New-York tribune., 1888-04-13
TORIES UNCOMFORTABLE.
BY MIR GLADSToNE'S UTTERANCEs
,oRp sALIsBURy's PLEASANT PERSONALITIES
pRAIsE FOR ALL BUT GRANVILLE-ADMI
RATION OF MR. BALFoUR-RADIcAL DIS
LIKE OF Mr. CHAMBERLAIN-WAS
MERRY HAMPTON TAM.
pFRFD WITUf

hight at the National Liberal Club has alarmed
.he Tories. He is, in their view, ON the eve ol
a new departure The policy of forbearancc
toward the Government which has kept so many
Radicals chafpg through the first part OF The
session. is to be abandoned circumstances
from the active wing of the Irish party in America
are supposed to have something to do with this
change Of tactics. He did, indeed, almost apol
ogize last night to the advanced friends by whom
he was surrounded at dinner. Personally, fear
said Mr.. Gladstone, a have gone perhaps TO an
extreme point in an endeavor to expedite puonC
business II was right, he still thinks, to re-
ceve the Budget and the Local Government
bill In kindly spirit He did So Now ne
finds more defects in them than he expected
and both are to be handled critically.
l see nothing TO complain of in this declara-
ton 1t is no more than is expected from every
leader of the Opposition. But the Tories cry
out that the tail has begun wagging the head; ana
that pressure has been put on Mr. Gladstone
the game of moderation is up; fresh appeals
ere heard to the masses as against the classes
and SO on. In short, if you believe these gentle
men, the barometer points straight to stormy.
The small majority, only 81, against MIR.
Banes Land bill is explained by the Tories
on the around that the attendance nev:r is good
on Wednesdays. This particular measure, how
ever, was denounced by them as measure OF
confscation. 1t was in their view, nothing less
than to apply Mr.. Parnell's doctrine of prairie
value to Irish estates. Yet the Gladstonlans
voted for it in a body, and Mr.. Parnen himself, 1
near thinks it moderate bill.
Lord Salisbury's personalities were as remarkable
as anything else in his Carnarvon speech. l use
personalities in good sense mostly. He lavishes
praise on Mr.. Chamberlain. Perhaps never
before has Prime Minister said of an envoy
that shaving obtained the assistance of man
with such a powerful mind we did not fetter
him with instructions. The result" adds he,
"has fully answered our trust" Lord Salisbury
is careful to say that England has not gained
q great diplomatic victory over America, nor
wished TO- lie defines the Bayard-C Chamberlain
convention as compromise of claims and feelings
on both sides, a monument and stamp OF the
peaceable disposition Of both nations.
Lord Randolph Churchill gets a good word
from his late chief who calls his Birmingham
speech eloquent, as 1t was, and offers thanks
for his kindness to Her Majcsty's Government
thanks which Lord Randolph has clearly earned
What his reward will be remains to be SEEN
Lord Rosebery, Too, has handsome eulogy
SoAA
bury approves the principles on which he acted
when Foreign Minister and the skill with which
he applied them, and has no objection TO be
sunnosed himself following the same policy
Some tribute to the late German Emperor,
,,bom Lord Salisbury oddly calls Emperor OF
Germany which he was not was necessary, ana
Is finely given The Germans, the English and
the French too may well heed this passage
A firm supporter Of peace, the steady friend OF
this country, though before all things the friend
of the interests of his own country his name
exercised a power far beyond the confines to
which his dominions extended, and the achieve
ments of his reign will be remembered through
many an age Of victory
Then Mr. Rtchie came in for much panegyric,
and MIR. Goschen for still more. Even the country
souires who are being legslated out of authority
get their need of recognition. Everybody gets
il except Lord Granville, whom LoSd Salisbury
always disliked as Foreign Minister and continues
to dislike
London is in dining humor The two din
ners of last evening, following on the Devonshlre
Club banquet to Mr.. Chamberlain, were both
ist; jferent reasons. Sir waiter
Fosters to NJ Gladstone was meant TO brlng
the Liberal leader in contact with some OF the
working men Of the party, all Radicals Mr'
Gladstone, for the second time on similar occa-
sion. sent word to his host that he might say
few words and il would be just as well II a
reporter happened 10 be there. Matters were so
managed that The Times though supplied
with a report, complains Of discourtesy. IL
might well have complained that the report is o
b,d ons
The banquet to Mr.. Balfour in ST. James's Hall
was an immense affair, 600 sitting down TO DIN
ner The gi,ers of this feast were the National
Union of Conservative Associations. Their ex-
press obec, was t. testify their admiration of
Mr. BalfourS Irish administration. The Earl
Of Dartmouth, who presided, Lord Cranbrook.
aud Earl StanhGpe ere the best known among
the guests Mr.. Balfour spoke in the usual
vein, easy, good tempered, delighting in banter
Of the men who attack him most fiereely.
Besides the banquets in London, there was in
Birmin CHAM the Inauguration Of statue to BIZ
greatest citizen, or rather representative
Mr. Bruce joys image of Mr.. John Bright in honor
of his twenty-five years services is not very
great work Of art But great sculptors belong to
the past, and this is, perhaps, respectable. 1t
stands in the Corporation Art Gallery. Mr.
Chamberlain was absent, and wrote a rather curt
letter of excuse The ceremonies were entirely
by local celebrities.
There is, it seems, no known limit to the dis
Ike with which Mr. Chamberlain is regarded by
some of the Radicals. They are now angry be-
cause Earl Granville Mr.. ChilderS and other
stanch Gladstonians attended the Devonshire Club
dinner to their lost leader. This anger they ex-
press in some Of their papers. There is even
proposal to address signed remonstrance to Earl
Granville Wiser counsels will probably prevail.
Mr. Gladstone is certainly averse to making matters
worse than they now are.
There is still another Turf scandal Unusually
large sums had been betted against Merry Hampton
for the City and Suburban yesterday at EPSON.
He started first fsvorte-seven TO four-and fin
ished last. His owner Mr.. Arlington, believes the
horse a victim of foul play. The stewards will
hold an inquiry. G. W.. S.