Show GROVER E U L 0 1 Z I 1 8 I 1 F IN BAYA R U ON THE OCCASION OF THE UN VEILING OF A STATUE f former president says there Is great need for more bayards bayaras in public service wilmington del juno 22 IQ in tho the presence of the largest crowd that ever assembled at a public function in delaware a bronze memorial statue to thomas IF bayard secretary of state tinder linder pre president ident cleveland former united stales states senator and the first american ambassador to the court fit of st james was unveiled here this af ar 1 hernoon with simple exercises the absence of mr cleveland who is 1 caused much regret he was to have delivered the principal address in his absence the he address was read by john bassett ON moore foore of columbus other participants were george gray of the united states supreme court and bishop coleman of 0 the protestant episcopal diocese of delaware the memorial occupies a commanding position at tho the entrance to rockford park the location is a tria triangle agle formed by three avenues and overlooks the city of wilmington where mr bayard was born and where he lie always lived the statue was modeled and cast in england and was tho the gift of an unknown friend of air bayard judge gray referred briefly to the professional career of mr fr bayard and then welt dwelt d upon his personal charms his its intensity of nature and brilliancy of intellect saying that he lie made those sentiments the gover noring force of hla his life continuing judge gray I 1 said mr bayard may have had his 1119 faults though his friends found it hard harl to discover them I 1 know that some that were imputed to him grew grow out of that very whole devotion to duty as it was given to him to see it that characterized his public life the high standards of conduct set forth by him in his public utterances were never Io lowered ered in the intimacies cies cles of private life on such occasions liis his conversation though marked by the changing and lambent humor which was natural to liim him often than with most public men whom I 1 have known took a serious turn and dealt with the great social problems the solution of which seemed always to fill his mind and heart with anxious solicitude tor for his country and her har institutions this community has ling hardly yet recovered from its ltv first sense of loss we all missed and still roles miss the sus sua presence of his ills strong virile nature tho aun sun seemed to shine less brightly after he left us and tho the mourners went about the streets but ho lie has left us the legacy of his good name nanie and the memory of his upright life we are all better that ho he lived among us let us love the things that he loved the fc L the unostentatious perform performance 0 each days duties and lot let us its imitate him in the consecration of ourselves to the service of humanity in our day and generation mr ii Clev elands address eulogizes bayards bayaras Ba yards career who throughout testified of lofty patriotism of civic civie righteousness of unselfish endeavor and of knightly courage it shall testify too to a time when the saving saying Ig Ilance of americanism kept watch and ward and gave warning of the approach of any insidious foe of our nations peace and of a time when in the actual presence of national perplexities and doubt the loyalty of our people was neither hampered nor misled misted by sordid motives petty partisanship nor class animos aties 11 1 I have known a man wrote air cleveland and I 1 do not believe there over ever lived hied a man who accepted the tile guidance of duty more loyally ami and unreservedly than thomas F bayard he was strongly attached to the political party of his choice but he cared nothing for partisan manipulation and detested the pursuit of ignoble sordid purposes under tho the pretense of solicitation for the public good under the guidance of uncontaminated patriotism he lie 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 greater safety there were in the present generation ot our political life lift more men as wise as disinterested and as bravely devoted to duty as he whose memory we arc are honoring today let those who now bear the heat and arld burden of the day leam learn that there Is an atmosphere of political activity far purer and higher and more potent to save than the mean and conscienceless strife of unprincipled partisanship let us be steadfast in our belief unmoved by clamor and toy by an inordinate desire for success at any cost of principles and consistency sis tency thus shall we serve our country best thus shall we know quoting bayards bayaras Ba yards own words a joy that mere success can never know landi land thus will it be that the life we e here memorialize shall not have been lived in vain president roosevelt sent regret which said 11 my appreciation of what mr fr bayards bayaras Ba yards stainless purity and integrity of character in public life la Is based on personal knowledge I 1 wish it were in my power to be present with you and anti add 1 my tribute to the tributes which will bo be paid to his memory 1 1 |