,sh,ad o. me" spoke without premedltatio,d
without notes unaware of reporter y, somewhat
vague to enable me to either report, t. obnous
fore shall not now essay IT, nrds (sometimes
the reporters failed TO catch my "o'o'
In Latin and confused them ON and accurate
But both reports are sufhcentiy i., nd General ma
10 describe the purpose OF my WISH anu oN
ture and intent of my remarks ,,.., comics of the
also nclosc herewith two additioha fns3itution
address made before the PniiosoP'i'"' ~
OF Edinburgh on November last 49,, ,,rnort and
II II (s desired to gather the actua neaT 10 be
meaning OF my statement II would apr.td from
necessary that phrases should not De Considered
the context but that all the parts snouiu
In their relation 10 each other ana as tfe ever
House Representatives have IN the grn nto what
else OF their public duty instituted inquiry nson re-
has been said and done by me on the occa1dont a.
ferred to- including the circumstance Az ,hn hone
NAV he onahi 10 O
that in simple Justice full publication OF nc OK
marks undergoing criticism may accompany =, In the