Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-03-28

SATISFACTORILY eApldlneu Dy the news
paper account of the ambassador at
tached to his letter to the secretary of
state, and which says that
Some of those which took part IN
the evening proceedings betrayed a
lack Of appreciation Of the import
ance of the guest, otherwise they
would not have interrupted his re-
marks by the cracking Of iiliberts.
[Great laughter.l
l am not quite sure, Mr.. Speaker,
that we should hold an ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary,
etc, strictly responsible for his post
prandial" Latin jokes delivered to a
grammar school of English pupils
while cracking filberts. 1t is possible
that some future generation of
/ Lincolnshire pupils, in more serious
and thoughtful mood and in more
solemn environments, may translate
the Latin of the minister into genu-
Inc English humor.
or course IL is a terrible thing TO
perpetrate joke that may lie dorm
ant in an English community for a
generation until the pupils who
cracked filberts during its delivery in
Latin have grown old and passed
away, but, as Mr.. Nye suggested,
"even after that it is liable to break
out on their posterlty." Laughter
and applause.l And so time may
eventually vindicate the Latin por-
tions of Mr.. Bayard's address, and
reconcile his own and the English re-
ports and appreciation Of IL.
Passing over for the present CEN
tury, Mr.. Bayard's. .facetious acknowl-
edgements, we come to the evening
speech, which is mostly in English,
and about which there is no confusion
and which caused so much OF cheer
ing in England and so little in Amer
lea. Laughter and applause.l
Responding to the toast "The
President Of the United States"
among other things he said; !
He stands In the midst of strong,
self-confident and oftentlmes violent
people-men who seek to have their
own way, and men who seek to haye
that way frequently obstructed; and j
tell you plainly that 1t takes a real
man 10 govern the people Of the Uni
ted States. Fortunately in this case
there is real man TO govern the peo-
pie of the United States and hold
their highest Office. He may dis
please great many, he may dis
appoint and obstruct great many,
and hope he will continue TO do 50,
etc.
Then he proceeds TO assure his Eng
lish audience that the life Of the
president is san open one" and
straightforward" and that "hls
honesty has never been questioned"
and that "little children cluster
around his knee" Llaughterl; and that
for four years OF his duty to see Mr..
Cleveland "In the morning and at
noon and at midnight, in the house
hold and out OF it," every day, and
that he saw him in times Of trials
and of pleasure, and that he was al
ways "true and steady and manly and
just.n
And so he toadied TO the Golden
Club and the school OF Manchester
and to his prejudice, and told Great
Britain that protection in America
had ''banished men OF independent
mind and character from its public
councils" When he knew that the
list OF its illustrious advocates, begin
ming with the distinguished names OF
Madison, and Franklin,
had never ceased to grow where
marked the way until IL had
in the register of independ-
ent mind and fame the names of Clay,
Of Jackson, of Webster, of Lincoln, of
Grant, OF Garfield, OF Randall, and OF
Blaine. Loud applause on the Re-
publican side.l And he knew that al
most on the very day he uttered that
indictment, the list OF independent
minds that champion the doctrine OF