New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
NOTES FROM LONDON.
MIR. TIP. OCONNORS "sTAR THE EVEN
ING POST"--MR. w. i. RICHMOND

new evening paper has appeared cs'iieu nv
Star correspondent whose letter Is ginen ~
tho first number lkens it to the Star Oh oe'n'o-
hem. Its mcssagc of course, is one oil peace Oh
.or,h ona oool will 70 men, The expression of it
runs Tins: I'VE have been brought into existence
nv the disgust contempt and hate which inc
,na,;gnart and treacherous desert on OF the Libera
cause bv so-ealIed Liberal papers has created
among all true Radicals" There was aireadE'
perbaps. as much disgust. contempt and hate IN
Tho world as the world has any real occasion for
Nor is there any lack of paIcrs to give expression
TO these amiablc emotions But II MT. i. T.
0Connor. who edits the new paper, thinks other
wise no one will question his right to give erect
10 his convictions.
We all know Mr.. OConnor as ardent poll
tician and very energetic journalist. He is recS-
oncd the best political manager and organizer OF
the Parnellite party; a man who can and does run
the machine at full speed He may make good
tditor lie observes the traditions of the profess
sion by producing q had first number That all
first Numbers arc bad is more than tradition; it
is en- axiom There are, however, degrees OF bad
ness and MIR. O'Connor has perhaps overshot the
mark Or is it proof of Irish patriotism to write
lad ENGLISH? We shall do away" says he
with the hackneyed style of obsolete journalism
How is he 20 do away with thing already obsolete
is not clear Many other things are not clear
The spectre Of land monopoly 11es not stci
short at the house Of the farmer
ireland wants Home Rule not mueh "orse
than the people Of London
Our limits forbid us giving everything
The elevation. the more constant employment
the better waco, the increase OF food in The st9m-
achs, dignity in the souls JOY hu,aniS, ~ tboso
ness in the hearts Of the pcope-these, ana theso
things alone. represent to US progress glory, ma
tonal greatness"
Cheap rooms for the artisan Of London is then
another plank in our platform
suffice They all occur in Mr.. O'Connors Con
fession of Faith: an article Of rather more than
two columns, Radca,ism covereth multitude OF
sins, and Mr. OConnor has set out on mission
of Radiealism not always distinguishable from So
cialism: not always remote from Anarchy 10
win battle general election " shall' appear to
him infamous If it do nothing toward making the
lives Of the people brighter and happier. The
next sentence embolies Mr.. OConnor's idea OF
brightness and happiness. THE policy will ap-
pear to us worthy OF everlasting thanks and OF
inefIaceabe glory that does no more than enable
The charwoman TO put two pieces of sugar in her
cup Of tea instead of one and that adds ono far
thing a day to the wage of the seamstress or the
iaborer. Empire, dominion, influence in the coun-
ellis Of Eurore-all these and such like things to
as are pcsticnt emptiness"
It is Tainful TO have to add that Mr.. O'Connor
Is opposed 10 protection. Protection" he says
lYis the remedy of the foolish or the selfish. and
must be vchcmently and, if needs be, violently
opposed" I Will not stop to ask whether Mr..
Blaine and THE TRIBUNE and the Republican
party of America are to he reclSoned among the
foolish or among the selfish One or the other they
all must be according to Mr.. O'Connor l am
more interested to know how protection is TO be
L"violently" opposed. Is the blacllthorn stick to
be used against it? Are Protectionists to be boy
cottcd? Arc the tails OF their cattle to be cut
of? Or would Mr. O'ConnOr think Mr. GOdlSin
good instrument of violence: Mr.. God1in whose
idea of moral suasion seems TO include the cease
less swing of the shillelagh?
One scalp day seems to be Mr.. OConnOrs
motto. lie adorned his first number with foolish
story about the Queen. lie has good reason
for stating that the Queens decision to devote
her 10000 of Jubilee gifts to nurses for the
poor was taken unwillingy, and only after
almost fierce pressure from wiser heads" What
Her Majesty really wished. if Won believe MT p.
OConnor, to spend the $3.50, 600 on a neck
lace for Princess Beatrice. Where did this
precious story come from? Did our new editor
get it from the Queen, from Princess Beatrice
Was it great officer of the household who
impaired it TO him? Where is a necklace at this
price TO be had? This ridiculous tale is, in
truth. swollen and distorted version of O simple
fact. The Queen did wish that some small part
Oh the grtfiJ sum given nef SnOulu ne uSeu 10 DuJ
something which she could keep and wear as a
personal memento of the personal kindness which
was the source of the Women's Jubilee Offering
"A necklace talked Of The sum mentioned
for the purchase was f2,500. Finally, the
Queen herself, under no other pressure than that
OF her own good sense, decided that 1t was better
the whole amount Of the offer should go without
deduction to the charity resolved on But there
are buyers of halfpenny papers who will readily
and greedily swallow the bigger story essentially
false though it be.
The second number Of Mr. OConnor's Star"
overfows with the good will and gentle courtesy
which marked the first Lord Harrington becomes
his topic. Mr.. OConnor objects to his sitting on
the front Opposition bench in the House of Com
mons. 1t is not necessary to say that Lord
harrington Mr.. Chamberlain is consciously
and Intentionally mean and snealling caves
dropper; but they play the role" Lord
Harrington is TO be driven over to the Tories. He
has never been anything but Tory. He has
the pride the impudence, the dull, slow mind,
the hatred to change, the contempt for the people,
the fifth in brutal methods of government which
are the essential marks Of the Tory mind Be-
sides, he is rather more stupid than the majority
of the members Of the stupid party" He is a
marquis, the son of duke, very wealthy and
people surprised that he isn't blaclxleg or
an lmbecile that they have discovered he is a
genius" This is very cheap writing-I will not
use the adjective which Kingsley associated with
cheap. Anybody can abuse and scold and call
names. Mr. OConnors talent is capable of some
thing better and more effective. His present
style is not literary, not effective, not damaging
TO those whom he wishes to damage. Lord Cado-
gan is assailcd in similar fashion on the following
day, but 1 will spare you the catalogue of Lord
Cadogan's iniquities.
Another new paper is " The Evening Post" not
of New-York. 1t has nothing TO do with The
Morning Post but is the evening edition of The
Financial News Sir Algernon Borthwick, who