New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-11
POLITICIAN AND 'POErs
THE REJECTED OF CARMARTHES DoRoraua
AND THE AUTHOR OF THE EPIC oF
HADES; WITH SIDE-LIGHTs
OR OTHER GREAT
MEN

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| The character OF the Carmarthern oroushs 4.
gone forever--I mean the political character n.
! YOU not remember how Mr.. Lewis Morris told n.
| electors Of these boroughs, not many weeks sn.s
that II they rejected him IL could only B. ~
cause they were below the intellectual ayet,s.,
n seems they are content 20 be considered h&,...
| the intellectual average, for they have rrkc,.s
him. They will not even have him AZ a candid.,s'
| So momentous was the question who should e,.
test this constituency In the Gladstonian Int.,.,
| that n ballet was taken 10 determine II. Meete..
were held. speeches made, the voters were ca.-
vaased. lust as II a real election were going A,
and the result of 10 all IL that the Gladstoniaus a.
| Carmorthen will have none Of Mr.. Lewis Mo,,.
The figures stood Jones, lib; Morris, sci.
| Do Won ask who Jones Isl DO you ask M.
| Morris ZAP II is probable that in Wax. .,v
man named Jones would be preferred before A,
| man of any other name, unless the other wev
| Evans or Thomas But the Jones who In ,ha
case has brought to dust the political aspirations
| 70 Mr. Lewis Morris Is none other than Cur friend
Ma;or Jones, lately United States Consul A
! Cardiff His opponent denounced him - %
| American official, in no way connected with tie
borough. and only about six months In Ne
kingdom a stranger. added Mr.. Morris scvetrk
| and a foreigpcr who has been induced 10 in,rvds
| himself upon Carmarthen. Whereas Mr. Mops
| bimself is n welshman born and bred ready /.
al. no doubt for his country. and meantime ear,
| % serve her in Parliament. II an American. ana
an American Official, and stranger and foreigner.
a. the Pathological Morris tells us, be thus chosen
| over the Welshman born and bred and ready "a
| die there must be some reason for II beside hs
Iovness Of the intellectual average Of the eecss
| rate 10 which both appealed.
Tho reason, or one reason, may perhaps 10
so5nd in the letter which Mr.. Lewis Morris 3D.
| drcssed 70 the constituency. The phrases have
| quoted already are from this letter, and them
| are others even more remarkable should think
| M political document so solemn AS this' had
seen the light since that letter to Mr. Morley ia
which Mr.. Gladstone informed the Irish people
| they would not be allowed to choose their ovn
leader. Mr.. Morris warned the Caimarha
Boroughs that the unity OF the Lab
eral party, which he had three nns
sacrificed himself TO secure, was snousy
endangered by the intrusion Of Major Jones He
had no doubt, he said. tha' clear najor.y r's
with him Morris. but his opponent was supported
by sinister influences. against which he warned
tbem II was not, in these circumstances. ior
him. Morris, "a retire: let Jones retire. or Tie
effect upon the party would he unfortunate;
gloomy fOreD0ulng lnu'tu' ih'h iVli""s o w
saee which cannot be read too carefully:
~ am. and | have always been, an advanced
Liberal. accepting the whole of the party pro
pramme Newcastle and ALI. including Of cour~
the dscstablishment and disendowment Of The
Church in wsles, and in many respects going
beyond IT.
II have the honor to enjoy the friendship and
full confidence Of our iustrious leader, Mr.. Ghc.
stone. who in the contest for the Pembroke Boz
oughs publicly declared to the electors his warn
wishes for my success
Here pause for one moment, interrupuns the
food OF Mr. Morris's electoral lyric, onS TO es
IL flow on in q wilder torrent pretty soon. Two
reflections arise in the mind Of the RAIDER. fint
Mr. Morris tells us, and no doubt truly. THAT no
enjoys the full confidence Of his illustrios tsder.
Mr. Gladstone, but he forgets 20 say whether the
sentiment is returned, and whether Mr. Morriss
full confidence is given 10 Mr.. Gladstone On
this. great issues may hang. Seconds IL he enicu
Mr.. Gladstone's full confidence, Mr.. Morris has a.
opportunity TO do great service tn his party and
his country. lie might tell them what Mr.. Glad
stone means by Home Rule. and on what lines be
next Home Rule bill will be drawn. Perhaps
will do this that the perversity OF his county
men OF Carmarthen leaves him leisure TO attend
to the affairs Of the Kingdom as whole or While
IL is whole. But let us continue the quOtatoa
from the poetical patriots letter
{" In coming before you thus. for The last time.
have no object in view but that Of improving me
condition of the masses of the people, and Of con-
plotting the education OF Wales
Sine, Lord Bcaconsield, man in many respects
unlike Mr.. lewis Morris, undertook at Edinburgh
the education of his party, no such task has de-
volved on any public man as that which this sup
plant for Welsh suifrages so generously assumej;
the task Of completing the education Of Wales
And yet neither is the education OF Wales TO he
completed, nor the condition of the masses 10 he
improved. To both these high objects the h.
nighted voters Of Carnarthen sunk in their low
intellectual average, have shown themselves h.
sott,dly Indifferent. They even turned deaf ean
to the pathetic appeal of Mr. Morris, which con
cludes his manifesto:
81 beg OF you 10 record your votes for me AZ
sacred duty to the party. and 70 give me such
majority will make future opposition, from
whatever quarter, absolutely hopeless
The chroncler who records the melancholy Re.
suit records also his opinion. or the opinion %
somebody, that the result will cause split IN
the party. Perish the thought Never could %
high-souled patriot as Mr.. Lewis Morris suffer hs
disappointment or that of his friends to impair
the prospects of the party whose Who'll, programme
he accepts, and the full confidence Of
whose illustrious leader he so drservedQ
enjoys He has ample consolation for bis over
throw. Nobody who has read the swelling PERIODS
it is my privilege to reproduce can doubt fhas
beside Mr. Gladstone. there is another illustrios
man whose full confidence Mr.. Morris enjoys:
that OF Mr.. Morris. In that he wraps himse,
in O garment Of STEEL In that he may I'D
defiance to the blows and Bullets of fate In thai
he Is cuirassed against the sngs and ar'w
OF outrageous fortune i can think Of but one
man who wears an armor equally imsne'ra'e.
Not the Pope, for to the accepted doctrine "
Papal Infallibility there ara strict hniia''o"
Not Mr.. Cowen OF Newcastle. Not Mr. Geofs.
Meredith. Not even Mr. Stead the author =.
the Iaidax T.il.to !, tian 40.