New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-19
pOLITENESS IN POLITICS
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES FkoM
PRESS AND PARLIAMENT.

-.., TIM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE 1RfBuNb'I
t'ho" - LONDON, August 20.
, Of all the Journals which have rebuked LORD
Randolph Churchill for his bad language ana pau
manners none has got into the pulpit ol'cne' -
preached with more uncton tran orr iienu NV
Daily Nens The text was good one ana tne sci
mon WAS plentifully garnshed with exhortations'
But tho visible effect was not great. IL was pio.
no.ed-I FOL get by whom-that the Liberal parry
.tonlo express their indignation at LORD ran
6oInb,s uumannerly attack on Mr.. Gladstone W
bootinp him In the House of Commons. ms "i''
.ngcestion was not acted on. As last resouiN'
onr Liberal moralst is trying to reform Loru NO" o.
dolph by holding the mirror to nature
reAectiops on Mr.. Gladstone are repeateu poin'r
distorted as happens when the glass IL nov
The Leader Of the House Of Commons Is ',u ~
leading Liberal organ that he has disreeal"eu
the restraints Of social decency anu p.
honor that in this way he has extorted us pie
nosition from the feeble hands of Sir Micnaei
Ill. Reach that II is Impossible to Imagine
,os;t;on mora ignomiuious; sra that LORD nan
do,nb. daily bread now depends upon Lord n"is
ircton,. favor This IS understood to De a gen'i0
al,rs;on 70 the fact that the young lory ie noo
v,ob man II IL therefore his poverty moi MS wiz
that coneents to this degrading dependence W
Lord HARRINGTON. To show that the tsuh' Is uoi"
.,ata IN. Daiv NeWs adds: Nothing couiu 10
mora bitterly singing, more aDson'ely lh'oioiaoe
IN any men who had an object in life ABOVE tneii
next ouarter's salary than the contenptuous to'er
nnce. strictly temporary and divorced from every
sao,;no ~ confidence or respect, which Lord Hart
,neton flung at the smiI king pacemen before niin
: Tbere Ia a great deal more of this language all OF
~hich NAV be omitted unless you ike 10 oe
assnred that the Ministry are scratch lou OF ao-
yenturers who don't mind being kicKeu, uea.cn'
frampled on, or despised, and who wouid oeoiare
with equal cheerfulness for the CONSOLIDATION VI
DISRUPTION of the Empire according to an actuar'a
calculation Of the beneficial results to themselves
in either case. They are, may remark, pretty
much the same ministry who were, wheh III onoe
nome six mouths ago. assailed in the same Jourhai
for being too rich. Their incomes were compu'eu
md added together and made great sum- sup
800. IN tho ,nterval they have lost these vast for
tunes perhaps for the same reason that irish 'on,
ants can no longer pay rent the fall in agricultural
prces- ...,r+
attribute these vulgar outbursts to nothing but
the season. 1t is the August session OF Parliament
which is responsible for what seems decay VI
good manners In the press Splenetlc Language anu
intrusive personalities are not confined TO any one
party A Tory journalist retorted upon MS Lociai
colleague by saving that Lord Randolph mi gut not
be a rich man. but he was at least able 70 keep w
f.. town.bouse an amiable alluson to the fact that
Gladstone
he had chosen or if he had thought 1t matter With
wbioh tho public have anything to do, that Lord
Pandolnh's private income would in most parts OF
Tho world he thought large. He has about S2O,OoO
a year Independently of his official salary, ana
lives In house which looks upon Hyde ParK' ana
belongs TO clubs and lately enlarged his stock oil
ready money by winning $1,000 from Mr.. Laoou-
chere on bet and keeps a carriage. Why not pro-
reed to further particulars and say that he wears
good clothes and eats good dinnersF Wben we are
pnce launched down this slope, with Liberal ana
Tory journalists pushing behind there Is no say Ing
how low we may not 90.
The temper of the House itself is not much better
,ban that of the press There was last night what
& allad an Irish scene with Irish of both parties
n helm. This appears to have begun with quota
+;on nv Colonel Saunderson the FISHERMAN, OF q
familiar extract from celebrated speech OF MI.
Matthew Harris-the same Mr.. Matthew Harris
whose biography was quoting yesterday MI
Harris. known, believe to his brother Parnelhte'
Matt had lately spoken of Irish landlords as ar
ohominable class. Colonel Saunderson, who has
.s much Irish humor as an fisherman can be ex-
pscted to possess, complimented I" Mat on hi'
consistency. He had expressed the same OPINION
of landlords six years ago. and SIX years saiu t"'
gallant Colonel, great STRAIN on pohtica' con
sistencv Six years ago-the exact date is Octobc
see this determination, and when see the weak
ness Of our people when see tyranny trumphan
over right and Justice, and when see my country
men driven to the four winds OF heaven say u
myself and say it here to-day, that II the tenah
farmers of Ireland shoot down landlords as partrdg
90 arc shot In the month of September, Mat Han
MS never would say one word against It," I'M
phrase about shooting landlords like partridge
was convenient ore to quote, and quoted IL ma
been pretty often. But Mr. Harris thought 1t one
TOO often to be repeated in the House by an Clste
Tory He did not deny its authenticity or correct
nes. nor did he plead as he might have done wit
truth. that he was not at the time member @
Parliament But he explained that he had /
fact endeavored to put down agrarian crime at tn
risk of his O. n life by visiting the Ribbon lodge
in West Meath in 1913 which seems long tim
ago This Colonel Saunderson not unnatural
interpreted to mean that Mr.. Harris had belonge
to the Ribbon organization. Mr. Harris repnd
ated the Interpretation as " most lntamot
faisehood y; an expression which the Speaker, WI
makes no allowance for August. informed Mr. Ha
rs he must withdraw and unreservedly. Mt ia
rswithdrcw II accordingly. Then Colonel Sani
derson accepted Mr.. Harrs's Reputation OF Ribbo
member ship, assured the House he had no inter
ton to irritate the honorable member. and apo'
gized if he bad.
I,nt not long after Colonel Saunderson foun
himself again in trouble with au observation
the effect that Mr. Parnell held the throttle valN
OF crime In Ireland, had turned it on before. an
could do it II he pleased again. Another scene an
cries from the Parncllitcs for withdrawal and
ruling by the Speaker that an imputation on NJ
Parncll Of having turned crime at his pleasul
was not "A Parliamentary expression and must
withdrawn. So withdrawn it was. and the lou
once more reapsed into its wontcd Wednesda
afternoon quiet The quiet was hardly disturbC
by Colonel Saundersons contemptuous allusion
Irish butter at 10 cents pound ~ only fit for Il
pdnlteration of butterDe. He admitted. howcve
that all trades and occupations in Ireland we
depressed except the trade profession OF occupat'
of the professional Irish politician, which never
tho memory of man had been in a more prospero
onnlitinn thnn now. Ihis assertion was greet