New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08

/ Lord Salisbury Will get the credit of sooil-
ing this sentiment Mr.. Gladstone the discr,dit
of having said that good could come Of dis
cussion with men who think themselves per-
fectly competent to convert him. or. falling his
conversion, 10 govern without him.
If Mr.. Alderman Ben Tillctt was not so con-
spicuous figure in Hyde Par; ~ John Burns. he
has since Unidentified himself by publishing new
political programme. He is candidate for the
western division of Bradford where there is sup
posed to be n strong labor party. Ills programme
which his committee have sanctioned. is too long.
but some of It's items interesting. lie Is Tor
woman suffrage, the payment Of Members Of Paria-
mcnt, for the abolition of the House of Lords for
a legal eight-hour day with maximum OF forty
eight hours per week. for poor law which VIII pro
vide the ordinary means of living" for everybody
out Of work. for the establishment Of State or
municipal workshops for the unemployed Mt fair
wages. for naturalization that is for coniis-
cation of land for immediate confiscation OF roy
'aty rcnts-rcfcrripg | imagine. to mines par
ticulry,-for Democratic Home Rule for England.
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, for the coniiscaion
of pensions, and finally for the complete shift
ing of the burden of taxation from wage-carn-
crs TO recipients OF rent and interest In othcr
words, that the wagc-carncrs shall levy all taxes
and property-owners pay them. Most Americans
will be dispOepd 10 dismiss all this as rupoish
IL is rubbish, but there is in this country large
and growing class which likes rubbish Alder
man Tllctt is Il leading man among the WORKING
classes, an official, rival to Burns: ana whereas
Burns is only ordinary member of the London
County Council. 1illctt chosen an Alderman
Of that illustrous body by the illustrlous body
itself. If he chooses to talk rubblsh
thousands, scores of thousands, listen ana
applaud. Lord Roscbcry has not yet called hiIn
his honorcd colleague. but he is his colleague ana
the adjective may be bestowed on him in due
time, as il was Burns.
The general election draws inevitably nearer
and the disposition Of responsible leaders OF both
parties To coquct with Socialist leaders becomes
daily more marked. Perhaps he who least likes
this kind Of coquctry is Mr.. Gladstone. His dislike
Of it has just been shown in the most striking
way lie was asked by the Fabian Society. a
society Of well meaning cranls, whether he was
for the payment of Members of Parliament, for the
Eight Hours Miners, bill, for legislative r'stric-
iions on excessive labor on railways lie answered
all three with one single NO." lie is cighiv-two
years old, and it is the frs instance on record
Nobody hut Cunninghamc Graham ought 10
he held responsible for Cunninghamc Grahams
performance in tho House Of Commons on Wcdncs-
day He interrupted Mr. Asquith. insulicd the
Speaker. dcfcd the authority OF the House, and
announced himself n martyr to the No'allst
causp but the Socialists decline 10 accept him rs
4 martyr. His cscapadc had nothing 10 do with
Socialism. Even the Socialists do not care IL
hc made Ridiculous so they cn9uncc Graham. HIS
influence is nothing; his very sanity is In doubt.
Not the least interesting part Of Lord Randolph
Chnrchills book, Men. Mines and Animals III
South Africa" published by Sampson Low
Marston & Company. l. the preface The volume
is a reprint Of his letters from South Africa I"
The Daily Graphic The critics made rather
free with the letters ~ they appeared IN the
columns Of that paper. Now Lord Randolph
ma kes rather free with the critics. III they were
dissatisfied his employers were satisfied lIcy
would not have been il the public had not ponght
the letters. Thus says Randolph am !cd
10 n strange and terrible conclusion. Either the
critics who condemned the letters were wrong or
worse STILL the public docs not care fwop ncr wha'
tIc Judgment Of the critics may be No, IN spite
Of tle critics. he puts his letters into this volume
leaving ont the jokes NJ the expense Of the cook
Of the ship he sailed in. il is very readable
book.
London plavgocrs have enjoyed n somewhat
curious sensation. At the Criterion Ihea'rc "'rS
have seen for the first time IN Inalish piece
founded on Dumas's DEM Monde, long sup
poecd 70 I've impossible on the Engllsh a''ec'
I, is understood 10 he the work OF three or iour
different hands No less number of Engll@h
craftsmen would avail for the spelling OF a
French masterpiece. Except that rs 'oci"'
studv il is ont of date, there Is no particular
rcasor why Dumass play should not hc gwen
in full on the English stage Hett"r that IMAM
.ncb = clums, adaptation as this. The acting of
IL was NOT less curious. Mr. Nyn1liam phyed
thc first act in new key, with seriousness ana
d;.t;nct purposc. Finding the play going to
picces. he sought TO save it by a return TO his
usuol dashing manner, letter understood by his
oudicpce Mrs !angtry consccnti0usly alotancd
from, all effort 10 win sympathy for the al
ycnturcss she had to depict. In her chief scene,
,cl,crc passion is wanted, she hrsbandcd ore oi
Lcr resources Tie one sympathetic character III
,be picc, was winnlngly paycl hv Mary N"oic
4 house hostile from the beginning. especially !"
Mrs Lanqtrv. rcmaacd hostile 10 the end. and.
Lcor renewed It's demonstrations on the follow
ing nights
Lady Icunes article on London society in the
May number of The North American Review
bas created some stir in London and provoked
some protests Her caustic criticisms what sh"
calls tbc smart set appear 10 be best rcli-hrl by
those who do not belong to the smart set or r'thcr
TO any Of the smart sets, for there are several.
Some Of these North American views might cN-
for, approval from john Burns himself 1t would
bc idle 10 deny Lady Jcuncs competence To us
cnss the subject She has had much opportunity
IN study and observe and she has all the swiftncss
Of perception which belongs 10 her sex. Two
REM rl,s may. however. he made. Lady JeIInr. IN
tbe midst Of her social duties. which are numerous
and many-sidcd, leads life ol chartab" effort
which most women would find of itself sufficiently
engrossing She To reproach, all uncpnsciously
to herself. some of her sisters who have not the
energy which she has to live two or three lives
=, once. each very full. The second remark Is
tl,is-that the feminine Juvcnal of The North
American has a certain swiftncss in gcneral'za-
tion rs well as in perception. | Imagine mat