New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-26
NOTES FROM LoNDON,
NR. ARCH AND HIS neutrality-suspicious..
ITIES-GLADSTONE CANDIDATES

| trxox TIE REaULAK CORRESPONDENCE or rax rrrnrv.s
/ a.. LONDON, July ia
o Gear behind 1t is to be regretted independent.
Of the question of the hour. There il A thec--
amonE Engishmen that representative msa Of II,
parties ought to find place In the House of Cor,-
mons. Nobody wants to see strong man ostracissS
III he happens to represent grievance all the mor.
reason why he should DO in the House. Bettar A.,
the grievance inside than outside only. Well. M,
Arch Is representative man. IL there be one ana
he represents tho most inarticulate clas. 4.
England, the agricultural lsboeers or the peasantrv
as 1t Is still the fashion to call them hera ia -
himself q peasant. aud he has climbed slowly. vsrv
slowly, TO the point Of eminence he now occu ME-
| He was born sixty years ago. worked in the zelda
studied at night, preached. Fourteen years sro \.
founded the Agricultural Laborers Union: AND
general laughter or neglect. But no forced the
question TO the front. He has shown moderation.
good sense. good judgment; has discouraged the
shOwyand dangerous sorts of agitation aud woa
the confidence to which he showed himself entitled
| Last November for the first time Mr. Arch msde
| his way into the House Of Commons, defeaties
Lord Henry Bentinck by nearly 1000 votes In tho
| Northwest Division of Norfolk Now the ssms
Lord Henry Bentinck has defeated Mr. Arch by Q
N ajority Of 20. Lord Henry Is the half brother
and heir presumptive to the Duke Of Portland
whose property in Norfolk is incOnsiderable. The
| Dukes influence, they say. was not exerted very
strongly-perhaps be has not much in Norfolk to
exert. But other class" influence was exerted The
landlords, the farmers, the clergy. were in gress
part on the side Of Mr.. ArcRs opponent. The frin-
rose Danes were "a busy IN Norfolk as elsewhere.
All this however, as true Of the last electioa
as of this. So there must be other causes for the
present defeat. The disappointment Of the labores
had something to do with it. The laborer has not
got has three acres and a COW, prospect Of
getting them, and holds Mr.. Arch responsible
Then there Is Mr.. Jesse Ceilings the other side
who before was on Mr.. Arch's side. and there wa
Mr. Gladstoue's imprudent disparagement of MR
Jesse Colllng,, and of his programme. When Mr..
Collingys famous amendment was carried and the
Tories were turned out, the peasant thought
his hour had come. Parliament had taken
up his cause, new government had como
IN pledged consider his inerests The laborer Of
West Norfolk little thought he had been used only
as stalking horse. There is story that Mr. Col
lings consulted Liberal leader TO tho framiuR Of
his amendment My dear COllinga" IVES the
answer, put 1t in any words you like. You d0n't
suppose anybody really cares about your three
acres and a cowr And whom the amendment had
served the purpose OF tho Liberals they proceeded
to prove how little they cared. The matter was
sheIved altogether by the fault Of tho Liber-
ais, however
There is an interesting story that all the tenants
Of the Prince of Wales supporters OF Mr. Arch.
Sandringbam 10 in this division of Norfolk. Tie
Prince TOO. according to the authority, though
not In any sense u supporter of the peasant Parha-
ment man. said he was glad to be represented by
hum. Mr. Arch was Of tho few paid English
members; had salary of S25 q week; and on ths
Strength of It took his daughter for service, and
made her his secretary. She had besn boasomaid
to lady we'll known in London society and
astonlshcd this lady one morning by telling her
she must leave because hcr father had become .
Member Of Parliament The girls relationship to
the agricultural agitator had remained quito
suspected. Not that she or her father had any
shame IN the matter-far from it. Mr.. Joseph Arch
is man to whom the dignity of labor has always
seemed equal TO any other dignity. He bore him
self well in his new position: won good will and
respect, but did not make marked impression on
the House as a member OF the House.
Mr. Beecher-he has confded his opinions to An
Ihtervewe--declAre that to HIM the election con-
test. and especially the contest between Mr.. Glad
stone and Mr. Bright, seems like o comedy. 10
cannot understand tho reality of It: the men he 70
accustomed to follow he says, have got their hsnds
in each others hair. Tho Ministerial organ which
gives Mr.. Beechers opinions 20 the public takes q
different view. and thinks that the elections have
been fought out, as a rule with fairness and good
humor. Mr.. Gladstone and Lord Harrington are
considered to have set an excellent ex1mps
which in most cases has been followed This
matter which looks differently TO people
on different Sides and differently again, perhaps
to one who Is on neither.
Our ministerial friend goes on to say that o,ca'
slonaly there have been grievious departures fson
good taste, good breeding, good temper. and good
sense. and that the worst offender has been Sir
Robert Fowler. in the speech he delivered Oh his
unopposed return as of the members for the
City of London. That speech was delivered fort
light ago and. At the pace things arc going be-
longs to ancient history. But 1t seemed worth
while to hunt up piece of wckedness 80 cOnspic-
uous and exceptional aud hunted it mp according
ly. TIN pretty bad specimen. Sir Robert Fowler
asserts that Mr. Gladstone, whom he compliments
on his eloquenoe and his knowledge Of Homer
would sacrifice any principle for tho sake OF ofhcs
| He believed Mr.. Gladstone was determined to ths
end of his life to do something to keep himself in
power, and that there was no baseness TO which
he would not stoop for that end. Yet this speech
must have been made before dinner. 1t is only ore
more illustration Of tho blind hatred of great
opponent in which 50 many Tories indulge Mr..
Gladstone Is an ambitious man. but to say that IL
is office Of which he is ambitious is only to show
profound ignorance Of his real character
| 1t is, however. difficult to affirm that
| Sir Robert Fowler is entitled TO SOL
itary promotion to tho bad eminence ON which
the Gladstonian organ places HIM. Perhaps
Lord Wolverton, whom mentioned the other day.
might keep his company. Lord Woverton has
thus far offered contradiction to the charge thas
| he cued Mr. Chamberlain o traitor and likened
him TO Judas lscariOt. as one who had betrayed
his Master. His silence may be due to abscnse. lie
Is yachting with Sir William Harcourt as his
guest on the well-knOwn steam yacht Palatine aud
| the pair were at Guernsey yesterday. But there
may be another reason. II now appears that Lord
i Wal xartouIs xards xera onatai from The Uesfra