New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22
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COPYRIGHT. 1898: By The New-fork Trioune'
LONDON, Jan. 21.-The wickcdness Of American
Protection continues to furnish text Tor almosC
daily sermons by righteous British Free Traders
with keen eye to the American market he-
publicans may learn from The Manchester GUAR
dian that they not only fools but hypocrlteS.
ut ;s an omen secret says that journal, that
the policy of the Republican party in the United
States has been shaped in conformity with the
,isbos Of protected manufacturers solely because
,ho- furnish them money for election expenses"
Obsorvo the solely" Observe also the future
before YOU. from what is happening In Michigan
" In Michigan" SAYS this bold Briton, Protection
is belping few men TO reduce the country 10 al
arid waste" This nonsense Is not ol b'1.is" III
,,ontion but is supplied to their British allies oy
American Free Traders.
Ano,bor commitment to Mr.. Cleveland and an
other cxpresson of approval of his Free lraue
nolcy itly accompany this latest English attack
on American industry.
II President Carnot has eXerted the influence
he was expected to exert in favor oil tlle r"n"'n"
Canal he has failed. His Minister'S nave ueh-
nitelv refused to allow the issue OF thaV lo''0i'
loan ON which NJ De Lesseps staked MS IasV hoi"'
Still the brave old man persists. lie now "Pp'"-
from, the Cabinet to the Chamber. Inc LeEi'
1atnre is to be flooded with pet'lOhs III i"Yoi "
- Lotto
hocome a canyasser. Every kind oi pressure 10
o',,h, % hear ON the deputies The Cabinet
;s rponimous against the loan. But soiue lli'i-
,.;dual Denutv is to bring i'll a bill NJ. De A0'
cons tbrouob his mouthpece in the En9Ilsh press
announces this new scheme ana preuIc'e U'"V - -
will ic carried; but 1t Is hele peileNeu '""V
will fail The final disaster cannot be long aNei''o
The Crofter question in Scotland has proNeh
mt AGAIN with fresh violence. The dlsturo'iloes
in Lewis will be queled. They are OF less cohs'-
nuence than the acquital of the Croiter rloers oS
IA Edinburgh jury at first seemed 10 De- hu' ~ -
now explained that the verdict ol the jury vas
duo "a LEGAL blundering in drawing the lnolcC
nent There was however, some sort oi popular
demonstration on the release oil the accused
There is no fresh news about Lord Randolph
rhurcbiIrs mcditated raid on Mr.. Ballour' Slf
Michael Hicks Beach, however, will give no help
b. anv such enterprise should Lord Randolph really
mean to attempt it. lie explained yesterday 'h"O
the inferences drawn from his Clifton speech were
without foundation lie will join in no attack on
the Irish Administration and give no support to
Mr. Gladstones scheme Of Irish autonomy
MIR O'5rien's release is perhaps the most
important Ir sh incident of the week. lie
comes out Of gaol in good health ana
WAS warmly welcomed. He delivered
two speeches yesterday, full of his old
spirit OF defiance Sreedy return to prison Is "haO
MIR O'Irien anticipates There is anna ali MS oi'
ter intensity of language one touch Oh sonle'LI"s
like humor in his grim prediction that Mr. bai-
four must 90 out or he must go in again. ME-
O.Hrien. in fact. in his double capacity of hero
and martyr looks upon the present struggle as d
ducI between himself and Mr.. Balfour.
His release does not diminish the number OF Par
Iameninry prisoners Another NJ T.. Mr.. Blame,
was arrested yesterday and another priest also
All attempts to induce Lord Charles Beresford
20 submit to IA reduction of the naval estimates
having failed Lord Salisbury yesterday acce pied
his resignation Lord Charles is not in one sense
sn important political parsonage, nor would the
resignation of Junior Sea Lord of the Ad-
niraIty commonly excite the least cOmmOtlOn.
He is however an individuality and has the ear
of the House. His popularity is unique IN It's
kind. He is likely to appeal from the CABINET
TO his constituents, and the whole business Is
likely TO be damaging to the Ministry
The medical controversy which has been raging
for a month or more in The Times was summed
up Yesterday in an editorial which leaves the
regular doctors aghast The leading journal
practically sides with the home Opaths against the
allopaths Not that it prOnOunces judgment
on either system, but for the purposes OF this
controversy il gives the allopaths the worst of It,
This attitude is the surprising because
homeopathic doctors are in England a very small
minority. They number less than3OO.
Lord Grimthorpe who believes in homo opathy,
began the discussion with the proposition that
Odium mcdicum is not less bitter than odlum
theologicum. Dr. Brudenell Carter, Sir j. c.
Browne Dr. Bucllnell and other eminent
regulars" attacked him fiercely, but only proved
ais IL hoy attacked
rivals more nercely still They have written scores
of columns with the one refrain: HOmGOpaths
are either knaves or fools The homGopaths, no
tably Doctor DudgeOn, one of the most dis
tinguished, replied with good temper and good
sense enough TO bring The Times" round to their
side. Hon opaths in England receive their di-
plomas from the same college as the allopaths.
If they are fools asks The Times" what guaran-
tee have the public that the allopaths are wiser?
Lawyers are hardly less excited than the
doctors No less authority than Sir Edward
Clarke the Solicitor General and second law officer
of the Crown, has spoken out in favor OF abolish
ing the present absurd distinction between barriS-
ters and solicitors. lie would fuse the two branches
of the profession into one allowing solicitors to
practise in court and barristers to prepare their
own cases, see clients and do other business Of
which the solicitors now have a monopoly. No
other barrster so high in the profession has yet
advocated this change. The public are interested
more than the profession At present you cannot
go TO law in England without paying two men for
doing one job. Lawyers are beginning to discover
that law will not bear two profits. The press
takes up the subject eagerly though cautiously.
Ministers Of the Gospel, too, have had an agi-
tating week. The split between Mr. Spurgeon
and the Baptist Union is now final The council
have accepted his resignation all ne
gotations proving fruitless Mr.. Spur
geon has so far modified his first
denunciation Of his old colleagues as to say that
he does not think the Baptist Union is knowingly
a confederacy in evil. Asked TO give the names of
those unfaithful TO the Gospel, Mr.. Spurgeon re-
fused under terror of the law; Of the Christian