New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23
any objection to Mr.. parnell's retention of the

any Objection TO Mr.. Parnell's retention of the
leadership.
After MIR. John Morley enters Mr.. John Dillon.
and with reference TO a series of circumstantial
statements respecting himself shows that they are
absolutely without foundation. , Mr. Parnell has
made rejoinder reiterating his charges but tho
public have made up their minds on the subject
and cOntemRtously turn aside.
The Government are threatened with troubIe
in the matter Of Irish local government promised
by Mr. Baifour as the principal work OF the
next session. Some of their most influential sup-
portes think that they have gone far enough in
the direction Of carrying out the Liberal pro-
gramme, and are showing signs Of an intention 10
put their foot down on this tamperipg with Home
Rule. This expression of feeling finds utterance
In some Of the principal Conservative Journals
both weekly and daily, morning and evening. but
the protest. though not lacking In directncss. is
mild compared with the remarks heard wherever
two or three Conservatives are gathered together
III this demonstration were manifested in anal
agous circumstances among the supporters of Mr.
Gladstone. it would be serious, even por-
tentous, sign Of the times. Before and since the
Tea-Room Cabal placed him, in s73, in n minority
on the question of Irish education. Mr.. Gladstone
has had occasion 10 learn that discomfort in his
Mr.. Balfour. fully informed of the rising revolt.
hns gone off to Bayreuth with a light heart to
evel in Wagner's music. He knows that very
much the same thing was said at the beginning
of the session in respect 10 the Free Education
bill Good Tories declared tina, they would rather
see Mr. Gladstone back thon assst at the massage
Of that iniquitous scheme. Yet tn, bill is now on
the statute book and the Governmo,t still lives.
Mr.. Balfour believes that when the critical moment
arrives the courage of the political BIB Acres.
now fretting and fuming, will ooze out It their
fneer-ends. and that he will be able to PISS his
bill Just as the Free Education measure was run
through.
When Lord Tennyson's letter asking " Have we
forgotten Gordon ?" appeared solely in " The Daily
Telegraph il did not require special information
Of the ways of the London press to perceive that
the poet laureate had made a curious and fatal
mistake OF course there Is no such mundane
feeling as jealousy extant In high editorial circles
only in daily practice it comes just to this, that,
if public man selects one paper exclusively for a
communication of whatever wide interest, all the
Others silently and simultaneously boycott him,
his topic and his letter. Had Lord Tennyson
taken what seems the obvious course of send
ing copy of bis letter to all the
London morning papers, he would have raised in
{. fortnight the f4o,o00 he seeks; but since be
reserved his letter exclusively for The 1ele-
graph other morning papers have stared straight
before them, and the appeal threatens to end in
fiasco Punch" it is true, backs 1t up with
cartoon. and some virile verse, but punch"
does not compete with the daily papers had IL
been Fun" or Judy" in which the Poet Laure-
ate's letter appeared, fear that even the mag
unanimous Punch would have been dumb
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