New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07

TO MR. wALLER-INTEREST
IN Mr.. BOOTH.
rpr CABLE TO THE TRIBuSEl
o,o,yioh: 1880 BY The Neiv- York Tribune.
Isndon. April s-Sir Charles Russell continued
his argument before the Parnen Commission on
"wednesday and Thursday, and then asked for an
adjournment tln Tuesday next, which the Court
granted. He has devoted much time to an his
torfcsl narrative Of the condition of things IN
Ireland which, in his view, made agitation and
illegal EXAMINATIONS and even some degree OF
srime. inevitable His defence Of the Land League
a urobabIy the best and most elaborate that mas
vet been addressed to the public. The League
diminished he urges instead OF increasing crime
and deserves therefore, blessing rather ulan
cursing He defended boycothng on the same
ground. Without boycotting, II you beheve sf
Charles, other crime, or what ne calls serious
erime.p would have been more frequent his
speech has been . mastery performance, obvious
~ imnressive to the Court and impressive even
N the general public which seldom reads forensic
,diseourees hut has read summaries Of this. ana
tia morn exciting episodes OF these there nave
been many. including fresh attack on the
u1hapuy Attorney General for making sunoty
crave charges in opening the case which ne oie
mot afterward attempt to support by evidence,
Ts,n story that one passage moved M farnen
toAsears requires confirmation. 1t is nmcut'
90 imagine Mr.. Parnell in tears
Il ID possible; as things stand, thai 'ne TiSa-
stonians may win the vacant seat al birminSlA" 3
Tory anger is not yet appeased ana Ine Aotie"
think that they have been tricked py MI
lain and jI-treated by their own Government.
They may, or may not, patch up some KIM VI Oh
understanding with the Liberal Unionists but they
ao NOT now seem likely to enter upon the contest
,vith pnv heart THE rank and file have" says
one. Of their leaders, broken into revolt. Ibey
VIII, mot vote; they viii not work. Disgust and
reesntmeut have taken possession of their Souls
and unless some new basis Of agreement IS fonno'
notbinr but miracle can avert Gladstonian trl-
rmph.s This however, the Gladstonians DO not
themselyes expect Mr.. Balfour went down 70
birmingham hst night and made speech 10 tne
Tores Under the influence Of Mr.. Bahours eio-
ousuce they passed resolution not tosnominate
candidate against Mr.. Albert Bright. Whether
they will support him heartily is not yet clear
Mr.. Chauabe rlain has found it desirable TO ex-
pIsin through the convenient medium OF the inter
viewer his conduct with reference to Lord Han-
dolph Churchill and Birmingham. There are, IN
fact two interviews. In one he alleges two
reasons for dissuading Lord Randolph from
accepting, the first being that he would give up
safe sat at Paddington, while an election Tor
Birmingham was not certain In the other IN
terview, in another connection, he says that II
the Conservatives persist in putting forward
candidate, there is no doubt that they will win
the sest--a triting discrepancy, due, perhaps, TO
hurrr The SECOND reason was loyalty to the
Usisslaf canse This rneabs that tie Torses are
not "a colstext seats nov or hsretotore occupied
ht fabefapU Unionssts Ms. Chamberlain argues
his casc AZ lenrth and WITH CHARACTERISTIC in
renuisy. but thu Tory wrath against him is not
sIiayed.
I,ord RaadoIph Churchill, whose conduct has
earned him applause from all sides. has gone with
Lady Randolph 10 the Leicester races joining
large party ut Gopsall, as guests OF Earl ana
Countess Howe, to meet the Prince OF wares
Such sre tie consultations Of English public me-
Ills speeches, too, have appeared thus week IN
two oosavo volumes edited and prefnced By Mr.
Jennings. fermerly of New-York. now NJ Z. for
sstockport They will be read for their readable
ness. for their value as contributions to current
politjcal history, and above all for the evidence
they supply that the Tory l---ty of to-day owes
its crced. as the Tory Ministry does its existence
to Lori Randolpi more tLsn 10 anv other single
leader OF influence.
birmingham excepted, the politics of the week
do not amount TO much. The Home Rulers are
exulting over Mr. Balfour's new prison rules.
He was abused for maintaining the rules; he
Is abused for modifying them. The Liberals ar"
perhaps right in regarding his new code as
surrender, Mr.. Balfour, Of course, declines TO
recognize so-called political offences as emitting
prisoners TO exceptional treatment but their treat
reut will probably be hereafter in fact excep-
tiohaf
2, Lord Salisbury has had evidence Of little de-
feat In his own stronghold, the House of Lords,
which chose the Earl of Morley, the Liberal Union
ist nominated by Earl Granville, as Chairman of
Committees instead Of Lord Balfour whom Lord
Salisbury put forward The post is worth sl2,.
500 . year. The contest was not political, but
personal. The result nevertheless. amuses the
Opposition.
The Queen has returned, but the Queens COM
ings and goings have little 70 do with politics
& Mr. Gladstone aas been dining with the little
knot of members cr the National Liberal Club who
delight in being known as the Thirty-nino
Articles"-a name, presume, carefully concealed
from him. Mr.. Parnell was not present yet the
dinner Is supposed, it is hard to say why to have
some political Significance
1T is, perhaps, more important 10 note that the
House of Commons rejected the Anti-Naval pro-
posais of the peaceatany-prcep fanatics by three
tol one, and the Government are to nave tneir
ships The Childers-G Gladstone financial attack
on Lord George Hamiltons scheme has been re-
pulsed, though by majority Of only thirty three
They objected to pledging future Parhaments to
mpney votes. The ships cannot otherwise all
be begun at once" answered Lord George. Be
sides we do not pledge future Parliaments, which
can always refuse TO vote money. All
we do Is to throw on them the
the 4 responsibility of spelling great
scheme OF national defence once entered upon"
Mr. Gladstone does not quite believe In the neces-
sify for seventy new ships, but prudently keeps