Evening star., 1896-03-20
THE VOTING BEGUN
The Bayard Censure Resolutions
Separated in the House.
THE FIRST CARRIED BY $50 TO Il
The Senate Decides to Adjourn
Over Tomorrow.
TALKING DU PONT AND CUBA

| MI. BayarQ Whlcn mas alreauy occupied
the attention of the House for two days,
was resumed today, under AN agreement
entered into yesterday to take vote at 2
| o'clock this afternoon.
| Mr. Adams Pa), who was minister to
| Brazil under the Harrison administration,
| in opening the debate today in favor of the
resolutions, paid high tribute to the per-
sonal character of Mr.. Bayard. and his long
service and commanding position an
| American, that made his offense, while the
| representative of this county at the court
| of st. James, the more fragrant and repre-
| heEsible.
| To show Mr.. Bayard fully recognized his
| position as the representative of the whole
people, he read from speech delivered a
| year ago by Mr.. Bayard at Wilmington,
| Del, in which the ambassador said II rep
Britain. but my country and my own peo-
ple."
An Impeachable OHense.
Mr.. Fairchild On. " took issue with the
| majority of the foreign affairs committee az
to the character of Mr.. Bayard's offense.
| They thought it was merely a censurab!c
| offense; he thought it an impeachable Of
| fense, and he expressed regret that the
committee had not adhered to Mr.. Barrett's o
| original resolution to bring in articles of
! impeachment.
Mf. Bayards utterances, he argued con-
/ stituted a criminal libel within the defini-
| ton of the law, and, in view of his exalted
! position, high crime against his country.
MIR. Wheeler Against the Resolutions.
| Mr.. Wheeler (Ala.). in opposition to the
| resolutions, made the first reference to the
! tariff today. He said this attack on Am
| bassador Bayard came from Massa chusetts
| a state that believed in protection for pro-
| lection sake. Maj. Mckinley had, on this
a Ii
! iron cotton ties as absolutely necessary TO
| their production In this country. Cotton
| ties had been placed on the free list by the
| Wilson, BILL yet he read telegram from
Youngstown, Ohio, chronicling the first
shipment of cotton ties to Bombay, India.
MIR. Hutchinson (Tex) said he would vote
| for the second of the resolutions, laying
down the we.i-established general prin ciple
| that our representa- atives al foreign cCun-
tries should abstain from partisan speeches.
but he could not vote for tie resolution that
censured Mr. Bayard by name.
Mr.. Willis in Opposition.
Mr.. Willis Oel) was the first repub-
lican to announce that he opposed censur-
ing Mr.. Bayard. Like Mr.. Hutchinson, he
said he would be willing to vote for the
second resolution, but he could not vote
for the resolution of censure. First, state
pride would lead him to vote against it.
He respected Mr.. Bayard as man Of force
and distinction. He did not think. how
ever, that he betrayed any confidence when
he said that Mr.. Bayard was born arts
tocrat, posing as democrat His In
stinctS were feUdal in Their nature. But his
chief objection was the adoption of this
resolution of censure would appear to be
partisan whether it was or not. He depre-
Gated partisan action before the world.
"1f we cannot be unanimous" said he. adj
ssing the republican side of the House,
lit is questionable whether it will do cur
country or cur party any good"
Mr.. Willis said ne did not object 10 the
glowing panegyrics on Mr.. Bayard, but
"man," said he, might have the genius of
LUcifer and still look through key hole
and whistle through a quill" Gaughter)
Pro ceeding, Mr.. Willis drew the members
around him in tbrongs, and aroused great
enthusiasm, both the floor and in the
galleries by his eulogy Of the value of the
birthright Of liberty and his outspoken
contempt for American snobs, sycophants
and sin: pletons who discredited their own
country and worshiped at the feet of the
aristo cracy ard royalty of the old world
Mr.. Turner Closes for the Opposition.
Mr.. Turner GGa.) closed the debate Of the
opposition to the resolution in strong ten
minute speech. His theme Ike Mr. Bay
ards at Edinburgh, would, he said, be ''in-
div.dual freedom, the germ of national
prosperity and progress" theme worthy
Of that noble cheval.er With whitening
contempt he described the triumphant re-
publican party turning away from its duty
to visit its wrath and Indignation on a
member Of his party for a trivial act
What prodigy! What exploit in poll
tics!
The question was not whether Mr.. Bay
ard had violated good taste in his address,
but whether it was in good taste for the
for what he had done Like Mr. Tucker
yesterday. he paid an eloquent tribute to
Mr. Bayard for his services to the south
In the days of her despair, and he then
terview, and the charges of levying on the
protected industries by the Mckinley
agents
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) tried vainly to in
time" said Mr.. Turner. when you stood
over the grave of Gen. Schenck yesterday,
defending him from the imputa tions against
him, you sad rot one word against these
stories about the agents Of the presidential
candidate you favor. In the face of such a
state of things, Mr.. Speaker" he cont.n-
ued, Il ask If it is not strange coinc:-
dence that the demonstration should fol-
low the statement as the thunder follows
the Lightning" applause on the demo-
cratic s:de0
cal corruption, he said the addition was
now going on. The ''division and siIence''
would come later. democratic laughter.)
He defended Mr. Bayard's Dover Del,
had alluded to yesterday, saying that such
sentiment required courage of as high de-
gree as any displayed on the battlefield.
He concluded by quoting the eulogy of Mr..
Cleveland delivered by James Russell Lowell
at Harvard.
Mr.. Bailey for the Resolutions.
After few words by Mr.. Newlands of
Nevada in favor of the resolution, Mr. Hit,
chairman of the foreign affairs committee,
yielded the remainder Of his time to Mr..
Bailey CTexas), who made a speech in favor
of the resolutions. The Edinburgh speech
might he said. be q breach of proprtety, but
1t did not warrant these resolutions of CEN
sure. The Boston speech, characterizing
the people of the United States as violent
people, was much more serious It was a
breach Of good taste and Of diplomatic ETH,
quette, and was an o1ense agafnst our COM
mon sense and sound and rugged patrfotfsm.
0)epnhkcan applause.) One hundred years
OF quiet submission to the laws repeIied the
charge that the Americans were violent
people.
Mr.. Bailey concluded by saying that man
who would express such utterances as those
Of Mr.. Bayard at Boston was unworthy to
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