Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-09

b. shared with Il partner nor q position which any other competent man would undertas D 10. fill without some assur- ance of ermanency; and all my other relations are purely personal. Personal friendships and their intercot-se come from long years of daily co3taet which are delightful. and one beeonss at tached to position as executor ann as trustee for wards, minors and helpless people. and confidential attorney: and the personal equation far outwelghs their peeunary value. So. looking the matter all over. am glad that Il has not fallen to my lot to be made mbassa- dor to Great Britain. though it is an at tractive place aud glittering decoration. My present position is one of greater independence and more satisfactory in every way.
 .'The ambassador to Great Britain" continued MT. Depew, lis in q very pc culiar position. He must make speeches as good as Lowell made, or he must re- main silent. If he is silent. or if he speaks indifferentiy he becomes nom entity. We have had ministers in Lon don whose very existence was forgot ten by the English people. If the ann bassador speaks, and speaks well-and he must be judged by the standard es- tablished by the greatest of after dinner speakers. James Russell Lowell he must take one of two courses. He must tell the truth about the attitude of our people toward the people of Great Britain. or he must do as MT. Bayard has done-fester the false im- pression of our friendliness for them. If he takes the first course he makes himself unpopular with the people of England and injures his social position; ; if the latter, he antagonizes certain ele- ments in the United States and so ruins his future. Mir. Bayard not only took the latter course. but continued in it even after he had been censured by congress"
 Speaking of the necessity of after dinner oratory in our ambassador to the court of St. James, MT. Depew said: "A banquet in London is differ ent from a banquet here. It is far more ponderous and formal function. The speaking is more serious. The am- bassador to Great Britain must be pre- pared to speak at these functions to an audience composed of fnely-edu- cated men. The public men of Great Britain are with few exceptions univer- sity men. and even the trades unions. whose meetings are important events. have among them many men of splen- did equipment. Public men in Great Britain are prepared for official life in different way from that which we know here. Any man may become cor | spicuous in political life here in day. In England a man is educated for poli- ties-it is the only eareer-and the test of his fitness for public life is his abil | ity to hold his own in debate in the house of commons. It is not easy for man to take part in the debates with older politicians and make his influence felt, and if a young man shows ability to do this he is made an idol in his party. He has the assurance of per manent place; for if he cannot succeed in his own district his party leaders will put him up in another district which is safe, and so bring him back into the house. And when his party gets into power he is advanced quickly through the different grades of under secretaries until he becomes a member of the cabinet. A man must have not only readiness in debate, but common sense, substantial knowledge and in- telligence behind it if he is to succeed; l; but with these things he is sure of a career. It is men of this class that the American ambassador must meet in London, and these are the men who are to judge him. Their standard is high, and if he does rise to it he makes a brilliant international reputation
 GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN.