Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-09
The Grand Old Mans Wonderful Power
as Revealed bY Yestcrslax,s Effort.

Special Cable Dispatch TO THE EVENING STAR
LONDON, April 9.-The speech OF yesterday is
not regarded by those who have often heard
Gladstone as one OF his greatest efforts of ora
tory. Many times in his life, several times
even lately, has he surpassed IL by far i'm all
that goes to make up oratory pure and simple
in balanced phrases, marshaled periods, glow
ing rhetoric. burning denunciation and fervent
appeal; hut as master piece of economic
analysis and exposition il has not often been
equalled. One after another of the provisions
OF the new bill were enrolled and received their
proper significance. Those which needed sub
sequent provisions for their explanation were
kept back for a while. Skeleton outlines were
held suspended I'm sight all the time. Gradually
the covering of details was wrapped around
them, qualifying clauses added, conditions de-
tached and replaced, figures discovered and
grouped, percentages and proportions esti-
mated, balances struck, conclusions empha-
sized and refutations challenged. still in all
its multifarious detail, the argument moved
forward as smoothly ship upon stream.
To ninety-nine out OF hundred OF his hearers
it was an exhausting mental effort TO follow
Gladstone at all; to himself, IL was
INTELLECTUAL PLAY.
Long after a majority of the house had given up
the attempt in despair and were simply listen
ing with open mouths and sprawling limbs the
great old man was sailing away with his one,
two, first and second proyiSos alert and self
possessed as when filling in the answers which
won him his ''double-firstr 30 years ago at OK
ford. Introductory sentences were admirable.
but especially the last minutes of peroration
were highly impressive. Partly from fatigue
partly from his strength failing, Gladstone's
voice was several notes lower than ii usually is
THERE WAS TOUCHING TREMoR IN 1T.
Those few minutes OF oratory Lushed the
house, which appreciated every syllable in COM
plete silence as the last admirably chosen
words fell from the speakers lips. He will be
remembered in connection with this his
toric occasion by his attitude at that
moment. One never ceases to admire
the uplifted head and bell like voice
His words were: 81 ask that we should
apply to Ireland that happy experience which
We have gained in England and in Scotland
us, NOT as dream a theory, hut practice
as lie, that the best and surest foundation we
can ind to build upon is the foundation offered
by the affections, convictions and goodwill OF
the nation and it is thus by the decree OF the
Almighty far more than by any other endeavor
that We may be enabled To secure at once So
cial peace, fame, power, and the permanence
of the empire. Three minutes after Gladstone
ceased, there was not twenty people left in
the house Gladstone, tucking his red dis
patch box under his arm and taking his bottles
of tonic, one in each hand. left also and went
home.
After Gladstone a number of nobodies spoke
for two hours. Trevelyan rose at ten and spoke
twenty minutes. Never a good speaker, last
night he was nervous, hesitating, and altogether
too dull for a tired house. After expressing the
extreme conjunction and regret with which he
lett the government, he said, II do not know
whether chose the better part, but this
am certain. that chose the most UNPLEASANT
one. did my best according 10 my lights To
prevent one of the great parties OF the state
from doing what cannot but regard neither
for the credit nor welfare OF the country" He
spoke with such detail that the speaker called
him TO order Tor irrelevancy. When the Irish
members laughed at him he said with smile, Il
am glad OF that situation. 1t reminds me OF old
days" He concluded with an appeal not 10 do
at the greatest crisis that ever occurred in the
history of a country from merited love and rev.
GRANGE for "a great man, that which they could
never redress or amend.
PARNELL FIDGETY.
Parnell followed, but hardly remember him
speaking badly. He fidgety, as il
making his maiden speech and could not find
the right words. He was evidently embar-
raised by the difficult task OF combining a
tribute to Gladstone, expressions of gratitude
for the bill, and a generally conciliatory tone,
with strong dlsapproVal OF certain parts OF the
scheme. He accomplished the first part OF his
task by saying: ITO none o. the sons OF Ireland
at any time has there been given the genius
and talent of Gladstone" thanking him for
the energy ana time which he devoted To this
matter, and expressing the belief that the effect
will be that the people OF England will recog-
niZe, no less than the people OF Ireland, that he
has been TO them "A national benefactor. lie
accomplished the latter part by declaring that
the bargain about the customs unfair, the
constabulary in the wrong hands, the fancy
franchises certain to lead To obstruction and "a
deadlock, but with the careful proYisD: ''If our
views fairly met the scheme Will be cheer
FULLY accepted by the Irish people,