Evening journal., 1898-10-05

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done go evsn If he could. The adventi-
tious aid Of monty. coupled with an
the flwning and 1attery which money
purchases. could not have madeThomas
Il. Baya9d one whit a greater man than
he Yves. Mr. Bayard was altogether
ind pendent Of wealth.. for IL is only
your small and mentally inconsequ NJ
tial men who nced it to bedeclz them
selves with the feathers of a fancied
greatness. We believe that Mr. Bayard,
like Gladstone, was a comparatively
sp,alzing poor man. If so, then an
hon-r to him for so rare, considering
the circumstances, a truth And We
believe that Mr. Bayard, like Gladstone,
never used his office for the accumula-
tion Of p1Tscna. wealth or to further
any private or Legitimate interest If
we thought otherwise, then we would
dr1p the cbtuarial pen right h-re. MIR.
Bayard honored and dignihed the Of
fee, no matter whethr the office con-
sisted Of Ssnatorship or an Amhas-
sadorship, instead of the office homer
ing and dignifying him. The latter con-
tirgcncy could never by any possable
means have been brought about, for
the simple reason that the office did
net exist which could have elevated or
made Mr.. Bayard greater-we Use the
adjective in it's highest, its broadest
sorse-man than he really and indis-
putabiy was A competent authority
once said: Nothing but the pride OF
Mr. Bayard prevented his nomination
for the pr, sidency in 1880. His refusal
to pledge himself to a pre-aranged
Cabinet slate was the cause of his fail
lure 1t lis well known to many po,iti-
clans still living that confd- initial
pledges of sufficient votes to nominate
AIr. Bayard for President in the D-mo-
cratic National Convention at CiHcin-
nad had been made. Several Of the
votes were conditional upon Mr.. Bay
ards pledge as to two Cabinet places il
he was elected. These conditions were
presented to Mr. Bayard, but he indig
nantiy refused to ratify them" An thk
merely substantiatcs our contention
that not even the almost moral Ger
tainty of gaining the highest office in
the land could tempt Mr.. Bayard t'
compromise his h9nor by giving his ad
herence to the appointment OF men
whom he discountenanced We can ad-
duce no greater proof Of the true great
ness Of the man than this.
That Mr.. Bayard-the Statesman. the
Scholar, the Gentlsman-was hsld ii
the highest possible esteem by th,
English peop,e is a fact which is, oi
ought to be, patent to an. When MAX
ing this assertion we are not unmind
fui Of the superlatively brilliant LOW
ell. that elegant. suave and court!
gentl,man whom the more exclusiv
members Of the nobility OF Englan'
ever delighted to honor and entertai-
at their grand old mansions and ab
boys. We have before us a copy, whicl
copy was graciously sent us by MI
BayaId during his Ambassadorship, o
-he proceedings of a banquet given Il
London, at which banquet Mr. Bayar
presided and was the speaker of tn
I evening. AT that meeting Mr. Bayar
r was the recipient of high eulOgium
from the hands of the reprcsent2tiv
r men of England, men who are not &
the habit of enuncSaing fulsome moth
4 ings or rendering honor where n
p hoDcr is due. And when amy singi
Z bcdy OF representative Engiishmen d.
{ termines to set the hallmark OF az
Q proyal upon either this or that publ
5 man, then it is do,lars to nothing ths
s. the man is worthy of the same, an
= that the mans poverty or wealth is
nj question which carries no weight wha
ever. Don't let any meandering idi'
4 forget that fact.
r. Mr. Bayard's democratic tendenci'
" were never gcxsened or impaired by coi
g tact with the glamour of the pomp an
o circumstance Of a monarchial Court
l. fact, there was ever an fnab
Il something about this eminent Deli
i warean that rose superior to the tenn
r. tations afforded by an such gildcd tral
T. pings. Mr.. B1yard never lost his hea
e. amid them all, for he was ever Il
It suave, courteous ana conciliatory gel
r. tlCman to th5se moving i'm the hun
le BIER and more prosaic sphars of lif
IF There was the true greatness of q
l. man, n grtatuees far in excess of tn
g. gained either by the acquisition of me
NJ boOk-learning or the more materi
e. gifts of life. IN these days, when eY
or other man one meets is an ingrain'
O. mcny-hog, it becomes a supreme plea
te ure TO reflect on the life-wOrl, the di
it Interested life-work, OF such a man
ls Mr. Bayard. Even Mr.. Bayard's b
ry terest political opponent, whoever tn
a abnormal individual might be, cou