New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-08
THE RADICAL REVOLT.
WHO LEADS 1T, WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY
Is MR. GLADS TOM Sill M;

LONDON. Oct. -.
During all the period of fierce dispute between
| Liberals and Radicals which | described ycstcr-
day, Mr. Gladstone has kept silence Since the issue
| of his manifesto, now more than month Oil, he
has remained quietly at Hawardcn neither sneak
| ing nor writing publicly and exercising no oStenSI-
! BILE influence on the conflict raging all about him.
He has hswever. found time for an article on the
| Dawn of Creation and of Worship" which Mr..
| James Knowles is To publish III the November
number OF his magazine. His constituents OF
| Midlothian were askIng rather impatienty last
week when he was to begin his new Midlohlan
| campalcn Nobody could tell tlen. The date OF
| Mr. Gladstone's visit il not yet tixad Lord Rose
! berry goes to HawardeD Saturday or Monday.
! and the matter will probably he settled before he
leaves Mr. Gladstone is TO be- rs before, his guest
| nj Dalmeny Park but imagine there is to he no
Midlothian campaign like that of last year. The
doctors will not hear OF it. He is sand by those VINO
have lately seen him TO be very well and vigorous
and fit inpatient to be mp and doing. If that be
So what is il that ties ms tOnguef lie Is 10 he AZ
lowed, believe, 10 speak to audiences oil modera'
size. HIS voco equal TO the task; he can SPEAK
| if he keeps his oratory within reasonable compass
! Why does lie not bcgIn1
To the outsider it seems as If there were IN nv
| reasons pressing reasons why he should nave oe-
| gun some time ago. Mr. GladStone's authority III
|
as we have seen il has not been aud is not unqueS-
| toned The revolt-f0r it was nothing Lessor MI.
Chamberlain and SIR Charles Dixie " as not crushed
rs IL would have been in former DAYS Matters hHi
gone too far for that aud the danger IL lest thcy ="
further still Mr. Chamberlain left ilawarden III
ANYTHING hut pcnientIal mood. He had obcycd
the summons Of his leader. but fancy that once
there he had treated with him on so'uethng very
! like equal terms with the result nave stated
Before and since that interview Mr. Cham
! berlaiu has pursued very nearly the same
| policy lie has spoken continually IN every part
of England aud s. ,'land. His speeches are tn"
| ablest he has ever delivered; the speeches OF
| man who knows what he wants and means 10
have il: who knows how TO express his onvlctIoD~
! and purposes who has the courage OF his Opinions
! who makes himself clearly understood, vino never
| shrnks from logical conclusion and sometime
! not from one that is illogical. He has shown
wonderful copiousness and resource. HIS speech
of asst Monday at Birmingham, though rather
casual performance, Is just as fresh as those WIN
which he opened the campaign. ii"
! cannot repeat himself because every
speech is reported III full. His audiences are
no longer local. Every speech is addressed TO the
whole of the United Kingdom. He has made a
profound impression on the public mind. IL Is not
necessary to read all the Orat ry of the day; not
even all that whcn proceeds from Cabinet Minis
ters past or present But 1t is necessary 10 read
| all Mr. Chamberlaiu's. He hRs got the ear of the
public. And the one thing remarkable above all
other things in all his speeches Is the note OF con-
! fdencc which rings through them. He speaks a.
one having authority. He does not proclaim him
So the leader of the Liberal party or even OF the
Radical wing fit. But ne always takes tae latter
for granted and his hearers, suspect arc begin
| nlng to ACCEPT him as the former
| This 10 the danger of which Mr.. Gladstone seems
not to take account or not sufficient account The
leadership of the Liberal party IL slipping upper
! ceptby from his grasp. Poodle are beginning to
saw that Homer mods at Hawarden. | know well
enough that he is not really asleep. Mr. Gladstone
is still the shrcwdest electi0ueerng agent III Eng
land and If il came 10 a contest could We points
TO Mr. Chamberlain. as TO the mysterious Mr..
SchnadhOr,t King of the Caucus hlm''If. lie
watches VI g anty from his thntshre homestead the
| course OF this conflict. Bat 1T ~ possible enough
that il has not occurred to him that an audaci"u$
| vounc Radical from Birmingham IL distinctly
| CHALLENGING his authority, and even his position
| in tie party. Mr. Chamberlain would
| be the first 10 dScaim IT, no doubt. bnt what
Mr. Gladstone has 10 CONSIDER is no the intention
bot the effect of these continuous and powerful
| platform speeches.
| 1t Is not to the Liberal party of yesterday that
Mr. Chamberlain addresses himSeif, nor that ~ TO-
day. II Is the new electorate 10 Whlch ne app'd'~.
Political power in this country has passed forever
from those middle GLASSES To whom Mr.. Glan't"nc ;
name is a watchword aud spell What do the two
millions of new voters know about the lato Primo
! Minister IL he much more 10 them than name '
II he is more, he is the champion Of causes
they do not care for. OF ideas which
have lit 10 hold them, Of past with which
they mean to break. Mr. Chamberlain comes to
them. his hands full Of benedictioas aud bencfic-
tons or with the promise II them He approach" ;
them with the most tempting brides. lie Oilers
free education, land, and the hope of acquiring
some of that other wealth which ~ now hcaped t.
gcther he tells them. Ia too few han ts and 0uah
TO be more equally distributed. He divides
England into the rich and the poor. The poor are
the majority, and what Mr. chamberlain teaches
thom is that The majority has not merely the right
to rule but the right to rule that they shall be-
come less poor part of the wealth OF the rich
minority is to be haeded over by Act of Parliament
to the poor majority. That to put 1t IN its crudest
form, is Mr.. Chanberlain's programme He states
il no " in more decorous terms though he has
recalled his earlier utteraaces OF Last summer about
ransom and restitution and the natural right Of
men TO a comfortable life. But the terms do not
much matter The people to whom he makes these
dazzling offers understand him perfectly. Nor can
! anybody fail to how sincere he u.s. and how
passionate his sympathies with the poorer
classes of his fellow-countrymen.
Therefore it is that say that Mr.. Gadstonc's
influence over large numbers of EngishDen whs
are going TO vote in November Is dimin-
| ishing, while Mr.. Chamberlain's is increasI z.
| Mr. Gladstone appeals to them on subjects for
which they care little. What Is parliamentary pro-
cedure 10 DorsetshIre laberer ten shillings a
week. Is he likely t. care a much about gettin e
| rid Of Irish obstruction about getting rid of the
| obstruction that stands between him and three
acres Of landf have talked with iaborers in
Dorsetshire and with laborors in Morayshirc, and
| f...-o Let, the L