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TIIE SCI? AH TON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MOItXINO, MAHCII 2.1. 189.
ORATORY'S BRILLIANT GAIN
The Speech Which Has Made Con
gressmao Cousins Famous.
HIS EXCORIATION OP BAYARD
full Text of What 1 Said to llava !
the 1 loeet lilt of toreasia Elo
ijiieaee UarJ in Washington
in Many Years.
From the Consressioual Hecord. March 19.
Mr. Speuker: Jl lit a anattwr of great
regret that the nation should be oblige'!
to suffer the humiliation that necessarily
ensues from any Inquiry by the coiiHrec
Into the- conduct or official character of a
prominent representative of the govern
ment. The censure of a hlrh ofllriai is
aiol only a dlHapproval of his misconduct
lut ia likewise a confession to the world
which rt-flttcts aomewhat upon the govern,
nient that ts obliged to make it. -Never,
thrless. the duty to disapprove a wrons
must not bo nhlrked for tlm mere sake ot
avoiding; the humiliation which may loa
aiuly attend h. The subject having been
brought to the attention of this body, it
must In uoine manner be disposed of.
Kllher we must amirove or we must uw
uppruve. -For my own part. 1 would very
jnuoh prefer that It had never become nec
essary for this subject to be projected
into congress. To be obliged to make a
public record of an exceptional jierform
unce to out of color and keeping- with tne
high character that Jias heretofore char
aoterlaed and been maintained In our
-representation ' the court 'of Ureat
Urttslii ia for me a matter of profound
regret.
When "we recall the names of the many
l,wl distinguished representatives who in
titties peat have represented this Kepub
llc at the court of St. Jnmes.we wish that
the succession of honor and dignity ond
a lil lit v had not thus been broken. Hut
this deliberate and unexampled breach of
Uiploiimtlu etiquette this ungrateful, un
provoked, and unbecoming Insult to a ma
jority of the people of America, to her
distinguished living and to her honored
dead, by one who bore their contldenve,
tlietr mission, and credentials must not
lit left unchallenged, since it has entered
the annuls of our diplomatic history. 1 he
:1iuik on which this resolution resist is
net denied. It Is, in'l'act, admitted. The
answer of the president to the inquiry of
the liotiHe of representatives contains both
tpeeches of Air. iiayaid that are com
jilulned of.
IIAYAKD'3 FIRST SPKKCH.
The first speech delivered at Boston,
England, Is reported In the Huston t.tiur
diun and the Lincolnshire Independent
it August 10, 1X;. under the following
headlines:
"iloston. Kast and West The American
Ambassticlor Visits the Borough Speech
JJay at the Urammar School Complimen
tary dinner rresetitatlous of an Jlluinln
tiled Address."
This account of the performance Is au
thentic, because Air. Bayard attaches it
to his letter to the secretary of state, Mr.
Olney. Ills only explanation of the Hilly
flair Is that he spoke "without premedi
tation," that everything was ,lm
lironiptn," and thut "a humorous post
prandial tone" prevailed, and that the re
porters failed to ciilch his words, hoiuu
thuds in Latin, and confused them.
I Laughter.
Tula authenticated account goes on to
say that his excellency (Air. Bayardj was
accompanied by his worship the mayor,
who wore his "robes and chain of otllce."
und that several of the best citizen were
present. It also Informs us that Air. Bay
ttrd's lincuue can be traced buck to the
fame family us that of tho "Ideal chiv
alry," the- Seigneur l'lerrle du Ten-ail ile
Xayard, the chevalier suns petir et tsans
leproche. LauKhtcr.J
Having lhus laid n substantial founda
tion for the social standing of the Amei
Jean ambassador extraordinary and pleni
potentiary umong the grammar scholars
of Lincolnshire, the account further ways
that: "Air. Bayard's acknowledgment
was marked by a depth of feeling, a, tn-ct-rlty
of tone." Now, whether It was
"humoroiiM and postprandial" or with
"depth of feeling" and "sincerity of tone,"
Ihe confusion, Air. Kiwaker, Is no doubt
satisfactorily explained by the news
paper acoeont of the ambassador attached
to his letter to the secretary of state, und
which pays that: "Home of those who
took part In the evening proceedings be
trayed a luck of appreciation of the im
portance of the guest, otherwise they
would not have Interrupted his remarks
by the cracking of lllberts." IGreut
Laughter.)
1 am not quite sure. Air. Speaker, that
we should hold an ambassador extraordi
nary and plenipotentiary, etc., strictly
responsible for his "postprandial" Latin
lokes delivered to a grammar school of
Knglish pupils while cracking lllberts.
It Is possible that Home future generation
of Lincolnshire pupils, in a more serious
ii nd thoughtful mood and In more solemn
environments, may translate the Latin
of the -minister Into genuine Knglish hu
mor. Of course It Is a terrible thing: to
perpetrate a Joke that may lie dorniunt in
un Knglish community for u generation
until the pupils who cracked lilberts dur
ing Its delivery In l.atin have grown old
und passed away, but, n Air. .Nye hua
frested, "even after that It Is liable lo
break out on their posterity." (Laughter
and applause. And so time may event
ually vindicate the Latin portions of Air.
Jtayard'M uddress, and reconcile his own
find the Knglish reports and appreciation
of It.
TI1K SECOND OFFENCE.
1'asslng over, for tho present century,
Air. Bayard's facetious acknowledgments,
we come to the evening speech, which is
mostly In Knglish. and about which there
Js no confusion and which caused so much
of cheering In Kngland and so little ill
America. I Laughter and applause. Re-Kyondlng-
to the toast, "The President of
1lie I'nlted Rtates," among other things
lie said: "He stands in the midst of a
eirong. self-contldeut, and oftentimes vio
lent people men who seek to have their
uwn way, und men who seek to have that
way frequently obstructed; and I tell
you plainly that it takes a real man to
govern the people of the I'nlted Slates.
Furtunately In this case there Is a real
man to Movem the people of the Vnited
mates and hold their highest, of lice, lie
may displease a great many, he may dis
appoint und obstruct a great many, and I
iiope lie will continue to do so, etc."
Then ho proceeds to nssur? his Knglish
audience that tho life of the president is
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE EDMUND FOSS.
A Rising IlllaeU Statcaana. WImm Hesse Is ia Chicago. .
-front the Chicago Tiaaes-Herald. By the Ccwrteey of B. R Koelstat.
"an open' one" and "straightforward."
and that, "his honesty has never been
questioned." and that "little children clus
ter around his knee" (laughterl; and that
for four years of his lite it was his duty
to see Air. Cleveland "in the morning und
at noon and at midnight. In the household
ami out of It," every day, and that he saw
him In times of trial and of pleasure, and
that he was always "true and steady ana
manly and Just." How refreshing all this
is to the people of Atnrrlca. Air. Speaker,
to know that their representative at the
court of St. James has assured our ances
tors that although we area "violent" peo
ple, nevertheless "In the present case
we have a president strong enough to gov
ern us, and that after all he Is not a bad
man, and that he Is honest and straight
forward, and does not eat little children,
but allows them to cluster around his
knees. Laughter anil applause. What
occasion was there for assuring tSreat
Britain as to the personal character of
the president of the I'nlted States? Is it
necessary for the eople of America to
rent a house In London and pay the sal
ary of an ambassador in order to maintain
and defend the personal character of our
president I laughter ami applause), and to
testify, as he does, thut for four years the
president lias been watched at morning,
noon, and midnight, and found to be all
right In and out of his household? LLuugli
ter. Kven If It were true that as a nutlon we
are often violent. Is It the business of ono
of our own family to gossip it across the
seas? All peoples and all governments,
perhaps, have their faults: but does it be
come the function of the oftlee of our rep
resentatives abroad to exploit our defects
In foreign lauds? Imagine, if you please,
the Knglish ambassador ut Washington
today prating to un American audience
about the personal character of her ma
jesty and about the faults -of the people
of her realm. Think of the ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the
Knglish government descanting to an
American grammar school upon the pow er
of the queen to govern a turbulent and
violent people. Imagine the representa
tive of the French republic glorifying In
the delight thHt the president of France
had displeased a great many of his peo
ple, and hoping that he might continue lo
do so.
AN AMAZlXtl BRKAK.
Such a declaration, Mr. Speaker, by any
of the representatives of foreign pow
ers at 'Washington would challenge the
credulity not only of their own countries,
but of every cltlsen of America endowed
with common patriotism and good laste.
It goes without saying, the world over,
thai the president of the I'nlted States Is
a strong man, likewise an honest man.
Can vou Improve virtue by averment, or
Integrity bv official proclamation? It was
evidently not only .Mr. Bayard's Intent to
contrast the president with the so-called
violent people, but It was also his intent
to distinguish him front other presidents,
for murk you, he says:y'In this case there
Is a real man to govern the people of the
Vnited Stales." Who could become presi
dent of the fnlted Slutes except a reul
man? ILaughier.l of course the presi
dent of the l ulled States is a strong man.
Hut then. Air. Speaker, nre there not oth
ers? Laughter. I
Look, for example. Into the senate of the
Vnited States. Have our memories lost
the name of that senatorial Hercules who,
less than two years ago, compelled oil.1
reul and powerful and honest president to
acquiesce In a bill of legislation which he
had designated as perfidy and dishonor?
Laughter. Aye, Air. Speaker, It would
seem that strong men exist beyond official
circles; for has it not been averred by gen
tlemen upon this floor, who will oppose
this resolution, t lint once upon a time,
not very long ago, a certain business man
of New York city wove about Ihe will of
the strong and honest president a web of
speculation anil extracted from his help
less, honest hand, below the market price,
tiK.Miu.liiio of government gonds, thut
fasten the chain of debt upon the so-called
violent people for generations yet to come,
nnd which will clunk around our national
form und humiliate us as we cross tha
threshold Into the twentieth century?
I Applause. 1 Why, sir, we ure evidently u
nation of strong men.
BAYARD C'ONTlt ADICTKD.
Mr. Speaker, I deny the right and the
propriety of our foreign representatives
to criticise their own government abroad,
or to cast reflections upon the government
whose confidence and mission they bear.
I deny the declaration of Mr. Bayard thut
the people or America are ofttlmes a vio
lent people. 1 say that a hundred years
of free government In the Vnited States
challenges the history of the world for a
corresiHiudlng century of patience, moral
ity, and progress. Applause. And as
for the present time, no people since the
creation of this world ever exhibited such
enduring patience as have the people of
America under the past three years of
gross blundering misrule. lApplause.l if
there have been acts of violence, thsy
huve been exceptional, and do not merit
the characterization which has been ut
tered by tills recreant ambassador and ap
plied to the people of America as a whole.
Somebody estimates that getting born
costs the people of the Vnited States li'iO,
(wa.uun annually, getting married i(i0,w"0,
(HWand getting burled $7."..Ki,i. But, Air.
Speaker, that Is absolutely nothing. The
cost of being governed by thjs adminis
tration, the extra cost to biisinessand to
commerce and lo labor over and above
what It ought to be, would marry and
bury every man, woman und child in
America every month, und then pay the
cost for every one of them to be born
ugain in the latest and most approved
fashion. I Laughter.)
According to Bradstreet's figures, which
nobody denies, showing the bank clear.
Ings, the business transactions in the
I'nlted States of America during tin
first ten months under the operation of
the Wilson-Oornian tariff law was pi, 141.
KM.tlfcO less than for the corresponding ten
months prior to June 3D, 18M. In other
words, ttfnu.imo.om per month less than for
the corresponding ten months prior to
June .It), IMtl. Nevertheless, during all the
trials of these three years the people have
been patient and long-suffering.
But even If a patient people could for
give this ambassador for his extravagant
and senseless criticism on this first oc
casion, what must they think of his un
grateful, unprovoked, and violent Indict
ment against the people of his country,
delivered on the 7th of November last, be
tfofe the I hVilnburgh Philosophical so
ciety. In which he departs from the legit
limit and natural pursuance of his sub
ject and deliberately Insults not only the
majority of the people of his own native
land but the high and dignified position
which lie occupies? As to the matter
which he uttered on this last occasion. Air.
Speaker, there can be no question.
There was no heterogeneous mixing- of
Latin and of Knglish, no cracking of fil
berts or of Jokes. It was a speech delib
erately ami carefully prepared, a copy of
which he 'attaches to his response to Mr.
tUney and which we have before us as an
official document, and in which we llud
this false, extravaxunt, and shameful lan
guage: "In my own country 1 have wit
nessed the Uisatiuble growth of that form
of state socialism styled 'Protection.'
which 1 believe h&x done more to foster
class legislation anil create inequality of
fortune, to corrupt public life, to banian
men of independent mind and character
from the public councils, to lower -the
tone of national representation, blunt pub
lic conscience, create false standards In
the popular mind, to fati'lllaiixe it with
reliance upon state aid and guardianship
In private affairs, divorce ethics from pol
itics, and place politics upon the low level
of a mercenary scramble than any other
single cause. Step by step) and largely
owing to the confusion of civil strife, it
has succeeded In obtaining control of the
sovereign power of taxation,' never hesi
tating at any alliance or the resort to any
combination that promised to assist Its
purpose of perverting public taxation
from Its only true Justification and func
tion, of creating revenue for the support
of the government of the whole people,
into an engine for the seltlsh and private
profit of allied beneficiaries and combi
nations called 'trusts.' I'nder its dicta
tion Individual enterprise and Independ
ence have been oppressed and the energy
of discovery and Invention debilitated and
discouraged. It has unhesitatingly allied
itself with every policy which tends to
commercial Isolation, dangerously de
pletes the treasury, and sups the popular
conscience by schemes of corrupting favor
and lurgesse to special classes whose sup
port is thereby attracted."
Air. Speaker, in the lirst place, every
line and syllable of that diatribe ugulnst
the people of America is refuted by the
history and experience of the Vnited
Slates, in the second place It Is a polit
ical harangue, violating Ihe express I en il
lations and instruction given by author
ity of our own government to all consu
lar officers of the I'nlted States. In addi
tion lo his own instincts of propriety,
every consular officer Is charged with
these regulations and Instructions. Some
of them have been read In your hearing
by the chairman of the committee. Let
me read them again: "They will not give
publicity through the press or otherwise
to opinions Injurious to the public Insti
tutions of the country or the persons
concerned in their administration." They
"are not allowed to allude In public
speeches to any matters in dispute, be
tween the Vnited States and any other
government: it is a still better
rule to avoid public speeches when It can
be done without exciting feeling in the
community in which the officer resides.
They will be particularly careful to re
frain from unfavorable comment or criti
cism upon the Institutions or acts of th.-
government to which they are accredited."
And then follows the two regulations
read, 1 think, by the chairman of our com
mittee, as follows: "One of the essential
qualifications of a diplomatic agent Is
to observe at all times proper reserve In
regard to the affairs of his government;
and the knowledge of these affairs, pos
sessed by persons belonging to the lega
tion, must be regarded as confidential. It
la deemed advisable to extend a similar
prohibition against public addresses, ex
cept upon exceptional festal occasions in
the country of official residence. Kven
upon such occasions the utmost caution
must be observed in touching upon pollt
cal matters."
VIOLATED INSTTtVCTIOXS.
As we learned from the chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs (Air. Hill)
the other day, it was once proposed to en
lurge these Instructions so as to forbid
the discussion of all domestic questions or
politics: and Air. Blaine, who at that time
was secretary of state, said: "No; such
Instructions are unnecessary. We never
have had and never will have an of
ficer 'who will go abroad and talk about
our affairs at home." Strange as It m ly
seem, the very llrst to violate these In
structions Is one who used to give them
over his own signature. Thomas F. Bay
ard Issued similar instructions when sec
retary of state, closing with this in
junction: "They are to be carefully ob
served In nil respects. I am, sir, your
obedient servant, T. F. BAYARD."
looking across the sea to his native
land, whose mission nnd conlldence lie
bore, the same Thomas K. Bayard, ambas
sador of the fnlted States at Great Brit
ain, on the "til day of November last, saw
the party of protection and of progress
rarrled back to a power on the tide of the
popular will. Putting his ear to tho
ground, even In a foreign land, he could
hear the victorious tread of the trium
phant column of protection, once led by
the Immortal Lincoln, and he could not
resist Ihe temptation, even though he had
to violate the delicate proprieties of the of
fice which he held and the Instructions
which he bore, to satisfy the vengeance of
his ancient prejudice. I Loud aoplause.
And so he toadied to the Cobden club
and the school of .Manchester and to Ids
prejudice, and told Great Britain that pro
tection in America had "banished men of
Independent mind and character from its
public councils." When he knew that the
list of Its illustrious advocates, begin
ning with the distinguished names of
Washington, Madison, and Franklin, had
never ceased lo grow where progress
marked the way until It had recorded in
the register of Independent mind and fume
the names of Clay, of Jackson, of Web
ster, of Lincoln, of Grant, of Garfield, of
Randall, and of Blaine. Loud appladse.)
And he knew that almost on the very day
he uttered that Indictment, the list of In
dependent minds that champion the doc
trine of protection In America had grown
to the greatest and most significant ma
jority that ever spoke their independence
at a popular election. (Applause.
He knew when he littered that libel on
the memory of the greatest statesmen of
America that If you should blot out the
list of names identified with the dictriue
of protection In our history you would
leave It a literary desert as insignificant
and barren of achievement as Disraeli's
grandfather's Chapter of Events that
never took place. ILaughler and ap
plause. Smarting with the certain knowl
edge that the free trade policy of his party
In America has again been demonstrated us
an Ignominious failureand overwhelmingly
defeated by the independent votes of labor
and of capital, he splutters out the parti
san assertion that under the dictation of
protection "individual enterprise and In
dependence have been oppressed" and the
"energy of Invention and discovery debil
itated and discouraged."
A NATION OF INVENTORS.
Why, Air. Speaker, on the contrary, by
the stimulus and safeguard of protection
the genius of America developed a conti
nent. It has achieved the impossible, it
went into the ground and found the Iron,
and brought It out to the light and use
fulness. It formed It Into wheels an 1
turned It Into shafts. It set the spindles
turning and the axles whirling. It took
the wool und cotton from the Middle, the
Southern and the Western stales that had
been feeding Knglish looms and sent tn-m
spinning through our own. It touched the
deft and cunning hand of toll and mad
Invention dream of belter things, and
since that time Uod only knows the limit
of inventive genius in America. lAp
plause.l With a band of iron in either hand It
started at the Orient und with its su
bllme and determined face toward the
west It look up Its) continental march. It
would not stop. Where It could not find a
pluce to stand It spanned with iron. t
laughed and toiled and hurried on. until
nt last It found the Occident. (Applause.)
Then It became a toiling, tireless spider
and wove the desert Into a web of com
merce. It stopped ut every station and
took the produce of the farm and left the
product of our own American factory.
It looked Into the childhood face of citi
zenship and. studying Its tendency of fac
ulty or genius, opened a thousand doors
of various and different enterprise and
said: "Denizen of the free republic, take
your choice." In short, it set America to
work and at the highest wages ever paid
In any land. (Applause.)
Air. 8neaker. when I contemplate this
statement In the declaration of our am
bassador to Great Britain 1 am reminded
of what f have thought many times about
the progress, the inventive genius and dis
covery of my own country during the tic
Hod which he describes." I remember,
only a year or two ago, when I came for
the first time over the Alleghanles and
down to Harper's Ferry. It revived In
my recollection the great things that his
tory had portrayed to me and I recalled
the prophecy, the grandest prophecy. In
my Judgment, that has ever been made In
the history of this country, made and ful
filled in the lifetime of the man who
tered It. It was the prophecy of Wen
dell Phillips, the proud and persecuted
1'urltan of Boston, the man who walked
across the stage of life without looking
either side to catch his Image In the mir
rors of the world. As I recall it now, this
was his prediction: "As long as there is
a slave within our borders there can be no
union; yet I believe In the possibility-of
justice, in the certainty of union. Years
hence, when the smoke of this conflict
clears away, the world will see under our
banner all tongues, all creeds, all races,
one brotherhood, and on the banks of the
Potomac the genius of liberty robed in
light, four and thirty stars for her diadem,
broken chains under her feet, and an olive
branch In her right hand." (Applause.)
I looked at that Potomac river that winds
nd turns and runs through all that beau
tiful and picturesque domain of Vlr.
ginla and Maryland, even as It rung like
a silver thread throughout our history.
Then I thought, little farther over, away
OVER A BILLION
The Repeal of the Protective Tariff Law Has Cost
Farmers That Much.
The following table gives a summary of the enormous losses of the farmers of
the Vnited States through shrinkage In the value cf crops and domestic animals
since the repeal of the protective taillf law of ltisl. und is from "The American
Economist." It takes no account, however, of the shrinkage In the value ot the
rice crop, of the crops of nurserymen, of seedsmen, or of farm truck from market
gardens, or of dairy products or hog products, which If added would greatly
swell Ui aggregate:
DEPRECIATION IN ANNUAL FARM VALUES.
I
Value.
' Hl. ISM. Total values.
; Cents. Issl. 19'.
Corn, bu .' lo.o iii.4 js:ifi.ij,i:s :si7.am.l0-i
Wheat, bu W.9 . ."A9 13.42,7ll IKli.WXW:
Rye, bu ; si.K 4-1.0 I'.'i.Hi.mw l!;i,Wi
Outs, bu 31. .1 l.s lii.1,'i.Vi.'ja
Cotton, lb 8.(10 7.CU 1H7.3.0I4 litf, IU4.(!1U
Hay. ton 8. .X 4I1.11u.ixm aaiftVllS
Potatoes, bu (17.3 S&.S 8:u;.) . 78.WI.IW1
Wool, lb 17.0 .0 V.:T.S,:'V. Ltl. ISd.Too
Barley, bu J4.0 33.7 40. Taxt, ir s 'JD.312,412
Buckwheut, bu .....53.4 4.'i.3 B.MIS.uuo i,W!d.:!l'T.
Tobacco, lb , 8.4 7.3 40.DWMKO So.o74.OOJ
Total 12.539,434. 17li J1.S10.712.VJ7
Annual Loss on crops in four years S728.721.S7J
DEPRECIATION IN
Sheep ,
Bwine ,
Allien cows..,
Other cattle..
Horses ,
Mules
Total values
Annual Lus on live stock In four years
Annual Loss on crops In four years
Total Annual Loss to farmers
down In that beautiful and sunny south
among the tropic's flowers and here and
there upon the cotton fields, an aged gen
eration of the ebon sons ot Africa bend
above the tombs of slaves, dusky chil
dren clasp their hands above tliei graves
of sable mothers from whose bosoms they
wero torn In Infancy, and weep In free
dom as did the parent In her bondage.
Over there an old log cabin, down by the
tangled swamp a toothless hound. The
whipping posts are gone. Vnule Tom lives
only in memory. It was the ruins of that
romantic land of slavery. But on those
ruins, even In the southland. Industry had
reared her temples, and In them freedom
turned the wheels of commerce, and over
them there shone the banner of the I'nlon,
and not one alar was gone. (Applause.
PKOPH1SCY FVL. FILLED.
It seemed to me that there was a ful
fillment ot the Phillips prophecy. And
when 1 went back over the Alleghanles,
down Into the great White City of the
west, that miracle of modern municipali
ties; 1 walked into the arehwuy of the
greatest exposition of all history. 1 went
up and down the aisles In those great
buildings that represented nil the nations
of the earth. Why, sir, there was the
flag of France Krance was the first to
make America her debtor, Franue who
gave us Lafayette splendid, splendid
France! There was the emblem of the
German empire Germany that sends us
more hard-working citizens perhaps than
any other power. And there was Rdssla's
emblem stern old Russia of the snows,
whose cheering voice thundered from St.
Petersburg when our nation's heart was In
despair, and to those imperial scoundrels
who were about to interfere, "Hands off!"
Ktiasla, who has always been our friend!
There was the flag of every nation. I
looked at that great array of buildings.
In which Caesar might have gloried, and
on which Phidias and Anielo might muse,
seeming more like the growth ot centuries
than of a single year. 1 walked up and
down the aisles of that manufacturer
building, and 1 saw the handiwork of man
kind ot Jew and Gentile, of Oriental, o?
Pagan, and of Christian lying side by
side with that of our own American ar
tisans and 1 thought to myself, "This Is
enough lo fill the prophecy the genius ot
liberty robed in light." lApplause.l And
then I went Into that great building over
the vast archway of which there were
Inscribed the names of Llsst, of Mozart,
and Beethoven, and 1 heard the melodies
of Paderewskl mingled with those of our
own great Thomas orchestra, and whtn
the last low tones had died away, It wis
nighttime then: and I went out by those
little Inland lakes that washed their wa
ters up against the marble terraces. (
saw the great light that bad emanated
from the brain of Kdlson within a decade,
and 1 thought to myself, "Surely here Is
the Cienlus of Liberty." X thought to my
self, "What If only Washington could be
excused from his seat of everlasting- glory
up there by the God of nations long
enough to be here and receive our Impe
rial guests for us. What if they could
only excuse Abraham Lincoln from tilKh
heaven long enough to visit Illinois again,
and say to the kings and queens and to
the freemen of all the earth, "Welcome to
America and to Chicago, the metropolis of
my adopted state!' " Ah, 1 thought If
only the nameless, unknown veterans who
bore the colors under Washington and
those who fell before rebellion's awful
fire could be fnere and see the glory of
the. cause and country that they died to
save! That was my thought on that oc
casion. Now 1 think, bringing It up to the
present, that If some hand In the mid
night hour had written over the archways
of that great exposition the statement of
Air. Bayard, that the "energy of Invention
and discovery have been debilitated un I
discouraged," there Is not a Democrat In
the Vnited States who would not have
concluded the next morning- thut some
body hud escaped from Jacksonville.
I Laughter nnd applause. 1
THK TALK OF A MADMAN'.
Sir. there ts not a man, woman or child
who if any one of them bud seen the sen
timent of Bayard displayed anywhere 011
that grest e.sponitlon ground would not
have made affidavit that it was uttered
either by a lunatic or by an enemy of the
Vnited States. (Applause. There was
not an owl that perched upon the rafters
In that greut electric building that wa 1
erected to the memory of Kdlson thut
would have had so little patriotism In
Its measly soul as to have though! of
hooting such an utterance. There was
not a bat that alighted In the top of the
great monastery over there by the agri
cultural building that would have dur-d
to squeak such a sentiment as Kayard hits
uttered to ICillnburgh. What a recom
mendation was that shameful utterance
for the greatness of our country!
But last of all, Air. Speaker, our ambas
sador confides to Edinburgh the start
ling news that protection in Americu dnn
gerously depletes the treasury! Shades of
Ananias! Laughter and applause. Why,
even Kdinbtirgh knows that the cham
pions of protection took the treusury ot
the Vnited States when there was nothing
In It but a Democratic free trade vacuum
and filled it tip with gold and silver coin.
(Applause.) So that the greatest cliarire
that existed against us four or five years
ago was the fact that we had $400.U0.ijO
saved. Suppose that today we had $4io,.
00O.VUD collected instead of $200,000,iu0 bor
rowed, what a splendid navy we could
have a navy Wg enough at least to go
duck hunting with. Ilaughter.) If we
had those four hundred millions we should
then have the courage of our convictions
and could "recognize" whom we pleased.
Applause.
Kven Edinburgh knows, and knew at tho
time that this speech was delivered by
Air. Bayard, that from the time the party
of protection took the treasury of the
Vnited States, for twenty-live successive
years there was never a deficiency until
the black raven of free trade" perched
again above our treasury door, and hooted
"Surplus, surplus never, never more,"
Applause and laughter.)
FALSK ALL ROUND.
N'o. Mr. Speaker, ' our ambassador (o
Great Britain has not only violated the
regulations of his- commission, not only
been false to his position, hut false to Ihe
facta of his own country. Who would
have though tthat within forty years after
the eyes of the immortal Uncoln were
closed In martyred death amid the homuge
and adoration of this great and grateful
land that within so brief a time the am
bassador of his country to the mother
land would so far forget the dignified and
delicate requirements of his high por
tion as to thus stigmatize and vllllfy the
honest followers and the exemplifies
of one of the first and dearest principles
of the great emancipator. Applause.
A YEAR LOST.
LIVE STOCK VALUES
Value per
head.
Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Total values.
18(12. !;. Jan. 1, 18112. Jan. 1.H91.
2.r,0- $1,70 $pi.l2l,27() '.. Ii.73."i
4.iai 4.:tr iii.mi.ii'i nw,"i2.7H
.......21.40 22,.Vi 3.-11.378,1.12 IU3.9fcV.lii
13. HI I.-..81! 570.74,lfc-. u08.92S.IIH
.-,.ii 2:1.117 I,oo7.'ai3.i5:i: wpo.uo.isii
7Vi5 40.29 47,SS2,7i l(tt,2m,4.".7
(2401.'
j.tJTS
$1.727.9ai,4
. $7.13.829.5:4
. 728,721,87'J
$l.4G2,5ol,479
When we ask our history for such an ex
ample It gives us back no answer. We
look in vain for such Ignoble precedent.
It was reserved. In the fullness ut time,
for this period of calamities.
Air. Speaker, no citizen of the United
States claiming the protection of the
American flag and enjoying the dis
tinguished honor of representing this
great republic In any foreign court can be
excused for publicly condemning either
the principles or the followers or Abra
ham Lincoln, und he who does it should
either be recalled for his Imbecility or
censured for his Impudent misconduct.
I Applause.
LAID LEGAL I.OKF..
Railroads .May Compete.
A contract to give all the trafllc of cer
tain mines and furnaces and of a rallrotJ
to be constructed therefrom, lo another
and connecting rutlroad which furnishes
aid to develop the business. Is held valid
In Bald Eagle Valley It. Co. vs. Nlltany
Valley It. Co. (Pa.l, 29 L. K. A. 421, al
though the constitution requires railroads
to carry euch others' truffle without- dis
crimination, and prohibits discrimination
lu transportation for Individuals, and also
prohibits the cousollduton of parallel and
competing roads.
As to the Rights of Crossing.
The right of a railroad company to com
pensation when Its tracks are crossed in u
highway by a street railway ts denied in
Chlcugo, B. g. K. Co. vs. West Chlcugo
Street It. Co. (111.), 39 L. it. A. 4(s6, und this
is in accordance with other decisions on
the subject, which are collected in a tune
to the case. The ground to the decision Is
that the railroad company crosses the street
subject to the public easement of pass
age, and that the street railway is only
a mode of exercising this euseinent.
Wheelmen Must Uewaro. :
Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk or foot
way Is held In Commonwealth vs. Forest
(Pa.). 29 L. it. A. 3ii!i. to incur the penalty
provided by the Pennsylvania act, al
though the sidewalk was on laud appro
priated by a turnpike company, and was
built and kept up by the turnpike com
pany aided by contributions from the resi
dents of the village, even If the turnpike
company consented to the use of the
sidewalk by bicyclers, and such use bud
been general for a long time without com-
plaint.
Relating to Ballots.
A ballot law which permits the name of
a candidate to appear on the otllcial bal
lot but once, although he may be nominat
ed by different parties, Is held constitu
tional In Todd vs. Election Commission
ers I.Mich.), 29 L. R. A. 330, iilthough the
result may be that some voters will lie
unable lo vote as others can, for ull the
candidates of their own party without
marking the ballot more than mice, and
may be unable to have all the candidates
of their party appear on their puny bul
lut. .i'. ,
Profanity Justifies Ejectment.
The use of Indecent or profane lungua te
In a street car, which by slatute Is ex
pressly made an offense. Is held in Robin
son vs. Rockland. T. & C. St. Ry. 87 AP
387. 29 L. R. A. 52o. to be sunVlcnt reason
for putting the offender off the cur.
Honest .Misrepresentation I tensed.
A misrepresentation honestly made In
A belief that It Is true, although It was de
signed to Influence the conduct of anuther
who acts upon it, is held in Koilnlze vs.
Kennedy. 147 X. V. 124, 29 L. R. A. M.
to be Insufficient to sustain an action for
fraud.
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frequently chew and smoke Immense
SmntiUes ol tobacco ami wonder all
le time why then loo!; 10 bad, leel
10 mean. Try under an absolute guar
antee ol benefit and final cure, or money
refunded, the faking of a tingle box el
NO-TO-BAC
regulates tobacco usina.
builds us nervous svstem.
makes ure, rich blood. Many report :
- a gain of ten pounds In ten days. 60 J
buy a box. Try it under your own
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CA8CARET8 Uri?
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
Tie FlMst In the City.
The latest Itopro? ei taraiab
lap aatl appantaa for teopiof
mmt, tMtter aad eft.
ttt Wyomlnf Awe K
REM- i
,y 83 3
Extreme Prostration
From Fevers .
of every description, especially
typhoid, is the doctor's fear and
the patient's danger; medicine
is of but little avail, sufficient
nourishment to create new
strength to carry the patient
over the crisis is what is nec
essary, a persuading of the great
machinery of the body to go on
with its work is the end
sought after; -hence physicians
recommend
Bovinine
that greatest of concentrated
food preparations, that creator of
strength, maker of flesh tissue,
and blood enricher, which, putting
the vital organs in their normal
condition, enables them to dis
pel disease. Ur. (1. Curson
Young of Phillipsburgh, N. J.,
says, " I have used Hovinine w ith
great satisfaction. One case, an
old lady of seventy years, con
valescing from typhoid fever, but
very slowly, gastric irritation
complicated with extreme pros
tration gave but a faint hope of
recovery. I gave her Hovinine,
a complete restoration to
health followed."
3!i'.e Normal School, East Stroudsburg, Pi
New Gyniuasium.
The spring term of this nr and popular In
stitution will open on Tuesday, March U, If OH.
N'evr illustrated catslogueaun Normal Eouues
tree. Entail" rooms now. Address
J. P. BIBLE, A. At., Prln.
The St. Denis
Urcadway and Eleventh St.. New York.
Opp. Orace Church.- European Plan.
Kourat Si.oo a Day and Upwards.
i'n a raoilett aad unobtrusive way there are
few bottor cendnnted hotels m the metropolis
than tile 8t. Denis.
The great pepularity it bus acnulrsd can
readily be traced to Its uulaue location, its
houiallks atmosphere, the peculiar excellence
of its euistus and sirvics, aud Its very muder
ute prices.
WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SON,
Seek the Best
Have Nothing Else.
It Pays
Write the Principal ot the State
Normal School at Blooinshtirg.l'ii.,
for information ahout thut excel
lent and popular school.
$500 In Scholarship Prlzjs Just Cffered
OYSTERS
We are Headquarters (or Oyster an 4
are handling the
Celebrated Duck Rivers,
Lynn Havens, KevporU,
Mill Ponds; also Shrews
bury, Rockaways, Maurice
River Coves, Western
Shores and Blue Points.
1-sT We make a Hpeeislty of delivering
Blue Points on halt shell lu carriers,
PIERCE'S MARKET. PENN AYE
rvr. PLEASANT
COAL,
AT RETAIL.
OaeJ f the bast quality for icm
las, and of all sites, delivered ia
I'sxi 91 tne ciry at lowest price.
Orders left at my Ofllce
NO. 118 WYOMING AVENUE,
Rear reoni, first floor. Third NatMaal
Baak, r sent by mall or telephone La Use
Blast win receive prompt attention.
apectal contracts will be made far
etiaaad delivery of Buckwheat CoaL
WIVI. X. SMITH.
WILLIAM S. MILLAR,
Alderman 8th Ward, Scranton.
ROOMS 4 AND 5.
Qaa and Water Co. Bulidino,
CORNER WYOMING AYE. AM) CENTER ST.
OFFICE HOURS from T.HU a- to. tot p. m.
CI soar intermission for ainusr and supper.;
Pirtlcnlu Attention Given to Collections
Prompt settlement Guaranteed.
VOU R BUSINESS IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED
Telephone No. 134.
call upjesa.
M on i m Mm
CO.
OILS,
VINEGAR
AND
CIDER.
OmOE AND WAREHOUSE,
Ml TO ii MERIDIAN 3TRE3T
M. W. COLLINS, M'tfr.
Calibrated Fraud
darn never fall.
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ieiifa and aura tarltava) all atfawsT
rasmrai
wrMTt sWwwfwyaaw awsasmwaa
ft
SEVEN COUNTER (ffi
ONE M IE CASE
D COUNTER OR WL
Must Be Sold
Before We Remove
To our new store, No,
130 Wj-oiiring avenue,
Coal Exchange, April
1st. Price uo considera
tion. SPRING WILL
SOON BE HERE
And to be prepared ta meet the, warm '
weather you want a staeonabll Salt ar '
an Orercoat or beta
4ND THE BEST PLACE
TO VISIT FOR SOMETHING OOOD
IN MERCHANT TAILORINU
406 Lackawanna iva.
THERE YOU WILL FIND
Tba largest stock te select from. Trim
mine Always of tbo Best. Latest Btf In
In Cnttinc. and mads up on lbs premlaie
by Expert Worknieu.
Mf Nothing allowed to leave the es
tablishment iiuleai satiafauiorjr to the
customer, and the lowest prices consist
eat with Goo Mercbant Tailoring.
t
BREWERY,
MaarafeWturwre of the OsssbratM
PILSENER
LAGER BEER
CAPAcrrvi
90(ooo Barrels per Annirflj
Moosic Ponder Co,
Rooms 1 and 2 Commoieiltl ML
SCRANTON. PA.
MINING and BLASTING
POWDER
HAD AT MOOSIC AND RUnsV .
DALH WORKS.
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Orange Gun PowdcJ
BlecUio Batteries, rosea for siabXI
las blajrta. Safety Pave) aai
EipuBoCk6Dical Co.'s Hign Exploit
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Veaaaj rasa will nasiu their lost eaaahood,aseld
ana wit) teosw their roulMol wsor by eel as
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all affects at ssli-atouae or esoMsad ladiscrettoa,
salsa aalta one tor study, business or sntrrtaae. II
aot ealy ram by stertlnc at the seat of dlsesse. bat
issareat aerve coailo and blood batlder, biinsj
Ini beok the pink (low to eaeeat and s
.uerlaa the Are ef youth. 1 wsrda otT Insanity
and Oeasuinption. Insist oa hartaj ItBVITO. ne
ether. It can be earrted ia seat beoket. By sseti,
3 1 .OO per peokaae. er sli tot with a poet-
tie writtaa caarantee to emrw e aw fund
the money, areolar tree. Address
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