Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1893, Page 12

WILLIAM EWARs GLADSTONE. GLADSTONE'S FIGHT. The Coming Political Crisis in Eng- land. THE FUTURE OF THE LORDS. a Will the Upper House Be Swept Away by the Liberals? EVE OF A GREAT STRUGGLE. NGLAND IS NOW on the eve of a con- test which promises to work mighty changes in the fabric of her political insti- tutions, for the liberal struggle for Irish home rule has taken on a new and more serious phase and one which may lead to no less a result than the abolition or radical reformation of the house of lords. Mr. Gladstone's seven years’ struggle for Irish home rule having ended 4m the passage by the house of commons of ®@ Dill embodying his views, the house of Jords on Friday, September 8, by a vote of 9 to 1, more than ten to one, threw out the measure which the commons had sent Up to it. There could be ao mistaking the mote of defiance which this action implied, ahd “Mr. Gladstone and his followers tmve Promptly shown their willingness to meet their conservative opponents more than half Way. Following the action of the lords, it Was given out that the queen had advised Mr. Gladstone to appeal at once to the elec: tors or resign the post of prime minister. Had the queen been foolish enough to thus Precipitate a dispute that might prove fatal to her dynasty, a fact by no means prob- able. it has already become clear that Mr. Gladstone has neither the wish nor the in- Morley. Yention to follow the advice of his sovereign. He will not resign and he will choose his ‘own time for appealing to the electors. He has accepted the gauge of battle offered by the lords and ts ready for the contest, which, unless the peers yield before it is too late, will result in the complete destruction of their power. Mr. Gladstone's program for the future has found expression in the recent mani- festo of the National Liberal Federation and in his own address to the electors of ‘Midlothian. When parliament, after a brief Fecess reconvenes in November, he will first atrive to strengthen his hold upon the voters of the united kingdom by pushing through the commons a number of the most im- tant reforms included in the famous jewcastle program. First of all, he will bring forward a measure to increase the facilities for registration, which would add greatly to the voting strength of the work- ing classes. Following this, he wiil attempt to further reform the franchise by the abolition of plural voting. In an appeal to ‘the country there could be no more popular ery than “One man, one vote.” Another important measure to be introduced by Mr. Gladstone will transfer the management of Jocal affairs from the land owners to the .tenantry by bestowing enlarged powers on the parish councils. This would have a most beneficial influence on the liberal pros- Pects in the country districts where even at ‘the last election large liberal gains were re- tripe ‘Then will come proposals to better relations of land! London, calew on the city elec for the miners, t im Durham and Optional with the miner Finally, will come bills ment of the church in W Measures splendidly calculated to prevent defection and swell the voting strength of the liberals in thos> countries All of the measures me a like influence hour bill Be pushed forward with Patch in the hi of commons, and sent to the lords, who, it is believed. will reject every one of them as the ve already Fejected the home rule bill and the bill en- larging the powers of the London county council. This would place the peers in t awkward and dangerous position of nul- Ufying the entire legislative work of the chosen representatives of the English | peopte—the trap into which Mr. Glad- stone most desires to lead them—and would show them to be unworthy guardians of English interests as well as inimical to England’s wishes as expressed in the bills for improved registration, eight hours for miners and enlargement of thi powers of the London and parish council At this juncture in the splendid game Mr. Gladstone has set cut to play will come the dissolution of parliament and an appeal to the country. At present no one doubts that in the election following such an appeal the liberals will be returned to power by an in- creased majority. If the liberals are suc- cessful Mr. Gladstone, when the new house opens, will at once introduce the home rule bill anew, preserving its present form in order to save time. Should the lords persist in its rejection when sent up to them a sec- ond time, there is no doubt that Mr. Glad- stone would then introduce a drastic meas- ure abolishing the house of lords and replac- ing them with an elective body somewhat similar to our own state senates. For the act of abolition he would have a precedent in the history of the famous long parlia- Edward Blake. ment, and, more important still, in resorting to such a remedy he would have the sanc- tion and the powerful support of the Eng- lish people, for to the basic question wheth- er the lords or the commons were the real masters of the united kingdom, but one | answer could and would be given. Sueh, briefly outlined, is the plan of cam- paign upon which Mr. Gladstone and his advisers seem to have decided. In boldness, daring and astuteness it would do credit to @ man of half the years of Mr. Gladstone, but in forecasting its success two uncertain factors must be taken into account. The first is the support of all the Irish members, which must be warm and constant in order to insure success. The second factor is the health of Mr. Gladstone himself. This wonderful man, the greatest with two pos- sible exceptions the century has produced, is now eighty-four years old, and, while he Still preserves all the energy and enthusiasm of youth and enjoys a vigor and virility that are unique, the drain upon the vital powers in recent years has been one that old age could not long be expected to withstand, ar a collapse, the more complete because s0 ong delayed, may come at any time. Still, Mr. Gladstone has always stood in a class by himself, and he may again, as he has so often done before, confound the prophets by living to carry to a successful issue the fight for home rule. Save for the defection of the Irish members or the death of Mr. Gladstone the liberals are sure to win in the struggle just begun. _In this struggie John Morley will be, as he Bas been for several years past. the right hand man and most trusted Heutenant of Mr. Gladstone. No man in English public life in recent years has forged to the front more swiftly or surely than has Mr. Morley. He did not enter politics until late in life, and when he did it was to step from an ed- itor’s desk to a seat in the cabinet. His failure as a politician was generally pre- Lord Roseberry. dicted, but in less than a decade he has bril- liantly refuted these doleful predictions. To- rds and tenants in| day he is the recognized leader of the rad- ical wing of the liberal party, in the country his influence Is second only to that of Mr. Gladstone, and few doubt that in due time he will be Mr. Gladstone's succ that he has he has come by hones patriotism is unquestioned, his cha stainless, his nature sympathetic, his earn- estness persuasive, his ability as an orator and writer fine and true. His methods as a politician have won him the respect alik> of ally and foe. He always fights fair; no striking below the belt, no personal abuse, no ealumnious innuendo defaces his contro- versial style, and, though his doctrines and sentiments are warmly combated by the op- posite party the devotion of his own ardent followers is fortified by the respect and ad- miration of his adversaries. In private life is modest, ffected and warm hearted emies than any other Mr. Morley is now ers, mental and phys- ars he will be prime in. Morley was a man without | not feel them. he reverse Is true of Sir William his most formidable rival for the Harcourt Is feared with- in his own party and cordially hated with- out. He is the Sullivan of the liberals, a mpion pusilist, tall and heavy in build, arrogant in demeanor, with a loud voice and insulting manner toward his foes. He is a combatant of a really formidable kind, though what he says has very little weight in the country. In the house of commons, however, the place where battles have to be fought out and out, the man who scores the largest number of hard hits is sure to elbow his to the front of the assembly, and Hare wt all times to turn a laugh ashes away with might ough he often gets hard has cultivated a contemptuous ch enables him to look as if he did If tory or liberal or unionist is to be stamped upon and rolled over in the dirt, Harcourt is the man for the job. Dur- knocks, it smile w ing the next year he will be heard from often and always to good purpose. 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He belongs to the school of philosoph- ie democrats of which John Stuart Mill was the most perfect representative, und has often declared himself a republican in theory. His attack some years ago upon the allowance to the royal family made him more hated, for the time being, than any man in England. Descended from a long line of literary and journalistic ancestors, he is a profoundly weil-read man, a thorough- going scholar in politics. His speeches are not so fiery as those of Harcourt, but he is, nevertheless, an immensely effective speak- er. Any set speech that he makes is a whole library of information. He ts a mas- ter of sereasm, and in his way of using it is verp much like Thaddeus Stevens was fifty years ago. His irony is like the action of acid upon a file. Americans have particular reasons for liking him, because his pet idea is that some day there will be a federation of all English-speaking people, with the United States (which he calls “Greater Rrit- ain”) as the cenfral and controlling member, and its government the model for all the rest. The Earl of Rosebury, the liberal leader in the house of lords, is one of the few men who give that body a tangible excuse for its existence. He fs a brainy and canny Scotch- man, with a dry humor that makes him a most entertaining speaker, and positive views, which he has the courage to express whenever the occasion demands. Justin M Carthy is the nominal leader of the Irish party, but from present indications he will soon find a more capable and virtle successor in Edward Blake, who recently abandoned a brilliant Canadian career to enter English politics. Blake was for years recognized as the brainiest lawyer and the ablest speaker in Canada. He was the only man in the Iib- eral party of whom that astute tory pre- mier, Sir John Macdonald, stood in awe. When Blake resigned the leadership of his party ten years ago Sir John gave a sigh of relief and smiled blandly. After his retire- ment Mr. Blake returned to his law practice and assumed his old place as senior partner of the leading law firm of Toronto, a firm that consists of thirteen partners and em- ploys over fifty clerks. Mr. Blake first at- tracted the attention of English politicians by his masterly arguments in the judicial chamber of the English privy council, where he appeared in the interests of Canadia: clients four or five times a year. His pro- found reasoning and his finished oratory several times brought from the bench the highest compliments ever paid to an advo- cate by the judges of the highest court of the realm. Mr. Blake is a giant in statureHe is cool, clever, JUL We are doing do so are willing Urnorsreny Goons, Cuzar For Casa. 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NOW MARKED = $3.75. ‘or Casn $2.40. No. 200, High Back Quartered Oak Dining Chair. NOW MARKED = $3.25. For Case $2.10 well as in intellect. His private and pub- Me record have not been soiled any of the stains that are usually inseparable from the politician's life. His nature is kindly and his temperament resolute and robust. The Irish members at the present moment could hot find a better leader nor an abler one. Among the conservative leaders in the house of commons, there is none the equal in any way of Mr. Gladstone. Arthur J. Balfour is the ablest of the lot, and he is veritable pigmy when compared with the grand old man. However, it should not be inferred from this that Mr. Balfour is an ordinary man. He possesses talents of a high order, and, while his present eminence come to him as the nephew of Lord Salis- bury, he has shown himself a cool-headed and sagacious administrator, a ready and often effective debater and a skilled polit- |ical_ tactician. Want of conviction and a | mocking cynicism are his chief defects, and they are sure to seriously impair his useful- ness In the future as they have in the past. The same defects have thus far played havoc with the career of Lord Randolph Churehill, after Balfour the ablest of the conservative leaders in the commons. Churchill ts a bright man and a clever one, |at once the pride and the despair of his |Party. He is witty, pert. plucky and. pug- naclous; of slender build and the happy Possessor of a tip-tilted nose, which is most effective in expressing scorn and contempt. As a speaker he ts sure of a hearing from both sides of the house, and is heartily wel- comed as a foe to duliness, monotony and boredom. Could he persuade people to ac- cept him seriously his usefulness would be increased many fold. Neither Balfour or Churchill is the peer in ability or political acumen of Joseph Chamberlain, the whilom radical leader and | mons. The latter is closely connected with this country, having married the only daugh- ter of ex-Secretary of War Endicott. He made a large fortune as a manufacturer of | Screws in Birmingham, of which city he was once mayor. When he first entered parlia- | ment he was a very firm Iberal: in fact, he Was considered rather too radical even by his own party. Mr. Gladstone made him president of the board of trade, Later, he | opposed the Irish policy of Mr. Gladstone and joined the liberal unionists, Upon Lord Hartington going up to the house of lords Mr. Chamberlain succeeded to the leader- ship of the liberal unionists in the commons, where, much to the disgust of the liberals, he insists upon sitting with his former col- leagues, while he accuses them of every | political crime known to man. Mr. Chamber- lain, who 1s nothing if not one ‘of the most polished, inc! and one of the most dexterous the commons. @ speakers, debaters in He is a wiry, sinewy man, nearly sixty, but, on close view, looking sev_ \eral years younger. Though of somewhat | slender build he fs not in any sense a weak |man. Not an ounce of superfluous flesh |does he carry. His speeches are like him- self, clean-cut, terse, trenchant and direct. passionless and talks like is largely due to the opportunities that have | now chief of the unionist faction in the com- | We Will Be Frank! and as niture, Carpets, Upholstery Goods, Wall Papers, with you that will be greatly to your advantage. We want to sell $25,000 w Cmxa Crosers Atmost Harr For Cass. No. 2882. Handsome China Closets, 3 Portable shelves, in quartered oak, polish finished, hand carved, brass trimmed, 42 inches wide, 16 inches deep, 6 feet 4 inches high. NOW MARKED $35, Fon Casn $23.25. ‘No. 1980. 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HY an ihe H fis ef ry a 5 Be g | leading article in the Times. It is said by those who should know that Mr. Chamber. lain looks in time for a reconciliation with his former associates and restoration to the radical leadership, but in this he reckons without his host. Political renegades are | not popular in England. Lord Hartington, now the Duke of Devon- | shire, the unionist leader in the house of jlords, had he been born a poor and untitled American would never have been heard of outside of hts township. He ts a dull, obsti- nate and bigoted man, whose stupid and | Stubborn defense of his class in their harm- ful and indefensible privileges has given | him @ prestige in certain quarters of which he is in no way deserving. Lord Roseberry is his superior in every way, and so is Lord | Salisbury, the conservative leader, and, after all fs said and done, the ablest and most formidable of Mr. ‘Gladstone's op- | Ponents. “Haughty Cecil” is what he was called in his earlier days, and throughout his public career of forty years he has always shown the most profound contempt. for | what he is pleased to call the mob. Lord | Salisbury, from the time of his start in lite jas Lord Robert Cecil, has always been a | sharp-tongued debater, fluent and caustic, | with great resources in the way of taking epigrams and clever epithets which, once thrown at an adversary, stick to him for. jever. Justin McCarthy ‘characterized him then as “the ablest scion of noble toryism [in the commons.” “He had,” says the au- | thor of “The History of Our Own Times,” “a | positive genius for saying bitter things in |Wese bitterest tone.” He was one of the youngest sons of the late Marquis of Salis. bury, and when he entered parliament had No apparent prospect of succeeding to his father’s title or estates. He was poor, and | though the timely death of an elder brother | changed the whole tenor of his career the makeshifts and trials of poverty with which | his earlier years were cursed left Salisbury more of a politician than a statesman. His own party has long regarded him as a self- |ish leader, and the liberals look upon him jas the embodiment of inconsistency and trickery. Still, no one denies him the pos- session of great shrewdness and acumen, and, though the coming struggle result dis: astrously for his party, It is sure to be con- ducted, so far as he is concerned, with cours age, ability and skill, <oo ‘Tuft Hunting in Crowds, From the New York Weekly. Foreign visitor—“Ah, you have a beauti- ful country and a noble system of govern. ment—every man a freeman and all equal. What is that crowd about that hotei? Are they voting for and against some new law?" American citizen—“N-o—ahem—a princess is stopping there. No one in ordinary health need become bald or gray, Mf he will follow sensible treatment. We Vise cleanliness of the scalp and the use of Hall's ‘Hair Renewer, A Trifle Too Leisurely. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. She wasn’t blessed with much beauty, but | she was dressed and had the appearance of being exact. She came into the Union depot and tripped to the ticket office. The big clock on the wall said it was exactly—p.m, | “What time does the next train leave for Chicago?” she asked. “It will start in five minutes.” “How much is the fare?” “Twelve dollars. “1 thought it was only ten.” “Twelve dollars is the usual fare.”* “Will it be as y cheaper tomorrow?” an you change a $50 bill?” “Yes, change a $50) bill.” It took her some time to gather up her change and stow it away. When she had performed the operation, she smiled and asked: What time did you say the train went?” “The train is gone. There will be another one to Chicago tomorrow morning, It was then that the woman vented her wrath upon the ticket seller, but three other people who had been waiting in line behind her, and who had also missed the train, smiled grimly. ————_+e+____ Sporting Item, From Truth. Leeds—“Who do you think will win fight between, qplufley and Boxer?" TE fansfield—“I think it is only a th of who gets winded first.” > * Tuestion Leeds—“So do I; but I think Bh the better talker of the two.” conte ———_+e2___ Their Honeymoon at the Fatr. From the World’s Fair Puck. Mrs, Will Gitthere (nee Rocks)—“And to think, William, of all the women here you hould prefer me! Oh, isn’t it something awful to be in love?” CARE OF HER CROWNING GLORY. <n: How Wo May Keep Her Hair Pre- sentable Till Old Age. From the Chicago Tribune. It is safe to say that the average woman- ly woman takes down and puts up her back hair twenty-five times a week. If the short Space of five minutes were devoted at each operation to vigorous brushing of the scalp ro other care would be necessary to keep the hair clean, glossy and beautiful and the head in a healthy condition. A white- haired gentlewoman, who has been doing this sort of hair dressing for the last fifty Years, offers in evidence a clean scalp and an abundant head of hair, together with the startling information that she has not Washed her head since she went to board. ing school in October, 1843. If the hair is much’exposed to éust,which is the case in the pursuit of nearly every line of industry, if the scalp is scaly, if the perspiration is excessive, or if the exuda- tion of oil is sufficiently copious to mat the the head should be washed at least ence a week. Women who sweep, work in clothing, chemical, tobacco, feather and food factories; operators in mills and wo- men who teach, travel, or lead out-oor lives in the city, can scarcely expect to get along with less than three shampoos a week and systematic combing and brushing night and day. The amount and the variety of dirt that @ woman's back hair can accumulate in a day's outing or a day’s work would startle a veteran pathologist. When it is not convenient to clean the head thoroughly the scalp may be freshen- ed and the pores stimulated by what is called a dry shampoo. First comb the hair well to get it free of tangles, to distribute the dust it may hold and also to excite the scalp. Then pour into the hair an ounce of diluted alcohol or two ounces of bay rum or any convenient toilet water; use the fingers to circulate it and then brush the scalp until it is dry and the hair until it is glossy. This can be done in five minutes, and,while not thorough, it is a Udy apology for cleanliness. ——_—_.ae—___ New York. From Life. Judge—“What is the charge against this man?” Policeman—“Faith, yer honor, I caught ‘im in the act of tearin’ up the strate! Voice of the Clerk—“Ebenezer Moseman, fast driving.” ——+e-+—____ Hard Luck. From the Detroit Free Presi. Featherstone—“Willie, did you tell your sister I was down stairs?” Willie—“Yes. Featherstone—“And what did she say?” Willie—“She said it never rained but it Poured.” Antiquity of the Elevator. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. An enterprising investigator of the me- chanics of our grandfathers has discovered that the lift or elevator is not a modern invention, An ingenious contrivance of a similar nature was constructed in the mid- die of the seventeenth century in Paris by @ man named Velayer,who called his in- vention a flying chair. Velayer's lift was met maraly tay; St becume vety Soantam able with rich people on account of its ty. It was simply a chair attached to @ rope which was passed over a pulley—or something which did duty for one—and ha@ a weight at Its other end to counterbalance the chair and its occupant. It continued in fashion until a mishap vccurred to the king's daughter at Versailles. On one occa- sion the machinery failed to work when she was half-way up, and she stuck there for three good hours before she could be Fes- cued by her servants, who had to break away the wall to release ner. “Flying chairs” were aot much used at court afterward. Some years later M. Thronier, who dabbled in mechanics in his leisure time, made a similar chair, which !he worked from the balcony. outside his { window. He thus escaped the danger of be- ing shut up in a shaft, ae che king's daugh- ter was. M. Thornier kept his arrangement Secret, and had many a laugh at the ex- pense of his friends who came to vixit him. ‘When they left him he would make some excuse for not going downstairs with them, but when they reached ‘he courtyard they were amazed to find him standing there awaiting them. To thelr questions he would return jesting replies, and then seat himself in his chair, and €o up *0 quickly | that they were unable to discover how he did it. One day, instead of surprising his friends agreeably, he did so disagreeabiy, for the machinery broke and he came greatly to grief. He used the staircase af- ter his recovery. vos a Out of Politics. From the New York Weekly. Foreign visitor—“You have a glorious country here and fairly revel in the biess- ings of freedom, I suppose.” Mr. Crossroads—“Wall, as to that, we don't take much interest in politics up our way. The post office don’t half pay ex- penses, and so all parties patriotically agreed to retire from the political field and Jet @ soldier's widow have it.” ‘From the Chicago Record. Mrs. Caustique (with rigid severity)— “What I don’t understand, Mrs. Parvnoo, is why you should have named your sum. mer cottage “Fernhurst-by-the-Riverside.” when there isn’t a stream pf water within * re Par with 1 “MM Mrs. Parvnoo (wi equal severity)— husband intends to have a river put through the premises at once.”