The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07
PRQFFERED CHRISTMAS GIFT NOT
TO BE RECEIVED BY
BAYARD.
DlGNIFIED IN HIS REFUSAL.
LEAVES HIM NO OTHER
COURSE.
PLEASED WITH THE GOOD WILL,
Which He Treasures as Highly ms
He Would the Proposed
Offering.

LONDON, Dec. Mr. Bayard. the
United States ambassador, has written
to the Daily Telegraph under date Of
saturday, confirming the report cabled
to the Associated Press on Saturday
that he would decline the proffered
Christmas gift intended as a compI-
ment to him and in honor of his efforts
to bring about an era Of good feeling
between the United States and Great
Britain. He has asked the proprietors
OF the newspaper not to proceed to
carry out their kind and generous
proposition" along the lines planned.
He then proceeds to describe the man
ner in which he first learned of the pro-
posal, Thursday afternoon, by reading
the announcement in the columns Of
the Telegraph. He says that he was
naturally deeply touched and gratified,
still more when the following issues Of
the paper contained so many spontane-
GUS. tributes Of respect and kind feeling
from men Of all classes, occupations
and varying degrees of fortune.
Continuing, he says: "a few hours
of reflection here brought me to the
sober judgment that holding my pres
ent Office invested with it's discretion
l.
spect and obey the spirit as we'll as the
letter Of my country's law, written and
unwritten, which inhibits any one hold
ing an office of trust or profit under the
United States of America from accept
ing without the consent Of congress,
any present from any king, prince or
government
1.-THE reasons for this inhibition ap
ply with special significance to the rep
resentatives of the government
abroad"
Mr.. Bayard continues his comment,
remarking that republican forms Of
| government require strict and delicate
obedience to such principles, SO that
even the smell of smoke may not Turk
| in the folds of official garments.
The ernine of the judge" says Mr..
| Bayard, should not be more stainless
| than the robe of the law giver, nor
| that of the legislator than that of the
| executive officer,
| s"The patriotic and admirable intent
| Of your influential journal has been
surely accomplished, for it has evoked
| such expression of widespread sympa-
| thy and approval, as, like the breath
| of the ocean, Will fill the sails Of two
onward by the irresistible currents of
| our common civilization"
Ambassador Bayard concludes with
! an expression Of sincere gratitude
and says that: while I live I will not
cease to thank the people of these
| islands for the whole-hearted and I'M
| stinted welcome and warm hospitality
! shoWered upon me and mine. I am
| sure serve both countries best when
I decide as ambassador not to receive
| the valuable and most delightful pres
| ent proposed" ~.s
In an editorial, the Telegraph an
nounces that the donations will be re-
turned, and repudiates the charges Of
''meanness and presumption" but mo
regrets for the action taken are ex-
pressed, since such prompt sympathy
| throughout England and America has
been produced, as evinced by the ca
Diagrams received from Frederick r.
| Coudert, E. l.. Godkin, ex-Gov. Flower,
Bishop Potter, President Elliott, of Har-
ward university, and others.
In conclusion, the Telegraph says ed
| ftortally: IF the effort failed of it's
| immediate and innocent purpose, it has
gone far enough to prove the sincere
good will of the nation towards Am
bassador Bayard."