The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-03-26
RAID. HILLsBORO, O-THURsDAY, MARCH 2e. 1896
CONDEMNeO.

- Aouso Oonsures the American Amb0os
ssAsr - England fer Certain UtseraneN
n Speeches st Bosssa, Eng, aAd Edin-
burgh.
WAsnEoroN, March S1.-The house
Friday again proceeded immediately
after the reading Of the Journal TO con-
sider the resolutions censuring MY.
Baysrd, ambassador TO London, for his
speeches a Boston and Edinburgh.
After debate the resolutions wero
passed by . vote Of 10s to u.
The following is the text of the reso-
lutious regarding Ambassador Bayard,
reported February 25, from the COM
nittes on foreign affairs.
whereas, Thomas F. Bayard. ambassador q
the United States 10 Great Britaia, said IN .
public speech delivered IN Boston, England On
August ., ieeS ss follows.
He (ohe president ef he United Statee)
STANDS N the midst Of strong, self-oon0dsnt.
and often times violent people-men who seek
70 have their own way-and toll you platnly
thee II takes q real man 70 govern the people
Of Ne United States.
whereas. Thomas T. Dayard. ambassa0oe Of
Ne United States TO Great Britain said in .
pubic speech delivered In Edinburgh, Scot-
lana, On November q 1895, - follows:
In my own country have Witnessed the In
saAable growth Of that form Of state
socialism styled protection which
believe has done more to foster
closs legislation and create inequality
ct fortune, to corrupt public life, to banieh
men Of inde pendent mind and character frem
pubic councils. to lower the tone OF national
representation, blunt public conscience, create
false standards In the popular mind. divorce
e$hies from politics and place politics upon
the low level of Q mercenary scramble than
any other single cause.
~ %~1fA - 49, 49, a
tatingly allied itself with every policy which
tends TO commercial isolation, dangerously de-
pletes the treasury. and saps the popular oon-
scieaos By schemes Of corrupting favor and
largesse to special classes whose support b
thereby attracted. Thus 1t has done SO masA
to throw legislation into the political MARKET
where tobbers and ohaferers take the place Of
statesmen" therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that IL IL the sense OF tho house
of representatives that Thomas f. Bsyasd,
ambassador OF the United Seates 10 Crest
Britain, in publicly using the language above
Quoted hes committed On onense against dip
lomstio proprtety and an abuse Of the priv.
ileges Of his exalted position, which should
make him the representative Of the whele
country and not Of any political
" iuoonsistent with that prudsnt
delicate and scrupulous reserve which hs.
himself, while secretary Of state, snjoined upon
all diplomatic agents Of the United States In
one speech he affronts the great body Of his
countrymen who believe In the policy Of pro-
tection- In the other speech he onends all his
countrymen who believe that Americans are
capable Of self government Therefore, as the
immediate representative of the American
people, and In their name. we condemn and
censufe the said uttersuoes Of Thomas ,.
Bayard
Resolved further, that IN che opinion Of the
house Of representatives public speeches By
our diplomatic er consular of1cers abroad
which display DartisaasAip, or which condemn
any political party. or party policy, - orssa-
ization q sitiseas In the United States, are n
dirsliction Of the duty Of such oniosrs. impair
their usefulness - public servants, asA di3ia.
ish TIE sshAdsnse whiCh they should aaA may
command at home ana abroad.
The vote was mainly along political
lines, tho republicans voting yea and
the democrats nay. The populists sup
ported the resolution.
The following republicans voted
against the resolution: Baker (Md.l
Cook Qn.), Draper (Mass), Pitney IN.
j. and Willis CDel.e5 And the fol-
lowing democrats voted for it: Bailey
(Tex.), Cockrell (Tsx.), Cummings IN.
W, Latimer Is. C.), Layton O.), and
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