New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-22
THE PEERS SURRENDER,
HOW LORD SALISBURY CAME TO BE BEATEN.

There is an END OF tne CIlSiS hhu-i ia" "'i"VS'
said of Lord Salisbury. On Tuesday Mr. Glad
STONE made his declaration in the House oil COM
mons. BY general consent that firm. brief, judi
cIous statement WAS Parliamentary masterpiece
Ue was at once conciliatoIy and inexorable.
Everything that could be said TO spare the suscep
tibiltes of the Upper House was said. Everything
that could wound them was omitted IL Is 10 NC
borne in mind that when Mr. Gladstone rose INC
mutiny among Lord Salisbury's followers nau
already broken out. The Government had lnlorIna-
ton of the coming collapse. 1t was precisely 'no
moment vi ich leader of ill-temper OF arrogant
mind would have chosen for an outo"Istoi '"i0
defiance. Were MIR. Gladstone the man HIS a"'oi
saries paint him, that Lord Salisbury over anu
ovef again within the past fortnight mas ucSo''0ou
him. be would have dispersed tOrpedoes IN the pam
Of his onnnnants' retreat. Instead OF Whlch
be strewed il with roses. The omens OF cohuio'
betwcrn the two Houses he mentioned Only W
coniure awav Controversy OF any KIND NOT surety
essential 10 The matter IN hama ne eScno"o"' ~"
far as form went he offered polite appeal"pco VI
concession even on the FIRST amendmeEt' ho i"n"-
lord was not to have a veto on the tenant COMING
into conr bnt he is to have ten days notce Oh To-
The proceeds of tenant-rlght, II sold withlh so'en
oos are IN he snbect to the lien'of unpaid arrears
TO the extent Of one years rent This last Is real
concession. The other points need not detuln u.s.
!
we Offer" said Mr.. Gladstone we oilrf freely
c desire to offer it without the slightest invldous
re,nark y And he did. But he none the less maoe
if clear TO Lord Salisbury, and still clearer per
hans TO those who had followed Lord SALISBURY
that the limit of compromise had been 1eached anu
stated There was to be no huchsterlns' IL INC
Lords could make up their minds 10 accept 'he
Arrears bill with that maximum OF modihcatioh
Ill aud oood If moi The alternative was
not put but everybody knew what 1t was
Nothing more was wanting to complete the de-
morallzaton of the majority in the Lords. lh'S
sneech was made Tuesday evening. On Wednesday
afternoon the usual concave Of Conservative Peers
was held at Lord SalIsbury's house. That must
| have been an interesting assembly, but we are
allowed to know only the results of the proceed
ings not the proceedings themselves. during an
the crisis however, which has been very real ana
formidable crisis there have been two parties
among the Tory Peers. No small number of the
Irish landlords wanted the bill passed. lhey
wanted the money. prefelrng' like GOOD business
men, ten shllings in the pound to nothing al all
That was one strong influence against Lord SAILS
burv There was another perhaps equally strong
Among the most conservative and utterly partisan
Peers, there have always been considerable body
onposed TO Lord Salisbury's leadership or these
Lord Arms is the head. On this question he mas
commended AGAINST his tituar leader from the De-
ginning lie las done much before on Others
When he failed to secure majority ne suomit'e"
bat he never relaxed his eXertlons. Lord cams
is a sincere man. cool, calculating with NINA luH
of a certain kind OF dry light-not Bacons, pre-
cisely but as near to it as cOuld be expected from
an Ulster lawyer and Tory OF modern days. ana
this time he has proved more than match for
Lord Salisbury. That hgh-sprited chief has to SIT
Gown under a double defeat. The House OF which
he made himself the champion once more gives way
to the House which Mr. Gladstone leads. And Lord
Sallshury's own follower desert him to follow Lord
Cairns.
Lord Salisbury has made many bitter speeches,
hut never one 50 bitter as that of last night. IL
was a cry Of rage and anguish. / am not sure but
Lord Salisbury is deserving of respect for his frank
ness but it is a kind of frankness when most po-
| litical leaders would deem rank indiscretion.
| What one respects. howc,eI. is the courage with
which Lord Salisbury avows that his own opinions
| are unaltered and that he would still wreck the
Arrears bill if he could will not" cried he. have
any responsibilitv for the passing Of this measure
! To him the bill could only he made toerably by
making it optional. it isUtherwise an act OF SIM
| pie robbery" quote a sentence or two when eX-
plain what he means by an act Of robbery" Iheiac
remains still that YOU have not Only taken from
! the creditor the resources upon which he was en-
titled to count the resources on which he lent MS
! money but you have by an act OF power .aken lhs
fro,n the creditor and given il to the debtor. But
YOU have not done that universally to all debtors
throughout the country, but Won have done it to
| particular debtors who have commended themselves
70 vour notice By their turbulence and their VIC
lence. and because not TO satisfy them was IN your
opinion inconsistent with the maintenance Of pub
lie peace"
1t is hard to say that this is not from one point
of view. an accurate account of the bill The best
answer is to say that it is not a complete account
That Lord Salisbury sincere III ms view Is hey ond
dispute. lie proves it by the sacrifice he makes.
If otber men have not the courage of their opinions
| he at any rate retains his. lie would have Killed
the bill if he could. He would have brought on
a conflict bet ween the two Houses if he could lie
makes no effort to obscure the completeness of the
| surrender of the Lords to the Commons. 1t APP
| pears TO NE that all the Commons have done Is
! simply TO disagree with the amendment On the sub
ect of option in set terms" That disposes of the
| journalists and minor Tory orators who strove to
| make out that Mr.. Gladstone has really given way
| on the main question. And Lord Salisbury is not
less straightforward IN announcing the complete
ness OF his own surrender TO his rebeillous FOL
lowers: Ny Lords, these are my opinions nave
had tie opportunity this morning of comforting
with the noble Lords who formed the majority by
| which that amendment sent down to the other
| Uouse | find that the overwhelming majority OF
those noble Lords are of opinion that in the present
state of affairs in the state of affairs recently arisen
in Ireland and Egypt it Is not eXpedlent that the
| Arrears bill should he thrown out Government
cheers have not that opinion, but find myself
in a small minority AMI therefore shall not divide
the House. Loud cheers.P
Ii he falls at least he falls with dignity Rumors
flew all about London last evening that Lord Sails
bury had resolved to retire from tie leadership of
the Conservative party. They were not intrinsic
ally very probable, ana they contradIcted this
morning If the Liberals had a vote IN the matter
| thnv Womb certainly vote for keeping the Con