Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-24
ENGLISH STATESMEN.
Appearance OF Gladstone. Chamberlain
and fabOuchere.
lCor. Boston Heraldl

Mr. Gladstone, the statesman, has been
repeatedly described, but it is not often
that we see anything of Mr.. Gladstone, the
man. He is a prowler. He loves back
streets. IL is no unusual thing 20 see him
looking into the windows of "A bric-a -brac
store. On summer days be often strolls
from Parliament TO his house in Harley
street, an interested spectator of all that
goes on around him. He is not we'll
dressed. His trousers are generally baggy
at the knees. His tall collars are already
familiar in caricatures. He rarely buys
hat. He has strong, hard, bony face,
powerful forehead, IA characteristic nose, a
firm mouth "a little too hard in its lines).
Mr.. Gladstone would strike the most ordi-
nary observer as a man of great intellec-
tual physique.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, the most radi-
cal of Mr.. Gladstone's colleagues, dresses
in the height of fashion, wears the choicest
exoties in his button hole, drives to the
House of Commons in a fine carriage drawn
by pair of high mettled horses, and
lives in style. You do not have in Amer
ca any party that represents what we call
the political dissenters, though such Sc
rene puritans as you may still count
among the liberal people of New England
are of a similar physical type, cold, hard,
self-possessed, Unconditional men, of infiex-
ible will and of narrow views. Chamber
lain is of this type, with a touch of gen.
erosity and suggestion of emotion. He
is one OF those men you would not care to
quarrel with unless you were prepared to
fight to the death. Lord Randolph, the
H. irht cIo
plucky man. Short in stature, not strong
physically, an aggressive head, steadfast
eyes, large, heavy mustache, singular
ly loud, powerful voice. He has all the
qualifications that go TO make a successful
political chief in opposition. He is elo-
quent, audacious, satirical, trifie reck-
less, does not always pause to wonder IL
he is telling the truth. and can accept the
ugliest repartee and retOrt with equa
nimity. He can smile and smile and be
polit clan.
Labouchere, the member for Northamp-
ton, is a good deal in evidence, in Parlia-
ment, and in his clever, audacious paper,
Truth. He is not unlike Mr.. James G.
Blaine, the defeated candidate for the
White House, in appearance. he is about
the same height and build, wears his beard,
and is somewhat slow in his movements.
Mr.. Blaine has a square forehead and a
larger nose; but there is not much more in
his head than is slowed away in the La
bouchere brain. well educated and a
travelled man, Labouchere has, dare say,
far less earnest views of life than Mr.
Blaine has; is certainly far more indiffer-
ent TO the opinion of Mrs. Grundy, and
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i'm the build, height, and manner of wear
ing the beard. This trihing similarity
may, however, help the reader to realize
the figure of Labouchere. If he cared a
brass farthing, or even less, for anything
or anybody. Labouchere would have
more influence in the House of Commons
and out OF It. Life is 10 him an amuse-
ment. lie has plenty of money and plenty
of brains. seat in Parliament. share
in the Daily Nelcs, a paper of his own,
7 bank. a house in town, classic home
on the Thames, and a clever wife,
/ OF whom be is really fond. and
baby that is TO him constant surprise,
/ he finds his time well occupied. He has
/ none of the fears Of business men; his
bread is buttered on both sides; he is rich
4 ttf Qtft tue 0tt4 u sum tN'ui'AttA' -
/ he cares TO indulge in; and his heart Is
neither consumed by the fires Of patriot
ism, nor the canker of lofty ambition.
Some people despise him; he does not care.
I fev friends like bim he does not care.
/ Still fewer love him: he does not care. He
ia q good story teller. His best anecdotes
are against himself. As n dnancier and
man Of buSlaess, he is far more generous
than is generally known: and have never
heard whisper against his honor as a
banker. speculatcr and man Of business.
He has slight drawi in his speech, s a
capital talker. liberal host, aud he stands
At the extreme end Of the EXTREMIST polit-
ical party Of the State. Ills latest radical
performance was 70 propose in the Hoase
OF Commons a motion not in exact terms,
but favorinx the abolition of the Upper
House. In spite Of the Premier. he pushed
the motion - division. AMI got seventy
Que votes in its favor. The result was
loudly cheered by his Irish friends and
radical colleagues Son1e politicians re-
gard the division as "verv significant -