The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-25

IAN open one" and "straigh htforward," !"
and that Ibis honesty has never been
Questioned" and that little children clus-
ter around his knee" llaughterl; and that
for four years of his life 1t was his duty
to see Mr.. Cleveland "in the morning and
at noon and at midnight, In the household
and out of it, every day. and that he saw
him in times of trial and of pleasure, and
that he was always true and steady ana
manly and just" How refreshing an tnis
il to the people of America, Mr.. Speaker,
to know that their representative at the
court OF ST. James has assured our ances-
tors that although We are violent peg,
pie, nevertheless ''in the present case
we have president strong enough to gov
ern us, and that after all he is not a bad
man. and that he is honest and straight
forward. and does not eat little cniiaren.
but allows them to cluster around ms
knees. Laughter and applause Mhat
occasion was there for assuring Gfeat
Britain as to the personal character OF
the president OF the United States? Is IL
necessary for the people OF America 10
rent a house in London and pay the sal
ary of an am AMBASSADOR in order TO MAINTAIN
and defend the personal character or our
president laughter and applausel, ana 10
testify, as he does. that for four years the
president has been watched at morning;
noon, and midnight, and found 10 De All
right in and out of his household? Laugh
teri
Even If 1t were true that as a nation We
are often violent. is 1t the business OF one
OF our own family to gossip 1t across the
seas? All peoples and all governments
perhaps have their faults; but does II De-
come the function of the office of our rep
resentatives abroad to exploit our defec's
In foreign lands? Imagine, if you please.
the English ambassador at washington
today prating to an American audience
about the personal character of her ma
jesty and about the faults of the people
OF her realm. Think of the ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary OF the
English government descantiig TO an
American grammar school upon the power
of the queen to govern turbulent ana
violent people. Imagine the representa-
tive of the French republic glorifying i'll
the delight that the president or France
had displeased a great many OF his peo-
pie. and hoping that he might continue 10
do SO.
AN AMAZING BREAK.
Such declaration, Mr.. Speaker, by any
of the representatives of foreign pow
ers at Washington would challenge the
credulty not only OF their own countries.
but of every citizen OF America endowed
with common patriotism and good taste.
1t goes without saying, the world over,
that the president of the United states II
a strong man, likewise an honest man.
Can you improve virtue by avermeht, or
integrity by official proclamation? 1t was
evidently not only Mr.. Bayard's intent 10
contrast the president with the so-called
violent people, but 1t was also his intent
to distinguish him from other presidents,
for mark you, he says:jln TINS case thete
United States" Who could become presi.
dent of the United States except a real
man? ll.aughter.l OF course the pres-
dent of the United States is strong man
But then. Mr.. Speaker, are there not oth-
ers? Laughter
Look. for example into the senate of the
United States. Have our memories lost
the name of that senatorial Hercules VINO,
less than two years ago, compelled ou.'
real and powerful and honest president TO
acquiesce in bill of legislation which ne
had designated as perfidy and dishonorr :
ILaughter.l Aye. Mr. Speaker, IT would
seem that strong men exist beyond offlclai
circles; for has II not been averred by gem
tlemen upon this floor. who Will oppose
this resolution. that once upon time,
not very long ago, "A certain business man
of New York city wove about the Will or
the strong and honest president web or
speculate ton and extracted from his help
less, honest hand, below the market price.
ST., 900, 900 of government SOnds, tnat
fasten the chain of debt upon the so-called
violent people for generations yet to come,
and which will clank around our national
form and humiliate us as we cross ths
threshold into the twentieth century?
IApplause.l Why, sir, we are evidently IL
nation of strong men.
BAYARD CONTRADICTED.
Mr.. Speaker deny the right and the
propriety of our foreign representatives
TO criticise their own government abroad,
or to cast reflections upon the government
whose confidence and mission they bear.
] deny the declaration OF Mr.. Bayard that
the people of America are ofttimes a vio-
lent people. ! say that hundred years
of free government in the United States
challenges the history OF the world Tor a
corresponding century or patience, moral
i,y, and progress. IApplause.l And as
for the present time. no people since the
creation of this world ever exhibited such
enduring patience as have the people or
America under the past three years or
gross blundering misrule. Applause. lf
there have been acts OF violence, they
have been exceptional. and do not merit
the Characterization which has been ut
tered by this recreant ambassador and ap-
piled to the people of America as whole.
Somebody estimates that getting born
costs the people of the United States $50, =
OOO, 900 annually. getting married $3OO,OOO,-
600 and getting buried $75.Oo0.Ooo. But. Mr..
Speaker that Is absolutely nothing. The
cost of being governed by THIS adminis-
tratiOn, the extra cost to business'and to
commerce and TO labor over and above
what it ought TO be. would marry and
bury every man. woman and child in
America every month, and then pay the
cost for every one of them to be born
again in the latest and most approved
fashion. lLaughter.1
According to Bradstreet's figures, which
nobody denies, showing the bank clear
ings. the business transactions in the
United States of America during the
first ten months under the operation Of
the Wilson-GOrman tariff law was So. Ill.,
S3l. $50 less than for the corresponding ten
months prior TO June 80, 1891 In other
words, $500, ,0G0 per month less than for
the corresponding ten months prior to
June 30. 1891. Nevertheless, during all the
trials of these three years the people have
been patient and long-suffering.
But even If patient people could for
give this ambassador for his extravagant
and senseless criticism on this first oc-
casion. what must they think of his un-
ment against the people of his country,
delivered on the 9TH of November last, be-
Eore the Edinburgh Philosophical So
ciety. in which he departs from the legit-
innate and natural pursuance of his sub
ject and deliberately insults not only the
majority Of the people of his own native
land but the high and dignified position
which he occupies? As to the matter
which he uttered on this last occasion, Mr..
Speaker, there can be no question.
There was no heterogeneous mixing Of
Latin and of English. no cracking of fill
berts or Of jokes. Ii was a speech delib-
erately and carefully prepared, copy Of
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