New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
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Copyrfctt 1892. By The Tribune Assoc'at0n.

Lvot.r may, no fouud or part of it may, IN the
Leading Tory organ, which has clearly been sup
piled from some good source with the tune VIII"
il now plays. First of all, IRISH Local "oNci"-
rent will really be introduced ny Mt. I'aiio"l'
Immediately on the Resembling of Pa Lament
Mr. Gladstones passionate curiosity to know Wha'
is in it. and whether lie and his Home Kule
schemes are to be dishcd, will be gratilied. Com
mon courtesy and the spirit Of reciprocity would
seen To suggest that he should III return say Whab
he means by Home Rule but OF this there Is
nc vet no sim The relentless Tory critic no"
GOES 80 far as TO hint that Mr.. Gladstone scheme
is not produced because it does not exist never
heard more baseleSs insinuation nave no
doubt that he has not one, but dozen schemes
II is not poverty but afiuence which forolds Il
disclosure He does not yet know accurately
how hiah he Will have TO bid for those irish
votes in which lies his sole hope OF MAJORITY
1t is not his way TO put his cards on the 'aoic'
lie likes TO see if not his adversary 5, Ills partner
hand first. He wishes neither to revoke nor 10
,rump his Mariners urck. When the ParnelllteS
and Anti Parnelites have agreed upon thell lrie-
0ucible minimum; we may, or may not, be allowed
TO know whether Mr. Gladstone thinks lac can
bring his English supporters up TO That marx.
But until then the world is TO wait, ana the
chances of each one of those dozen projects are
equal There are at least dozen ways of breaking
I'D an Empire. Whether there are as many OF putting
it together again, is another matter
But TO return to Mr. Balfour and his bill. Mr..
Gladstone probably thinks him simpeton for
disclosing it before the contest on il really begins
But such is his plan lie will lay it in its COM
pete form Oh the table of the House of Commons
There 1t will he, till, perhaps, after Easter, or
some two months in all. During all that time
Mr. Gladstone may try his teeth on it. The bill
form of AZ O.
body will say word in the House in its defence.
This trying period over, the bill will be taken up.
debated and passed. if the Government majority
holds together
Meantime Mr. Chaplin, the Minister of Agri-
culture. comes to tie front with Agricultural
Small Holdings bill. This is the bill which, in
Mr. Balfour's words of last year, is TO root the
yeomanry of England TO the SOIL or try TO root
them. IL is the Governments retort to that
Gladstonian rural caucus which met last Novem
Der in Memorial Hall and breakfasted next morn
ing at the Hobon Restaurant. Hodge was then
well fed with bacon, and alsO with promises Mr.
Chaplin is now TO offer him something more sub
stantial than promises. The provisions of his bill
not yet Known but The aim of it will GER
tainy be to extend the facilities of existing acJs
for the acquisition of land in small quantities
1t is bid for Hodges support at the general cleo
well-considered effort to improve the conditions
of rural life in England, and 10 increase the num-
Der, at present rather small, Of persons who are
of land.
On Tuesday at Exeter Lord Salisbury com
mitted the objectionable sin Of making Cnionist
speech. The Gladstonian organ has told us what
TO think of this performance. 1t is thoroughly
unsatisfactory: painfully Pecksniffan; contains
statements not only false but destitute of the
slightest foundation: pufs Mr. Chamberlain be-
cause the Birmingham vote is wanted by the
Tories: is marked by almost incredible ignorance:
appeals to the baser passions Of his hearers
embodies bitter and deliberate insult to the
Irish people; provokes in his critic moral nausea;
makes ignOble suggestions: beiittlcs the British
Empire is mean and base appeal to religious
bgotry; is stupid and wicked comes from rash
and rancorous tongue. wantonly~lmpoyed curses
the Church of Rome; calls down imprecations on
Ireland; treats the colonies prospective rebels;
SCOTS and eers at the laboring classes is dreary
and hopeless expression Of political impotence;
promises reforms which moonshine; is a de-
pressing outburst of sceptica despair; is duh and
heavy. reckless and Incorporate; gives currency
to base and groundless calumny; and is flippant
and childish.
do not trouble you 10 put all these epthcts
and extracts in quotation marks, but they all
copied textually from the editorial comments of
the Gadstonian organ on the Prime Minister of
England j say nothing of the taste rhetorical
value Of such a series of maledictions They are
not important 10 you, except from one point OF
view This Journal like other journals, provides
its readers with what Its editor supposcs they like
u read. The phrases | quote do. therefore, give
you some notion Of the state Of the Gladstonian
mind toward those who are not Gladstonians. The
+lo IL holi
that they are now convinced that the country IS
with them, and that they are iubilant in cXpecta-
ton Of the general election. Each reader can
Judge for himself whether the amiabc illusions
here cited sound more like an expression OF conil-
dence and joyful hope, or as if they came IRON
some soul tormented before its time.
Lord Salisbury's speech was. in fact. very
moderate statement Of his own views on those
questions which he thought proper TO discuss 1t
Is this very moderation and also the force Of
plain but civil speech which so infatuated the
journal whose advocacy dscredits the Gadstonian
cause. This Government has really done great
deal for the people Of this country and of Ireland.
Lord Salisbury dwells on some of the measures
which Parliament has passed since he became
Prime Minister. This also seems to the organ in
toerable There is. for example. Free Education.
Nothing We can DO now" says Lord Salisbury,
aud nothing we did before. will equal in the
benefit il will confer upon the physical condition
and upon the moral tone Of the lahoring classes.
the measure for free education which passed
last year" No doubt TO you that sounds like n
commonplace. Not in England. Free cduca-
ton was passed against the strongest kind of
clerical and reactonary opposition. The Satur-
day Review" only last week spoke Of :" the curse
Of free education" Lord Salisbury had 10 educate
his party before he could pass bill TO educate
the people Mr.. Gladstone has been three times
Prime Minister, and never much as tried TO pass
such "a measure. Yet Gladstoniaus now talk as if
flce education were Gladstonan monopoly. pre-
serve on which the wicked Tory had been tres
passing.
do not wish to lay too much stress on mere
speeches but | may quote what Lord salisbury
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