New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-10


steadfds;ness with which the great party leader
fixes his mind on facts which make for his own
SIDE. lie is fighting great battle. lie Is hshV
ing for what Is dearer to him than lie, ior
what he firmly bciicve- to be a great ana JUST
cause. lie carries away audiences. lie is re-
ceivcl ana cl>ruIsscd with enthusiasm wherever
lie -oes os!aIs little less enthusiasm than oil
old but N.tn cncl -. IL ma never been more
re- sonal and ncve: attacked even Lord Beacohs-
field with more aspcrity II an he now attacks
Salisbury. There 'panv other 'Jrts on w"ich
the Conservative element aud the leaders on tic
much might be said but need not be- III Is a
moment when acts, not words, avail; wheh a
single ballot in the hands of the most Ignorant
voter may DO more good harm than the most
splendid speech of the greatest of living Engiish
orators
.rill less need the speeches Of lesser men
dctain us. There is no leader in the iious' OF
Commons on either side who has not spoken many
times. The voices of the Peers are hustled. NO
audible or artculatc political utternnce has boeh
heard from any Peer since the writs went out
last Tuesday week. Such is the constitutional
etiauettc of this Kingdom and such the strict
ness with which on both sides it is observed
That all the leaders who may speak should speak
be deemed evidence of despair. The papers still
make an effort to report all this oratory. MI
Gladstone is, in fact reported in full, and Nr'
balfmr: but hardly anybody else The speeches
are with these two exceptions really addressed
first of all to the constituencies for whose votes
the sneakers are asking. Each speaker, however.
has from night to night a theory Of the elections
as they proceed which he feels bound 10 stale.
No TWO are quite alike, and the Gla ,storian we
differs from the Unionitt aS much as the lniohist
differs from the Galstonian. They are all meant
10 innurnc. succeeding elections II is considere
that with the elcctioas spread ovcr a fortnight
early victories tend to reproduce themselves Inc
British elcctor likes to be on the winning side
his not very complimentary view of him Is, how
ever rejected by some OF the shrewdest agents.
They point TO ss5 and 1886. when the counties
voted regardless Of what the boroughs had done
before them.
The duel between the German Empero: and
Prince Bismarck continues, and Prince Bismarck s
reply TO the sem-ohlcia attack on him IN the
North German Gazette" has appeared. II Is
the answer of contempt, not always the most
effective The Prince will not believe it IL either
the Emperor tie Chancellor who inspired or
dictated the solemn, not TO say ponderous. rrbnke
Of the Chanccllors organ lie prefers TO consider
il exclusively the handiwork OF the editor. whom
he takes pains to name repeatedly The whole
business is to him b" a bad joke" lie replies, new
crtheless to some of the calGmnics covered by this
bad joke. His reply i, simple denial coupled
with a challenge a mockng challenge, 10 his ac-
cusers 10 produce their evidence and 10 begin
their prosecution. He will not admit that the
voice of Germany is against him. The voice which
makes itself heard loudly in certain quarters
is but tie echo of that singuary Clcrco-Sociasiic
alliance, which, for years, while he was IN power,
pursued him with enycnomcd hostility. The de
mand such ~ il is, for his pr secu-
ton. is TO be found. says the Prince in
Radical Clerical. Sociastic and Social Demo
cratic organs, and above all, in Hungarian
and English papers. True it is that the English
rapers if they have not precisely demanded that
criminal proceedings -ho'.ld he tnken against
the great German have encouraged those who
would take them if they dared That il their
way of avenging themselves upon Prince Bis
marck for what thev call his antiEnslish policy.
lie has been neither antl-English no. pro-LngIish
He has been German. He thought the alliance Of
Russia. or the GOODWILL of the Russians. more
vltai 20 Germany than that of England, and he
acted on that belief Ills reward is 10 be rcyilcd
by the English press As for the other
points, they are most" Of minor interest abro,d.
and the only point on which Chancellor Won Caprv
rctort> j. microscopic. lie cannot endure To bavr
il Ielicycd that before liz bccam" Chancellor he
had any political relations whatever He even
denies that he has any now An odd position
for a Parliamentary chief 10 take. He hes, how
ever by way Of rcprsas. published his own cir
cular 10 the German Ambassadors respecting
Prince Bismarc's journey and his instructions
to Prince Rcuss N Nlcnna. Both document, are
"A painful expression OF Imperial resentment and
vindictivencs>.
The riot at Pitisburg is discussed by British
Free Traders with i-dscuis"l gcc They seem
ready to welcome boodshcl or anything else which
supplies them with a shred Of an argument, good
or bad. agars; American Protection. " II is only
the curse uf Protection. writ large" shricls " HE
Daily News That il 10 say, labor riots are the
natural ciIcc, If Protection when they occur IN
America: when they Occur in England. where
strikes, violence. outrage and intimidation are
far more frequent than in America. what are thcy
the effect of? The British Free Trader docs not
trouble his head about the beam in his own eye;
the American mote occupies his entire attention
The iron and steel industries Of America have
enjoyed the full bcnclit of the Mckinley Tariff
yet wages have gone down." That is meant to
imply that the Mckinley Tariff raised the duties
on iron and Steel anG is a good specimen Of Free
Trade methods of appeal to the general English
ignorance Of things American. q. w. ).
TIE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT CLOSED.
Ottawa, July 9-Thc Governor General proceeded in
state to the Chamber Of the senate in the Parliament