New-York tribune., 1885-03-01


;f # did stand one of them 1t would not give inc
orator much encouragement to try another' w
not believe it would even care to listen u suc"
sneecbes as those by which Lord Macauiay or 'h'
late Lord Lrtton used to attract such auuiehoo,
such breathless attention, and such peuh",e'' az
miratlon do not say that we have gaihcu ny '"o
change IN our WAYS and our tastes The speeches.
made now are Just as long rs speeches ever "eic
and for one if 1 must have two hours spc"o"
from Burke or from Buggins would distinctly pre-
fer Burke. But am strongly under the luipresSioi
that if Buggins on the Treasury bonch OF "oi0
a leader of oppo,tion and Burke mere indepen-
dent member with no party at his back, the House
would take more interest in Bugg'ns. What we
want to know now is not so much what man ~
saving or how he is saying it, as what manner OF
antboritv has he. what is likely to come OF his
speech. Anything said by the smallest underStrap-
per who speaks from the Treasury Bench becomes
of Importance in this scaso and Is tran;ei oy INC
newspapers accordingly. The House OF Commons al
present does not like novelties. new illustfationS
new quotations. fresh jokes. 1t likes 10 near alI
the good old stock quotations and the dear IauiIl'
tests Sir William iIarcourt. the Home oecretaIs'
Is a great success in this way. He is big riah,
vita n handsome norid face and great imposing
D. esence and he has a powerful voice; ho a,a,s %
out to the house the oldest OF old Jokes ana oGe 70
most outworn of wOrneut quotations, ana ne Is
always rewarded by salvocs of applause ne
pauses deliberately before giving forth one Oh lnesc
utterances he puts on the manner OF 1ho ,J W. !
irving to thlnk of something eXquisiiely happy anu
altogether original. and then he orlnHs out ' ~ ~,
lusisn to the voice being tne voice Oh ;,acon p,,
the hands being The hands Of Esau or ne ailnucS f
to Shylock and the pound of flesh or he tells Us ~
Mahome's coffin or he Observes tnau Pci naf, & ~
was right TO dlsscmblc our love but why r dlu W Me
kick him downstairs Nothing can equal our ue-
light at these evcr-wecOme. familiar visIatlons,
1t saves us trouble Wo have not TO rack our oinis
to discover the exact meaning OF luot".on y, =.
find the point of joke. That citation aoout uo
sombling our love and kicking some one downsitus Az
was heard three times almost sinuitane3nsiy uu, M
ing tho late debates on ths n'ivrh th f nrJ III chaI
cellor IN the House of Lords, by LORD iiarisgIon
m tine House of Commons. and ny NJ Chamner,n;,i
on public platform 1t was greeted WIN cuiu'a' @
welcome IN each place. am fond of applause my
solf aud intend therefore TO make use VI imo th
quotation the earliest oppoftnui;tH VIZ IT, ,h.
HOuse of Commons resumes It's sittihgS ai'cr ''
Christmas holidays. =, r. A. ;,or;t,h,o
Macauay speaks somewhere o IN ,hg h1 og rn
over the tastes and likings Of its members; now
man. no matter what his intellectual indepchdencc
at first grows into the way II aI.nlrihS Wiat 'lc
Honse admIres and dlsllklng Wnat III ul'iIAts.
Everyone who knows tho Hods, OF Con mons must
be conscious o. the operation OF such process. III
Is not process favorable 10 he g'heritloh W iS. &
elo1uence. An OratOr-l use the WORD no" III IA ucI
the academic sensc-wOuld have better chahcc
and better school Mt present III the HouSe OF
LORDS than in the House oil Commons. NolhInI
snrIons is likely to cons of anything sad IN the
House of Lords; the peers nave no rcti po'luV';
functions left to them and therefore th'y 60 ,iI
language of speaker and TO encourage AIM LOT MS
q e,eonence and his eOquence alone. Iemehh'r
sir ,harles Dixie once saving to me tnat lie WAS
convinced French academician woud consider
The Duke of Argyll the finest speaker III elther
House of the English Parliainen'. n Duhe o.
Argyll is indeed a very impressive speaker; nient
ana finished. and he delivers regular oIatl'h.
His stye would he considered little out Oh ua'e III
the House OF Comm ms Ii wOuid be caiiaI hca-
demical and regarded rs unbnsinrss-llEc theic'
Al present must say think there Is better sprah-
ing i'm the House or Lords than IN the ho's' Oh
Commons. If we leave Mr. Gladstone OUT Oh
our consideration for the mOmcnt-tncTe II 10 ono
like him-I do nos think that tnc House oil COM
rrons could mt IN the field four champion speakers
who could compare with the Duhe ei ~ ~ i,,,,
cburch nan who ouCht TO have been poincian,
the R,shop of Peterborough. IL VIII be curious 10
study when we get tho chance, the erect oi my
bro.dcncd popular suffrage and the reOrgahlZcd ana
divided constituencies on Inc HOUSE VI
and its styic of speaking There j. some rear enter
tained that the division Of the large towns into
wards each ward returning enc parliamentary rev
resentatye may have the elect oi cTalhnihs lIc
Uoueo of Commons with more vestrYinen ana pa
rJchia celebrities. There - some nope on INC o'n'I
hand that the entire and radical cnango whlcn tuo
ne W measures are expected 10 make III the "boe
conditions and character OF the CONTINGENCIES may
ipfusa n fresh life into politics ana Drlns Win ~
ori iainallty of idea and independence of thouenl'
Perhaps we may take a new departure thch Us To-
cards Parliamentary ciOqueDcc. Perhaps We may
give mn the art altogether, "a unsuited 10
our practical days. and allow the farilaiheh'arI
orator 10 90 his way along with the epic poet anu
the historical painter. shall not venture on Pie-
diction. Either re suit Il possible bul ln'nn =.
ia certain that if we are to have real oratorY -
Parliamentary quality III the future II VIII not Do
io0o''i' "D' JUSTIN MCARTnY.