The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-26


LONDON, Oct. ii. - Ere this letter
reaches you Mr.. Frew will have re.
TUNED homo and given you In person
many interesting particulars OF our
travels which have not SO much as
touched upon. We wero together for
about clcvenl wecks, which, in point OF
time, was in excess OF our original tin.
erary, but VIC learned to know that
nero locomotion was not travel, and
hence it was bctterto limit our range Of
travel and SEQ little, with sono com.
prchension and understanding OF it,
rather than to spread ourselves more
specifically over greater area OF terri
tory. We remained longer in London,
Paris, Brussels and tho chief cities Of
Holland than wo anticipated, simply be.
cause they were centres in which moro
was to be seen that was historical Ms
well as modern than at other points
that We might have hurriedly touched.
1t was really tho shortest itinerary
thatwe could formulate for the time
allotted and do justice to it. Hence We
chose it.
We camo back to London with this
feeling OF Satisfaction, rs q compensa.
ton ior not having seen more OF tho
continent, that we had al least tolera-
bic Idea H some things that we had
seen, and that what We had seen was
well worth seeing because OF all that
was old and all that was modern in its
history. Honco, while NO would very
much like TO have seen Germany, Swift
erland and Italy, yet inasmuch rs We
could not have done any sort OF justice
to them, and did do some measure OF
justice to what was undertaken, we had
10 regrets over our programme OF
travel. In fact we were well satisfied
whit.
WILL SEE MORE.
Before we left tho continent, in dis.
cussing what we had seen and what we
had lett unseen, my fellow traveller said
to me that il he had no moro to cut
short his sight seeing and call him homo
at this particular time than l had he
would remain and take in fresh install
ment on somc new lines OF travel. The
suggestion had its weight with me, inas-
much rs it accorded with what had re-
volvcd moro than once in my own mind,
but had held In allegiance for final con-
clusion until after we should return
here. Having reached this point again
Mr.. Frcw set about his preparations at
once for return homo, while concluded
10 remain for the present and decide
later about the ACCESSIBILITY OF going
again to the continent; perhaps down
into Italy. This lis the status OF my
itinerary for tho time being.
All, therefore, that l can say for myself
at this time Is that am in the great city
OF the world, for how long a time /
know not, cndeavoring to see more and
understand more OF Its endless points OF
interest, while my late fellow traveller Is
on board tho good steamer Servin, and
well OH his way over the great Atlantic.
When we were here together We had
rooms at the Victoria notel-one OF
the three great hotels In London pr
tronized BY Americans-but on his de-
parture We broke up our quarters there
and came around to lodgings" ut the
National Liberal Club. Of which Mr..
Frew and myself had been elected tom
porary members before going to the
Continent. This is said to be the larg-
est club in the world, having SIX thous-
and FIVE hundred memberB, and is stu
ated in Whitehall Place on the banks OF
tho Thames, not far from the tire Q
great hotels referred to and only about
ten minutes walk from the houses OF
Parliament. and Westminster Abbey.
1t is the central organization Of the Lib
eral party in London and its president Is
the TT. Hon. William Z. Gladstone, whose
name is almost as much OF household
word i'll America as in Europe. Ills
bust, cut in marble, stands In the hall
way, and on the pedestal is the follow
ing quotation from celebrated speech
OF his on the points at issue between
the Tories and Liberals OF this country:
"The principle Of Toryism is distrust OF
the people controlled by fear; the prin-
ciplo OF liberalism is trust in tho PEG.
pie controlled by prudence"
TIE LIBERALS AND TIE TORIES.
Nearly all the Liberal members Of
Parliament are members or visitors to
this club. The leading spirits in Lon
don allied with the movement are to be
met here. Hence it is great advan.
tagc, as you can easily understand, to
an American, and especially u newspa.
per writer, to enjoy its privileges. You
meet hero writer's on tho London pm.
pers correspondents OF the New York
press, English political economists,
business mon OF high grade, and now
and then peers OF tho realm who sym.
pathizc with the Liberal cause. For in.
stance, Lord Roseberry (high up III the
pccrago and son-in-law OF ono of the
Rothschilds) is member. You must
understand that the Liberal cause Is not
alone espoused by the commonallty in
Great Britain; it counts u number OF
peers among its supporters. You must
also understand tina. great many poo
pie, essentially OF the commonallty, are
Tories i'll their sympathies. This is the
strange and seemingly eccentric way
into which parties are divided over here.
There are two or three varieties OF Lib
erals, rs there IRE also OF Tories, and
there is so much OF tho centrifugal
principle here in politics that it is hard
for either side at this time TO
formulate policy that is not
in danger Of defeat at thopolls, because,
principally, OF the Investigations OF
opinion on the Irish question. There
arc Liberals who will only 20 80 far on
this question, and tho difficulty with
Mr.. Gladstone is to compromise Just
enough to hold them and the Irish
nortv tnpcthcr Ho hea mn osnociall,.
difficult task just at this timo and the