The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-05
EX-AMBASSADOR DYING
THOMAS F. BAYARD WORSE AND
NOW ONLY UNCONSCIOUS.
Extreme Heat Has Apparently Has
tened the End-Winnie Davis
Has a Chance to Live.

DEDHAM, Mass, Sept 4.-The condition
of Thomas F. Bayard. former ambassador to
England. who is at Karlstein, the home of
his daughter. Mrs. Warren, was critical to-
day. So pronounced has been the change in
the past two or three days that it was
thought the patient would not survive many
days.
Mr.. Bayard came to Karlstein, the sum-
mer home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Warren.
about three weeks ago. His health was not
good, and during the first two weeks it did
not improve. week ago a change came
which appeared to be gradual breaking up
of the system. combined with kidney
troubles. At first it was not thought likely
that his case would prove serious, although
1t was admitted by those in attendance that
the end of a great career was not far off.
The extreme heat of the past few days has
had depressing effect on the patient, and
on Friday anxiety was keenly felt. A con-
sultation of physicians was held. Late on
Friday a favorable turn noted, but
yesterday the change was for the worse.
To-day he was semi-conscious with a fair
pulse.
Thomas Francis Bayard was born in Will
mington, Del, Oct. 20, 1928. He was edu-
Gated chiefly at the Rev. DR.. F. L. Hawkes.
Flushing School, Long island, and his
early training was for mercantile life.
He was admitted to the bar in Wilmington
in 1851 and has continued to practice there.
He was appointed United States district at
torney for Delaware in 1858, but resigned in
1854. de was elected to the Senate of the
United States, to succeed his father, James
A. Bayard, and took his seat March 1, 1863,
and was reelected in 1875 and in 1881.
Soon after Mr.. Bayard took his seat the
older senators, who is their custom,
watch craftily and secretly all newcomers,
decided that the mantle of the father had
fallen on shoulders worthy to wear it. Mr.
Bayard became recognized as an able de-
batter. an earnest seeker after truth. an
unfnching foe of the greenback heresy
that was making trouble in his party, and
a believer in the old-fashioned Democracy
of Thomas Jefferson. The Tirst Bayard was
a Federalist, but was early converted and
became O warm friend of Jefferson. Many
people ascribe to that Federal faint the
Senator Bayard evinced He was of
the best dressed men in the Senate. In 1873
Mr.. Bayard began to attract attention as
possible candidate of his party for the pres
idency, and very soon a strong personal
following was developed. 1t became natu-
rally antagcnistic to the adherents of Mr..
ers, after he had received the nomination,
were not the friends of Mr.: Bayard. The
senator himself, however did all that he
could to secure the election of Tilden, and,
subsequently. Mr.. Bayard was chosen by
the Senate as one of the members OF the
electoral commission.
During Mr. Hayes's administration Mr..
Bayard became more and more prominent
as a candidate for the nomination of his
party in 1850, and some very powerful in
fiuences were set at work to compass that
end His record on the financial question
HeG l. fxo0.f 10 A11cr 10
only argument that was possible to use
against his nomination was that his State
only furnished three electoral votes. Mr..
Bayard was led to believe that his chances
were more than fair for securing the nomi-
nation. and at Cincinnati August Belmont
and his friends were in the mood for MAX
ing pretty heavy wager on it. He, how
ever, did not receive the nomination. and
his disappointed supporters were at first
Sam Randall. Mr.. Bayard. however, re-
ceived such support in the convention as
made him a prominent and dangerous can
Mr. Bayards intimates in the Senate were
among the able men-Matt Carpenter Thur
man and Garland. Roscoe Conkling was one
of his intirnares until a misunderstanding
caused a GOODNESS between them. Mr..
Bayard was late chosen president pro tenn
him by virtue of his seniority as a senator.
BY q rather shrewd piece of work the Re-
publicans were able to unseat him on the
second day after his election and to sub
stitute the independent Senator David
Davis
Mr. Cleveland selected him as his first
secretary of state and he was commissioned
March 6, 1885. lie held the portfolio through
out Mr.. Clevelands administration and
during the second Cleveland adTninstra-
ton he was appointed ambassador to the
court of St James, London, being the first
American to hold the position after the
foreign ministry was raised to an embassy.
Mr.. Bayard was very happy in his dornes-
tic life He was daring horsenan, an en-
thusiastic swimmer and loved to fish, and
would go without hrs dinner to see a good
horse race. In fact. he did not decline the
honor of being a Judge at the Pinllico races.
near Washington. Both his father and
grandfather were men of prominence. The
Bayard family. by the compulsion of the
people of Delaware, have been forced, since
the beginning Of the government, to take
a leading part in the management of its
interests That this is so is proven by the
fact that Thomas F. Bayard is the fourth
member of his distinguished family who has
sat in the Senate. James A. Bayard, grand
father, though born in Pennsylvania, in 1867,
removed in early life to Delaware and rep
resented that State in Congress during q
part of the elder Adams's administration,
and subsequently became minister to
France He was afterward a Senator for
nine years. In 1886 his son. Richard B.,
was elected Senator, and in 1851, the brother
Of Richard. James A.. took the family chair
in the Senate, serving, with single inter-
ruption of two years, until 1869, when he
was succeeded by his son, Thomas F. Bay
ard In the seventy-seven years since the
first Bayard took his seat it has been occu-
pied by the family for forty-three years
The record is without parallel in this cOun-