The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-08
rhe Debate ON tho Quecn's Speech
The Coming Fight.


The Debate ON tho Qusen's Speech
The Coming Fight.
II ever any speech from the British Throne
was got up with the intention of rendering
debate next to impossible it was the Royal
address of Thursday. It was not however,
80 completely successful as Mr.. Gladstone
intended, and. perhaps, expected it should
be. In both houses hard knocks were given
to the administration. It is quite clear that
Mr.. Gladstone's foreign policy does not quite
satisfy all ranks and classes of the people,
The home policy of the Minister provoked
but little if any opposition but the leading
members of the opposition in the upper and
lower houses spoke bitterly of tho Alabama
Treaty and of the conduct of the governmental
the present international difficulty with Russia.
1t is natural, we suppose, for an opposition to
complain. Tt is quite as natural for the enemy
to attack the most vulnerable points. With the
home policy of the Cabinet the opposition had
tho less reason to complain that for four
years they have fought, fought vigorously.
but fought in vain. The money indemnity
Tor the Expectations of the Alabama and other
vessels on American commerce has yet to be
voted by the House of Commons. So far andso
far only is the Washington Treaty question
now open. Now that the Washington Treaty
is an accomplished fact, it seems small for
lords and honorable gentlemen to take excep-
ton to arrangements for which they are quite
as responsible as the Ministers themselves.
Mr.. Gladstone may suffer by such attacks,
but, if he does, he will be wanting in his
usual skill and power in debate in Parliament
airy tactics. Mr.. Disraeli spoke strongly on the
Russian question. England must win, accord
ing to the opposition chief, if England should
fight; but Mr.. Dsraeli took good care to ex-
press the hope that diplomacy, not war, would
settle the question. Mr.. Gladstone has NO
doubt carried the peace-at-any-price policy to
an extreme; but it is doubtful if more war
like policy since he has held the reins of power
would have commanded the support of any
large section Of the British people. A vote of
censure on the Washington Treaty is out Of
the question. Mr.. Disraeli is too astute .
statesman to raise such an issue. On the
Russian question Mr.. Gladstone is as little
committed as is Mr.. Disraeli. On the foreign
policy of the government the great fight for
power will no doubt take place; but the
chances are rather in favor of than against
Mr. Gladstone's success. Mr. Gladstone, no
doubt has his faults; he has been sometimes
overbearing towards his friends and sup
porters and rude towards his opponents; but
in carrying substantial reforms he has been
the most successful Prime Minister whom
Great Britain has had in many years.
Open Investigation-The Cases OF the
Kansas Senators.
The proposition that the grave charges
which have been made against Senator
Pomeroy shall be investigated by committee
of the Senate, with closed doors, is q most ex-
traordinary one. Pomeroy is one of the worst
men in the Senate, and the charge of bribery
which is now made against him is based upon
transactions Of the greatest notoriety. His
friends deny his guilt, while the country holds
him guilty. He must be tried for his offence,
and tried before the whole world. This
covering up of the crimes of rascals will not
answer. 1t is barely possible that Pomeroy
may have some kind Of defence, and the coun-
try demands to know what it is. Last year he
escaped expulsion on q similar charge by
the manner in which the investigation
was conducted. Even his colleague, Sem
ator Caldwell, hopes to escape by the same
means. This will not do. These men have
no claims upon the Senate and the country,
except fair and open trial They must not
be saved by any secret agencies in commit
tee whose proceedings are withheld from pub
lie scrutiny. If the HERALD and other indie
pendent journals had not 80 strenuously in
sisted upon Judge Polands Committee on the
Credit Mobilier transactions taking the testi-
mony with open doors, the wickedness of the
implicated congressman would never have
been known. With the results of that investi-
cation staring the American people in the
face they will never assent to q man of such
escaping the penalty of his offences by the
Vaccinations of his associates in the Senate.
In the case of the Kansas Senators nothing
short Of expulsion will satisfy the people, and
they must both be speedily expelled.
'THEY DARE Nor Touch A HAIR OF Hrs
HEAD."-The Cuban patriots and sympa-
thizers in this city, as reported elsewhere,
unite in the opinion that Spain will keep it's
hands off Mr.. James j. O'Kelly, our special
Commissioner in the island of Cuba. The
case of Admiral Polo's visit to Charleston
during the war is aptly pointed. He is now
Ambassador at Washington. What has he to
saw for the brutal threat of Morales?
THE GALLONS Is LOOMING UP.-In Peoria,
H., yesterday, q wife murderer named
ar .N,.Itxv nc told a1eawhara woo hopooJ h.,