National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-10

The man who sends from England long
cable dispatches to one Of our esteemed
evening contemporaries,dese crown Of
glory. His adjectives might with greater
propriety be considered pictures which are
hung about the noble edifce Of his general
narrative with the "nice arrangement OF
malapropian epitaphs."
In describing how home rule was de-
feutcd the London pundit drops into
brilliant series Of dissolviug views, which
for variety, elegance, and originality are
not surpassed by the stories of fishermen.
Writing Of the scenes around the house
of commons, he says, in one paragraph
"There was the same crowd outside, but
ldrgr. Gladstone's reception was similar,
but more enthusiastic. The house itself was
crowded to degree norer before equaled
The general excitement was such as the
oldest members cannot rccollect." What
tissue Of stupditiesl
Again: Ground the door there was
compact body ten deep, and the impression
I,'. ~, ,ha ,uholo ~-~-- ----- ti". "a .---iJ l.
dit'c,W 10 insert another human being il any
ciriii=ed posture undcr tho yellOw roof"
Good heavens Verify, here was a house
packed from floor to ceiling Sardines are
nowhere.
Now for little natural history. Refer
ring to Mr.. Goschen, our cable dispatcher
at the rates we presume Of at least twelve
cents word-states that "Goschen was
positively inarticulate with passion; but
while he stormed and ragged, aud The rolf
like, homSe rattle IN his MrOat was terrible
to hear, the house sat and wondered at him,
and between the intervals mechanical
party laughed from the Irish benches aud
cut him short fora time" Does the throat
Of wolf rattle9 What is mechanical
partyY We can understand a party work
ing for common purpose Ike Il machine
but the pundlts phrase would only apply
to a marionette. However, even IL the
phrase were funny or expressive, it is not
true.
We should all like TO have had some
mental picture Of one of the tory leaders,
Sir Michael Hicks Beach. lie is not great
man, but he is very serious, truthful
person, and very courteous gentleman.
Hark to the cabler: "There is a certain
facility for the humber trickery Of debate
which places him (lIlcks-B -Beach) occasionally
on Il letG Wih his .tcllOUmcmJerS, as last
night in the scene with Parnell." How
clear, trenchant, and satisfactory all this is!
When We finish the sentence-not word
Of which is ineligible in the conteXt--we
know exactly what manner of man the tory
leader must be. Further on Hicks.Beach
made a statement which our pundit says
''created Whdt is kaOWa as sensatioul'
Here the cabler might have spared the
italicized words without detriment to the
sentence and with advantage to the pockets
OF his employers. But this is not the end
of 1t. While the sensation is raging "Lord
Randolph bobbed up and down like q
parched pea" What a striking figure and
realistic picture to send all the way across
the Atlantic by cable
Evidently our cabling friend has forgotten
Macaulay's criticism OF Montgomery
poem, in which is pointed out the infelicity
of comparing clouds TO the figures on a
Turkish carpet. In the present case, when
Mr.. Gladstone rises, "dilTerent spirits come
over everything, different atmosphere
seems upon the house, something like the
effect caused by the raising Of the gdugl
curtain before q transformation scene"
After spirits and atmosphere, how lame and
impotent a conclusion is GAUGE!
Again Mr.. Gladstone is described as
having spoken In an "iRteatiORdliy hoarse
voice. The man is strong wllled who can
make his voice hoarse by mteHti0ai he
might rs easily do so by act OF Congress.
But the brightest set OF jewels in the
crown of gems is the following constella.
tion Of "epitaphs;" "There was the hatcIet-
.faccd HeOly, the pate Dillon, the ret-noSel
Sexton, the poudcrOUs Parnell, the genial T.
z. OConnor, the alarming O'Kelly, and ia
a corner, Just in front OF them, the dstUt,
O'Brien, as able and as fdthtW a set Of men
as sdHgrhGC err lcdqUed tOgeiher iadgGressip,
pdtriotSm or hdted their couat,y's enemies
dLOre their olpn,"
Apart from the discrepancy between the
end Of this sentence and the epithets ap
! piled TO the Irish members referred to there
is a strange obscurity or want OF meaning
about such q phrase as "hated theiI
country's enemies dJOUe their own" Why
dlore aud not Jelow or beshle or beyoad OF
even why not go at once for the blessed
word mesop0tdmid, which, II not strictly
appropriate, has at least the merit of being
part Of well-establlshed geography.
/ Let us now examine the epithets, Sup
pose Mr, IIealy has a h0tchet face. II O