New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-14
report stage is ended, and the third reading OF the
bill is fixed for Monday

| bill is fixed for Monday.
People who want TO marry their deceased wives
sisters are very angry at their failure of Wednes-
! day. They have a good cause, IL an issue SO linn
| tied and even trivial may be called cause; but
| they injure IL by bad manners and bad temper.
The discussion of this measure, often passed by
| the House of Commons by great majorities and
as often rejected by the House of Lords, occurred
| on Wednesday afternoon, when the debate ended
automatically at :3e O'Clock. There were speeches
on both Sides. but no vote was reached. so the
disappointed weuld-be husbands of deceased wives
sisters are loud in their complaints Of unparament-
ary and intecorous conduct. Such complaints SOUND
| oddly In the mouths Of people whose whole po-
litica life consists in obstruction. There was, IL
seems. conspiracy to prevent the majority from
| prevailing. The Home Secretary, moreover,
| made saws the Gladstonian organ, virulent at
| tack on Mr. Chamberlain. If it one-tenth
part as virulent as those which this same organ
| has made for years, the Speaker would have
stopped it at the first sentence. The amendments
| proposed by the minority derided as childish
| and ludicrous. If such abuses are to lie toll
| Grated shrieks the organ, parliamentary govern
| ment will become a farce. It's friends have for
| years done their best to make il farce. The
| virtuous Sir William Harcourt demonstrated
! against obstruction by Her Majesty's Ministers,
| and the organ plays similar time. Well, 1t IS
vastly dverting to see how little obstructionistS
| like obstruction when practised against them
| selves, if, indeed, it were practised.
| The omnibus strike ends with defeat for the
| drivers and conductors on the point where they
| ought TO have Won Their days work lis hence
| forth TO be limited to twelve hours. This the
| employers agreed to last Monday. The men have
gained nothing of importance by standing out.
hoy frafa inopp nof1r hut hot foo vya
conceded in principle beforehand. All their other
demands have been rejected, and their loss from
a weeks idleness will require many weeks extra
sixpences to make up. They were, of course, In
the hands of professional agitaters like Mr.
Sutherst, Mr.. John Burns and the rest. They,
and not the men, responsible for all that has
happened since Monday. Public sympathy they
say, has been with the omnibus drivers.
Public sympathy is very curious thing.
| 1t expresses itself in curious ways.
great body of public sympathy is clearly
| on the sitle of Sir William Gordon Cumming 1t
is equally Indifferent TO the fact that Sir William
| Cumming is a cheat, and to the other equally
undeniable fact that the omnibus drivers and
conductors struck against system which pre-
vented their cheating. However, the fact that
public opinion is debauched, is reason for not
| taking 1t into account. 1t has had very con-
siderable effect the strike. It kept the police
| quiet. 1t brought the Home Secretary to his
| legs in the House of Commons to announce that
| he did not propose to take sides in struggle
| between employers and employed. 1t has pro-
| foundly modified the attitude of the press. III
has made people who do not ride in omnibuses toll
Grant of the inconvenience suffered by
those who do 1t has strengthened the
| modern doctrine that the greatest good OF tho
greatest number is, at any time, to
bo ruth IN q
provided this class belongs to the masses. 1t al
| lows the social machine to be deranged at the
| pleasure of any one of the maOhinists. More
openly than ever has this new gospel Deen
preached this week and practised. Those VINO
preach il ere The Times, Wilie lost its lead AT
the outset; Cardinal Manning, who is hybrid
| growth, a Socialist and Prince of the Church
which condemns Socialism: asniahe enthusiasts
/ like Lord Aberdeen, and host of minor journals
and politicians. Some of them have gone over 10
| the party of anarchy without knowing it; some
of them because it is the party of anarchy. Their
motives matter little except TO themselves; their
| public acts and declarations have had an infiu-
| ence which will be felt far beyond the limits OF
| this omnibus strike.
London has discovered with astonishment that
! it gets on fairly well without omnibuses. Doctors
assure the public that their absence is positive
boon to the population. More men walk, and
walking does them good. The noise of London
has sensibly abated, and there has been what
physiologists call period of nerve rest extremely
beneficial to overstrained systems. The roar which
filed the air is to be due chiefly TO the thun-
derinp of thousands of these huge vehicles
the macadalnized streets. Even the shopkeepers of
the West End, who thought that they were going
| IN be ruined are not ruined The great majority
of their customers used to be brought to them by
! tbe omnibuses. The omnibuses bring them
longer. bat the shops of Oxfordst., Regentst. and
| the rest arc as crowded
Some of the nonsense talked about some of the
| modern British art has had practical answer
! at Christie's when the Matthews collection
| sold by auction. Mr. Matthews a rich brewer
| who bought pictures by artists who were in fash
| ion. He was what is called patron Of art. He
delighted in giving high prices. When Mr.. Firth
was at the top of the tree, he bought Firth. When
| Sir Frederick Leighton came up, he bought
Leighton. lie bought, in fact names, and with
This curious result, that the collection which, it
is believed. cost him three-quaIters of million
| dollars sold for tolse-quarter. Mr.. Firth, Sir
| frederick Leighton, Sir j. f. Millas, Mr.. Cal
deron-for even the Saint Elizabeth advertise
mpnt did not serve-Mr. Leslie and many another
artist OF renown past or present, looked on, "hlic
the products of their eascls shrunk under the
hammer 10 one-third Of their cost price, or some
I times even less The exceptions were Mr. hol-
man Hunt, Mr. Hook, and one we-<nown picture
by Sir Frederick Leighton, The Music Lesson
The controversy about Mr. Calderons amazing
Saint Elizabeth has been taken up by the Catholic
Union. whose president, the Duke OF Norfolk ap-
meals to the Council of the Royal Academy not
70 perpetuate the scandal by making 1t part oil
the permanent exhibition. The Council refuse
They are sorry that good Catholics should De o.
fcnded but they are sure that MF Calderoh pal.'eu
in grave and reverent spirit WORK oi "i' IA
uhich clothed monks are gazing, pretending not
20 ooze q, an unclothed woman The picture IS
therefore 10 delight the eyes Of the British matr01
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