New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-04
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| LONDON November | ..
| Sir Henry James. her Majestys Attorncy-Gsneral,
referred in his speech at Bristol on Saturday TO the
"putterchildren of political life who delight them
selves in casting dirt at the regulations Of dlstn-
| ouished men" This was understood to mean one
"putter-child" in particular. who has laely said
acme strong things about Mr. Gladstone II is not ne
cossarv 70 mention his name But The Standard series
unon Sir Uenrys phrase as the text fora short sermon
on politiraI manners in which occurs the notable
remark that on each side the tone OF English
politics is being sensiby lowered by the unworthy
personalities that are becoming the familiar weap
ons of English politicians This does not refer nj
ALL Ipresume, to the ltish. The violations OF the
decencics of political intercourse OF wt,eh NesSrS
TIealey and Biggar and men of that stamp have
been guilty in Parliament were gross Inc irish
IcaOue press is not much better, and the League
orators on the stump are perhaps worse. But Eng
Isbmen only slrug their shoulders at such things.
They sincerely grieye the discredt bronr't on
the House of Commons, but no individual English
man cares what these men and their associates say
Of him. or will admit that they have an influence
on the tone OF English public life.
It must none the less be conceded that there Is
Grain of trnth in what our Conservative friend al
lcgcs SO far rs the origin of this decadence Is
modern il is traceabe to Lord Bcaconsteld hrStY'
and secondly TO the large body of the nch ana welt
born people who followed his lead from 1876 on
ward in unmcasurcd vltuperation oil BIT. Glaustohe
When Mr. Gladstone blocked the Beaconsield
scheme of poiup 70 war with Russia he became the
object of a ferocous personal hatred WIN
ont example in recent history. His subsequent
trinmph at the polls did not diminish the animoslty
with which he was regarded in ." society Ill any
thing. the triumph cxaspcrated and iniamed MS
enemies They were Just n little stunned, and lot
moment silcnccd. by the force of the blow theS ro
ceived in the spring of 1880 But they nave Slii'o
rcg.incd that elasticity of spirits whlch ehao'''
them to find amusement in coarse invertVes againS'
the greatest of English statesmen. The use oil ha'e-
fl words becaIne so common in private that
by and by they began to be used IN public
A good deal of criticism has been ne
slowed on Lord Randolph Churchllis speech
ot Uuu What he said about Mr. Gladstone
was extremely violent. But Lord Randolph Nhurch-
i'll. after all. was only repeating on the platform
what he had heard his friends say hundred times at
the tca-tablc II would he interesting 10 know what
remedy Conservative journalists would apply to
sore which runs so deep rs this.
The canvass in Stafford for representative in
Parliament TO replace the late Mr. Macdonald has
bo, anil, vcped by a manifesto from the loca! Land
Iaooue Vote for the Conservative, Is the IRISH cry
Mr. George Howell the Liberal candidate, is "A we'll
L.
lnovn vorktngman but the Irish dcnouncc him "a
a devoted follower of Mr.. Gladstone, and Mr.. Glad
stone they describe the man who prescribed inc
Land Lee que and hounds on English soldiers 10 XIII
the defcncelcss women aud children oil Ireland
Then follows this fine passage: From MS lohelV
call in PortIaud the voice Of tho Divine Davtt calls
upon them 10 strike blow at the Govern
mcnt Mr. Howell is douhr-dcang hypocrIte
who would betray them viper which gives rise
to the question how does viper beiray his lTsh
yctim.i Let them leave him AT the poll IN shame
with hIs master Gladstone. the chief murderer OK
Irelopd and the hypocritr Forster This confirms
the suspicious ! have for some time entertained.
The man who goes about Ireland shooting landlords
from behind hedges breaking into horsrs at night,
and manning and numbering men and women Is
really Mr Gladstone. Ills face is barl,cncd to con-
zeal his identity but murder aud truth VIII ont.
Mr. Forster Of course. j. priyy to these dark deeds.
Iut a, lac couccals thr facts and prrtcuds they
done by Irish tenants and League agents he -
RIGHTLY termed "hypocrite.' The morning papers
bring n. accounts of two fresh outraGrs an attempt
to shoot General Mean, near Bnlymo.r. County
Wr,tIncath aud the actual shooting OF farmer
named ga 'ylu at Castle Island, County k"rrl, for
thr crime o. paying hisrcnt The Saxon newspapers,
which are al IN the pay of Dublin Castle, CIV" out
that Nh Gladstone was at llaWanlcn when these
"a -
tc. has arrested four Irshmsn prrtoncc of some
connection with the shooting. But the Irish patriot
/, not 10 be hoodwinked. Miss Anna Parncll
and Mis-. Helen Taylor and the Land League
orator, and zcrbrs up and down the land. ard now
last hut not least the local Land League at iaf-
ford have shown u, whore to look loI the real Grim
iual And set the Liberals Of Stafford appear 20 bee
,angune of cccIiug their candidate.
Since The Morning Post reduced il price from
thrrcprncc 10 - penny. II, circle of reader, has
been growing less select: IN other worls. much
more numerous, and presumably less IDLE. Its cir
culatIon goes mp. hear, AT the rate OF 10000
month with prosperous regularity. IL has brcomc
the ORGAN of Fair Irilc and Of Lori RIudo ph
Churchill whose speeches 1t report, In loaded typ,
and praise, ~ remarkably abb Among all tho
morning papers Of London it Is tho most Tor; Gory
ia the gno1 old purity sense. lis patronage
of Lord Rand lph Chur.mll sufficiently shows that
IL, T.r,isn is Of the most militant nnI uncompro-
mlsug-l do not say uu-crupuious-kiud In H.
signs OF removed youth accompanied by a slight
departure FROM ia" habit, Of crrcrnonious dccoru in
controversy which, most topics di,tlngu she'd the
thrccpcuny paper. 10 has become slightly morr az
prc~,yc and slightly less punctIlous m its methods
OF warfare, There is less Of the gentlemen of the
French Guard, fire lr,i' style, and more hitting out
from the shoulder. Can 10 bo that Democracy IL
sometimes unreasonable, and wants morr for
penny than contcntcd the upper classes
at thrc"prncef paper must in the long
run supply what It's customers demand but the
shade of difference in the of this journal can
hardly be traced to the change ia it's constituents or
even 10 the great enlargement of their number
There is nothing 10 indica that it has los. its hold
on itr own particular world, whose pccnliarities
mentioned alb We. The Fashionable Intelligence"
denorfmrnt which The UciIg IeI,gr1pb set ,, q, Lo,
The Morning fOst entered the ranks OF the benny
press was manilestly bid for support from the
more exclusive circles. But there was scrvartE-
hall flavor about it very unlike the aroma of the
bondoir and the drawing-room; and it has since
h,en dInnnrd md with IL | nresn1ne nn,lllnn Lie