New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-26

lar vote by plurality of S,lO6. Since HE
ALMANAC went to press. the Hon. Edwaru
Mcpherson has received the official figures OIL
Nevada and Texas and revised those OF Lou
;siana. and he now makes the plurality OF
General Garfield larger than 1t was before
namely, 1926, with an aggregate vote OF
o.22O.34S. We do not wish to discourage
the Democratic arithmetic men, but the bu-
itor of THE ALMANAC is a statistlcian Oh ma
tional reputation, who understands his uaue'
The Coercion Act has passed the Commons
nv a vote of 2S1 to SO, under the pressure Oh
the new rules. An earlier division gave
more accurate measure of the resistance 10 .lie
measure in it's final stage. The vote was 'Vo
to 46 in a House numbering 344 Liberals
236 Conservatives and go Home Rulers inuS
ond. ono of the most exciting chapters Oh
English Parliamentary history. i Ir
;tv of one-twentieth of the whoie h.oa'o
hos been suppressed by the rena'n,hN
.;notoon-t wentieths. The Home Rulers, Desiues
Ealing inploriously in their mlschievous op-
atruction tactics, have lost prestige IN tneir
own country, have concentrated public feehng
in England, and have made it far more DILL
cult for the Liberals to enact thorough meas
ures of land reform than it was before. MT.
Gladstone is stronger to-day than he was when
Parliament assembled. His political enemy
Mr.. parnell. is the most serviceable ally he
has in public life.
There is balm for the hurt soul of unap-
preciated genius in the statement made by the
assistant librarian of the Mercantile Library
that an authors works become popular the
moment he dies. At present there is press
ing demand for George Eiot's novels and
Caryle's works, "Adam Bede" and "The
French Revolution" heading the respective
lists. One popularity of the sudden revival
of interest in these writer's works is that the
sexes unsex themselves-the men calling toI
"The Mill on the Floss" and the women fol
| "Sartor Resartus." Let all unread and unsod
| "writers of books" as Carlyle styled himself
get what comfort they can from this edifyIne
| reflection. Immortality will follow dissolution
| Their own bodies may be moulderIng in the
grave, but their ideas win be marching on
| for one OF two weeks. with privilege OF re-
newal and liability to fine.
| Bismarck has made a characteristic speecf
| in the Reichstag. One of his enemies in crIti'
| cising his customs policy had accused him o
| drawing everything into his own hands, es
| tablishing dictatorship and suppressing any
| department chief who showed anything lik'
| Independence. Bismarck made one of TIT
haughtiest and most supercilious replies eve
listened to by O deliberative assembly. III
said that timorous Chancellor, who Away
waited for directions from Parliament ant
who b no opinions of his own. would b
an entirely supertluous official. As for him
self, he was answerable not to the Reichstat
alone but to the Emperor, and If he coul'
not get on with O Department Chief, one
the other must go out. The Kings man, VIII
has been in office these eighteen years, has al
| inherent dislike for parliamentary institu
tons, which he never seeks to conceal. Ii n
| could have his way, he would govern tn
Empire without mourning the risks and de
laws of legislation and thereby exposing him
self to the apnoyances of Parliamentary pro
ceedings. Apparently he has created the new
Economic Council in Prussia, and is aiminI
to extend the system to the Empire, for Tia
sole purpose of impairing the influence OF tn
two Legislatures. How strangely Bismarck
career will read a quarter of century henc
when contrasted with CavOurs
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