Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-30
JOHN BRIGHT LAUDED.
His EulOgy Spoken in the
House of Commons.
THE GRAND OLD MAN ELOQUENT.
A Worthy Subject WOrthily Treated
By the Greatest of England's
COmmOners.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

the House OIL OOUlnOub tIllS 0N6uluS WdS
devoted to eulogies OF the late John
Bright. The Right Hon. VIM. Henry
Smith was the first speaker. Smith, in
short speech, described Bright as a
man of thorough honesty of purpose and
great energy of purpose. Although
warmly attached to the Liberal party, LIE
could uot sacrifice his personal convic-
tions for any of those considerations
which have great weight with most men.
His memory would live long in the hearts
of men. He would 60 down to the grave
followed by the affection and sorrow OF
the country.
Gladstone, upon rising, was received
with cheers. He said: "Mr. Bright has
been, to very remarkable degree, happy
in the moment of his removal from u.s.
He lived to see the triumph of almost
every great cause to which he specially
devoted his heart and mind. He has es-
tablished special claim to the admira-
ton of those from whom he differed
through his long political life by his
marked concurrence with them upon the
prominent and dominant questions of the
hour. Though Bright came to be sepa-
rated from the great bulk of the Liberals
on the Irish question, on no single occa-
sion has there been any word of dispar-
agement. Among other other gifts Mr..
Bright was delighted to be one of the
chief guardians of the purity of the Eng
tish tongue (hear). He knew how the
character of nation is associated with
it's language. Another circumstance of
his career is better known to. me
than to any other person present.
Everybody is aware that office had no at
traction for him, but few can be aware
of what efforts were required to induce
him to become the servant of the Grown.
In the crisis of 1868, when the fate OF the
Irish church lay in the balance, it was
my duty to propose to Mr.. Bright that he
become Minister. ] never undertook
80 difficult task. From II O'Clock at
night until o'clock in the morning we
steadily debated the subject. 1t was
only at the last moment that he found it
possible to set aside the repugnane he
felt at doing anything which might, in the
eyes of anyone, even of the most igno-
rant class of his countrymen, appear to
detract, in heslightest degree, from that
lofty independence OF character which 1
have mentioned, and which never,
throughout his career, was held in doubt.
1t was happy lot to unite 80 many at
tTactive qualities. If had to dwell on
them alone, l should present
a most dazzling picture to the
world. 1t was happier lot
to teach moral lessons by simplicity,
consistency, unfailing courage and con-
stancy of life, thus presenting COM
binstion of qualities that carried Us to a
higher atmosphere Hear, hearl. His
sympathies were not strong only, but
active; not sympathies awaiting calls to
be made upon them, but sympathies of
a man seeking objects upon which to be-
stow the inestimable advantages of his
eloquence and courage. In Ireland,
when the support of the Irish cause was
rare, in India when the support of the
native cause was rarer still, in America,
at time when Mr.. Bright. foreseeing
the ultimate issue of the great struggle
of 1861. stood as representative of an
exceedingly small portion of the edu-
Gated community, although undoubtedly
representing large part of the national
sentiment Hear, hearl. In all these
cases Mr.. Bright went far outside the
necessities of his calling. Whatever
touched him as a man of the great
Anglo-Saxon race, whatever touched
him as a subject obtained, un-
asked, his sincere, earnest and
enthusiastic aid Hear, hearl. All
causes having his powerful advocacy
made distinct advance in the estima-
ton of the world, and distinct progress
toward triumphant success. Thus it has
come about that he is entitled to higher
eulogy than is due to success. OF mere
success, indeed, he was a conspicuous
example. In intellect he might claim a
most distinguished place, but his charac-
ter lay deeper than anything that can be
described or than can be seen upon the
surface. The supreme eulogy that is his
due is that he elevated political life to
the highest point-to loftier standard
than it had ever reached. He has be-
queathed to his country a character that
can not only be made subject for ad-
miration and gratitude, but-and | do
not exaggerate when l say it-that can
become the subject of reverential con-
temptation.
SIN the encomiums that come from
every quarter there is not note OF dis
sonance. l do not know of any states
man of my time who had the happiness
of receiving on his removal from this
passing world, the honor of an approval,
at once so enthusiastic, so universal and
so unbroken hear, hear.] Yet none could
better dispense With the tributes OF the
moment, because the triumphs of his life
were triumphs recorded in advance OF
his country and of its people. His name
is indelibly written in the annals of time
and on the hearts of the great and over
spreading race to which he belonged,
whose wide extension he rejoiced to see,
and whose power and prominence he be-
lieved to be full of promise and glory for
the best interests of mankind"
Mr.. Gladstone resumed his seat amid
much subdued cheering.
Justin Mccarthy, who, in the absence
of Parnell, spokeSfor the Irish party, as
sociated their sentiments with those
expressed in the noble speech of Glad
stone. lie said the memory of the Irish
people endured, and it carried them
back to the time when Mr.. Bright cham
pioned their cause. He therefore claimed
the right of Ireland to lay an immortelle
upon the great Englishman's grave
Cheers.
LONDON, March 29.-Queen Victoria
will be specially represented at the fu-
neral of John Bright tomorrow by Cen
eral Lynedoch Gardiner, G. B., Equerry-
in-Ordinary to Her Majesty. The Queen
has sent wreath from Biarritz.
After BOulanEer.