New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-04
SPEAKERS OF TWO HOUSES.

The simultaneous choice OF Speakers lot the
House of Representatives and the British Com
mons affords striking contrast In constitutional
methods. Mr.. Carlisle having received a eau
Gus nomination secures the full vote OF his party
and obtains political office OF enormous
mower. In the appointment of standing com
mttces and in the general direction OF the busl-
ness of the House he will administer that once
in the interest of the party which mas clcctcu
him. This was formerly tho practice or the
British Commons, the election oil Speaker
being the first formal trial of strength between
political parties after a general election. III
1874. however, the Conservative party changed
the precedent by retaining in Office Mr.. Brand
who had been appointed Speaker by the OPP
positc party after long period of service as
awhip.n Being rcappointed in 1880, he has
survived several changes of administration.
Upon his voluntary retirement, the Office which
NAV fairly be said to have ceased to be pO-
litical one is offered to Mr.. Goschen by the
Ministry upon their own responsibility. 1t is
practically Cabinet appointment, although the
Commons will be expected to register in some
formal way Mr.. GladstOncs decision.
Mr.. Goschen, unlike Mr.. Carlisle may be de-
scribed as uncertain in his political views.
| Like Mr. Brand, he is a Mode ate wing, who
has more in common with the old fashioned
! Conservatives on the other side than with the
| Advanced section of his own party. Acknowl-
edged to be- with the exception of Mr.. Gladstone,
! the ablest and most original tinancier i'll Eng
| land. he would have been Chancellor of the Ex-
| cheouer i'm the present Cabinet if he had been
able to overcome his prejudice against the ex-
tension of the County Franchise. MIR. Glad
| stone, forced to find employment for him outside
! the Cabinet sent him TO Constantlnoplo rs
| Special Ambassador. In the Egyptian debates
| he gave the Government powerful support, and
! contributed largely to the success OF the cxper-
| iment of legislative committees at the last ses
sion. His attitude toward County Suffrage,
which will probably be the main question Of
| the approaching session, rendered his position
on the Liberal benches an embarrassing one.
| Accordingly he has taken refuge in the Speak
ership, an Office for which he has special quail
| tications by virtue of his force of character, his
intellectual activity and his parliamentary ex-
periencc. Mr.. Goschen is not a loyal progressive
Liberal, whose sympathies will be excited by
the legislative measures of the party in power.
On tho contrary, he is a faint-hearted Wing,
who if he followed his political instincts would
| vote with INC IOnScINdtlNcS dRdllsJ tOuuty
Franchise and other Liberal reforms. If the
Speakership had not ceased to be a political
office, so singular selection could not have
been made.
Mr.. Carlisle, like great majority of his col
leagues in the American House, was educated
for the bar. Mr.. GOschen represents better
than any other member of the Commons the
moneyed classes Of English society. Elected
originally from the City of London, he has
remained one Of the most trusted servants of
the great financial corporations of tho metrOp.
oils. Seven years ago he went to Egypt as the
agent of the English bOndhOlders, and intro
duced that specious system of financial control
which subsequently became the political and
diplomatic instrument of two jealous nations
He stands to-day for Lombard Street, the bank
ing interest and capitalists generally. He has
many of the qualities of mind and judgment
which distinguished Lord Overstone. the rea
author of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act
who died fortnight ago at an advanced age
In almost every English obituary of this mill
ionnaire banker regret is expressed that h'
should have been so few years i'll Parliamen
| and not have taken a larger part in politica
life. Men of that class arc valued in the Com
mons as possessing qualities that are pre-emi