Evening journal., 1898-09-30

refused to adopt THE lattar-day free
silver vagarits OF Organism. Early in
his senatorial career he was in oppo-
sition to one Of The financial bills for
the reasoni that it did not provide for
al quick resumption Of specie pay
ments.
Upon his accession to the presidency, I
In 1885. Mr.. Cleveland nominated Mr.. |
Balyard for secretary of state. The
leading episodes which marked Mr.
Bayards incumIb5ncy were tfe Bering
Sea controversy, the Russian and Brit
ish treaties and the Sackville-west af-
fair. which eliminated in the recall OF
the British minister. His manage
ment Of the department has been char
acterized as too pacific, yielding and
conci.iatory at times, notably in the
CONTROVERSIES with Great Britain. In
1893 he was appointed ambassador TO
the Court of st. James, and. while sub
sequent and very recent events hava
relaxed the tension betwsen the two
lcountries and have brought about an
era of good feeling and a closer inter
national friendship, some of Mr.. Bay
ards utterapcCs i'm England on public
and official occasions excited the
animadyersi5n of American critics. But
Mr. Bayard's sincerity and motives
were unchallengsd.
Mr. Bayards life was without re-
proach. His character was stainless.
He leaves to his country, 10 his state
and to his kindred a spotssss name.
He was a fine type of American states
manship. His ideals of public life we're
of THE very best, and few Americans
i'm public station have realized them
throughout long official life. In one
of his eo,lege addresses he drew the
r portrait OF his ideal of public man.
He would have him observe honor and
possess a '"de9icate pride in his private
and public conduct, and the moral In
> t1uence to be obtained by dignificd self
3 respect, intelligence and high personal
, integrity" In these terms MIR Bayard
D unconschousiy, but photographically
@ produced pOrtraiture of his own per-
e sona,ity. Philadelphia ledger.
NIr Bayard closed his long and hon.
:, orable career by his serwice as ambas-
!. sador to England, a title which he wes
the hrst to bear-ohough the name dcc
. net changa the office-and TO which Oh,
. gave At distinction. No representative
Of the United States at a foreign cour
q or among a foreign people ever com
4 manded higher respect for himself ans
~ for his nation, and Mr. Bayard's fOu
years residence among tina Englisi
w. was no unimpOrtant factor in tina
a friendly sympathy that has be,n o
q such inca,cu,able value to us in th
unexpected complications of the pas
year.
y Such a service to mis- country worth
10 lily rounded. out the public life of on
r. OF the ablest and purest STATESMEN ,
o. his generation. and while his dea.
he viii be universally lamentCd, IL Win NJ
40 be ncDd in the political activities {
ty the time, from which it was a,reac
d. felt that he had withdrawn. He was th
e. last Of a long line of distinguished pu.
I'd lie men in his own family, threa ger
" erations Of which had furnished fOu
a senators of the United States, and
ic was almost the last-the most distil
as guished, certainty, of a fast narrowin
te group-of these senators who haN
a. brought down to cur time the dignifls
so traditions of the elder day.
ul- Mr.. Bayard's influence. his long no
'st upon public respect and conidenc
ng Though possibly aided by local trad
ng items at the first, was wholly due to tl
of strength of PERSONAL character and h
tel.ectual probity and force. A man
rs positive convictions and we'll grasp
OF political principles, he had no syn
ed pathy with the compromising intrigu
ny of The modern partisan, and was as u
iai tie capable Of catering TO popular pref
CHI dice or passion in public affairs as
X petty bargaining for his personal a
Ia vantage. Had he been OF gore yiel
in ing disposition he might, perhaI
81 have reachrd stiM high
on station. But he did even better. n
In he passed through his long career
me thia Senate and in the Department
ed State with HIS honor unsuhied, wi
IN tine respect alike Of friend and foe, al
II having served his country faithful.
at and we'll. he has paes,d peaceful.
- away in the ripeness of years, leayil
ND name that will be he'd in gratef
cor memory by all true Americans.-phil
or delphia Times.
,ay
the Senator Eayard. whose death is a
me nounced. stosd high in public estee
mn during tho greater part Of his matu
ON life. He came into the Senate VIII
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