The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-14
Can Suoh Things BE

Secretary OLNEr seems to have deter
mined long ago that his predecessor In the
Department OF State, the Hon. THOMAS
FRANCIS BAYAKD, should have no share OF
such credit or rcnown as was to be gained
from the negotiation Of an arbitration treaty
with Great Britain.
Mr.. CLEVELAND seems to have acquiesced
in this cruel and unjust resolution.
And yet Mr.. BAYARD was Mr.. CLKvE-
LANDS first Secretary Of State, and he be-
gan the business Of drawing together the
hearts and hands Of the two great English
speaking nations years before RICHARD
OLNEY was heard OF outside OF Pemberton
square Mr.. BAYARD for years has made
q speciality OF Anglo American kinship, and
rs n promoter OF international fraternity
and such, he has perhaps no living equal.
Indeed, In his present condition OF diplomatic
isolation in London, the sentimental side Of
his mission is about all that is left.
There are several indications That the
sterner intellectual stuff Of the Hon. RICH
Arr OLSEY has long regarded tho Hon.
THOMAS FRANCIS BAYARD as n nuisance, to
state the case plainly. The Secretary has
certainly ignored the Ambassador rs far as
possible In tho management Of the Venez-
uela business; and this general arbitra-
ton treaty, which poor Mr.. BAYARD
would have given both ears to have had
a conspicuous part In, and which might
properly have been regarded as the crown
ing achievement OF his modest and amiable
ambition, has been taken entirely out Of his
hands by the transfer Of all negotiations to
Washington. Yet there Is no good reason
In the nature OF things why 1t should not
have been a Salisbury Bayard treaty, n
not nm ney-Pauncefote affair.
The Washington correspondent Of the
London Chronicle Is n person who has en-
joycd peculiar facilities for information at
the State Department at times when his
pen could serve Mr.. OLSEY's purposes.
This correspondent telegraphed recently to
the Chronicle n melancholy story Of injus-
tice, ingratitude, and oppression:
MIR BArARp's Government understands him fully.
fvloi,tc no confidence when I say that both tho Pres
ident aud the Secretary OF state would have been
only too glad had Mr. BAYARD seen At to tender his
Resignation n year or more ago.
NJ b,YARp may DO thanked for his great services
TO civilization and humanity. but he must know that
he has had actually iess to do with the negotiations
than some Of the copyists In the Department OF state
In Washington or the Foreign once In London.
iassert, with full knowledge OF the facts. that Mr..
B,rAHp has known practically nothing OF what has
gone on between Washington and London. Sir
JULIAN PAuScErorE. the British Ambassador. has been
the means OF communication between Mr.. oLSEY and
th. Secretary Of state for Foreign AIaira
IN fact. Il has been one OF the embarrassment OF
President CLEVELAND and Secretary OLSEy In their
negotiations that they were forced to ignore tho
American Ambassador"
Forced' Forced by what, II not by char
actartafir ipuratituda and h,utal Ia,l, 90
consideration on the part OF one; and OF
unworthy professional and official jealousy
Oh the part OF tho otherr
The Washington correspondent of our
esteemed contemporary, the Ncp York
Herald, reported the other day that Mr..
OLNEY, with special reference to the case OF
Mr.. BAYARD, had inserted In the diplomatic
regulations II new rule ~forbidding political
speeches by diplomatic representatives OF
the United States. That this is a rebuke
directly aimed at the American Ambas-
sador to England, neither Mr.. BAYARD
himself nor any of his friends can doubt
for an instant. But what necessity for so
pronounced n reprimand just on the eve of
Mr.. BAYARD's retirement from the British
dinner table and the platform OF the British
town hall.
Unfortunate Mr.. BAYARD lie was Mr..
C~LEvELAND's first Secretary OF State. This
is his reward for the subordination of his
personal convictions and natural American
ism on more than one occasion, as in the
Samoan affair. This is his reward for the
gorgeous tribute which he paid to Mr..
CLEvELAND's kingship by divine right in
his speech at Boston, Lincolnshire, in Au-
gust Of 1895, This is the reward which he
might have expected, but never did expect.
II was BAYARD; it is OLNEY. Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND is no butterfly; yet his political affec-
tions arc vagrant.
And from flower nit to flower
Constant to a constant change"
Mr.. OLNEY is no wasp; yet he knows how
TO plant "A sting in the skin OF his excellent
predecessor, and to inject irritating venom
into veins where flows no ichor save the
skim milk Of human kindness. Poor
BAYARD!