New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-20

'iAAN"h IN PRICE But PERSISTENCE ~ POLL !
TlCS-A DISCUSSION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS !
NECESSARY TO CONSTITUTE GTNTIFAiAN- !
VALENTINE BAKERS RurTIANIsM 40 BLOT OK
HIS EscUTCHEoN AT THE ARMY AND NAVY /
cLUB-A QUEER CODE OF SOCIAL ETHICS.
HN"" HE hL"CLAk CORRESPONDENT OF THE TuBUNT.l |
LONDON. June 27.-The Morning Post signalizes |
It's transformation from "A threopennv into "A benny
journal by an interesting article on itself Not "A !
few OF its readers will be surprised to learn that il
merely reVerts to the price at which il was orig n
ally published, on the 2d of November I712 1t |
is the oldest daily paper in London The price rose !
under the pressure of stamp paper and advertise
ment duties from the original penny to sixpence
then was reduced successfully rs taxation was
hghtened to ive four and three pence. " Ii has
become evident" it now SAYS. that bv returning
To the original price gain a vast extension of
political influence, and yet continue to provide
our readers with paper in every way as excellent
as mat which for upward of a century has main
tanned its position" Not the least remarkable fact
about this mornings issue is that il IS printed on
paper nearly equal in quality and appearance to
That which was supplied at the threepenny rate. A
journal must maintain-or does usually maintain
mere III London-a certain reserve and dignity with
HS reauers' But believe 1t may be said that the
proprietor and editor intends not only 10 maintain
the position of The Morning Post but to make it a
much better general newspaper than il has been Of
late years. lie means, in fact, TO compete with the
has ability, capital, energy and a thorough knowl-
edge OF journalism, there need be no doubt he will
succeed His paper will none the less continue to
eclipse all rivals in what is called fashionable in
tellgence. and to maintain its old reputation for
early and accurate diplomatic news
STILL HARPING Or THE LIMOGES
In politics The Morning Post has been is and viii
continnc to be. the organ of British philsfinism
ii asserts tins with pride though IN slightly differ
ent phraseology; describing itself as always thor
oughly loyal and national in tone and mark the
word-tcmpcr. Ii glows over its support of the
three Ministers who Will ever live IN the history
of the country opponents of principles identified
with :he interests and honor of England" The
three are Pitt. Palmerston and-heavon help us
BeaconSield. The time has not come when the
spell wrought upon the English people by that
Hebrew magician be dissolved. It is still Dos
sihle for powerful Journal 10 make a merit of
having blndly followed his guidance. His plans
have come to nought; his policy has been reversed
In every quarter Of the Empire; his leadership was
rejected with singular energy by the majority vino
once upheld him his mistakes. his tricks his iaror-
ancc ms mad alventUrousneSS. his incapacitv "a, "A
statesman have all been Laid bare. But his name
Is still for great multtudcs name to coniurc with
and to have been one of his Instruments still
thing to be boosted of by such paper ~ The Woa-
"g POST None the less is il true that this Journal
in serving Lord Bcacon~icA faithfully reelected
the wishes and feelings OF the fashionable world to
winch 1t then looked for an important part of its
circulation. 1t did not create the .jiueo. II only
spoke for INN. and did its best to find reasons for the
prcjudccs he used to speak of az his opinions. and
put them into articulate and plausible language
This II did, moreover with a candor. "A fulncss of
knowledge. a freedom from imputalious of base
motives to It's opponents which honorably di,;in-
elishcd 1t from of its chief allies in the preach
ing of this strange doctrine. To agree with Tic
NorE'Hg Post on a matter of politics is pleasure
seldom granted TO any body who holds Liberal or
Radical views To respect it for lis way of uphold
ing Its own views is difficult to Liberals
than TO Conservatives.
TIE POWERS THAT 81.
Discussing journalism generally The Post SAYS
and 10 doubt truly. that one great secret of its
strength lies in ITS anonymous character. The
public does not rs a rule know much about the men
who control or edit the great journals Of London
But | apprchend that most of the readers of this
particular journal are perfectly aware that Sir
Ngeuon Borthwich is the editor of IT, and that to
him is due the credit of the high qualities have
been dwelling ON. In the world of journalism il is
equally well known that he Is also the of the
paper; that he rescued il twenty years ago from
what then seemed an inevitable catastrophe and that
It's subsequent prosperity is the result of his saga-
cious management. The present change in the
scheme of lis management is his also He has chosen
the moment when great many Conservative, think
there Is room and need for low-priced Couscrva-
tive paper. Sir Mgemon Borthwck does not mean
certainly. to make he Norpipg Post "a party orran.
hut he is thoroughly i'm harmony with the pres
cnt leaders of the party that 1t Il likely TO meet
their wishes much more regularly than the paper
which they used TO look TO for unmiteatcd Tor,ism
"a paper which at present indulecs IN Che luxury
of a very considerable Independence.
WHAT CONSTITUTES GI.NTrMANP
The question, What is gcntcman. or what goes
to the making OF a gentleman, is one thai every
now and then comes up Tor discussion. and perhaps
never with quite satisfactory or decisive results
Ii has been raised airo,h by the Army ana Navy
Club; with results that may or may not be sats.ac-
tory, hat are certainty remarkable. Colonel Nalen-
tine Baker. more lately known as Baker P.cha
WAS formerly member OF this club which, bee it
said. is of the two chief military clubs of LON
don. " hen Baker was convicted of the assault on
Miss Dickinson and turned out of the Array. he
ceased, under Rule Is, 10 he a member of the Army
remembers how AR Bakers attempt upon the gih
was carried. and by what desperate means and M
what riS, to her life she saved her honor lie had
the good luck 10 Ice tried before "A fashionable Judge
and got on with years imprisonment rs inst
class mi.iemeanant The cry of INDIGNATION which
greeted thi, misplaced lenity did NOT prevent him
from living comfortably out The twelve months in
a .cell-urnishcd room. in his own clothes with an
uncroppcd head, the socc OF his friends and rs
sumptuous laEr he chose TO pay for. But for The
Queens personal ntcrpositon, he would. il WAS said
Mt the time, have escaped cashicrine He had been
| gallant and popular officer. and society" was
only too willing he should bc let Oh easily
The Duke of Cambridge did his best for him bnt
the Queen has storm view, on such matters and was
resolute that her uniform shonld not ice worn any