New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
THE TORY PROGRAMME.
LORD BEAcoNsFlELD AND HIS PARTY.

REMAIN THE QUEENS CONFIDENTIAL ADVISER
| -BEACoXsFIELD'S STRENGTH IN oPPosITIoN-A
REMARKABLY ADDRESS To HIS PARTY
IPRoM riIR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE J
LONDON. MAY 2O-Whether Lord BeacOnsfelds
speech at Brdgewater House yesterday or Lord
Beaoons6elds visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle
on Monday be the more important event. Is matter
which the Liberals discussing with some ANNA
ton. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone went to
the Castle as guests of Her Majesty remaining over
Sunday. The visit may DO described as one purely
official in its character 1t is of custOm-lt may DC
said it is of necessty-ha hat social relations should
exist between the occupant Of the Throne and the
Prime Minister The Queen is far too conscientious
in the discharge of public duties to omit any cere-
mOnIal prescribed by usage. When she made up ner
mind TO part with her beloved adviser OF the last Six
wears she received Mr.. Gladstone with perfect cour
tesy Mrs. Gladstone, whose talent for frankness Is
nnite admirable said repeatedly, with reference to
this first visit that her husband was much
pleased with his reception by his sovereign The
Queen is-tO employ much abused but still slgnlh-
can't word-a lady. She would be sure to treat her
guest courteously, having once made up her royal
mimi that her guest lie must be. SO when the usnaI
visit took place last Saturday and Sunday, Mr.: and
Mrs Gladstone might count upon being greeted
with perfect civllty, and being made to feel that
they were welcome at the Queens home. All that
IL as 1t should be, and must be-
But il was neither of usage nor still less OF
necessity that within few hours Of Mr.. GladstOnes
departure Lord BeacOnsfed should again be a
guest at the Castle. Why he sent for Why
did Lord Rowton-late Mr. Montague Cory and
NOW. as before Lord BeacoDsfeld's friend, secre-
tary. and factotum-accompan him 7 And why
shond this interview bc timed that.tO the outside
world il should seem to have some connection with
the swiftly-iOllowinR gathering OF the defeated
Tories in London, and the formal announcement OF
their leaders views to the future conduct OF the
party These are Questions which a good many
people are asking. Nobody preends to give posi-
tive answer to them. The asking of them almost
dispcnses with the need of answer. 'HSome will
have itD SAYS a shrewd observer " that the Tory
Premier although rejected by the people, has not
been displaced in the confidence Of the Sovereign.
and that. though Mr.. Gladstone may be dcjHr Prime
Minister de Gdcto the Earl of Beaconsield is still at
the helm of State so far as he may bo the adviser
of her Majesty. No good can be done by attempting
to conceal the fact that, amongst influential mem
bers of the Liberal party, comment ran high ycster-
day and to-day on tho possibllity-if such thing
can be conceiyed-of the late Premier playing role
for his party under the guise Of confidential ad-
wiser to the Queen, which has no precedent in Eng
lish history" | am far from saying that l think
these apprehcnsions have any large foundation i'll
fact But they exist and the fact that they exist Is
a fact TO be noted.
Conjecture. indeed may DO dispensed with when
there much that il striking in the known facts
For some reason or other. it suits the Queen to
MAINTAIN an open-almOSt Ostcntatious-lntimacy
with the adviser whom the people OF England have
rr0uirrd her to discard. For demonstration Of her
undated regard for Lord BeacOnsGeld she chooses
the moment when he has summoned party con-
clavc. ard is about to make q declaration OF party
policy The invitations to yesterdays meeting
went out from Hu1lrnden May TO- The day but
one before the meeting Lord BeacOnsfeld IS at
Windsor The perfume Of the royal presence is
up0n him ~ lie meets his supporters. He passes
from the dmner-table of the Queen to the picture
gallery of Lord Eliesmere and the company of the
five hundred Tories who are the leading mon OF the
party Is it wonderful if they and Others believe
that there haE been consultation between the
Queen and her late Minister to the future of the
| party which acknowledges him rs its chiefs that
| he and she had settled between them the policy
they think essential to the safety Of Tin" realm. and
that she meant others to infer that in her mind the
right conduct of the minority and its early rcsOra-
tion to power are of grave import to the Staief
Invitations were sent 10 over 500 members of tho
late and present Parliament. Over 400 were present
| The late Cabinet were there in force. OF the tif
! teen great Tory houses of England moro than two
! thirds sent representatives. Seldom has there been
such muster Of Conservatives. Lord CarnarvOn
seized tue opportunity sgnalze his return to the
! Tory camp. Hardly a single member of Parliament
of any rank i'm his party absent. Many Of them,
rejected by their constituents and doomed to future
obscurlty, seem, rs writer says, to come forth
! from their graves. The man who had consigned
! them to political oblivion there to give an
count Of his defeat aud of his hopes for future
| surreciiOn. no position could well have been more
| awkward in itself. None could have made greater
| demands OH the gonlus III the extraordinary man
who had TO face It. In nom, perhaps has be shown
| more of the inde pondrnco and originality of view
which are characteristic of him. He offered no
! apology. He uttered not word of dependency.
| He entered upon no controversy. He touched no
| question which the party is divided. He pre-
served absolute silence rs to that boosted foreign
policy which lately went by the name of national.
He coined 10 epgram ut the expense of those bril-
| liant brethren" of Ireland who have contributed
! 50 much to his overthrow. He cOntented himself
with remarking that after much stH'ly he had come
to the conclusion that the cause of the Tory defeat
was be found in the desire Of the people Of Eng
land for a change. There is sign in the report
| that this observation was received by his dstin-
guished audience with other than entire seriousness
| The Tories are seldom quick at detecting the humOr-
GUS flavor in their leaders deliverances. He pro-
caimed rs oil course lie must proclaim, MS serene
confidence IN a future reversal of the present YER
dict of the country. The business of the party was
he reminded them, to hasten that happy day, and III
order to hasten it. he enOned upon them two things
First, better organizations Coupled as this was
with a sneer ut Mr. Chamberlan's " American eau
Gus SYSTEM" it may nevertheless be taken tes-
timonial to the efficiency of TINT system-whch, he
remarked in passing, Is not American at all in Its
essential features. Secondly. said Lord Beacons-
field, the business Of the Tories is to SOW discussions
among the Liberals or to take note of those which
exist, and to profit by them. l am not quoting his
language. am stating what take to be the real