The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
WHINING TON HONORS
THE MEMORY OF DAYARD
Bronze Statue to Former
Secretary of State Is
Unveiled
GIFT OF A FRIEND
High Tribute Is Paid to
Dead Statesman by
Grover Cleveland

WILMINGTON, Del, June 22.-In the
presence of the largest crowd that
| ever assembled at public function IN
Delaware, bronze memorial statue
to Thomas +. Bayard, secretary OF
state under President Cleveland for
merly United States senator and the
first American ambassador to the courr
| of St James, was unveiled here this
| afternoon with simple exercises. The
| absence of Cleveland, who is i'll, caused
much regret. He was to have delivered
| the principal address. In his absence.
the address was read by John Bassett
Moore Of Columbia university. Other
participants were Judge George Gray
| of the United States circuit court and
Bishop Coleman OF the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese of Delaware.
The widow of the honored statesman
drew the cord which released the
draping.
The memorial occupies a. command
! ing position at the entrance to Rock
ford park. The location is a triangle
formed by three avenues and over
looks the city of Wilmington, where
Bayard was born.
The statue was modelled and cast
sin England and was the gift of an un-
known friend of Bayard
| Cleveland's address eulogized Bay
ards career one which throughout
testified of lofty patriotism. of civic
| righteousness, or unSelnSh enQeaVOr
and of knightly courage. 1t shall
! testify of a time when the vigilance Of
unperverted Americanism kept watch
and ward and gave warning Of the
approach of any insidious foe of our
nations peace and of time when, in
the actual presence of national per-
plexities and doubt, the loyalty of our
people was neither hampered nor mis-
ed by >ordid motives. petty PARTISAN
ship nor class animoSity"
i have never known a man." wrote
Cleveland, "and l do not believe there
ever lived man who accepted that
guidance of duty more Loyalty and un-
reservedly than Thomas F. Bayard. He
was strongly attached to the political
party of his choice, but he cared moth
ing for partisan manipulation and de-
spised the sordid pretense under the
guise of public good. He reached the
! highest plane of political usefulness
and party service.
| Whether their fears are substantial
| or not a mere hint of peril should
cause every loyal American to wish
/ devoutly that, as a guaranty of great
| er safety, there were in the present
generation of our political life more
men as wise, as disinterested and as
honoring today.
Let those who now bear the heat
and burden of the day learn that there
| far purer and higher and more po-
tent to save than the mean and con-
scienceless strife of unprincipled par
tisanship.
Let US be steadfast IN our belief,
unmoved by clamor and untempted by
an inordinate desire for success at any
cost of principles and consistency. Thus
! shall we serve our country best; thus
shall we know Quoting Bayard's own
words) a joy that mere success can
never know, and thus will it be that
the life we here memorialize shall not
] have been lived in vain
/ President Roosevelt sent letter of
| regret, in which he said
My appreciation of what Mr.. Bay
ards stainless purity and integrity of
! character meant in public life is based
on personal knowledge. I wish it were
in my power to be present with you
and add my tribute to the tributes
which will be paid to his memory"