The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-30

are arrived dsdIlfSt- NHth M h-
all but singie-handed, when the comrades
who once stood by him have set lance IN
rest against their old chief, when there Is
only the single white plume Of Navarro
10 which his hosts ear rally. II he wins
this battle he may well say, Alone | did
it.-but he is not to win ii, and o one
must De content TO declare that if uncon-
querable courage. if conduct and resource,
If matches dexterity and a power of
debate to which no rival has attained,
could win, Mr.. Gladstone would indeed
have won
Lord harrington slips past unnoticed
from behind the Speakers chair, but
presently going out is cheered as he re-
turns. He is perhaps the n man
| through all this difficult business who
has earned the respect of all parties and
escaped the censure Of all. Anybody
might do as much by concession by com
pliance, by compromise. Lord Harting-
ton has broken with his leader, divided
his party, disappointed keen hopes,
brought 10 wreck a great policy, adhered
inhexibly 10 his principles. But he has
50 borne himself a. 10 extort admiration
from those who most deplore his course,
from Mr.. Gladstone most of all No
man doubts his sincerity or his simplicity
Of aim: none ever imputed to him the
least indirectness of method or selfishness
of motive. He if anybody is a represen-
iative of class, and if class had no I'M
worihier representative the spirit of class
would be a reproach to no man.
Mr.. Chamberlain walks in from the
opposite door, gets 4 NOISY welcome from
the Tories, a quieter n from his friends
among the gumgway, and nothing but
black looks from the Irish. lie has done
the Irish less harm than Lord liarting-
ton he takes with him a les numerous
following into the lobby, hut he is detest-
eel by Mr.. ParnelIs company of patriots
as no other man rs Ictested. Calumny
rlins down upon him, and not from Irish
skies alone. The true GladStonian-the
idolater-who can speak with kindly IT.
grti OF Lord Harrington, whitens with
anger when me names Mr.. Chamberlain.
| think he has had hard usage, and ]
have absolute faith in his sincerity, but
| set down the facts as they are. lie
faces friend and foe with unrutiled seren-
ity II micn Il smile Just sottens the out
lines of his smooth check n the music of
the cheers n.schcs HIM and IF the black
looks he is. or seems, blis,huliy uncon-
scious. lie would not be Mr.. Chamber
lain without his orchids any more than
Mr.. Gladstone would Dee Mr.. Gladstone
without his rose or his shirt collars.
Stranger still is ii To mark the welcome
of the Tories to Mr.. Bright. for whom
their cheers rise high. Singularday are
these upon which wc have fallen when
Tory applause hrrllds the approach Of
every Liberal. save one, whom Liberals
have delighted To honor, and when the
Liicrll party in the House Of Commons
consists of Mr.. Gladstone and Il certain
numbers of ciphers after has name. Mr..
Bright has not spoken vii not speak
he has no longer. they SAY, confidence
enough in his nerve to address the House
IN a great debate and in %antagonism 10
the great leader he still dearly loves. lie
has made his contribution To the cause
he believes in -hy letter. letter which,
as much a. any one influence, sent the
wayercrs finally into the No lobby. Il Is
pathetic TO sec his snow-white head and
closed hps. He takes his place mex Mr..
Chamberlain on the second bench below
the gangwav. above or below which are
grouped nearly all the Liberal leaders
who have declined Mr.. Gads;onc's Home
Rule Shibboleth. Mr.. Trcyelyan is one
of them. His decp-set, luminous eyes
look out from a fringe Of white hair that
belongs not to his years. We al know
what long agony and loyal service it was
that gave the look Of premature age to
a man still in the prime of life and Of his
brilliant faculties.
Questions which are often exciting, are
50 duh to-day that the murmur of talk is
never stilled on the floor below Us, and
member, come up to the galleries to chat
with friends whom they have recognized.
There is no such muster of spectators as
on the first night of this long debate. No
ROYALTY over the Clock the royalties
are at Ascot, where The sport is more to
the mind of the ROYAL iIighncsS who,
were he here, would be sealed over the
Clock. 4 Peer whom none Of Us knows
sits in his place, The Peers themselves
are mostly at Ascot: their benches are
pretty full. but late corners still find
places. The foremost figure among them
isthc Red Earl, who owes his picturesque
name 10 a faint hue of flame color in his
vcllowish brown beard-Earl spencer.
The stamp of the patrician Is IN him
no man - quiet in manncr. nonc Of quite
the same personal distinction: none.
fancy. who rclishcs les the adulation
now poured on him from the lips that
used 10 reck with calUmuy and curses.
His successor i'm the Niccnpyalty OF Ire
Land, the young black-bcaried, glittering-
eyed Earl of Aberdeen. sits not far of.
The Earl OF DalhouSi sits in the row he
hind them; he. Al any rate, 4 convinced
or co~nvinccahlc Home Ruler - long ago
as when he WAS lord Ramsay and Liber-
al member for Liverpool: not - very
long 2 either, as the fresh youthfulncSs
OF his sympathetic and sincere face testi-
fies. At one time or another during the
long evening the Duke of Norfolk is visi-
bile; visible also is that remarkable per
Sonage Brbourne, who accepted a peer
age from Mr.. Gladstone Only to find his
conscience compelling him to votc Steadi-
IN against his creator. and To- wear his
coronet. as Lord Rosebery told him in
the House of Lords, a. a crown of thorns
He has lately taken Mr.. Chamberlain
under his il.-omcncd patronage, and Mr.
Sexton, who : capable of epigram, christ.
ened this mobile author of nursery tales
Mr.. Chamberlain's fairy yodmothcr. Il
YOU look at his face you viii MOI; think
the point of the epigram bluntcd by In,
change Of sex.
All these and many more are on TIA,
lcf Of the clock. which is exactly opao.