Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-29

court had been styled. had been made pos
sible by the bestowai of similar honor upon
at Washington. II was while actng IN
this capacity that an attack was made upon
him for his utterances willie In saio. EnsIaiha:
In the house of representatives, DecsfnDet
TO- 1895, Mr.. Barrett offered resoIulloH
in which he said Il do impeach Thomas
+. Bayard, United States minister to Great
Britain. of high crime and misdemeanor
I The speech of Ambassador Bayard whlch
was the basis of this demand for impeasbh- @ en-.
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh. Scot
land. His subject was. individual l-ipG5os'
the Germ OF National Progress ana fer-
manence-" Mr.. Bayard spoke at lensLn
of the wonderful growth and developineiit
OF the United States and earnestly enuedt
ed his hearers to oppose state soclahsii s -. III
all forms He also sounded note OF warn
iEg against the many proposals OF pollllSdI
Interference and state management udluer ,I,,
the gdro OF philanthropy OF Ra1tt ~. ~.
said.
sin my own country I have witnessed
the Unsuitable growth of that TORN, OF STATE s.ate
socialism STYLED protection, which, believe,
has done moro to foster class legislation,
create inequality of fortune, corrupt pup
lie life Danish men of independent minus
and character from public counclis, plunt
public conscience and place poltcS upon
the low level of a mercenary scrafnpie 'i'aii
any other single cause.
Step by step and largely owing to the
confusion of civil strife. IL has succeeded III
obtaining control of the sovereign power
engine of selfish and private pront- us
allied beneficiaries and combines are called
trusts. and gradually the commercial ma
rine of the United States mas us
appeared. the few vessels lately built being
an exception and proving the rule, as tney
were only built by making a breach IN
the general tariff and navigation laws.
1T is incorrect TO speak of protection
as 4 national policy That could never
| be. as it will never be anything but the
| fostering of special Interests at the & eA-
,f he.
! of advancement or even to the retention
of what has been gained by Givilizatlon.
On March 20, after three days OF de-
| bate adopted a resolution censurins
| Mr.. Bayard for his utterances. The res
oiutions adopted after reciting MI. Bay
| ards speech were in part as toiloWs;
Resolved that il is the sense OF the
house of representatives that Thomas
| +. Bayard ambassador of the United
States TO Great Britain. in publicly using
| the language above quoted has coInmltteai q =
an offense against diplomatic propriety and
| an abuse of the privileges OF his eXaited
| position which should make him the rep
| resentative OF the whole country anu nor
of any political party. Such utterances
| were wholly inconsistent with that pru-
| dent. delicate and scrupulous reserve which
| he himself while secretary OF state en-
! ioined upon all diplomatic agents OF. the
| United States. In one speech he affronts
| the great body of his countrymen who be
| lieve in the policy of protection In Inc
| other speech he affronts the great oody
| Of his colrutrynen who believe that Amer
Ga in,,5s ms are capable of sself-government
| Therefore as the immediate representa-
| tive Of the American people ana IN tneii men
| name we condemn and censure the sane
| utterances of Thomas F. Bayard:
! Mr.. Rayard replied to these STRUCTURES
| and in letter to Secretary OF State olheS
7 spoke without premeditation, without
notes, unaware of a reporters prssence
and have no means except defs PeGoIec.i4i r1ss 81
| correct either report. Therefore. l shal
| not now essay It. although ii is obvious th'
reporter failed to catch my my w9ras ts, some
''If II is desired to gather the actual pur
port and meaning of my statements. /
would appear to be Necessary Ss tIat ma pfrase
but that all the parts should be considered
in their relation to each other, and as th'
honorable house OF repTeSeh.atIHH,es nave III II
| stituted inquiry into what has been san
| and done by me on the occasion referred 10
| Including the circumstances attendant,
NAV NOT he unreasonable for me to expires
the hope that in simple justice full pub
lication of the remarks undergoing criticism
may accompany the expression OIL an.
| Judgment they may arrive at in the prem
Mr.. Bayard was a man of fine presence
| His features We're regular. his face smootl
| and his eyes large, steady and gray. HI
| dress was invariably neat and quiet II
was neither spare nor stout. He was abou
| FIVE feet ten inches tan. writer san
recently of him:
'He is not only a Democrat, but he
democratic What the principles OF hi
| partv prescribe, not what Its organization
declares. he pursues. Wearing in his YER
iineaments the white flower of a blame
less life what a rather transcendental Sc
| is beautiful, fragrant and bracing. tn
aroma of a noble character suffuses all h
says. He would not misrepresent an op
; | moment for the same reason that would re
. | strain him from rudeness to a woman.
| Mr. Bayard was twice married. His frs
wife was Louisa, daughter of Joseph Let
n banker of Baltimore. Twelve childre
, were the result of this union. His frs
wife died during the first year of his teri
| as secretary of state. and four years late
) he married Miss Mary Climer of Washing
: ton, who survives him. Seven of his chi
| dren are living. They are: Mrs. Samu'
! ID. Warren. of Boston; Miss Annie Bayarc
i | Miss Florence Bayard the Countess Lauer
! | haupt formerly Miss Nellie Bayard: jaime
+ A. Bayard Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., an
Philip E. Bayard.