Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-02-09

listening with beating hearts throughout the delivery of an elaborate period, burst forth at tie close In round after round of the heartiest applause.
 At this time he WAS one of the terrors of the English aristocracy, and had ire quent cause to complain of the manner In which he was treated by the news papers devoted to the interests of the ruling class. He was assailed constantly by The Times and other influential jour uals, and the worst of it was that, while protesting to report his speeches yer batim, they had habit of distorting i'm portant passages in such way as to make him say something very different from what he had actually said. The speech to which l refer was misreported in one of these papers, and the drift of the quo tation havegiven was entirely changed by substituting working classes" for nation" and thereby making it appear that MT. Bright advocated not the gov crnment of the nation by the nation, but the government of the nation by the working classes alone, which is a very different thing. Of course a great change has been wrought in English public opinion, as regards John Bright and the measures he promoted, since that time, and the fear which his name once in spired In conservative circles has given way to feeling of unqualified confidence and admiration.
 Mir. Bright's speeches in parliament always attracted a crowded gathering to the house of commons. When ever it was known that he was to speak every seat was quickly taken. Peers ilocked into their special gallery | frfNr,n fl,e rril1o1 lol cage was crammed, and royal princes and princesses filled the seats specially reserved by the speaker for their accom- mediation. a#.
 His experience of official life was very slight, and though he was member of three governments, formed at different | times by Mir Gladstone, he bore the yoke of office always unwillingly and had a | positive dislike for the worry and respon- | sibility which it involved. His name ! will not be remembered for efficient ad- ministration in any department of the i state, nor did he at any time take an active part in what may be termed the me | chanical part of legislation. He will be remembered not for measures carried through parliament by himself, but for the measures which he compelled success sive ministries to adopt and pass, such as the repeal of the corn laws, the extension of the franchise, the reform of the law of land tenure and the establish ment of religious equality in Ire land. It is a common saying in London that no English politician can be a success unless he is caricatured. MT. Bright has no cause to complain of neglect by his contemporaries on this score, for at one time he was the most caricatured man in England. For some unexplained reason Punch always repre- scented him wearing an eye glass, which was pure invention of the artist, for Mir. Bright has never affected that in- strument of doubtful utility met him one evening at dinner, at the house of 2 friend, when Mir. Tenniel, the cartoonist of Punch, was of the party. Somebody referred to the Iibelous eye glass, and challenged MT. Tenniel for an explana
 tion He said he was not responsible
 that it had been in use before his time
 and that be continued to use it only ou
 of respect for the traditions of the office
 This was considered a very ingenious de
 fense, and the whole company wa
 amused by it, especially Mir. Bright him