New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20

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bis smooth check az tho music of the cheers
him. and of tho black looks he 10. or no seem''
b,,ssfnIlv uuconscious. He would not DO ~"
Ch.mnerain without his orchid any more tnah MI
c,odstone vvonld be Mr Gladstone without DIS roso
or his shirt collars.
stranger still Ia it to mark the welcome OF the
Tories TO Mr.. Bright. for whom their cheers f'Sc
high. Singular days are these upon Which we nave
fallen when Tory applause heralds the approach Vi
every Liberal, save one, whom LloeraiS "".o
d.,iohted TO honor and when the Liberal party IN
tho House Of Commons consists of Mr.. Gladstone
and certain number Of cipbers after MS name
Mr. Bright has not spoken, will not speak; haS no
longer they say. confidence enough IN bis nerVe' 10
address the II eusc in n great debate ana III an'ap
ou;sm 70 the great leader he still dearly loves He
has made his contribution to the cause ne beiieves
IN nv letter-a letter which. as much as any one
influence. sent the waverers finally into the No
lobby II IA pathetic to see his snow-whte read
ord closed Inns He takes his place next Mr.
Cbon.berlain on the second bench below the gang
wav above OF below which are grouped nearly all
the Liberal leaders who have declined Mr. Glad
stone's Home Rule Shibboleth. Mr. 1reveyan Is
ora nj them His deep-set, luminous eyes look out
from fringe of white hair that belongs not to his
rears We all know what long agony and loyal
service it was that gave the look OF prem aure age
70 a man still IN the prime OF life and:of his
brilliant faculties. 90
Questions which are often exciting. are so dui
+o-doy that the murnur of talk is never stiled on
the floor below u.s. and members come mp to the
galleries to chat with friends whom they have
recognized. There is no such muster of spectators
as OIL the first night of this long debate No Royalty
over the Clock; the Royalties are at Ascot. where
the snort is more to the mind of the Royal Hghness
who. were he here would be seated over the CLOCK
A Peer whom none of us knows sits in splace Inc
Peers themselves are mostly at ASCOT; tnciI
benches are pretty full, but late-comers sui ma
nlaces The foremost figure among them IS the hed
Earl. who owes his picturesque name to faint nue.
If flame color in his yellowish brown beard-Eari
spencer The stamp of the patrician is on him.-no
man so quiet in manner mono OF quite tne same
personal distinction none fancy. who relishes
less the adulaton now poured on him from the lips
that used to reek with calumny and cnrses HIS
successor IN the Viceroyalty of Ireland, the young,
black bearded, glttering eyed popular Earl OF
Aberdeen, sits not far Oft. The Earl of Dalhousie
is in the row behind them he at any rate. con-
vinced'or convlnceable Home Ruler 80 long ago as
when he was Lord Ramsay and Liberal member for
Iyerpoo: not so very long ago either, as the fresh
vouthfulness of his sympathetic and sincere face
testities At one time another during the long
evening the Duke of Norfolk is visible; visible
also 10 that remarkable parsonage Lord Bra
bonrne who accepted peerage from Mr. Gladstone
only TO find his conscience compelling him to vote
steadily against his creator and to wear his
coronet. as Lord Rosebery told him in the House
of Lords. as crown of thorns. He has lately
taken Mr. Chamberlain under his ill-omened
patronage and Mr.. Sexton, who is capable OF
| epigram chIlstened this noble author OF nursery
tales Mr.. Chamberlain's fairy Rodmother. If YOU
- will
| the epigram blunted by the change of sex.
All these and many more ar" the left OF the
| clock which is exactly opposite the speaker. On
the right in the diplomatic and special galleries
| celebrities are select rather than numerous. The
| tall figure of Count Hatfield, the German Ambas-
sador looks down Count COrti his colleague
from Italy, whom he completely dwarfs. Into this
front row came later rot long before Mr.. Gladstone
rose a slight gray haired keeneyed. wrinkled de-
| liehtful and admirable little man, about whom
whispers began at once to circulate. suppose
| there were few men who did not recognize the
pouant personality of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes
for some weeks past the person to be met most ire
ouently in the greatest variety of places in all
| London had noticed in the lobby the genial face
| of Mr. Burnand, but him IN none OF the three
galleries accessible to the stranger. Nor even OH so
GREAT a night as this could discover any one else
who could be named as n DISTINGUISHED stranger
unless the excellent Canon MacColl or the Rev.
| Newman Hall may be thought to attain to that
stature
can look past Count Hatzfeld's broad shoulders
or over Count Cort's head, and over the countless
heads of honorable members below, TO the gallery
where the ladies present ought to be visible but are
not Between them and the House is still the close
grating which for reason lnappreclable by the
non Parliamentary mind the Commons persist III
maintaining. | have never beard that the open
galleries in the Lords, where the Peercsses gather
for dress debate. in dazzling raimcnt impaired
the political virtue the business efficiency OF the
Upper Chamber. Perhaps the Commons are more
susceptible or less confident. Behind the bars o
the cage one sees dmy certain forms. or certain
patches of color the flash of jewel or the CLEAN
of bright eyes, hut to recognize the owners OF then
is imr ossible Nor is there much time to mourn
over this deprivation. While we have been gazing
the House has filled ever fuller, the dronine
answers to tiresOme questions have ceased husl
has come over the multitude. clear voice il
heard from the far end of the chamber saying
Government of Ireland Bill" and moment late
Mr.. Goschen is up. G. W. :.