The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-27
THE BAYARD DEBATE
HOT SPEECHES FOR AND
AGAINST.
Eouse Galleries Iilied-Taf ~ Ohio, Pear
scn OF North Carolina, and General Gross
ycnor severe In Their Criticisms-Mr.
Schsnck's Poker Rules.

WASHINGTON, March - To-day the
galleries of the House. despite the in.
clement weather outside. were we'll
hlled. After the reading of the jour
nal, Mr.. Taft, Republican, OF Ohio
took the floor in support OF the Bayard
ccnsure resolution. lie declared that
Mr.. Bayard had abused his privilege
by attacking a great political party Of
his home country, and for that reason
he deserved criticism. Mr.. TAFT
strongly resented Mr.. Hayard's claisi-
fico;iOn Of Republican pro:cctiouists
Ms 'jobbCro aud chaffcrs" and free
trade Democrats as statesmen In
closing, he said; when the ambas.
sador has reached the point where lie
is willing TO ccurc personal npproba.
tion at the expense Of the dignity Of
his own country, and when his self
Importance mas become 50 expanded
rs not to permit HIM To recognize that
his y position aud influence In for.
elgn lands depend upon the support of
II united, dipniticd aud proud nation.
IL is hirh time that this House. in re-.
hccting public sentiment, should BY
resolutions Of ccnsurc command him
TO maintain the dignity Of his own
country and To- subordinate his
personality to the interests and rood
name of the entire American peuplc 50
Mr. Pearson of North Carolina said
that lac had been an admircr of the
Bayard family ana of Thomas 4. Bay
ard, but he believed that Mr. hazards
gnnaPltpN iptapyn,t ,p,gt,,, n, go.
dictcd a les triumph for protection
in the coming campaign and closed by
appealing to the House to pass the
resolutions, saying: 'Thcr IL our
representatives in foreign lands can
not boast OF our institutions they will
at least pay them the poor tribute uf
their silent contcmpi. Let it, never
be cxpunged until the day IF doom or
until tina day of gloom and Shame
when the representatives OF the Amer.
can people no longer dare To defend
the fair name of their country against
all enemies, foreign and domestic:
against the assaults of the open foe
n against the inSolcncc of the pub
lie servant who would cXalt his party
by debasing his country"
Mr.. Grosvcnor of Ohio. in reply TO
the remarks made by MIR. Mc.rearv
Yesterday abouC General S~cncncl<
while minister to Great Britain in
connection with the Emma mines and
his authorship Of n volume entitled
RULES of Draw Poker referred TO
General Schenck's distinguished SER
vices in times of war and peace. lie
could not understand the purpose al
the attack. 1t was not tn
the discussion. Assuming that poker
playing c~ontravencd the high stand
ard of morality set up by the gentle
man from kentucky, all that was out
side OF his official conduct and could
not be made II ground OF ccnsure.
Mr.. McCrcary said that he had made
no attack on General Schenck. No
II could deny. however, that his
conduct had been investigated.
MIR. Grosvcnor wanted 10 know then
what the purpose was. If IL was not
intended to assail the mcmory of u
dead man like u ghoul, then the utter
ancos of Mr.. McCrcary were idle
words. In either case, he wa here To
defend HIM. In regard TO the Emma
mines, the best proof of General
Schenck's good intoutions was that he
himself invested large sums of money
IN these stocks and continued tn paw
assessments tn the day Of his death.
As To the book on draw poker he had
written out a few rules OF the great
American game by request Of IA friend
and had been, OF course, very much
chsgrined when public reference To il
had been made. lie abused no conf
dence when no said that General
Schcnck told u friend he knew lust
enough about poker always to lose his
money. As a poker player, however,
he desired to say that he died without
leaving an unpaid poker debt.