The record-union., 1896-03-21

tie on ambassador Bayard's Boston and
Edinburgh speeches, which has ragged
in the House for three days past, ended
to-day, when by vote of $50 to II
the resolution reported by the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs censuring
him for the use of certain expressions
contained therein was passed. The en-
tire resolution expressing the sense of
the House that no partisan speeches
should be made by diplomatic officers
was agreed to by a vote of 191 to 50.
The resolution of censure received
the affirmative votes of six Democrats
Bailey, Cockrell, Cummings, Latimer,
Layton and Sorg, and five Republicans
voted against it-Baker of Maryland,
Cooke of Illinois, Draper Pitney and
Willis.
The resolution declaring the sense of
the House on such speeches received
the votes of eight Democrats-Allen of
Mississippi, Bailey, Cummings, Hutch
eson, Layton, Pendleton Sorg, Stokes.
The negative was wholly Democratic.
The closing speeches were made by
Adams (Rep) of Pennsylvania, Fair
child (Rep.) of New York, Newlands
CSilver) of Nevada and Bailey Oem.) of
Texas in favor of the resolution, and
eson (Dem.) of Texas, Turner Oem.) of
Georgia and Willis (Rep.) of Delaware
in opposition.
This matter having been disposed of,
the House took up the contested cleo
tion case of Benoit VS.. Boatner from the
Fifth District of Louisiana, and adopt
ed the resolution of the majority of
Elections Committee No. 2 declaring
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fraud in the election. The vote was 131
to 80, three Republicans-Fletche
Johnson of California and Ray-voting
with the Democrats in favor of the re-
port of the minority of the committee,
confirming Boatner's right to the seat.
Benoit. the contestant, was given ten
minutes in which to address the House
in support of the committees report.
The case was decided without the usual
argument, because it was necessary
to dispose of it to-day in order that a
special election to fill the seat might be
held at the general State election April
DIST
The House, Immediately after the
reading of the journal, proceeded to
consider the resolutions censuring Mr..
Rayard, ambassador to Great Britain,
for his speeches at Boston and Edin-
bprgh.
Adams (Rep) of Pennsylvania urged
the passage of the resolution. He paid
a high tribute to the personal character
of Mr.. Bayard, but questioned the pro-
priety of the ambassador of the United
States going down to the little town of
Boston and presenting prizes to the
clever youths of the grammar school
there. Mr. Bayard's acquaintance with
the proper conduct of public affairs was
obtained by career of thirty years
therein, Adams said and he was justi-
fed in committee and in the House in
supporting the resolution of censure.
Fairchild (Rep) of New York, sup
porting the resolutions, found fault with
them for not going far enough, and as
serted if the House could have discussed
them apart from partisanship it would
now be considering articles of impeach-
ment instead of a mere resolution of
censure.
Wheeler Dem.) of Alabama said the
attack upon Mr.. Bayard came from the
State of Massachusetts, which believed
in protection for projections sake. He
had the Clerk read from the Cleveland
World" edited by Robert P. Porter,
the King and Prince of Protection" a
telegram from Youngstown, O., an
nouncing the shipment Of large in
voice of finished iron to India THAT, F."
exclaimed Wheeler, is the tribute to
the Wilson tariff bill, which opened the
markets of the world to the products of
the United States
Hutcheson Oem.) of Texas considered
Mr.. Bayards words as ''ill-timed and
unwarranted."
Willis CRep.) of Delaware, whose con-
stituent Mr.. Bayard is, could not give
his consent to the passage of the first
resolution, standing with Draper (Rep)
OF Massachusetts. He would move an
amendment to the second resolution, de-
claring the sense of the House to be that
diplomatic officers should not make par
tisan speeches, by adding the words,
nor speak in dispara agement Of the
American people," His first reason for
opposing the resolution of censure, Will
lis said was a matter CT State pride.
In the course of his remarks Willis
said: There are men holding subordi-
nate places in the Government of the
United States to-day, men sitting with
their feet on the mantel-piece with
cigar in their mouths, who are as diff
cult of access as the Mikado of Japan.
uaughter) They have got the Dig
head, and got it bad They belong
probably to the class that believe every
thing foreign is good. They belong to
that large class who think that every
thing that comes from abroad is better
than anything that is American; they
ape foreign manners and adopt foreign
institutions, and cultivate foreign style
and foreign fashions. and who leave
here every vacation time and go TO Eu-
rope to apologize for the battle OF Fun
ker HILL daughter and applause)
These are the people who are glad to be
welcomed at the feet of royalty, and be-
ieve in il and would be proud to eat dirt
If they could eat IL off a royal platter,
the people who think that an aristo-
cratic, broken down snob, a goutv. lep-
rous, half-idiotic, Ecentious lord is bet
ter than an American citizen; that this
degenerate offspring of spurious ances-
try, the rotten product of a rotten and
effete system, is better than the sun
burnt farmer with his bronzed cheeks,
painted with pigments of the sky, his
nerves and muscles as strong as those of
Hercules, his every sinew hardened
with honest toll, his blood as pure as the
waters Of Castalia, with feet as winged