New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-01
AIR GLADSToNE'S TALK.
- ~ INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT or MR.
GEORGE RUSSELL AND SOME REFER
ryce TO RECENT CRITICS.

nanorS en- Talk and Takers OF The |
Dar- in The New Review IS Mf. N'o's'
p.,sso,, THE name IL probably less well known
8, .meriea than here and even here ID 5 hoo
,rovp 70 everybody There are Russ,ilN ana NUS
II. no i onr Of She Russais; belongs
,hat j. 70 one OF the greet governing faMlheS Oh
r.nc,ord and + nephew 70 he Duke Of BEDFORD.
rbis l,nship might in itself be thought 10 constr
.,,e q Sufficient pgof Sson o. vocation m me-, VI
,oight have been in times p's'. Nr. Goo:ge Hu'-
.ell has shown that ne has other amolloES' 4i'
f.,rd n scat in Parliament before he WIS tnii'|
ard lost il FIVE years later. lie has hem ohec' 10
,us p,ade speeches, he has fought two or 'hFeo
&c. despero,e elections since AylssbuSy rejected
him he hos written for the magazines anu
no e at present one Of the London staff OF " INC
M.rchcster Guardinn" by inhcrit'nce ana
hcrcditv he ought 10 10 Wing: it is not III 'he
r.t,rs or fitness of things that q Russell shonid
no ANYTHING else But he is, was Radical cars
,co he avowed his new creed in an article w"ch
made no little stir The Nineteenth Century pun
,,xhed il. and. tlc Wing world held mp It's "he
hands in horror thab such dcmoniacal doctrlhes
should be preached nv the scion OF great WIS
house They were not, perhaps very demoh''c"'
I'm themselves but seemed so because OF the source
f,ou, which they came Fervent believers III t''
gospel of Charles James FoX-tbere are sun SUI"
spoke Of this lively composition as II II WIZ o.
,h;rr..ion Of q reIioious creed The Duke OF Bed
ford himself was deeply moved Ihe DuNe j
man of extraordinary powers he, TOO ''ou5"
n duke. can write and h. wrote let'eF ON ''l'
occasion the conteIftS OF which were "ioeS ~
poated at the time The substance OF IL ran S''n'-
thing like ts ou.io,,
"My Dear George: have read yonr art'cE
with Great interest and with much admrlhoh ior
a Npsp
Is marked. and as the posSesSor OF such oflii'ah'
mowers rs thpse has a sgTc and proiitaDic career
o,,cncd TO him ycu Will. / sure. agree WIN nc
that there is 10 longer any IeCSon why = shou't
continue the allowance have hitherto Dceh si'"
10 make You, and have accordingly gwen u''''-
tiops 10 NV solicitor that The usual quartefN pay
,neuts +, Won should b. discoalnuei. t'uFs AZ
soa,,oo..oh, BEDFORD
meyer heard whether, The Duke releniec' nor
docs If q, ncera the public, nor do kho" as
fact whether thn letter was anything more ina"
clever conooction o! some other I'i'-c'' ",'o
wished 10 ayonge upon his msShd a ili!S"H" Wv
loner-ike Nhie honor-of "a, House. si'V
II onlv m part o. the cur.en, gossip o. tn"' "''
i;c the reason what il may, Mr.. George hu'S'"
rccruit whom Journalism may b. clad to wei
cone lie remains aS before All ornament % S'-
c,r,v ard 4 j. becnuS he is IN orHamch' o. So
&
journalism which are too commonly Dnt III per,
formed II viii increase your interest," III MN j
add t,at T., ho, long been known as one OF -hr'
Cladstcnf's pet boys. There was tme WIN .,'p
relation hcrUrtn tbcm "as less cio'e, l"' +i''
Lussen lc,iiatei u follow his lcfd'r il'o "i'
Home Hui, camp and whoever hesltHiea was loS'
AIR Gladstone fcl: himself then AZ the cfis'9 u
80, o,..c. .s he doubtl,.s wa Not TO be for HIM
y,os IN he AZ; Inst him and Me- Rus ell was not the
crly nta.i ot rson ThNa be then W'Edre" ~,
rfenid. i little later, Che hgt again d' WE"
upon the douhtng mind; he founi siF"uon-
the phrase in as political use of it is, thhR OF
William liarc0urt sand resumed LIS h''HN'''
with Mr. rrnels Great Convert
IL il This intimacy which has been So long anu
close that make, his estimate of Mr. Gladstone rs
=. LII, son, +, Other, Of the true Gladstonian
faith "a SURPRISING No man has had better oi'-
rortve,,,,, OF oil serving Mr. Gladst0n' than Nh
(,ecrcc Ia sci. H. Is aacsl Of the family 30
far iran, depending upon casual meetings Tor MS
kncwl,dce of Ne" GieGst one, method o. CONVERSE
tor. Il, i with him constantly: ana ne has he'h
nm auditor of MANY a conh!cutial ouip9ur.nS Oh
,b.t s,nefiipcs overhurltn5d soul. YET, II yo3
bcariien :, other No.ShippcIs ai the Gleds'"hI3h
,hr.p,. h. ha> pisin erpyeed The ut;tr'nceN o. 'n'
Or,I. lie might answer 1h;t inc
uttor.n-rs oi On Oracle are easy to
,ci.ine.p.ct: il is the characteristic
Of nm Oracle 10 he vague, 70 be mysterious 10 ne
rerplc> ng ard to be O. en- % conflict NJ eAeseai'
Here. however We are concerned, h"l WIN the
mystic sense Of insniiel declarations ron 'flpou
but with d question O. manner. Does Mr. Pm'-
store talk rs Mr. George Russell says he uoeS
Is it, true that he has 10 small tank zoe" III
mononolz, the conversation? These are. 50 l"r
as | can make out some Of the chlci p"ih'S Oh
which Mr. Russell IS alleged to have gone "s''fF'
Mr. Claus,oL," he sayS. is so consumed by
zeal for the subjects which interest him th"' ne
leaves on, of account The possibility that they may
not interest othcr people Ir IH'gF TO every one
not least 10 ladies' the compliment OF assuming
that ,hrv arc on his own intellectual level en-
crossed i'm the subjects which enGrosS him. ana
furnished with at least much information as
will enable them to follow and understand him.
Then II little later comes The passage which gives
NEST offence 10 the true Gndstonian
Bat for conversation, strictly so-called, Mr..
Gladstone has no taste lie asks questions when
he wants informa ton. and answers them copiousiy
when asked by others. But Of give and take, OF
meeting you halfway. and OF paying you back
in yonr own conversational CON- he has no notion.
lie discourses, he lectures. ne hannSueS
Is this true account? The subject is one on
which IL is equally dangerous 10 affirm or deny
ANYTHING too positively. Mr. Russell probably is
too sweeping Ii is too much to say That Mr.
Gladstone has no notion OF Conversational give
and take should not myself like TO be called
upon TO name the subject or method Of which Mr.
Gladstone has no notion. But j have given my
IMPRESSION OF the matter before now. and II did
not. if rccolect rightly, differ very much from
Mr. Russclrs, except in degree. | don't under
stand the reason of the wrath poured out upon
him unless il be that each enc OF those who, like
himself are near the throne. can like the Turk.
bear 70 brother to he nearer still or equally near
have observed q rivalry among these gentle
men ere now generous and friendly. but stll IA
rivalry. Undoubtedly Mr.. Gladstone Is consumed
by zeal for subjects when interest hiHi' ana he