The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-25
SHOULD De RECALLED.
A Democratic Paper Demands the Recall
Of Ambassador Bayhrd.

n DeHnOtFutiC EhptE Dtheh@As NsS
of Ambassador Bayard.
New York Herald CDem.): Now that
the house is In possession OF all which
Ambassador BayGrd has 10 say In e&-
| PLANTATION OF the offense which that
body rightly deemed too fragrant to be
| permitted to pass without notice. moth
ing remains but TO vote n resolution oil
censure unless Mr.. Cleveland at once
recalls Mr.. Bayard.
So far from excusing or extenuating
| the offense the explanation aBgraVates
Il. The passages OF the offensive speech,
which were embodied In the house reso-
luton, and which were taken from i'm
perfect newspaper reports, were, unless
satisfactorily explained away, sum
cIently insulting to the people or the
United States and discreditable to one
| Of their highset diplomatic representa-
tlves abroad to call for prompt rebuke;
but the sentiments expressed and the
| language used are shown TO be even
more abusive and inexcusable by the
text of the harangue which Mr.. Bayard
| himself has now furnished.
The offensive utterances are admit.
ted, and the only explanation offered
| is that 1.-The address in question was de-
| lIyered before an institution purely 1T
erary and scientific In character, that
mo political canvass was pending
and that the judgments so delivered
were formed after careful elaboration"
Does Mr., Bayard assume that an
American ambassador abroad has the
right to abandon his post OF duty at
critical moment In international anairs
to go around the country making ha-
rangues vIlifying the people he repre-
sents, provided only that Il be done
with careful elaboration" before IN
stItutIons purely literary and scien-
tIac" and no political canvass Is pend
ing?
As for the foolish utterances at the
Boston school. MIR. Bayard contents
himself with saying that he was simply
replying 10 "a toast TO myself at IAN
ancient foundation OF modest proper
TONS that everything was I'M
promptu. and kindly, humorous. post
prandIal tone prevailed" and that he
never suspected there was any reporter
present to publish what he was going
10 say. Under these circumstances u
slur on the American people by their
own ambassador would seem to be en-
tirely proper, and that the crowd didn't
object to II is shown by the batch of
newspaper putls OF himself which Mr..
Bayard takes occasion TO forward to
the state department. These are spread
at great length on the pages OF the
Congressional Record, and from one
Il appears that few B6stonians seemed
to realize thnt we had In our midst a
man who In his own country Is almost
as great as AIR. Gladstone Is herr" But
for this lack OF appreciation of the
guest, his remarks would not have
been interrupted by the cracking OF fl-
berts."
Such are the lnme excuses which Mr..
Bayard offers 10 his government, the
house OF representatives and the people
OF the United States for going around
the country on lecturing tour when
he should have been attending to his
official duties. and for vilifying the ma
ton whose good name II is the duty
and should be the pleasure Of every
American diplomatic representative to
uphold. That an ambassador shown by
his own attempted defense guilty OF
such misconduct is unfit to represent
this country abroad Is not open to Ques-
tlon. II is an ofIense which richly mer-
its the recall OF the offender, and II Mr..
Cleveland falls so to deal with II
promptly the house should not hesitate
or delay to take such action as the case
demands. II nothing Is done q prece-
dent will be established which will be
taken MS n license for every ambassa'
der and minister OF the United States
abroad to neglect hts official business
to run around making mlschievous
harnngues that can only bring ridlcule
upon our diplomatic service and dis
credit upon the United States.
Mr.. Bayard should be recalled at
opna