New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

WITH FI:RTHER NOTES ON THE IMPERFECT
,.,,fONy IN TIE LIBERAL RANKS.

tsON
uoderots Liberalism has won avery cohsoeiaoie
p,dfor1 where the caucus has at last
to,nd itself obliged to accept Mr. forster as oAn
-, ,rhece has been some correspondence anu
- nooot,atiop Mr.. Forster unhappily' Is III
=, nno, g, TO Bradford to SPEAK, or 10 cohuucO
lie oamnaicn person ally. lie Is recoVerinS very
,,r hnt believe surely, from the nervous P1ps
,,ot;or which has made him an lnvalio uu''uE VIZ
,aat two months HIS friends thoueht lie cou'u
-, tho Central Division OF Bradford WIN
without the help OF the bioe'''
1a.oc;atioD He has carried tue "no'9
,'orouyb m former days against the whoie s'r1nS'
cd h,tterness of strong and bitter hau''"i i'
""1 pr,atord has IN facs, sent Mr.. Forster 10
Parliament six times; three times "i'n""' -.
test. three times with u couVoS'' "N
the head of the poll. ~, ,,u.ar,s
rho ooncus | suspect haS found that MI fors'er
;nArence IN the borough is more potent 'ian r'
ow, Rut an arrangement between hlm anu VIZ
hoav which calls itself Liberal associaCion 49, a.
,he circumstances. wise. Mr.. Forster mas ho Vim
entity III accepting the four points Oh Nii' ~
stones manifesto, or Ill descrloihe hi'"10 u
suppor,er of the next Liberal government
he6eves that nobody but Mr. 0iads'oho Ca"
effect a real and not sham reform either vi a.
,nentary procedure or of the lana laws Vi "''"
nsb a really good system OF local goVoi ni"0 a.
"As regards otner questions" says MI ro'"i'
axnect snail be ia general agreement WIN MI
Gladstone but there are as you Know mp
sub;ects moon which l have strong cohVic''ohS'
and upon which am sure you would expect "o ~
reserve 10 myself full liberty OF action
rb;s iast sentence is the essential one illness mas
NOT enfeebled the spirit Of independence winch
cbaracterIzes the veteran Liberal. Inc CAUCUS
has to take him he Is. WIN al
nights reserved, as the phrase runs
under the copyright act. The tune mas hoI quA'e
come when an English statesman can DC osuaoiSeu
because he has convictions and adhetes 10 'hon'
Mr. Chamberlain himself Is sand to acquirsce III the
acceptance of the man whom he mas oppoSeo i'' ~
teen wears with unrceutng animoslty. MI.
Ch.mberlaiu Mt the moment finds MIR. Goschen
more troublesome friend than Mr. Forster ana ue-
votes all his energies to banishIng Mr.. Goscseh
from publlc life. lie has described MI. Goscneh-
this was at Trowbridge fortnight aco-as per
forming in the Liberal party the useful part %
tile skeleton at Egyptian feasts. nave S'1"
q eooa deal about Nr. Goschen. and the ATTACKS Oil
him 1t is because L thlnK MS case
tvp,eal one. If the Liberal party Is not hberai
enongh 10 include man like Mr. Goscheii, III VIII
have to be renamed And now that MI foIs.er
has been once more received INTO the bosom OF the
Liberal church as a member In COCA ana resuiai
standing the effort to keep Mr.. Goschen ouIsioe
seems to SAVIOR of persecution. l am sorry to say
that it seems to have the tacit approval OF some OF
the leader who are not Radicals@ II they DO not
approve why do they not condemn
The state of the conflict inside the LiDerai party
remains pretty much what it was when last
wrote. except for the fact that Lord
Harrington has again spoken, and that Lord
Roseberv has spoken. Lord Harrington is the
leader to whom the moderate Liberals AL look for
euidance. or at least, for support They get very
little of either thus far. His friends say, wait TIL
he addresses his own constituents. But waning Is
lust what is doing 80 much mischief True Lora
harrington has Indicated in his last speech MS dlS
sent from the proposals of Mr. Chamberlain Ill theT
extreme form Nobody supposed he would agree 10
them at once; what Is wanted from him by the men
he IL supposed to lead is an emphatic and definite
declaration that he will not now or hereafter accept
Mr.. Chamberlains programme. That is what
they do not get. They get Instead an ex-
preston of Lord Hartingt1ns opinion that these
proposals do not present make part OF the Liberal
creed He will not be responsible for them: he III
slsts rightly enough that the Liberal creed must be
soucht IN Mr. Gladstone's manifesto; that and that
only is the auth Orized programme. lie uttered one
more appeal for unity, and he singled out Tor sep
arate mention leaders whom he holds to be III
dispensable Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Chamberlain DIT
Charles Dixie and Nj Goschen, whose name he
ON the unity question except a little reciprocity.
Ii is well that the moderate Liberals should desire
unon with the Radicals. But If the Radicals reject
the profIered union not much is gained. They
are indeed ready enough for union at the polls
They are willing that moderate Liberals should
vote Tor Radical candidates. But then idea OF
unity does not go much beyond that.
Lord Rosebery, whose efforts to promote harmony
have attracted attention before, has made u fresh
attempt ct Wrexham. There Ii more than one
reason why his speeches should be read. 10 begin
with, they are very readable. fact which weak
human nature with more speeches than 1t can d.
eest. gratefully recognizes. They are the speeches
of a man who occupies position apart IL had
to define Lord Ro.ebery's exact position, am not
sure IN which wing of the party his place would he
found, His relations to Mr.. Gladstone are init
mate, SO intimate that they add something to the
intrinsic Importance Of what he has to say great
ouestions He has made several great questions 50
far his own that whatever he SAWS on them Is sure
Of attention; Colonial Federation for one aud the
Reform of the House Of Lords for another No
man has urged union In the Liberal party more
strongly than Lord Rossbery mas At Wrexham
on Monday he waraed his hearers Of the danger of
splitting up into sections AMI reassured them by
the remark that party which has leader to
follow caunot split mp. Yet ten minutes later he
found himself Obliged to cross swords with one OF
the ieatenants of this great leader; who great as
he is. cannot keep all has lieutenants in order.
Not the least remarkable feature of this
campaign is the slight interest which seems
70 DO taken in question which set the
whole country in o ferment last year-the re-
form of the House of Lords The Radicals sup
pose have not forgotten how a few sentences from
Mr. Gladstone. IN Midlothian, at the opening of his
campaign. sienced that agitation. They have said
little about it since. Mr.. Chamberlain has found
other vents for ms energies. Mr. Gladstone refers
to it in ms manifesto but refrains from making it
one or his cardinal four points. Lord Rosebery,
however. has persuaded himself that this pro-