New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12

CEIVFD-roLI1ICAL
AND PERSONAL
(DY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.
Copwioht: 1855 ~ The NcC-York Tribune
London, Aug. ll.-Varous accounts oil ''r
Blaine's arrival and reception and OF the parade
the night before have been cabcd here. inc
Times correspondent speaks of enormous crowus
and great enthusiasm at the para'e INV
Standard" says it was beyond DISPUTE picturesque
and enthusiastic display. These correspondents
however. must be rOuiancing. for the lmpar'lai
and fa;r-miuded correspondent of The Daily
News declares that the long-talked-of rccep',on
of Mr. Blaine had fallen fat lhe lines ""S
n column of comment oil the event. WIN soi"o
characteristic filings at American customs ou' S"H'
This ovation essentially republican III nS iii-
pressive simplicity, makes 1t clear tl'"o Nir i''""
still holds the first place in the lniaslh",on VI
lis party, and holds it easily -,
Our English friends however eaten up re"uiy
cnou.h anti-Rcpubhcan hints from .,ic o'i,
side Not long ago they cchocd Vne u"s"unir
crv that Mr Blaine politically ana moraHy
dc.d But ms he obstinatcly declined to be purlcu'
,hcr have now discover that h is too much ahVc'
coro,ol Harrison" sncers The 1lmeS,' al
,bougb nobody doubts him TO be an cAcclieh' man
with nothing in particular against hlm' Is hoV
exactly the man TO organize victory "" "
rrohohlv aware that he plays second fiddle 10 'he
great coniuror of votes. If elected fres'oeht hc
will be constrained by the opinion oil HIS parry
to offer Mr.. Blaine the position OF occre,",S "a
S,o,e and in case of his acceptance, the Oaplneo
In no a Rloine rather than Harrison Cabinet
How Mr.. Blainc's present political supremacy IS
IN hc rcconcied with the theory that Few weeks
ago bc WAS morally and politically Dead Is not
cyplaincd Nor indeed, was IL Inc ilmeS
which invented that theory, whlch pea'S Ne"-
York earmarl-
Another curious change has come over BRUSH
opinion Mr. Clcvclands reelection was some unie
since certain, though after 1t became certain MS
chances continued to improve. Now " Inc lines
thinks that the chances of Presidential! contest
never hung more undecidcdly IN the paiahce'
We do not DESIRE" concludes this journal 10
express strong sympathy with either party III
the impending contest. The people OF the Chi'eu
States are inclined to resent anything which ap-
pears even remotely like Intervention IN l'eir
politics. and are apt to quote foreign OPINION
against the very candidate whom it was intended
to encourage, In this they pretty well resemble
other nations: certainly Engshmen. VINO 40
not care to hear from Mr.. Blame or ahSoouy
else how Ireland ought to be governed, ana 40
not even admit the civilized word-wha'eVer
that NAV mean-to be competent to give them
advice upon their own affairs
The Saturday Review selzes the occasion vi
General Sherdan's dcatn as goo" oic "
another explosion of its old sympathies with the
Rebellion This is followed in the same article
by an elaborate attack on Senator lloar' 10
whom this accurate critic assigns the authorship
of Senator Bans Canada resolution
This resolution says The Saturday
Review in its mild way is not
less deliberate insult to England because IL Is
apparently an unconscious display OF obtuse dls-
respect" 1t is described in the course OF the same
article as an unprovoked afront the most OUT
rageous proposal that ever assumed diplomatic
FORM wanton insult to friendly Power mo-
ton which in Europe would have been regarded
as threat of immediate a threatened outrage
n declaration of hostility, and so on Its author
Senator Hoar whose name is repeated dozen
times in the article is. says The Saturday Re-
view" politician Of long experience and OF con-
siderable influence. for many years leader OF the
Republican party. Then comes this interesting
innuendo: 1t is not known whether he has con
certed his wanton attack on England with Mr
Blaine, who will be the principal manager OF Ocn
era Harrison's campaign" and this still more IN
teresting expression Of British confidence IN MT
CleyeIands regard for British interests: AZ
long as Mr. Cleveland is President. any request o.
tho kind will be summarily rejected"
The Berlin and Vienna echoes Of Lord Sails
bprv,s Mansion House speech all f1atte"lni
enough Vienna naturally, as the capital mos
concerned with Bulgaria, is surprised ny Lore
Salisbury's optimism, but hopes IL is All rihhC
Berlin thinks Lord Salisbury has come rohnd u
Prince Bsmarck's view respecting bulgaria Inn
touches John Bull on a sore point. we "oul'
suggest, with all due Difference" observes OH
powerful journal. that it is not Junction oil al
English Minister to ditto of Prince Bismarck
But this is an Opposition journal. whose buslnes
10 No np whole
we'll received in England. The pretencc OF tn
English organ of Russia that Lord Salisbury ha
adopted the Russian policy is too hmsy T.
imposc on anybody 1t is Russia, unless she II
playing false, who has ceased for awhile to DC
6rebrand and promises to leave Bulgaria to worI
out her destiny.
The Parncll Commission bin passed its second
reading in the House Of Lords after debat
chiefly remarkable for speech from Lord Her
schell Whoever reads I" The Times must hav
noticed tone of daily growing confidence il
provlng its case before the Commission. On
exclamation is that the conductors OF this lourna
daily receive offers of evidence, much OF whlc
they believe genuine and extremely important
Another is that they had already much tcstmon
which it was not thought necessary to mention j
the Attorney-Generals speech in ODonnell W
Walter A third is that even with respect to tn
alleged letters oil Mt farncl tneir poSiUIon Id
lately been strengthened. They believe in shor
that they shall prove their case. They hav
had, l now hear, the letters nearly three year
in their possession. They long since took tn
best advice. both legal and technical in the kin:
dom and they convinced that the letters al
genuine The expression secondary evidence
of which so much has been made was incautiou
The writer who used il never supposed it woul
he taken to imply suspicion Of their autheT
tjcity. lie meant simply that other evidenc
wo.id presently be seen TO be of primary in
portance.
The IIouse of Commons has grown weary