New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17


HANp-THE LIBERAL PRoGRAMME-IMPEHiAA
FEpERATIoN- sPEBcHEs-1hN
pARSE11, COMMISSION IMPROVING
THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR
MIR. CHAMBERLAIN THEATRES
AND MUSIC HALLS
,py CABLE TO THE TRrBuSE1
,eso By The Ner- York ir1onne
- NJ, ,s-The number OF SOCIAL ques-
Aonoon' ~ oouine 10 the front increases
"a ,xeekIv these new movements af0
"e.n-'' dssper impression on pohuclahs' On
uahns .hsr threaten to override mere pontlcs'
doup'eug % ,aLe precedence over Home Rule
IT. Tories seem 10 believe that Home Rule
-, shelved already or, as their organ says.
-. Bome Rule although 1t sun
60 as AN article Of faith WIN
the Cladstonians, has been qulety 1"
,noved from the top OF the list, whlle lor eieo-
noneering purposes social questions are 10 oe
ru.bed Mr. Schnadhorst is Ill ana oePresSeu'
Vie is declared 10 be convinced that 1iohe huie 10
1rirniny cry. Mr.. Gladstone remains nom
,naTv the leader Of his party, but ms lnnuehce
4. diminishing as that of the Socastic Radicals IN
80. Ue still believes that Home Rule holds
.h. e.n they do not Mr.. Labouchere, Mr.
gaoobv. Professor Stuart, Mr.. John Burns, these
ara tho men who have got hold Of the relns, ana
Sir william Harcourt and other so-called leaders
oro climbing on the box. The Socialists VINO
hnoplsd Mr. Morley at Newcastle are but one
Avision Of this great army, which is marching
IN hitherto il has been thought TO consist ol
the working classes, OF the masses III lac' 'h-''
H. WINS new form Of the old contest oe,"eoH
the haves and the have-nots To-day the mlaole
classes are Joining in The tradesmen OF Lohuon'
- corseryotism was supposed 70 be above
nroof. are combining against the hndloros' VI
- ,ben are Their noisiest leader, Mr..
IIars-nan is n Gladstonian Parliamentary candl-
date for one Of the divisions OF LONDON nv!
mot ON Thursday and crowded bt. James's lial4'
Their speeches are full of rank SOCIALISM Inc
Irish lesson has been but too well learnt LAno'
lords are fair game. They are no longer L" oe
.uo,r.d IN London any more than in Ireland 10
FIX rents or TO manage Uhelr own prope1~ W.
choose whom they viii for tenants, or to prono
- ~, ircrease In value of their houses
Trodesmen are TO pay only what they CONSIDER inlI
ront and never TO give up their shops unless 'aiey
NJ. Econouic laws ore TO disappear. supply 'nu
aamand are no longer TO govern the market Ooli-
h,ro+ion ts 10 be the means Of coercion, anu 'ne
vosnel of selfishness Is 10 supersede potn Au"''
smitb and tbe Sermon on the Mount. There mas
hssn ON the whole, no spectacle more comic 'i'i
Ciat Of a body of rapacious, pushing 'hrlNlhs
tradssmen Of London posing as VlcUiins Vi iaii.
lords. Nor do the real Socialists welcome 'neii
nev allies Nh. Haysman is told thaI nc ls hoU
wanted. that his grievances are not genuine, anu
oh.t his movement is one that tends 10 Drlhg
Socialism into contempt.
The liberal programme, said Lord RoseDery a'
Bristol on Wednesday, is not yet complete lor the
oext election But he gave list OF suoleclS noin
which it would be made up Inc "s' ino'r -
land reform. which may or may not mean Iaiiu
decentralization in some shape; the liquor trafnc;
disestabhsbment of the Church in both Scotland
and Wales: and drastic reform OF the House OF
Lords Resides these is group of questions whlch
Lord Rosabery calls workmen's quesuohs' he
Aces not define them otherwise than as the questlos
10 which Mr. Graham eloquently alluded. en
tirelv agreen added Lord Rosebery, WIN "n"'
Mr. Graham said about them" THIS makes Nir'
Graham interesting; but the London papers eiro
not a line of him. / discover, though WIN olil-
cultv that Mr.. Graham is not Mr.. Cunninghame
Graham. but the Rev. J. K. Graham, an estilnaoic
person. no doubt, but unknown.
While Lord Rosebery was developing TINS pro-
gramme at Bristol a meeting OF LONDON Aioei"i
Members Of Parliament and candidates was helu
az the National Liberal Club, under the preSi-
dancv Of Professor Stuart. Resolutions were
paSSpd
troll Of the police, water light tramways, markets
and all other powers possessed Dy any mum
cjpalitv whatever demanding the abolition OF
al axceptional privileges of the Corporation OF
London, and proclaminr that the conditions OF
tho neople should be improved, that the taxation
NJ one class should be relieved and the taxation
~ another class-notably the owners OF
oroupd rents-increased, and that the working
classes ought TO have their tea and coffee free
NJ duty. All this and something more was
sanctioned by the Council of the London Liberal
and Radical Union the next night. Ihey ran
M the eight-hours Gag for Government employees
inscribed also with the standard rate OF wages
and unrestricted right of combination, heretofore
denied to postof6ce and other public servants
1T was cries one of the Socialist Sheets an
earthqual1e-night.'
Strikes and rumors and threats of strikes are no
longer called strikes. They are called labor
r,oTener,s and are spreading daily. The
settlement made yesterday is repudiated TO-
day. The hghtermen, having obtained
dav of twelve hours, now claim to fix the begin
ming of the days work though the lighter business
IA dependent on the tides. They claim. also that
navment for work shall begin when they leave
their own front doors. The dockers at 1ilbury are
ordered 10 strike again if blacklegs" allowed
10 work, though they expressly agreed that the
"blacklegs" should not be molested. The wharf
lngers struck afresh on a demand TO be paid wages
while absent at their meals, and the masters have
given way. The bakers have carried their points
against a great number OF masters by the mere
menace of strike which was 10 have begun TO-
dav. They combined, the masters could not
bine. and victory was easy The tramcar men.
who have Just made bargain with their employers
by which their hours reduced and their pay in
creased have held another midnight meeting Sir
Charles Russell presiding this time. IN place OF
Lord ROsebery. The 'busmen propose t. strike 10
cause the Omnbuses have heightened their routes
10 reach Nj. Barnum's Olympian show. The Glas
gov Miners have struck, and got what they struck