New-York tribune., 1902-05-15
SENATOR DEPEw'S REMARKS.
When Mr.. Reid finished Senator Depew was
introduced to speak to the toast The senate


He said:
Our public relations with our distinsgshed guest
his friends who appreciate and love him. want him
trations have insisted sending him abroad. In
its best sense they have sent him abroad for his
country good. benjamin Harrison. with scarcely
exception the rblost OF our Presidents. made
most popular Of our Presidents sent him as Spe-
cih Ambassador to tn" Victorian jubilee Aud now
coronation of Edward VII
TWO days ago the question was raised in the
Senate whether any appropriation had been made
occasion for making "a speech That speech
from the United States. and particularly special
embassies on oc asl"4S 1<' LAat OF tn coronation
and in the absence OF his sovereign took his place
e,ir CiI.rT iI,'5 tt Ism tn his I'T,y
These Senators forgot or did not care TO remcm-
bcr that the trainers Of the constitution. a body
tionary period authorized me President by in
strument TO FppoInt ambassadors The term am
to-day for then kugly rule universal JEFF
TO say against the clause OF me consuiuti9h "nth
was unanimously adopted. But then the followers
aa IIS tH p We'd by rrfising 70 send am6as
sadors and commissioning only ministers 70 break
down the diplomatic usages Of the Older countries
of the civilized world But made progress
whatever our ministers took rank behind. ON all
occasions, official and ceremonial, the ambassadors
Of Sne most insignificant country. .
The ambassador does represent his sovGreisn,
but In appointing Ambassadors as we now 40 We
nave made great gam Tor reIupIllar
with us the people are sovereign. The ambassa-
'srlijaI ~ cn,t,'tries u tbeir eorai thev compeI
~ iIi gi "f tb facf nrver admitted until our
country became great. that the sovereign people
rights othe' rights as czars. empeTors or kings
& An ] %l (T in NV own eXperience
France is a republic, ana yet IN maintaining htT
relations in the European family she retains an
the conditions Of her diplomatic service as they
have existed for hundreds Of years. ! delivered
Of the French Government who came over. Among
Red was 81 pFted S'at M srd @fS nt o eEeGd
some courtesy u me in an official way. but under
iser he invited Mr. Reid to call with me at the
Foreign Office The ambassador Of Central
he was an ambassador. Then the Ambassador of
Hay hour VINO went cat'e in ahead OF the Minister Of the
United States. because this dusky diplomat was
eign minister could offer to receive us, when
there were no more o Po bis One III bicb v 1y
regarded distinction. because only one of the
d2gPi6 6ou now that our foreign rea
tions have become >" ro iiS We ana ihVotVe % so
duct satisfactorily our business with foreign gov
ernments. In the Senate at the same time this spe,
cial embassy was attacked as unrepublican and
unnecessary We are fond OF nGiaEstns that we are
fact that in the family Of nations we have first
In every community there are manners and
toms which those who belong to It must conform to
they have no dress suit and that they will not
wear one That is n matter Of Individual taste
but then they never get into Washington society
official or social. one statesman boasted that he
wore socks stockings and discovered that
there are in communities like Washington at least
rules which. objected to his presence under those
conditions though there would have been none
among the South Sea islanders. So long as the
OF older countries leave their
the hands Of their sovereign his accession becomes
a matter of national and international significance.
The people OF the United States took the sover-
eighty from their King unto themselves Their
President is only their agent, checked hy Congress
and the Supreme Court Inc inauguration of a
President therefore. marks no change of SOW
eregnty.
In every position which Mr.. Reid has held-and
they have all been difficult and delicate ones-he
has maintained the dignity. prestige and the honor
az mis- country abroad with signal ability and wis
dom He in each instance both at Paris and Lon
don has left behind him splendid reputation for
that diplomatic representation which best repre-
sents the United States and Americans
CHARLES EMORY SMITHS SPEECH.
The Senator then left the banquet hall to take
a train for washington. and Mr.. Bliss intro