The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31

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| surisce OF the waters for manv mopths to
evmo. c.h, less do believe that Mr. Glad
| sonos nrst effort, whom Parliament meets
stter DIS reelection. either in tho autumn or in
senuaIy OF February next will be TO pass
.rish nome rule His chief endeayor will be
eet MS heterogeneous party in hand and to
n".o ."vm nomoseneous and harmonious. As
hahehtary hand" he knows and
., the House OF Commons better
OF It He will probably begin nv :. giving his
hounds blood" that is 70 sav hv nronosino
some measure upon which ali JJbcrals arc
asreeo' such as the reform OF tho laws OF reg.
is'ratioh' with the addendum OF lone man,
one vote"
MY last word about the election Ia this, In
the hrst place Mr.. Gladstone was never more
correct than when ho said that tho Influence
~ tho press In this country is rapidly declin-
ing. an enormous majority OF the news papers
IN Lhsiaho are worshippers OF rank OF power
10. 90 nohey confers it,. and OF what Car
lyle Calls tho crumpled roseleaf civilization
OF parasitical Judaism" In london Mr..
Gladstone has long been flcrceIv anntboma-
tlzed by every morning newspaper except tho
Dd'V Ne'os. During the course OF tho
struggle the Daily Chronicle lin many re-
spects the best and most manly paper
VI inc lou mas been won over by the
manifest sympathy Of its humble readers to
Mr.. Gladstones sidc. What, however, hns
done most to give him IA good majority Is tho
floaid and rabid hostility Of tho London
lmes. In proportion as that oncc great organ
nus iost It's balance. tho cause which 1t vincd
mas advanced and prospcred. In reckoning
with the future forces which will shape the
history OF this country the London Times need
not be included. 1t is read only by old women
OF both sexes by university professors who
are. almost without exception. tuft hunters
and parasites. and by people who think it
fashionable to give threepence for a fossil
which would be dear ut the smallest coin OF
the realm.
Secondly. the majority gained by the most
high-minded and conscientious statesman
that has evor ruled or swayed the destinies of
this country is a death blow to the squire and
the parson. The former is n o longer n country
gentleman OF ancient lineage. such as Wash
ington Irving described in "Bramblctye
House, but q rich merchant or n cheating
| stock broker. or n swindlng contractor, or u
promoting banker who hires big house and
park. together with the shooting. hunting and
fishing privileges attached to them, which he
utilities by getting the Prince OF Wales and his
set to como down for week to gormandize
and shoot his pheasants The poor binds and
serfs. whose fathers and Erandfathers knew
and loved the "old Squire" whose son they
never see. are regarded rs dumb driven
cattle by the noureau riches. who occasionally
engage them as beaters at a shilling a day. At
the table OF such host. enriched by the Stock
Exchange or the Copper Ring. there is always
an obsenuious smirking guest-the Church Of
England clergyman OF the parish. No keencr
observer. no shrewder judge Of character ex-
lists than Hodge" as he is conte IN ptuously
dubbed by his Tory oppressors. They. how
ever have given him a vote. and the first use
he has made OF 1t is to get rid Of the parasitcal
pastor and OF the Established Church on which
he fattens. The doom Of both is sealed. but 1t
will not come In Mr. Gladstones time.
In ono respect Lord Salisbury constrained
by the Queen lin whose hand he is lump Of
Dough- is. in his own interest making great
mistake by meeting Parliament on the 4th of
August as Prime Minister and refusing to re-
sign until he is kicked out by Il hostile vote
Had he resigned. he would have forced Dir.
Gladstone to prepare Queens speech. in
| which the policy OF the ew Government would
have to be disclosed. AS matters stand. the
Queens speech will come from Lord Sails
| burys hand. and vote Of want Of con-
| fdence in the present Government. moved
| by Mr. Gladstone. will suffice to turn the
Tories out. Mr.. Gladstone will thus have
many quiet months at his disposal in which to
| survey his position. 1t will be q miracle il he
does not turn his opportunities to good ac-
| count. Doubtless he will be insultcd by tho
| Queen so far as she dare show her claws. But
| were she to attempt to resort to any unconsti-
| tutional measures the people Of the country
| are in no mood to stand it long. She went
| down. last Friday. to Osborne in no very
amiablo temper. Indeed. the color of her
| face and the venom Of her temper caused one
| OF the ladies Of the household who saw her
last week. to compare her to an enraged
| turkey-cock or Gobbler. ANXIOUS CUIIE.