New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-04
my CABLE TO TnE TRIBUNAL

VOICE AGAIN.
IpY CABLE rnE Tribunal
o,,v-,oM. 1855, BY The EeW- York Trfoun..
LONDON. May 3.-Mr. Blaine was last heard OF
a. Genoa on Monday of this week lie had ar
lived on Saturday from Rome, which ne LETT on
March 20. He loitered on the way and the last
Hundred miles he travelled in an open carriage,
crossing the Apennines and driving along the
piy;era from Sestia to Genoa. His design then
.ras 70 continue his drive the Cornice road
,,om Genoa to Nice, another hundred miles.
,or,ner official of the United States, who met
Ar Baine at Genoa, reports brief conversation
in which he asked Mr.. Blaine il he had seen the
statement of Dr. Winthrop T. Haywood in The
NewYork Herald" Of April s, about his health.
Mr Rlaine replied that he had seen Dr. Heywoods
statement, and the remarkable feature OF 1t was
that from beginning to end it was pure In
vention He had never exchanged WORD WIN
Dr. Heywood in his life, had no recollectlo9 OF
over seeing him at Florence or elsewhere, ana
had never even heard his name until he saw u
In The Herald" interview.
This official adds that Mr.. Blaine seemed 10
oare very little about the story, merely remark
Inr that Misrepresentation Of that sort had 1oi-
lowed him ever since he arrived In Europe, now
nearly year ago. The story of DIR. Haywood
he thought perhaps the ranlIest and most reckless
Of the whole series.
The House Of Commons has at last found courage
60 reject one Of those pseudohumanltarlan schemes
40 often presented in the name OF the masses. IL
rejected by three to one Sir John Luooocks Dill
for closing shops at every evening except oatur-
ssv. Men so remote from each other as MI
Maple and Mr.. Bradlaugh joined in opposing THIS
measure, for which hardly anything deserving 10
be called an argument was adduced- oir ooni'
Inhbock il an able and amiable man who allows
his sensbilities to run away with bis Judgment
on such questions. No bolder proposal 10 inter-
fere with adult labor was ever made, none moro
completely ignoring the conditions OF Enghsn Lie
which he attempted 10 alter. The very people In
whose interest Sir John believed himself acting
are against the scheme, which would reduce
London in the evening, to cemetery
Very different from this eccentric attempt Is
the inquiry into the sweating system which Mr'
Arnold White is prosecuting before seiect coni-
mittee Of the House Of Lords. mass OF evidence
has been given relating to the boot and tailoring
trades, where work is done at starvation prices
bv foreigners The cabinetmakers were brought
on the scene this week and a sensation has been
.reated by disclosures affecting Maple Co..
cbo are the largest of the cheap houses in London
II these stories are true they grind the faces Oh
the poor with scientific precision. The last stage
In the process appears to be to pay the artlsans
who make the goods they pretend to make tneIn-
selves In checks on Saturday, after bank hours'
and then charge from to 10 per cent 1or cashihs
their own checks Most Of the papers suppress
this evidence or suppress tho name oi the hrln'
The Daily Telegraph" reports both at some risk
of an action for libel. Maple & Co., however,
write this morning to say that they can disprove
the evidence of the chief witness and they deny
the statements Of Mr.. Arnold White Perhaps;
but Mr. White has collected facts on the whoic
sweating system with care, and the case he mas
presented must he met in detail If at ALL Ihe COM
mittee is still sitting but hear that the gooo
effect of the evidence thus far given mas SHOWN
itself in many trades.
Yesterdays meeting in the Jerusalem Chamber
Of Westminster Abbey, to consider menlor1ai 10
Mr. Matthew Arnold, was itself . striking tribute
TO him. The Church of England, the University OF
Oxford, both Houses Of Parliament, literature ana
society. all were represented. Even the Govern
ment, which sept no delegate to his funeral was
present in the person of Lord Knutsford. the Co
lonial Secretary The Court alono continues to
give no sign of concern for the country's loss.
The Dean Of Westminster presided. The Arch-
bishop of York. the Bishop Of London, Lord Chle1
Justice CoeridA, Lord Justice Bowen, Mr.. Justice
Butt, the Earls Of Derby Rosebery. Stranord'
and Wemyss the master Of Balhol, where MI
Arnold studied the provost Of Oriel, OF whlch ne
was a fellow; Mr.. Browning, Mr.. Hughes Mr.
Frederic Harrison, Mr.. Hutton, Archdeacon Farrar'
and many other eminent men and many ladles
Of distinguished position were present. But never
had the business of. any meeting been so i'll pre-
pared. No resolutions were ready, nobody knew
what was to be done, and nobody had a definite
view Of what shape tho memorial should take.
The resolutions ultimately adopted provide Tor
creating an Arnold Scholarship Of English Litera-
ture at Oxford and putting up bust or medallion
In Westminster Abbey. Lord Derby, Lord Cole
RIDGE the master Of Balliol and the Archbishop
Of York all spoke and all agreed; but when this
had been settled. Mr.. George Russell introduced
fresh topic urging that the money raised should
be handed over to Mrs. Arnold for her own use.
The speech and proposal were of good intention,
but clearly out of place. The sense OF the COM
pany was strongly against both. Finally COM
mittee were left full power the whole
subject The committee includes most of the
names given above, besides Lord Tennyson, Mr..
Lowell, and Mr.. Childs, Of Philadelphia, whose
name was added on motion Of Archdeacon Farrar,
with the cordial assent OF the meeting
The reception last night at the National Lib
eral Club was remarkable for numbers and for
Mr.. Gladstones presence and speech Over 1000
men and women thronged that huge and hdeous
building. Half this number squeezed themselves
Into the library and heard Mr. Gladstone. His
speech was crowded with commonpaces skilfully
.ad in rhetorical garb, perhaps as good a
speech for the occasion as could have been made.
What delighted all Of was to hear his voice
once more so clear and rich in quality, if not
strong, with every note at his full command
He looked well but worn, as well he might after
all of last weeks efforts, numerous enough to
extract even from him the private confession that
he thought he had done good deal c. w. S.
GONE TO HELP CONSUL LEWIS.